Poesia

Ghost and Chorus: Poems

Dorothea Bussell · 1937 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Oxford, Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press, 1937. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce anthology of poems by Dorothea Bussell. Very scarce work, rarely seen in commerce. Found institutionally only at the British Library, the National Library of Wales, and the library at ...

Advice to the Future Laureat: An Ode

Peter Pindar [John Wolcot] · 1790 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London, G. Kearsley, 1790. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce new edition of this work by Peter Pindar, the pen name of John Wolcot. Scarce work. New edition. A humorous verse with instructions and tips for a future poet laureate. Written by John Wolcot under the pseudonym of Peter P...

The Biglow Papers

James Russell Lowell · 1864 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Trubner and Co. 1864. Paperback. A smart copy of this collection of satirical verses from James Russell Lowell. Second series. Authorised edition. A collection of satirical poems and essays critiquing American politics, particularly the Mexican-American War and the tre...

La Chute D&Apos;Un Ange

Alphonse de Lamartine · 1858 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Paris, L. Hachette, 1858 . Leather. An attractive leather bound copy of Alphonse de Lamartine's epic poem. An attractive leather bound copy of Alphonse de Lamartine's epic poem. Published in French. In the poem, Lamartine imagines an angel who takes human form so tha...

Monsieur Tonson

John Taylor · 1830 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Alfred Miller , 1830. Paperback. The second edition of John Taylor's poem illustrated by Robert Cruikshank. The second edition of this work. In the original paper wraps. Poem by English journalist John Taylor, most famous for his posthumous memoir 'Records o...

Lecons Anglaises de Litterature Et de Morale

M. Noel · 1817 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris, Le Normant, 1817-1819. Leather. A scarce two volume set of this collection of lessons on English literature for both poetry and prose, in the French language. French language. Two volumes. Scarce works. A set of lessons in morals and English literature, with volume one ...

Instructions to a Celebrated Laureat; Alias the Progress of Curiosity; Alias a Birth-Day Ode; Alias Mr. Whitebread&Apos;S Brewhouse

Peter Pindar [John Wolcot] · 1787 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, G. Kearsley, 1787. Disbound. A scarce second edition of this work by Peter Pindar, the pen name of John Wolcot. Scarce work. Second edition. A collection of humorous verses including: Instructions to a Celebrated Laureat, The Progress of Curiosity, A Birth-Day Ode, and...

Halidon Hill; a Dramatic Sketch, from Scottish History

Sir Walter Scott · 1822 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

Edinburgh; London, Archibald Constable and Co; Hurst, Robinson & Co, 1822. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this dramatic play by Sir Walter Scott, looking at the 1333 Battle of Halidon Hill. The first edition.Title page is watermarked 1821. Rare in the original ...

Memorial Sonnets of Italy

Clarence Foster · 1878 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Leeds, Clarence Foster, 1878. Paperback. A delightful and very scarce collection of sonnets on the subject of Italian landscapes. A very scarce work in the original pictorial paper wraps. A collection of sonnets on Italian landscapes such as Pompeii, Lake Como, and the Alps, e...

Ode to France

Charles Morgan · 1942 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Macmillan, 1942 . Paperback. A lovely signed and limited edition copy of Charles Morgan's ode to the country of France, penned prior to its liberation from the Germans. Printed the same year as the first edition, this is number eighty-eight of the three hundred an...

Lara a Tale Lord

Lord Byron · 1814 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London , John Murray , 1814. Brochure/Pamphlet. A fourth edition copy of this narrative poem, Lara, by Lord Byron. Lara is a rhyming tragic narrative poem by Lord Byron. The work is regarded as a continuation of the autobiographical work begun in The Corsair. In the fourth ed...

Kilton Wood; and Other Poems, Suitable for Readings and Recitations

P. Gabbitass · 1877 · Rooke Books

£74.00 (€88.70 | $97.76 | ¥15,612)

Bristol, Not Stated , 1877. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce pamphlet of poetry by Peter Gabbitass. A very scarce work, rarely seen in commerce and found institutionally only at the University of Exeter Library. A pamphlet containing a series of poems by Peter Gabbitas...

Instructions to Vander Bank, a Sequel to the Advice to the Poets: A Poem, Occasion&Apos;D by the Glorious Success of Her Majesty&Apos;S Arms, Under the Command of the Duke of Marlborough, the Last Year in Flandres [Sic]

Anonymous [Richard Blackmore] · 1709 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Printed and sold by H Hills, 1709. Disbound. Poem by Richard Blackmore, dedicated to the Duke of Marlborough's success in Flanders. ESTC T37316. One of two copies printed in the same year, this with misspelling of 'Flanders' to title page ('Flandres...

Fugitiva

1881 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Manchester, Privately printed, 1881. Cloth. A very scarce and charming collection of poems, privately printed, by an unknown author. A very scarce work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to the title page. A charming, privately printed collection o...

Mr. Hervey&Apos;S Contemplations on a Flower-Garden, Done Into Blank Verse

T. Newcomb; James Hervey · 1757 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, J. Rivington and J. Fletcher, 1757 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce blank verse poem by English clergyman and teacher Thomas Newcomb. A charming and very scarce mid eighteenth century blank verse poem, constructed by Thomas Newcomb from...

The People&Apos;S Palace

Sacheverell Sitwell · 1918 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Oxford, B. H. Blackwell, 1918. First edition. Paperback. A first edition copy of The People's Place by Sacheverell Sitwell. A first edition copy of Sacheverell Sitwell's first published work. The People's Palace is a collection of poems which are number twenty ...

Odes on Several Descriptive and Allegoric Subjects

William Collins · 1927 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

New York, Payson & Clarke, 1927 . Hardback. A facsimile copy of Odes on Several Descriptive and Allegoric Subjects by William Collins. A facsimile reprint of this collection of odes which was originally published in 1746. William Collins was an English poet who was important ...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott; J Logie Robertson [ed.] · 1921 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

Oxford, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1921. Leather. The collected verses of Sir Walter Scott, the Oxford edition in full morocco binding. Oxford edition of the collected poetical works of Sir Walter Scott in one volume, celebrated Scottish author, influential in...

The Privateer: A Metrical Romance

A Sailor · 1874 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Griffith and Farran, 1874. Cloth. A scarce narrative poem written and published anonymously by A Sailor. Scarce work. A tragic metrical romance narrative poem in eight cantos. Following the story of the lovers through various voyages, chases, battles, and the ultimate ...

The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside, M.D. With the Life of the Author

Mark Akenside · 1814 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Sultaby, Evance & Fox, 1814. Leather. A lovely pocket-sized collection of the poetry of Mark Akenside, with a brief biography. An 1814 edition of this work in a full calf binding with decorative gilt-stamping and blind-stamping to the boards. Bookplate to the front pas...