Poesia

A New Book of Old Ballads

James Maidment [ed.] · 1885 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Edinburgh, Privately Printed, 1885. Cloth. A privately printed, limited edition, of this collection of ballads edited by James Maidment. Limited to 275 small paper copies printed for subscribers. A collection of twenty ballads, including: Willie and Marie, Love is the cause of...

The Poems of John Ruskin: Now First Collected from Original Manuscript and Printed Sources; and Edited, in Chronological Order, with Notes, Biographical and Critical

John Ruskin; W. G. Collingwood · 1891 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, George Allen, 1891. First edition. Leather. A first edition, two-volume set of poetry by the renowned Victorian writer, John Ruskin. With illustrations throughout. The first collected edition, being the first collection of Ruskin's poetry. Complete in two volumes....

The Works of Petronius Arbiter, in Prose and Verse

Petronius Arbiter; Mr. Addison · 1736 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London , J. Watts, 1736. Leather. A copy of the works of Petronius Arbiter, in prose and verse. Petronius Arbiter was a Roman courtier during the reign of Nero who is generally believed to be the author of Satyricon a satirical novel. This volume contains the works of Petroni...

The Spirit of Man an Anthology in English & French

Various; Robert Bridges [ed.] · 1937 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, New York, Toronto, Calcutta, Bombay & Madras, Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd. 1937 . Leather. A lovely leather bound edition of this anthology of poetry compiled by English poet Robert Bridges. The Spirit of Man An Anthology in English & French from the Philosophers & Poets...

The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke with a Memoir

Rupert Brooke · 1931 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1931. Leather. A very neat edition of this collection of poetry by Rupert Brook with a memoir. Twentieth impression. Illustrated with frontispiece and one portrait plate. Collated complete. The memoir of Rupert Brooke, an English poet known for ...

The Child Set in the Midst by Modern Poets

Modern Poets; Wilfred Meynell [ed.] · 1892 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, The Leadenhall Press, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this anthology of poems about childhood, with contributions by Blake, Wordsworth, and Browning. First edition. With facsimile of "The Toys" by Coventry Patmore. A collection of poems about children an...

Whistle-Binkie or the Piper of the Party, Being a Collection of Songs for the Social Circle

Various · 1878 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Glasgow, David Robertson & Co, 1878. Cloth. A lovely copy of this two volume anthology of poems and songs by a variety of Scottish writers. Containing the works of Ballantine, Grey, Laing, Ferguson, Grant and Kennedy, amongst many others, and with a facsimile signatures of eac...

The Farmer&Apos;S Boy; a Rural Poem

Robert Bloomfield · 1801 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London , Vernor and Hood, 1801. Leather. A leather bound copy of The Farmer's Boy; A Rural Poem, with illustrations. A fourth edition copy of this rural poem by Robert Bloomfield. Robert Bloomfield was an English labouring class poet and this is a prime example of his la...

The Poetical Works of Lord Byron with a Memoir Ten Volumes in Five

Lord Byron · 1860 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1860. Cloth. A complete five volume set of the The Poetical Works of Lord Byron with a Memoir. A complete five volume set of The Poetical Works of Lord Byron with a Memoir Ten Volumes in Five. These works are reprints of Byron with a Life ...

Poems

James Montgomery · 1864 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London , Routledge, Warne, and Routledge , 1864. Leather. A leather bound copy of the poetical works of James Montgomery, with illustrations. James Montgomery was a Scottish born hymn writer, poet and editor. This volume contains his poetical works including The Wanderer of Sw...

The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith · 1818 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Suttaby Evance, and Fox; and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1818. Leather. Pocket sized, early edition of the poetical works of celebrated poet Oliver Goldsmith. Oliver Goldsmith was an important and prolific Anglo-Irish author in the eighteenth century. The present work c...

The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith; Robert Aris Willmott [ed.] · 1859 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Georg Routledge and Co. 1859. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated edition of the coelected verses of Oliver Goldsmith, adorned with colour printings by Birket Foster and H. N. Humphreys. The first book with important pictorial colour printing by Evans. Oliver Goldsmith was...

Wand and Quadrant

Christopher Logue · 1953 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Paris, Collection Merlin, 1953. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition of this collection of poetry by Christopher Logue. First edition. Signed by the author. Limited to three hundred copies on papier d'arches. This is copy number 271. The first published work b...

The Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist

Henry Vaughan; E. K. Chambers [ed.]; H. C. Beeching [intro.] · 1896 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1896 . Leather. A beautiful limited edition two volume set of the poetry of Henry Vaughan, presented in vibrant full morocco Zaehnsdorf bindings. A Limited Edition work, with each volume numbered thirty-five of one hundred large paper copies.Beautifu...

Whims and Oddities, in Prose and Verse

Thomas Hood · 1861 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Edward Moxon & Co. 1861. Leather. A new beautifully illustrated edition of this collection of poetry and oddities in Maclehose signed leather binding. Early edition of Whims and Oddities, in Prose and Verse by Thomas Hood in Maclehose signed straight grain morocco bind...

Irish Melodies

Thomas Moore · 1850 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850 . Leather. An early edition of Thomas Moore's Irish Melodies in beautiful morocco binding with gilt. Early edition of Irish Melodies by Thomas Moore in full morocco binding. With beautiful gilt detail to the boards and spi...

The Vale of Lanherne and Other Poems

H. Sewell Stokes · 1853 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1853. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated second edition of this collection of poems by Henry Sewell Stokes. Second edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and five plates. Collated complete. A collection of poems, including: The Land's End, T...

La Comedia de la Mort

Theophile Gautier · 1838 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

Paris, Desessart, 1838 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of the macabre poetry of Theophile Gautier. Gautier ruminates on the theme of death, viewing it as an escape from the tortures of life. In the original French.A bright copy of the first edition of the macabre p...

Poems

Thomas Hood · 1861 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London , Edward Moxon, 1861. Leather. A smart leather bound copy of the poems of Thomas Hood. The fourteenth edition of this collection of poems by Thomas Hood. Thomas Hood was an English poet, author and humourist best known for his poems The Bridge of Sighs and The Song of ...

Stars of the Desert

Laurence Hope [Violet Nicolson] · 1917 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, William Heinemann, 1917. Leather. A beautiful later impression of this charming book of verses by Laurence Hope, in a signed Ramage binding. A new impression of 1917, originally published in 1903. Charming book of verses by Violet Nicolson published under pseudonym La...