Poesia

The Chase, and Other Poems

William Somervile · 1826 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Jones & Company , 1826. Cloth. A charming miniature edition of Somervile's best known poem, an ode to the sport of hunting. A charming miniature edition from the publishers 'Diamond Poets' series.Illustrated with a frontispiece and an engraved title.&apo...

The Cats of Rome

William Kean Seymour · 1970 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)

Arundel, Linden Press, 1970. First edition. Cloth. One of twenty five copies printed of this poetry collection signed by the author William Kean Seymour. Collection of poetry by William Kean Seymour concerned with such subjects as the crowded ghosts of Versailles, Cortez dream...

A New Path to the Waterfall

Raymond Carver · 1989 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Collins Harvill , 1989. First edition. Cloth. A bright first UK edition of this anthology of poems by Raymond Carver complete in its unclipped dust wrapper. The first UK edition of this work. Raymond Carver's last collection of poetry, completed shortly before he ...

Intermittent Journals

Dannie Abse · 1994 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Wales, Seren, 1994 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of journals by the Welsh poet Dannie Abse, signed by the author. First edition of Intermittent Journals by Dannie Abse in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Si...

A Choice Collection of Scots Poems, Antient and Modern, Selected Chiefly from the Labours of the Most Ingenious Writers in This Kingdom, During the Two Last Centuries

Various · 1766 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Edinburgh, Wal. Ruddiman, Junior, 1766. Leather. A very scarce collection of thirty-six poems from Scottish history, a brilliant collection looking through centuries of Scots poems. A very scarce work.ESTC citation number T10015.'A Choice Collection of Scots Poems' e...

Homecoming

Julia Cousins · 2014 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Oxford, Lyre, 2014. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition copy of Homecoming. A first edition copy of Homecoming. Signed by the author to the title page.Homecoming is a poetry anthology by Julia Cousins. The poems within this anthology are a collection of recollect...

Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards

Various; Evan Evans · 1764 · Rooke Books

£1,275.00 (€1,528.29 | $1,684.45 | ¥268,985)

London, R. and J. Dodsley, 1764. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition study on the ancient poets of Wales, with faithful translations of the poems into English by Evan Evans. The first edition of this very scarce work.Errata leaf present to the rear.Text is comp...

Goblin Market

Christina Rossetti · 1907 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Gowans and Gray LTD, 1907. Paperback. A very scarce pocket sized edition of Rossetti's popular poetry collection 'Goblin Market', in the original Jessie M. King dust wrapper. A very scarce edition of this work, No. 7 in Gowans's International Librar...

The Works of Thomas Chatterton

Thomas Chatterton; G. Gregory · 1803 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1803 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this three volume set of works of poetry by Thomas Chatterton in leather bindings. First edition of The Works of Thomas Chatterton in full calf bindings.Containing his life, by G. Gregory, a...

The Poetical Works of N.P. Willis with Illustrations

N. P. Willis · 1888 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1888. Leather. A very neat edition of the collected poetical works of Nathaniel Parker Willis. Dated from the British Library. Illustrated with title page and three plates. Collated complete. The collected poetical works of Nathaniel Parker Wil...

Poems and Letters by Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray · 1874 · Rooke Books

£139.00 (€166.61 | $183.64 | ¥29,325)

London, Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1874. Leather. A Riviere bound large paper copy of the poems of Thomas Gray, prize binding from Eton college. The collected poems of Thomas Gray, English poet known for his 1751 Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. An Eton College edit...

The Poets of Great Britain in One Hundred and Twenty-Four Volumes: The Poetical Works of William Broome with the Life of the Author by Samuel Johnson

William Broome; Samuel Johnson · 1807 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Cadell and Davies, 1807. Leather. A neat edition of this collection of poetical works by William Broome. From The Poets of Great Britain Series. With an illustrated frontispiece and title page. A collection of the poetical works of William Broome, an English poet and t...

The Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope · 1753 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, J. and P. Knapton; H. Linton et al. 1753. Leather. Eight volumes only of this nine volume mid eighteenth century edition of the works of Pope, illustrated throughout with engraved plates. Lacking volume two only.Illustrated with twenty plates: three plates to volume I,...

Rokeby; a Poem

Sir Walter Scott · 1813 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Edinburgh, John Ballantyne; Longman, Hurst, Rees et al, 1813. Leather. The fourth edition of Sir Walter Scott's narrative poem, published in the same year as the first edition. A narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott arranged in six cantos, set in Teesdale during the English...

Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field

Walter Scott · 1811 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Printed by George Ramsay and Company , 1811. Leather. Seventh edition of Sir Walter Scott's successful poem of historical romance bound in full calf. The seventh edition of this work. An epic poem by Sir Walter Scott, telling of the sixteenth century Scotland and...

The Shipwreck

William Falconer · 1811 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies; et al. 1811. Leather. The thirteenth edition of William Falconer's celebrated maritime poem, adorned with illustrations. Poem telling of the final voyage of the merchant ship Britannia and her crew. Written by William Falconer,...

Poems by Samuel Rogers

Samuel Rogers · 1834 · Rooke Books

£255.00 (€305.66 | $336.89 | ¥53,797)

London, T. Cadell; E. Moxon, 1834 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this collection of poetry by Samuel Rogers in morocco binding and with illustrations. First edition of Poems by Samuel Rogers in full morocco binding. A lovely collection of poetry by the ninetee...

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Edward Fitzgerald [trans.]; Joseph Jacobs [intro.] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Gibbings and Company, 1909 . Cloth. A smart copy of Frank Brangwyn's illustrated edition of Fitzgerald's translation of Omar Khayyam's 'Rubaiyat&apos. Omar Khayyam was a Persian mathematician and astronomer, born in the 2nd Century. He gained great ...

Great Poets of the 20th Century and Great Lyricists: Bob Dylan

TS Eliot; Siegfried Sassoon; Sylvia Plath; WH Auden; Philip Larkin; Ted Hughes; Seamus Heaney; Bob Dylan · 2008 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, The Guardian, 2008. First edition. Paperback. Bright group of eight pamphlets from The Guardian's 'Great Poets' and 'Great Lyricists' series. The first edition of this work. Complete collection of The Guardian's 'Great Poets of the 2...

The Poetical Works of William Cowper

William Cowper; J.M. Ross · 1864 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

Edinburgh, W. P. Nimmo, Hay & MItchell, 1864 . Leather. An early edition of this collection of poetry by William Cowper with illustrations by Hugh Cameron. Early edition of The Poetical Works of William Cowper in full calf binding. With 'Life' by J. M. Ross. Undate...