Poesia

Horace

Horace; Philip Francis [trans.]; Henry James Pye · 1827 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, J. F. Dove, 1827 . Leather. A charming edition of the works of Roman lyric poet Augustus, in a full calf binding. A delightful and scarce edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and engraved title page, with a further vignette illustration to the centre of...

The Oxford Book of French Verse: Xiiith Century - Xixth Century

John Lucas · 1908 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1908 . First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound copy of this collection of French verse from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century, edited by John Lucas. First edition, being the first compilation of this collected verse by John Lucas.Bound i...

Poesies Completes de Robert Burns

Robert Burns; M. Leon de Wailly [trans.] · 1845 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

Paris, Adolphe Delahays, 1845. Leather. A smart copy of Leon de Wailly's very scarce French language translation of Robert Burns's poetry. Translated from the original English into French.A very scarce translation of the works of the major Scottish literary figure.Ar...

The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton · 0 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1890. Leather. A smart edition of this collection of poetry from John Milton, reprinted from the best editions. Reprinted from the best editions. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and twelve plates. Collated complete. A collection of poe...

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam, Edward Fitzgerald [trans.] · 1906 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1906. Cloth. An illustrated edition of Edward Fitzgerald's renowned translation of this poetical work; a part of the Photogravure Series. The eighth thousand of the illustrated edition of this work from the Photogravure Series, in the pu...

The Seasons

James Thomson · 1761 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Edinburgh, A. Donaldson and J. Reid, 1761. Leather. The influential seasonal poem of James Thomson, an important literary volume complete with four plates. 'The Seasons' is James Thomson's best known poem.The work is a series of four poems, each focusing on one ...

The Man from the Moon, or the Reign of Self: A Story in Rhyme for Good Old Boys and Girls

P. Q. · 1909 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Chicago, Hammond Press, W. B. Conkey Company, 1909. First edition. Hardback. A scarce and illustrated volume, containing a satirical story in verse by the mysterious "P. Q.". The first edition of this work in the original paper boards. A curious collection of poems from the ea...

Marah

Owen Meredith [Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton] · 1892 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1892 . First edition. Vellum. The scarce first trade edition of this posthumously published volume of poetry by Lord Lytton, with a handwritten letter from his widow, Edith Bulwer-Lytton, Countess of Lytton. The scarce first trade edition of th...

These Days Poetry and Verse

Margery Lea · 1966 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Shrewsbury , Wilding and Son Ltd , [1966]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce book of poetry by Margery Lea, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. Very scarce.In the original publisher's cloth with the vanishingly scarce uncl...

More Biography

E. Clerihew Bentley · 1929 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1929. First edition. Cloth. A collection of comic verse, satirising prominent figures including King George III, Shakespeare and Mussolini. The first edition, first impression of this work in a quarter cloth binding with paper boards. Edmund Clerihew...

And Time Began

Eugene McCarthy · 1968 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

Not Stated, Eugene McCarthy, 1968 . First edition. Cloth. A bright, limited edition of Eugene McCarthy's collection of poetry, signed by the author and addressed to fellow writer Stephen Vizinczey. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, decorated b...

Neo Poems

John Robert Colombo · 1970 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

Vancouver, The Sono Nis Press, 1970 . First edition. Hardback. An uncommon, first edition of this collection of poetry by John Robert Colombo, inscribed by the author to fellow writer, Stephen Vizinczey. First edition, in the publisher's original paper-covered boards, wit...

Love Poems and Others

D. H. Lawrence · 1913 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.62 | $376.52 | ¥60,126)

London, Duckworth, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the first volume of poetry published by modernist D. H. Lawrence, author of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover', and 'Women in Love&apos. The first edition of this early poetry collection from D. H....

Collected Poems of Geoffrey Winthrop Young

Geoffrey Winthrop Young · 1936 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1936. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of poetry from Geoffrey Winthrop Young. First edition. A collection of poetry including: Glamour of Life, Mountain Playmates, The Blessing of the Separate, A Sisterhood, Knight Erra...

The Poetical Works of Hector Macneill

Hector Macneill · 1806 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

Edinburgh, James Ballantyne for Mundell and Son, 1806 . Leather. A delightfully bound two volume edition of the poetical works of Scottish poet Hector Macneill. A two volume edition of the works of the poet Midlothian born poet, who authored various political pamphlets, and tw...

Dogs of Every Day

Patrick R. Chalmers · 1933 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1933. Cloth. A book for dog lovers, containing poems about twelve popular breeds, charmingly illustrated by Cecil Aldin. An early edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to the front paste down and fro...

The Rose Garden of Persia

Louisa Stuart Costello · 1887 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1887. Cloth. A lovely volume of poetry from Persia, edited by Louisa Stuart Costello. This new edition with beautiful chromolithographs decorations throughout. Louisa Stuart Costello's charming poetry collection of versions of poems and poem ...

The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier · 1894 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1894. Leather. The Cambridge edition of this collection of the complete poetical works of the American Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier. The twenty-fifth edition of this work, the first Cambridge edition printed by The Riverside Press ...

Poems 1926-1930

Robert Graves · 1931 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, William Heinemann, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Robert Graves's 1931 volume of poetry, retaining the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.The poetry in this collec...

Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold · 1899 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1899. Leather. A smart copy of this collection of poetry from English poet and cultural critic, Matthew Arnold. Reprint, originally published in 1890. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of poetry from Matthew Arnold, an English poet a...