Poesia

Poems and Ballads by Hermann Hagedorn

Hermann Hagedorn · 1912 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first edition of Hagedorn's poetry collection, once owned by the American poet and publisher Scofield Thayer. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's origin...

The Quest of Heracles and Other Poems

Hugh McCulloch Jr. · 1894 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Cambridge; Chicago, Stone and Kimball, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. A limited edition collection of poetry from Hugh McCulloch Jr, published when he was only twenty-five years old. The first edition of this limited edition, with notice reading 'this first edition, on smal...

Poems of Bygone Years

Elizabeth Missing Sewell [ed] · 1871 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1871. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition collection of poetry edited by the English religious author, Elizabeth Missing Sewell. The first edition of this collection of poetry. In the publisher's original cloth. Library lab...

Historical Odes and Other Poems

Richard Watson Dixon · 1864 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Humphrey Milford, 1864. First edition. Cloth. A scarce collection of Richard Watson Dixon's historical poems, bound using the first edition sheets and in the very scarce original glassine dust wrapper. Bound using the first edition sheets with the publisher's...

The Holy Grail and Other Poems

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1870 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Strahan and Co. Publishers, 1870 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this collection of poetical works surrounding Arthurian legends, written by Poet Laureate, Alfred Lord Tennyson, in a quarter calf prize binding. The first edition of this work. Bound in a ...

Oeuvres Completes de P.J. De Beranger

Pierre-Jean de Beranger · 1847 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Paris, Perrotin, 1847. Leather. A collection of the works of French poet and songwriter Pierre-Jean de Beranger, in the original French. French. Nouvelle edition. Elzevirien format. Illustrated with seven engraved plates. Collated complete. The complete works of Pierre-Jean de...

XXXII Ballades in Blue China

A. Lang · 1885 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. 1885. Cloth. A smart collection of poetry from Scottish writer Andrew Lang. A collection of ballads, verses, and translations originally published in 1880. Titles include: Ballade of Life, Ballade of Blue China, Ballade for a Baby, A Portrait o...

Miss America

Walter J. Turner · 1930 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Mandrake Press LTD, 1930. First edition. Vellum. A beautiful signed limited edition of Turner's satirical poem about a woman living in America, published by the Mandrake Press. A limited edition, published at the same time as the first edition. Limited to five-hun...

Godfrey of Bulloign; or the Gierusalemme Liberata of Torquato Tasso. Abridged and Altered.

Torquato Tasso · 1774 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, J. Dodsley, 1774 . Leather. A very scarce unauthorised English language translation of Torquato Tasso's epic poem. A very scarce anonymous translation of Tasso's work.Written in the late 16th century, this epic is a cornerstone of Italian literature and one o...

The Testament of Beauty

Robert Bridges · 1931 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1931. Leather. Robert Bridges' popular long philosophical poem, a smart Hatchards bound copy. Bound by Hatchards. The tenth impression of this incredibly popular poem by Robert Bridges, the work that sparked great popularity in this poet shortly b...

The Seasons

James Thomson · 1859 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, James Nisbet & Co. 1859. Cloth. A vastly illustrated edition of James Thomson's best known poems The Seasons. Illustrated with four vignette titles and forty in-text engravings. Collated complete. A series of four poems, the first part, Winter, was first published...

The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith · 1799 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Hereford, D. Walker, 1799. Leather. A Sotheran bound collection of the poetry of Oliver Goldsmith, illustrated by Thomas Bewick. Bound by Sotheran.A collection of the poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith.Oliver Goldsmith was an Irish poet and novelist, known for his novel '...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott; J. Logie Robertson · 1913 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Oxford; London, Henry Frowde; Oxford University Press, 1913. Leather. A Hatchards bound volume of the brilliant poetry of Sir Walter Scott, a smart collection, illustrated with a frontispiece. Bound by Hatchards.A collection of poetry by the Scottish bard Walter Scott, includi...

Oeuvres Completes de Boileau-Despreaux, Avec Des Notes Extraites Des Meilleurs Commentateurs Par A. Martin

Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux; A. Martin · 1827 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Paris , Dauthereau, 1827. Leather. A finely bound complete collection of works from French poet, Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux. A smart complete collection of works from poet and critic, Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, in the original French.Bound in full crushed morocco with lovely de...

Poems

William Cowper · 1805 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, J. Johnson, 1805. Leather. Two smartly bound volumes of the new edition of Cowper's collection of poetry. Complete in two volumes. New edition. The poetry of William Cowper, an English poet and Anglican hymnwriter. Including titles such as: Table Talk, Progress of...

The Poems of Robert Bloomfield

Robert Bloomfield · 1817 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817. Leather. The stereotype edition of this two volume collection of poetry from English writer Robert Bloomfield. Complete in two volumes. Stereotype edition. With a portrait frontispiece to volume one. The poetry of Robert Blo...

Pocket Volume of Selections from the Poetical Works of Robert Browning

Robert Browning · 1898 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1898. Leather. An attractive pocket-sized volume, containing a selection of Robert Browning's poems; complete in one volume. An early edition of this pocket-sized work in a half morocco binding, with marbled boards, end papers and edges. Ink i...

Poems Dramatic and Lyrical

John Leicester Warren, Lord de Tabley · 1893 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Elkin Mathews, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of poetry from English writer John Leicester Warren, limited to six hundred copies. First edition. Limited to six hundred copies. Illustrated with a frontispiece and five pl...

Poems of 1962

Linda Collin Wileman; Various · 1962 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Ilfacrombe, Arthur H. Stockwell LTD, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A scarce anthology of poems celebrating the publications of the year, signed by one of the contributors to W. A. Foyle. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, also in a cust...

Poems: Original and Translated

John Bradford · 1885 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Hereford; Bristol, F. S. Prosser; Austin and Oates, 1885. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of this very scarce poetry anthology by John Bradford; who was published in a number of Hereford newspapers and journals. The first edition of this work in the publisher...