Poesia

Collected Poems

Austin Dobson · 1899 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co LTD, 1899. Leather. A selection of Austin Dobson's popular poetry, containing a variety of his best known work, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece. Illustrated with a frontispieceA selection of the poems by Henry Austin Dobso...

Old Possum&Apos;S Book of Practical Cats

T S Eliot · 1939 · Rooke Books

£2,250.00 (€2,696.98 | $2,972.56 | ¥474,680)

London, Faber and Faber, 1939. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, first edition copy of T S Eliot's famous poetry collection regarding feline psychology and sociology. This anthology forms the basis of Andrew Lloyd Webber's famous 1981 musical 'Cats&apos. Writte...

Poems 1926-1930

Robert Graves · 1931 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, William Heinemann , 1931. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of this collection of poems by Robert Graves, noted British author, in its original dustwrapper. The first edition of this collection of poems by the celebrated author Robert Graves. In th...

Country Sentiment

Robert Graves · 1920 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Martin Secker , 1920. First edition. Hardback. A first edition copy of this collection of poems by the popular author Robert Graves. The first edition of this work by Robert Graves, a very popular British poet and novelist whose works never went out of print.A collecti...

The Works in Verse and Prose and Letters to Particular Friends, from the Year 1739 to 1763.

William Shenstone · 1773 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

Pall Mall, J. Dodsley, 1773. Leather. A set of three volumes comprising the works by William Shenstone and his letters sent between 1739 to 1763. A set in three volumes, volumes one and two being the fourth edition, and volume three a third edition. All published in the same y...

A Lost Season

Roy Fuller · 1944 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1944. Cloth. A poignant collection of poetry by Roy Fuller, mostly written while the author was serving in East Africa. This work was written while the author served with the Fleet Air Arm in East Africa, and is a fascinating exploration of the war, ...

The Furrowed Earth

Gertrude Bone · 1921 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Chatto and WIndus, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A lovely scarce first edition copy of this collection of poems by Gertrude Bone, profusely illustrated with woodcuts by Stephen Bone. The first edition of this work. A selection of poems by Gertrude Bone, Edwardian Britis...

Anglo-Saxon Poetry: An Essay with Specimen Translations in Verse

Gavin Bone · 1946 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,303)

London, The Clarendon Press, 1946. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition copy inscribed by Gertrude Bone, the author's mother. A thorough essay on Anglo-Saxon poetry by Gavin Bone. The first edition of this work, inscribed by Getrude Bone to half title page "To ...

Satirical Poems

Siegfried Sassoon · 1926 · Rooke Books

£2,250.00 (€2,696.98 | $2,972.56 | ¥474,680)

London, William Heinemann, 1926. Cloth. A collection of poetry by important poet Siegfried Sassoon, presented by the author 'from an old friend&apos. This work contains a number of poems focused on London and a number of experiences in the city, such as 'Observations...

Selected Poems

Clark Ashton Smith · 1971 · Rooke Books

£105.00 (€125.86 | $138.72 | ¥22,152)

Sauk City, Wisconsin, Arkham House, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition collection of the poetry of prolific writer Clark Ashton Smith, published by Arkham House. This is a first edition, with just over two thousand copies published.Contains a number of translat...

Saul

Robert Browning · 1890 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Boston, L Prang and Co, 1890. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first Prang edition of Robert Browning's poem 'Saul,' profusely illustrated by Frank O Small. The first Prang edition of this work. Profusely illustrated throughout by astonishing illustrat...

Peacock Pie

Walter De La Mare · 1924 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this title, comprising a series of poems by acclaimed author Walter de la Mare. Colourfully illustrated throughout by C. Lovat Fraser. The first edition of this work, with new old-rhymes for th...

Awake! and Other Poems

W. R. Rodgers · 1941 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Secker and Warburg, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this volume with selected poems by W. R. Rodgers, the first edition as the first 1940 printing was entirely destroyed by enemy attack during the war. The first edition of this work. First printing thus as...

The Freedom of Poetry

Derek Stanford · 1947 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, The Falcon Press, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A first edition signed by the author of this literary study on modern verse by Derek Stanford. The first edition of this work in its original, unclipped dustwrapper. A study on the modern verse by Derek Stanford. The author...

The Men of the Rocks

Adam Drinan [Joseph Macleod] · 1942 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, The Fortune Press, 1942. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon and excellent first edition in its original, unclipped dustwrapper, of this fascinating collection of poems by Adam Drinan. Undated. Dated from the same copy institutionally held at the National Library of Scot...

The Cloth of Flesh

Seán Jennett · 1945 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,557)

London, Faber and Faber, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition copy of this collection of poems by Seán Jennett, in the original, unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. A collection of poems by Seán Jennett. War poetry, brooding on its effects on...

Sharp Scorpions: Poems

Wrey Gardiner · 1941 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Billericay, Grey Walls Press, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A superior copy in unclipped and scarce dustwrapper of this collection of poems by Wrey Gardiner. The first edition of this work in the very scarce, unclipped dustwrapper. Comprising a selection of sixty one poems by Wr...

Events and Wisdoms: Poems 1957-1963

Donald Davie · 1964 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1964. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of this poetry collection by Donald Davie in an unclipped dust wrapper. Donald Davie (1922-1995) was a poet of the English Movement and literary critic. His poetry was philosophical and evokes la...

Rhododaphne: Or, the Thessalian Spell

[Thomas Love Peacock] · 1818 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

London, T. Hookham, 1818. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Thomas Love Peacock's influential early poem, one of his last longer poems, written under the influence of Percy Shelley. The first edition of this work.Half-title is present.An early long-form poem b...

A Jackdaw in Georgia a Book of Polite Parodies and Imitations of Contemporaries and Others

William Kean Seymour · 1923 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, John G. Wilson, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first, uncommon signed edition of this volume comprising humorous poems and rhymes by William Kean Seymour. The first edition stated of this clever and amusing anthology of poems, written by William K Seymour on his conte...