Poesia

Melanie and Other Poems

N. P. Willis [Nathaniel Parker Willis] · 1837 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New York, Saunders and Otley, 1837. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S edition of this very scarce collection of poetry by Nathaniel Parker Willis. The first U.S edition. A very scarce work. In the publisher's original embossed cloth. This poetical work was written by...

Milton&Apos;S L&Apos;Allegro and IL Penseroso

John Milton · 1858 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, W. Kent & Co. 1858. Leather. Two poems by the celebrated John Milton, illustrated by Birket Foster and bound in half straight grain morocco. A later edition. First published in Milton's 1645 work 'Poems&apos. First published with Birket Foster's illustra...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: With the Author&Apos;S Introductions and Notes

Sir Walter Scott; J. Logie Robertson (ed) · 1926 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London , Oxford University Press, 1926. Leather. A lovely prize bound collection of Sir Walter Scott's poetical works with notes from literary scholar J. Logie Robertson. In full calf prize binding with marble endpapers. With a portrait frontispiece of Sir Walter Scott.Â...

Poems on Several Subjects

John Ogilvie · 1771 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, George Pearch , 1771 . Leather. The third edition of this collection of poetry by John Ogilvie, complete in two volumes. Bound in full calf.Scarce work. The third edition. First published in 1764. Complete in two volumes. This collection features poetry written by Scot...

Selecta Poemata Anglorum Latina

Eduardo Popham [Edward Popham] · 1774 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.23 | $759.66 | ¥121,307)

Bathoniae [Bath], J. Salmon, 1774-76 . First edition. Leather. A vanishingly scarce, first edition of this collection of Latin poetry written by English authors, compiled by Edward Popham. The first edition, complete in three volumes. Uniformly bound in full calf.Very scarce w...

Hudibras in Three Parts

Samuel Butler · 1720 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, D. Browne, et al. 1720 . Leather. An excellent copy of Samuel Butler's satirical poem, with illustrations throughout and bound in full calf. Wonderfully bound in full calf with five raised bands.Comprised of 'Hudibras. In Three Parts', corrected and amen...

The Poetical Works of Sir John Davies

Sir John Davies · 1773 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, T. Davies, 1773. Leather. A very scarce collection of the poetical works of Elizabethan and Stuart poet Sir John Davies. A very scarce work.An anthology of the poetical works of Sir John Davies.This volume includes his three best known works; 'Immortality of the S...

Les Quatre Heures de la Toilette Des Dames

M. de Favre · 1883 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Paris, J. Lemonnyer, 1883 . Leather. A beautifully illustrated edition of M. de Fevre's erotic poetry, illustrated by Leclerc. In a half morocco binding. In the original French.First published in 1779, this is a beautifully illustrated collection of erotic poetry.Illustra...

Poems by William Cowper of the Inner Temple, Esq.

William Cowper · 1787 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

Dublin, John Jones, 1787 . Leather. The two volume, attractively bound, fourth Dublin edition of William Cowper's poems. The fourth edition of this work, published in Dublin. Complete in two volumes.A wealth of poetry by the Romantic poet William Cowper. These volumes inc...

Angels and Earthly Creatures

Elinor Wylie · 1929 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. The limited edition first edition of this volume of poetry from renowned beauty Elinor Wylie, in both the dust wrapper and very scarce slip case. A limited edition, first edition work. In the publisher's original unc...

Poems by Mr. Gray

Thomas Gray · 1786 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, John Murray, 1786 . Leather. A beautifully illustrated 'New Edition' of the poetry of Thomas Gray, the writer best known for 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard&apos. A scarce, posthumously published, 'New Edition' of Gray's works.Illus...

The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1856 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, George Routledge and Co, 1856. Cloth. A collection of poetry by the noted Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, illustrated by John Gilbert and in a decorative cloth binding. A new complete edition. In the publisher's original decorative cloth. Illustrated with a monochrom...

Frontenac: The Atotorho of the Iroquois

Alfred B. Street [Alfred Billings Street] · 1849 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

New York, Baker and Scribner, 1849. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first U.S edition of Alfred Billings Street's poem about the interactions of a North American tribe and Canadian settlers in the late seventeenth century. The first American edition. From Bentley's ...

Some Verses

Helen Hay · 1898 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Chicago & New York , Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1898. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this scarce collection of poetry by Helen Hay The first edition. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. A scarce work. This collection of poetry was written ...

Gertrude of Wyoming; or, the Pennsylvanian Cottage

Thomas Campbell · 1857 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London , George Routledge and Co. 1857. Cloth. An attractive illustrated edition of this romantic epic by Scottish poet Thomas Campbell. In the publisher's original cloth binding with decorative gilt. With thirty-five illustrations. Collated complete.Contemporary ink ins...

Poems 1968-1970

Robert Graves · 1970 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Cassell, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of poetry from English writer Robert Graves, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Four groups of poems that form additions to the author's earlier Collected Poems 196...

The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, the Iliad, the Odyssey

Alexander Pope; Homer · 1804 · Rooke Books

£1,950.00 (€2,337.38 | $2,576.22 | ¥411,389)

London, F. J. du Roveray; T. Bensley; J. and A. Arch; E. Lloyd, 1804-06. Leather. A striking and lavishly illustrated set of the works of Alexander Pope, including his translations of Homer's epics. Complete as eighteen volumes bound in nine.Volumes I to III contain &apos...

The Present State of Literature; a Poem, Delivered in New-Haven, at the Public Commencement of Yale-College, September 10, 1800

Warren Dutton · 1800 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Hartford, Hudson and Goodwin, 1800. First edition. Leather. A scarce poem discussing literature, delivered at Yale University upon the author's receiving his M.A. The first edition of this uncommon work.This is a sprightly poem discussing the state of literature at the tu...

With Double Pipe

Owen Seaman · 1888 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Oxford; Cambridge; London, Blackwell; Johnson; Simpkin, 1888 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this volume of poetry by British writer and poet Owen Seaman. The first edition of this work, inscribed to the front free endpaper by the author with 'To Mr ...

The Reverie: And Devotional Poems

J. D. Hull · 1833 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.62 | $376.52 | ¥60,126)

London, Hamilton, Adams, and Co. 1833. Cloth. A very scarce second edition of this collection of religious poetry and hymns from Northern Irish writer and reverend J. D. Hull, signed by the author. Second edition. Very scarce. Signed by the author to the front endpaper. The Re...