Poesia

Hudibras

Samuel Butler · 1757 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Not Stated, 1757. Leather. An illustrated edition of this popular long narrative poem, printed in both English and French. Complete in three volumes.A unique bilingual edition of this important poem, printed in both English and French, with French to the recto, and Eng...

The British Anthology; or, Poetical Library Volumes I to IV

Various · 1824 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, John Sharpe, 1824-1825. Cloth. A smart four volume set, bound in two, of the British Anthology of poetry, with engravings. Four volumes bound in two. Volume one/two is illustrated with six plates. Volume three/four is illustrated with eight plates. Collated complete. A...

Passages from Modern English Poets

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, William Tegg, c1876. Cloth. A delightful collection of poems with beautiful illustrations by the Junior Etching Club. A scarce work.An anthology of beautiful English poems by a variety of contemporary writers.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and forty-four plates.Colla...

Poems

F. B. Money. Coutts · 1896 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1896. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this collection of poetry by Francis Money Coutts, in the original cloth binding. The very scarce first edition. With an illustrated title page. This scarce collection of poetry w...

La Historia Di Maria Per Ravenna

None stated · 1903 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Erlangen, Max Mencke, 1903. Paperback. A facsimile of a very scarce 1500's erotic poem inspired by a popular middle age saying. A facsimile of the original Middle age poem, owned by the Royal University Library in Erlangen. In the publisher's original paper covers.Â...

Hard Labor and Other Poems

John Carter · 1911 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

New York, Baker & Taylor Company, 1911. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this scarce collection of poetry on imprisonment, by John Carter. The first edition. A scarce work. In the publisher's original hardback. This collection of poetry was written by John...

Petrone

Jerome Doucet · 1902 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Paris, A Ferroud, 1902. First edition. Paperback. A scarce limited edition of Doucet's French translation of the Petronius' poems, in the original dust wrapper and Illustrated by Louis-Edouard Fournier with etchings by Xavier Lesueur. The limited edition. Number 116 ...

Mantis Poets

Guy Butler; Patrick Cullinan · 1978 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Cape Town, David Philip, 1978. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed first edition of this very scarce book of poetry by Patrick Cullinan and Guy butler, in the original dust wrapper and inscribed by Cullinan. The first edition. Inscribed by one of the author, Patrick Cullinan, ...

Poems and Poemas

Charles David Ley · 1942 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Lisbon, Not Stated, 1942. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this very scarce collection of poetry written in both English and Portuguese, signed by the author. English and Portuguese. First edition. Very scarce. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front ...

Wayfarer&Apos;S Love

Duchess of Sutherland [editor] · 1904 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Archibald Constable & Co. 1904. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this charming collection of poems, with cover designs by Walter Crane. First edition. A collection of poetry with contributions such as: Life's Opportunity by Thomas Hardy, Being Her Fr...

Lyrics from Cotton Land

John Charles McNeill · 1922 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Charlotte, Stone Publishing Co. 1922. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated collection of poetry from American writer John Charles McNeill. Illustrated with a frontispiece, eleven plates, and many in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of poetry, published posthumou...

Collected Poems 1925-1948

Louis MacNeice · 1949 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1949. Cloth. A collection of poems, published between 1925 and 1948, by the Irish poet, playwright and BBC producer Louis MacNeice, who was renowned as a member of the Auden Group. A review copy of this work in the publisher's original clo...

The Microcosm. A Poem.

Abraham Coles · 1866 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1866 . First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy of Abraham Coles's poem, inscribed by the author to his sister. A signed presentation copy of this poem by the American physician, translator, author and poet Abraham Coles.Inscri...

Poems of Love and Earth

John Drinkwater · 1912 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, David Nutt, 1912 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of the very scarce first edition of this poetry collection, inscribed by Drinkwater to the Nobel Prize winning author John Galsworthy. The very scarce first edition, first impression of this work.In...

Alice Meynel: At Night

Alice Meynel [Alice Meynell] · 1978 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Georgia, Dumbiedykes, Americus, 1978 . Paperback. A vanishingly scarce limited edition production of Alice Meynell's poem 'At Night', signed by Wm. Jonathan Murray at his press. A very scarce work, with only two intuitionally held copies recorded.Fifty-five copi...

The Colour of Life and Other Essays on Things Seen and Heard

Alice Meynell · 1896 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, John Lane, 1896 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Alice Meynell's collection of synesthetic ponderings and essays. The first edition of this work from British writer, editor, critic, and suffragist Alice Meynell.Arranged in fourteen chapters, discussing...

Immortal Names and Other Poems

T. Wilson Parry · 1937 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, The Mitre Press, 1937 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the uncommon first edition of this poetry collection from geologist T. Wilson Parry. The uncommon first edition of this work.Signed 'To Fred Edgcombe with the Author's kindest regards...

The Poetical Works of John Dryden with Biographical and Critical Notices

John Dryden; Ludwig Gantter [ed.] · 1855 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Stuttgart , J. B. Metzler , 1855. Leather. A smart collection of poetical works from England's first Poet Laureate, John Dryden, with very scarce biographical and critical notes by one Ludwig Gantter. A smart series of works from English poet, literary critic and playwrig...

The Culprit Fay and Other Poems

Joseph Rodman Drake · 1835 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

New York, George Dearborn, 1835. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this important anthology of poetry by Joseph Rodman Drake, posthumously published. The first edition.In a custom cloth chemise.An anthology of poems by the early American poet Joseph Rodman Drake.Drake...

Keramos and Other Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1878 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Boston, Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1878. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of the poetry and translation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the first edition of this work. The first edition, in the first state binding, with 'Houghton, Osgood, & Co' to the tail of the...