Poesia

Der Duft Des Mittagsmahls

Odysseas Elytis · 1993 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,705)

Luxembourg, Editions Phi, 1993. Cloth. An exceptional copy of this collection of poetry by Greek poet Odysseas Elytis, translated into German and illustrated in colour by Franz Dasbourg. In the original slipcase. An exceptional copy of this collection of poetry by twentieth-ce...

Les Chansons de Bilitis

Pierre Louys · 1937 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Paris , Rombaldi , 1937. Leather. A collection of poems by Pierre Louys, a smart copy of a limited edition featuring erotic illustrations by Lobel Riche. A poetry anthology by Pierre Louys, in the original French. Copy number ninety nine. Limitation is not given. A collection ...

Eighteen Hundred and Eleven, a Poem.

Anna Laetitia Barbauld · 1812 · Rooke Books

£8,900.00 (€10,668.06 | $11,758.14 | ¥1,877,624)

Philadelphia, Anthony Finley, 1812 . First edition. Hardback. A very scarce first American edition of this important poem from Barbauld, offering a stark criticism of the involvement of Britain in the Napoleonic wars. The very scarce first American edition of this poem from En...

Frontenac, a Poem of the Iroquois

Alfred Billings Street · 1866 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Albany, Joel Munsell, 1866 . Cloth. A lovely edition of Arthur B Street's lengthy work of poetry about the interactions of a North American tribe and Canadian settlers in the late seventeenth century. A beautifully bound edition of this poem from American writer Arthur Bi...

Golden Leaves from the British Poets; American Poets; Dramatic Poets

John W. S. Hows · 1867 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

New York, F. J. Huntington and Co. 1867. Leather. A collection of three uniformly bound volumes tribute to British, American, and dramatic poets, collected by John W. S. Hows. Three volumes collecting some of the most beautiful and important poems of British, American, and dra...

Flamma Vestalis and Other Poems

Eugene Mason · 1895 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London, T. Fisher Unwin , 1895. First edition. Vellum. A scarce copy of this poetry anthology by Eugene Mason, a copy limited to thirty printed for circulation. A first edition of this little anthology of poems by Eugene Mason, limited to thirty copies printed on Japanese vell...

The Poetical Works of Bridges, Shelley, and Keats

John Keats; Robert Bridges; Percy Bysshe Shelley · 1914 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press, 1914-29. Fine Binding. A uniformly bound set of the poetical works of Robert Bridges, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats. Handsomely bound in half contemporary morocco with gilt detailing. Three beautifully and uniformly bou...

The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1890 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh, 1890. Leather. The Albion Edition of the poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, containing all of the most popular works of the American poet. The Albion Edition. This edition was revised and corrected by comparison with his last Americ...

Le Pas de la Mort Poeme Inedit

Pierre Michault; Colyn Coellin · 1869 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Bruxelles, Fr J Olivier, 1869. Paperback. The first edition of this limited printing of this important renaissance poem. A limited edition work, signed number 16 of 25 copies printed for commerce. Signed by the secretary of the Societe des Bibliophiles de Belgique, J Delecourt...

Sunshine in the Country: A Book of Rural Poetry

1861 · Rooke Books

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

London, Richard Griffin and Company , 1861. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of one of the first poetry anthologies featuring illustrations in photographs, a scarce volume complete with all albumen photographs. A scarce copy of the first edition of this work, one of the...

The Five Nations

Rudyard Kipling · 1903 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Methuen & Co. 1903. First edition. Leather. A lovely first trade edition, first impression of Rudyard Kipling's collection of poems, in a full morocco binding. The first edition, first impression of this collection of poems by Rudyard Kipling, with 'David&apo...

The Night of the Hammer

Ned O'Gorman · 1959 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition in its unclipped dust wrapper of this collection of poems by Ned O'Gorman, inscribed by the author. A collection of Ned O'Gorman's poetry, inscribed by the author to the ti...

Georgian Love Songs

ed. John Hadfield · 1949 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

Not Stated, The Cupid Press, 1949. Cloth. A wonderful collection of poetry from the Georgian Era, illustrated with six collotypes by popular artist Rex Whistler. Containing verses by the likes of William Somervile, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Oliver Goldsmith, John Gay, Henry F...

Golden Leaves from the Works of the Poets and Painters

Robert Bell; Various · 1863 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Griffin, Bohn & Co, 1863. Leather. A nice collection of various poetical works by the likes of Lord Byron and Robert Burns, a beautifully illustrated volume from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. 'Golden Leaves' is a charming collection of poems by pop...

Love&Apos;S Progress or the Education of Araminta

James Laver · 1929 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Nonesuch Press, 1929. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of Laver's popular poem, 'Love's Progress&apos. From the library at Julians Park, once the home of socialite and patron of the arts, Audrey Pleydell Bouverie. Love's Progress is the s...

The Works of Joseph Ritson

Joseph Ritson · 1794 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,996.65 | $3,302.85 | ¥527,422)

London, G. and W. Nicol; T. and J. Egerton; R. Triphook; C. and J. Rivington; J. Johnson, 1794-1813. Leather. A uniformly bound, full calf set of the selected works of Joseph Ritson, published between 1794 to 1813. A lovely, uncommon set. A lovely, uncommon set of selected wor...

The Testament of Beauty, a Poem in Four Books

Robert Bridges · 1930 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1930. Vellum. A second edition of Robert Bridge's popular and musing poem, complete with the original dust wrapper. 'The Testament of Beauty' is a long philosophical poem which earned the author great success and popularity before his de...

The Testament of Beauty; a Poem in Four Books

Robert Bridges · 1930 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Oxford, At the Clarendon Press , 1930. Vellum. A smart copy of this early printing of Robert Bridges' most successful poetical work. An early printing of this poetry book by Robert Bridges, originally published before the author's death in 1929. This poem helped Brid...

The Poetical Works of Robert Burns & John Milton

John Milton; Robert Burns · 1912 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London & Oxford, Humphrey Milford; Henry Frowde, 1912-13. Cloth. Two uniformly bound volumes comprising the poetical works of British greats Robert Burns and John Milton. John Milton was an English poet active in the seventeenth century, best known for his epic 'Paradise ...

The Bab Ballads with Which Are Included Songs of a Savoyard

W S Gilbert · 1908 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1908. Fine Binding. A finely bound copy of William Schwent Gilbert's comic operas. This collection of light verses is illustrated throughout, with charming drawings by the author. In a Riviere and Son binding, with the binder's stamp to the ...