Poesia

From Grave to Gay

Various · 1933 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, Printed Privately for G Noble, 1933. First edition. Leather. A fine, scarce poetry anthology prepared as a gift book. Once belonging to Alban Dobson, the son of English poet Austin Dobson. Dobson's poem 'The Cure's Progress' is present to this volum...

Bohemian Glass

Esther Lilian Duff · 1916 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

Oxford, B H Blackwell , 1916. First edition. Fine Binding. A finely bound, first edition copy of Esther Lilian Duff's poetry anthology. The colourful motif to the front board of this work replicates the style of glasswork this anthology is named after. With the bookplate ...

The Ikons and Other Poems

Lawrence Durrell · 1966 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Faber and Faber, 1966. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Lawrence Durrell's Greek inspired charming poetry collection. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A selection of the poems of Lawrence Durrell, containing 'Aphr...

The Pursuits of Literature Irish Pursuits of Literature

[Thomas James Mathias];[William Hales] · 1798 · Rooke Books

£625.00 (€749.16 | $825.71 | ¥131,856)

Dublin, J. Milliken, 1798-9. First edition. Leather. A collection of literary works by Thomas James Mathias and William Hales, a sustained satirical view of the literary circles of the time, and at the tumultuous politics in France. Three volumes in one.Half-titles are present...

The Borough a Poem, in Twenty-Four Letters

George Crabbe · 1810 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Philadelphia, Bradford and Inskeep, 1810. First edition. Leather. The first U.S. edition of George Crabbe's charming poem focussing on the beautiful countryside of Britain. The first U.S. edition of this work. This Philadelphia edition is comparatively uncommon. A collec...

Ode to the English Martyrs

Francis Thompson · 1907 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Burns & Oates, 1907. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of an example of Francis Thompson's later poetry. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.A charming poem by Francis Thompson, written late in his career.Written by Francis Thompson, a noted Vic...

L&Apos;Homme Des Champs, Ou, Les Georgiques Francoises

Jacques Deillie · 1800 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Strasbourg, l'Imprimerie de Levrault, 1800. First edition. Leather. A first edition of Jacques Delille's French poem celebrating nature in the French countryside, illustrated with a frontispiece. The first edition of this work.In the original French.A charming French...

The City of the Plague

John Wilson · 1816 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

Edinburgh, Archibald Constable and Company, 1816. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of John Wilson' inspiring and entertaining poetry collection. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.A collection of the poetry of John Wilson, containing the ...

The Miracle of Love and Other Poems

Arthur Clutton-Brock · 1926 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1926. Cloth. A limited edition collection of the poems of Arthur Clutton-Brock, a charming collection, in the original dustwrapper. A limited edition work, limited to four-hundred and fifty copies.In the original dustwrapper, lacking the slipcase.A...

The Female Patriot [with] the Mine a Dramatic Poem [with] a Hermit&Apos;S Tale [with] Florio [with] Immortality

Richard Paul Jodrell; John Sargent; Sophia Lee; Hannah More; Thomas Denton · 1754 · Rooke Books

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

London, John Bew; T Cadell; R and J Dodsley, 1754-1787. First edition. Leather. A scarce collection of five first and early edition poems bound as one. Comprising poems by the likes of Hannah More, Sophia Lee and John Bew. This volume contains: Richard Paul Jodrell's &ap...

Homer His Iliads Translated Adorn&Apos;D with Sculpture and Illustrated with Annotations

Homer; John Ogilby · 1665 · Rooke Books

£4,500.00 (€5,393.96 | $5,945.13 | ¥949,360)

London, James Flesher, 1665-1669. Leather. A scarce, early edition of John Ogilby's translation of the Iliad and Odyssey. Beautifully illustrated throughout. Illustrated, with a frontispiece of Ogilby, full page engraved scene of Ancient Rome, and 48 plates to the Iliad a...

A Welcome

Alfred, Lord Tennyson · 1863 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Edward Moxon and Co, 1863. First edition. Disbound. A very bright and crisp first edition copy of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem 'A Welcome&apos. Disbound, as issued. 'A Welcome' was written to commemorate the arrival of Princess Alexandra of Wales, w...

Sickness a Poem

William Thompson · 1746 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, R Dodsley , 1746. First edition. Disbound. A scarce, first edition copy of the third and final part of William Thompson's poem regarding his extraordinary recovery from smallpox. 'Sickness' also discusses illnesses such as malancholy, fever, consumption ...

Chevy Chase, a Poem. Founded on the Ancient Ballad

[Robert Roscoe] · 1813 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition of this entertaining hunting poem, an interesting association copy, belonging to the author's grandson. The first edition of this work.Pencil inscription to the front pastedown, 'W...

Poems of Felicia Hemans

Felicia Hemans · 1854 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1854. Leather. A lovely prize bound edition of the collected poems of Felicia Hemans, illustrated with a frontispiece. In a prize binding from Cheltenham Training College with their crest to the front board. Prize inscription to the recto t...

Heaven a Vision

Mr Scott · 1760 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

Cambridge, J Bentham; W H Thurlbourn & J Woodyer, 1760. First edition. Disbound. An uncommon, first edition of this poem by Mr Scott. This poem won the Seatonian prize. ESTC reference no: T36066. The Seatonian Prize is awarded by the University of Cambridge for the best Engli...

An Elegy Written in an Empty Assembly-Room

Richard Owen Cambridge · 1756 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, R and J Dodsley, 1756. Disbound. An uncommon, second edition of Richard Owen Cambridge's poem. The second edition, issued the same year as the first. Richard Owen Cambridge is best known for his major work the 'Scribleriad', a mock epic poem. This work ...

Hobbinol or the Rural Games a Burlesque Poem in Blank Verse

William Somerville · 1740 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)

London, J. Stagg, 1740. Paperback. A very bright, third edition copy of this humorous and popular burlesque poem abount country life and the Cotswolds Games, written by the influential poet, William Somerville Published the same year as the first edition. An Octavo edition of...

The Miscellaneous Works of Tim Bobbin

John Collier · 1808 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)

Manchester, Hopper and Son, 1808. Paperback. An uncommonly early edition of this collection of satirical verse and poems by John Collier, written under the pseudonym Tim Bobbin. With the scarce original wrapper preserved. An early edition of this work.In a custom slipcase. Sl...

Mid-Week Period Return Home Thoughts of a Native

John Wain · 1982 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, The Celandine Press, 1982. Paperback. A fine signed limited edition long narrative poem by the talented English poet John Wain, charmingly illustrated throughout by Arthur Keene. A limited edition work, limited to one-hundred and seventy-five copies printed on Hahnemuh...