Poesia

Drunken Barnaby&Apos;S Four Journeys to the North of England

[Richard Brathwait] · 1723 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, S. Illidge, 1723. Leather. The third edition of this comical pilgrimage poem, printed in both Latin and English, illustrated with copper-engraved plates. The third edition of this work.A Latin and English poem, a comical account of the author's pilgrimage through ...

The Songs and Ballads of Cumberland

Sidney Gilpin · 1866 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1866. Leather. A beautiful first edition of this collection of ballads and verses celebrating Cumberland, bound in smart leather. A charming collection of ballads and verses from the historic county of Cumberland, edited by Sidney Gilpin and ...

The Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems of the Xviiith Century

Austin Dobson · 1892 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1892. Cloth. A lovely third edition collection of the poetry of Austin Dobson, illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Henry Austin Dobson (1840-1921) was an English poet and essayist. This work revives the eighteenth century and its ways of life...

Woman, a Satire

Juvenal · 1927 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, The Casanova Society, 1927. Cloth. An unusual work consisting of Roman poet Juvenal's reductive views of 'Woman', accompanied eight full plate illustrations. With eight plates of collotype illustrations depicting female nudes from artist R. B. Brooks-Gre...

Underneath the Bough

Francine Pyle Robinson · 1929 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Boston, Harold Vinal, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A scarce volume of short poems containing a verse dedicated to Arctic explorer Captain Scott. From the library of his son. A very scarce first edition of this small volume of poems from Francine Pyle Robinson.Loosely inserted i...

Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song: With Historical and Traditional Notices Relative to the Manners and Customs of the Peasantry

Robert Hartley Cromek [ed.]; Allan Cunningham · 1810 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, T Cadell and W Davies, 1810. First edition. Leather. A collection of Scottish folk ballads, accompanied by humorous accounts of peasant traditions and superstitions. The first edition of this work, edited by and with an engraved title page from Robert Hartley Cromek, a...

Poems on Various Subjects; Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and with a View to Comprise in One Volume the Beauties of English Poetry

E. Tomkins · 1801 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Printed for Crosby and Letterman, 1801. Leather. A new edition of this charming collection of poems celebrating virtue and the beauties of English poetry by E. Tomkins. A new edition of this lovely collection of poems by E. Tomkins. Originally published in 1780.Contain...

Miscellaneous Songs, Poems, &C. Partly in the Scottish Dialect, with a Copious Glossary

Ebenezer Picken · 1813 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

Edinburgh, Printed for James Sawers; Brash & Reid; et al. 1813. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce collection complete in two volumes of Ebenezer Picken's collection of miscellaneous poems and song. The first 1813 edition. A complete collection in two volume containin...

The Life and Death of Jason

William Morris · 1877 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Ellis and White, 1877. Cloth. A seventh edition of William Morris' poem following mythological hero Jason. Penned by acclaimed textile designer and poet William Morris (1834-1896). Morris is credited with reviving traditional British textile art, and he helped est...

Songs and Verses and the True Cross

G. J. Whyte-Melville · 1906 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1906. Leather. A nicely bound collection of George Whyte-Melville's poetry, illustrated here with plates by S. E. Waller. A poetry anthology by George Whyte-Melville, the popular Scottish novelist known for his sporting works.This antholo...

The Poetical Works of Elijah Fenton, Thomas Tickell and Thomas Warton

Elijah Fenton; Thomas Tickell; Thomas Warton · 1796 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, C. Cooke, [1796]. Leather. A collection of the poetical works of three prominent British poets, in a contemporary leather binding. Elijah Fenton (1683-1730) was an English poet and translator. He assisted Alexander Pope in his renowned translation of Homer's Odyss...

The Search After Proserpine, Recollections of Greece and Other Poems

Aubrey de Vere · 1843 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Oxford, John Henry Parker, 1843. Leather. A scarce collection of poetry by Irish poet Aubrey de Vere, in a full leather binding. A beautiful and thought-provoking collection of poetry from nineteenth century Ireland.Aubrey de Vere (1814-1902) was an Irish poet and critic. His ...

The Tale of Frithiof

Esias Tegner · 1872 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, John Murray, 1872. Cloth. The first English edition of Tegner's Swedish epic poem based upon Icelandic legend, in a charming full cloth binding. Frithiof's Saga is an Icelandic legendary saga dating to circa 1300, set in eight century Norway. it follows Frith...

Illyrion

Adelaide Eden Phillpotts · 1916 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Cecil Palmer and Hayward , 1916. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition inscribed by the author of Adelaide Eden Phillpott's first published book of poems. The first edition of Adelaide Eden Phillpotts-Ross's first published book of poems. A scarce v...

Tribute to Walter de la Mare on His Seventy-Fifth Birthday

Various · 1948 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this birthday tribute to renowned poet and writer Walter De La Mare, containing the work of Graham Greene, T. S. Eliot, Siegfried Sassoon and J. B. Priestley. This anthology, published in celebrati...

Original Acrostics

1811 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,667)

London, Bell and Daldy, 1811. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition acrostic work, compiling a selection of original poems and puzzles. The very scarce first edition of this work.A selection of entertaining acrostics, all of which had never appeared in print before...

Cross and Shrine

Mary Winter Were; Herbert Palmer · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Sans & Co, c1942. First edition. Cloth. A signed very scarce first edition of this lyrical collection of poems by Mary Winter Were. The very scarce first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.A selection of the Christian poems of Mary Winter Were,...

Season and Festival

Herbert Palmer · 1943 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1943. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this beautiful poetry collection by Herbert Palmer. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the half-title, 'For Mary Winter Were signed by Herbert E. Palmer with best wi...

Winged Chariot

Walter De La Mare · 1951 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Faber and Faber, 1951. Cloth. A collection of de la Mare's poetry, complete with an unclipped dust wrapper. A charming collection of poetry by Walter de la Mare.Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was an English poet and short story writer remembered for his children&ap...

The Seasons

James Thomson; Percival Stockdale · 1793 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, A. Hamilton, 1793. Leather. A beautifully illustrated edition of James Thomson's romantic rural poem, the first edition to have the notes of Percival Stockdale. This is the first edition with Percival Stockdale's notes.Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignett...