Poesia

The Pool: Or, Musings of a Maniac and Other Poems

Archibald Allan · 1873 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

Dunfermline, A. Romanes, 1873. Cloth. An immensely scarce collection of Scottish poetry by Archibald Allan, the only known work of the minister author. A vanishingly scarce work.The poetry of Archibald Allan, containing thirty-three poems in total, including 'The Pool&apo...

John Marr and Other Poems

Herman Melville · 1922 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1922. Cloth. A limited edition collection of Herman Melville's poetry, one of only one-hundred and seventy-five copies printed on handmade French paper. A limited edition work, limited to sixteen-hundred and seventy-five copies, of w...

The Poems of William Habington

William Habington · 1948 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, The University Press of Liverpool Hodder and Stoughton, 1948. Cloth. The seventeenth century poetry of William Habington, including his most beloved 'Castara' lyrical poems, illustrated throughout. In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A selection of William ...

Wrack at Tidesend: A Book of Balnearics

Osbert Sitwell · 1952 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

London, Macmillan & Co. LTD, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this This volume is the sequel and companion novel to England Reclaimed, completing Sitwell's set of portrait poems. Wrack at Tidesend contains eight new poems and a few older, all "Balneari...

A Nip in the Air

John Betjeman · 1974 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, John Murray, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A First edition copy of this collection of poems by John Betjeman A first edition copy of this collection of poems by John Betjeman, kept as new in the original publisher's bright yellow cloth binding. John Betjeman was an ...

Lords and Commons

Frank o'Connor · 1938 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

Dublin, The Cuala Press, 1938. Cloth. A limited edition collection of beautiful Irish poetry, published by the private press founded by Elizabeth Yeats. A limited edition work, limited to two-hundred and fifty copies.'Lords and Commons' is a collection of Irish poetr...

Poems

Lewis W. Townsend · 1925 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Shaftesbury, High House Press, 1925. Paperback. A limited edition poetry collection by Lewis W. Townsend, published by the private High House Press, a lovely work. A limited edition work, printed on antique laid paper. Limited to one-hundred and fifty-eight copies, of which th...

Sonnets from Tuscany and Other Poems

Lucia; [M. E. Hunting] · 1922 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1922. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this lovely poetry collection, the author's presentation copy with a touching letter tipped in, written to her friend, the painter Arthur Connor. The first edition of this work.The author's pre...

Six Poems

N. L. Bright · 1938 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Bristol, The High House Press, 1938. Paperback. A limited edition private press collection of six beautiful poems, published by the High House Press. A limited edition work, limited to two-hundred and fifty copies, of which this is number one-hundred and eighty-nine.A charming...

A Song About Tsar Ivan Vasilevitch His Young Body-Guard and the Valiant Merchant Kalashnikov

Mikhail Lermontov; John Cournos · 1929 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.46 | ¥84,388)

London, The Aquila Press, 1929. Leather. A uniquely bound limited edition of this classic Romantic Russian poem, formatted and illustrated by Paul Nash. A limited edition work, limited to seven hundred and fifty copies printed on Maillol hand-made paper, this being numbered on...

Select Poems Divine and Humane

Thomas Beedome · 1928 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Bloomsbury, Nonesuch Press, 1928. Vellum. Copy number 834 out of 1250 limited edition prints on Van Gelder paper of Selected Poems Divine and Humane by Thomas Beedome. Select Poems Divine and Humane, 1928 is a collection of various poems by English poet Thomas Beedome. Number ...

Songs and Verses, Social and Scientific

Lord Neaves · 1869 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Blackwood and sons, 1869. Leather. A morocco bound collection of poetry, including critical and scientific A wonderful and varied poetry collection by Charles Neaves, Lord Neaves FRSE (1800-1876), a Scottish judge and writer. In particular, Neaves is remembered for bei...

Poems for Charles Causley

Various · 1982 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, The Enitharmon Press, 1982. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition of this commemorative poetry collection, published for the sixty-fifth birthday of Charles Causley. Inscribed by David Gascoyne. The first edition of this work.Inscribed by David Gascoyne to h...

Wine

John Gay; Marcus Walsh · 1988 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, The Hayloft Press, 1988. Paperback. A fine limited edition copy of John Gay's entertaining burlesque poem celebrating wine, illustrated with engravings by John Lawrence. A limited edition work, limited to two-hundred and twenty-five copies, of which this is number...

The Poetical Works of Dr. Thomas Parnell the Poetical Works of John Cunningham

Thomas Parnell; John Cunningham · 1797 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, C. Cooke, 1797. Hardback. Two volumes from Cooke's Edition pocket library, containing the poems of the notable John Cunningham and Thomas Parnell, illustrated throughout. In two volumes.The Cooke's Edition of these works. Cooke's Editions were a pocket l...

Rejected Addresses: Or, the New Theatrum Poetarum

[James Smith]; [Horace Smith] · 1812 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, John Miller, 1812. Leather. A rebound early edition of the brothers James and Horace Smith's parodical work on the popular authors of Georgian England. 'Rejected Addresses' is a collection of parodies of authors of Georgian England. The work was written ...

Hunting Songs

R. E. Egerton Warburton · 1877 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Basil Montagu Pickering, 1877. Leather. Rowland Egerton-Warburton's collection of poems and songs focusing on hunting, one of Egerton-Warburton's favourite hobbies. Rebound in a full morocco binding.Egerton-Warburton's collection of charming poems and so...

Wither&Apos;S Motto

George Wither · 1814 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.34 | $647.36 | ¥103,375)

Birmingham, T. Beilby and T. Knott, 1814. Leather. A beautifully rebound very scarce satirical poem by George Wither, a poem that was considered libellous and led to the author's imprisonment. A vanishingly scarce reprint of a work that was impossible to get hold of even ...

Delitiae C Poetarum Belgicorum Huius Superiorisque Aevi Illustrium

Ranutio Ghero · 1614 · Rooke Books

£700.00 (€839.06 | $924.80 | ¥147,678)

Francofurti, Nicolai Hoffmanni Sumptibus Jacobi Fischeri, 1614. Vellum. A very scarce collection of Latin poetry. In full vellum bindings. Binder's stamp to the bottom of first leaf to volume II and to the verso of title page to volume I. A very scarce collection of poe...

Another Time

W H Auden · 1940 · Rooke Books

£1,850.00 (€2,217.52 | $2,444.11 | ¥390,293)

London, Faber and Faber, 1940. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce, first edition copy of W H Auden's poetry anthology. With the vanishingly rare dustwrapper. Collated, complete with the unclipped dustwrapper. A very scarce survival.'Another Time' is a colle...