Poesia

Scottish Song: A Selection of the Choicest Lyrics of Scotland

Mary Carlyle Aitken · 1874 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1874. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition of this collection of Scottish lyrics and verses, compiled by Mary Carlyle Aitken. First edition. A collection of Scottish songs, lyrics, and verses, including: O Gin my Love, The Lass of Ballochmyle...

The Poetical Works of William Cowper

William Cowper · 1853 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, William Pickering, 1853. Leather. A complete two volume set of this collection of poetry from William Cowper, with a memoir of the author. Complete in two volumes. Portrait frontispiece to volume one. The poetical works of William Cowper, an English poet, and Anglican ...

Tire a L&Apos;Arc

Alain Jouffroy · 1962 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Milan, Galerie Schwarz, 1962. First edition. Paperback. A first edition copy of this collection of poems by the French writer Alain Jouffroy, with illustrations by Victor Brauner. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original card wraps, with a glassine wrapp...

The Chase; a Poem

William Somervile · 1802 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, W. Bulmer and Co, 1802 . Leather. The second Bewick edition of William Somervile's most popular poem, delightfully illustrated throughout by Thomas Bewick, after the designs of his brother. The second edition of this work to feature the Bewick illustrations.'...

The Works of Francis Thompson Poems and Prose

Francis Thompson · 1913 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London; New York, Burns & Oates Ltd; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. Cloth. A smart complete collection of the works of English poet, Francis Thompson. Complete in three volumes. Each volume contains a portrait frontispiece. A collection of works from Francis Thompson, an ...

Last Poems

A. E. Housman · 1937 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, The Richards Press Ltd. 1937. Cloth. A later edition of this charming collection of the last poems of the beloved A. E. Housman. A later edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Alfred Edward Housman, the notable classical scholar and poet, ...

Wallace; or, the Fight of Falkirk; a Metrical Romance

Margaret Holford [Margaret Hodson] · 1809 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies by J. M'Creery, 1809 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of Margaret Holford's historical verse Romance about Scottish hero William Wallace, and his defeat at the Battle of Falkirk. The scarce first edition of this ...

Songs of Experience by William Blake & Hesperides by Robert Herrick

William Blake; Robert Herrick · 1911 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, The St. Catherine Press, 1911. Paperback. Two scarce volumes of poetic works from William Blake and Robert Herrick. Two volumes. Scarce editions. Dated from the British Library. This set includes: Songs of Experience A poetry collection including: Holy Thursday, The An...

The Poems of Matthew Arnold 1840-1867

Matthew Arnold · 1909 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Henry Frowde, 1909. Vellum. The Oxford edition of this collection of poetry from Matthew Arnold. Oxford edition. Includes portrait frontispiece. A collection of poetry from Matthew Arnold, an English poet and cultural critic characterised as a sage writer who instructs...

Poems of Tennyson Including the Princess, in Memoriam, Maud, Idylls of the King, Enoch Arden

Alfred Tennyson · 1910 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Henry Frowde, 1910. Vellum. A smart Oxford Edition of this collection of poetry from Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Oxford edition. With portrait frontispiece. A collection of poetry including: The Princess, In Memoriam, Maud, Idylls of the King, Enoch Arden. Written by Alfred...

The Minstrel and Poems

James Beattie; Thomas Warton · 1777 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Edward and Charles Dilly; W. Creech; T. Becket, 1777-79. Leather. Two poetical works by James Beattie and Thomas Warton bound in one volume, beautiful examples of pre-Romantic poetry. Two works bound in one volume;'The Minstrel, In Two Books: With Some Other Poems...

Christabel, Kubla Khan, the Pains of Sleep

Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1816 · Rooke Books

£2,750.00 (€3,296.31 | $3,633.13 | ¥580,165)

London, John Murray; William Bulmer and Co, 1816. Leather. Three poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the second edition of this smartly bound volume. The second edition, published in the same year as the first.Half-title is present.Three of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poems p...

Paradise Lost and Paradise Regain&Apos;D

John Milton; Thomas Newton · 1753 · Rooke Books

£1,600.00 (€1,917.85 | $2,113.82 | ¥337,550)

London, C. Hitch and L. Hawes; J. Hodges; J. and R. Tonson; et al, 1753-57. Leather. An early set of John Milton's important epic poems, an illustrated set edited by biblical scholar Thomas Newton. ESTC citation numbers T132846 and T134240.The fourth Newton edition of &ap...

The Poets&Apos; Pleasaunce: Or, Garden of All Sorts of Pleasant Flowers

Eden Warwick · 1847 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1847. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this beautifully designed work exploring the relationship of English poets with flowers. A scarce first edition, in which artist Henry Noel Humphreys uses thirty repeating fu...

Poems on Several Occasions; Splendid Shilling; Cyder

John Philips · 1727 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Thomas Astley; E. Curll; J. Tonson, 1727-1728 . Leather. A scarce edition of the works of eighteenth century poet John Phillips, containing his best known works. The fourth edition of Philips's 'Poems on Several Occasions', which was issued with his work...

The Corsair, Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, and Lara

Lord Byron · 1814 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, John Murray, 1814. Leather. A collection of three poetical works of Byron bound in one volume, a smart calf bound collection of early editions. A collection of three early edition Lord Byron poems bound in one volume.'The Corsair', the 7th edition. Bound with...

English Verse 1701-1750

D. F. Foxon · 1975 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this comprehensive catalogue on 18th Century verse. Complete in two volumes in the original slipcase. An extensive reference work on 18th century English poetry. Volume one is a catalog...

The Manuscript of Milton&Apos;S Paradise Lost Book 1

John Milton; Helen Darbishire · 1931 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Oxford, At the Clarendon Press , 1931. First edition. Cloth. An interesting first edition copy of the manuscript of the first book of the epic poem Paradise Lost. This volume contains the manuscript of Book 1 of Paradise Lost, with an elaborate study of the characteristics of ...

The Poems of William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth; Nowell Charles Smith [ed] · 1908 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London , Methuen & Co , 1908. First edition. Cloth. A complete three volumes set of the poetical works of Romantic poet William Wordsworth. A first of this edition, complete in three volumes. William Wordsworth was an English Romantic poet who helped to launch the Romantic Ag...

Poesies de Casimir Delavigne

Casimir Delavigne · 1856 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Paris, Didier et Cie, 1856. Leather. New edition of Casimir Delavigne's collection of poems in the original French. A new edition of this anthology of French verse from Casimir Delavigne, French poet and dramatist of the nineteenth century. In the original French. 'E...