Poesia

Rime Di Fra Guittone D&Apos;Arezzo

Fra Guittone D'Arezzo · 1828 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

Firenze, Gaetano Morandi e Figlio , 1828. Fine Binding. A beautifully bound copy of poetry, from the influential thirteenth century poet, Guittone D'Arezzo. Two volumes bound together as one. With the original wraps bound in. In Italian. Binder's stamp to the verso o...

Selections of Thomas Coke Squance

Herbert Salisbury Squance · 1899 · Rooke Books

£800.00 (€958.93 | $1,056.91 | ¥168,775)

Sunderland, Private Circulation, 1899. First edition. Fine Binding. The first edition of this very scarce collection of Thomas Coke Squance's poetry. Edited by Herbert Salisbury Squance, his son. Printed for private circulation. In a beautiful Zaehnsdorf binding, with the...

The Recluse

William Wordsworth · 1891 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1891. Hardback. A limited edition copy of William Wordsworth's uncommon poem about his new home with his sister, intended to be part of his epic poem 'The Recluse&apos. A limited edition work, of which fifty copies were printed on handmade p...

The Bead-Eyed Man

Michael Glover · 1999 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

West Bromwich, Dagger Press, 1999. Cloth. A very scarce limited edition of this collection of poetry by Michael Glover, signed by the author and with a holograph fragment by Ruth Dupre. Very scarce. Limited edition of 26 numbered copies, of which this is 'C&apos. Signed b...

Sabrinae Corolla in Hortulis Regiae Scholae Salopinensis Contextuerunt Tres Viri Floribus Legendis

[Benjamin H. Kennedy]; [James Riddell] · 1850 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Impensis Georgii Bell, 1850. Vellum. A collection of poetry translated into Latin and Greek, showing the original English, illustrated with a lithographic frontispiece, compiled by Benjamin Hall Kennedy and James Riddell. A collection of poetry translated from English ...

The Poetical Robert Browning

Robert Browning · 1906 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Smith Elder and Co , 1906. Leather. A smartly bound set of noted Victorian Robert Browning's poetry. Two volumes, in uniform half calf bindings by Bickers and Son. With a portrait frontispiece to each volume. These volumes contain a selection of Browning's po...

The Tenth Satyr of Juvenal English and Latin

Tho Shadwell · 1687 · Rooke Books

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

London, D Mallet, 1687. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of Thomas Shadwell's translation of Juvenal's tenth satire. A very scarce work, which includes a commentary by Shadwell. First thus, the first edition of this particular translation. Published by D M...

Legends and Lyrics. A Book of Verses

Adelaide Anne Procter; Charles Dickens · 1892 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1892. Leather. A nicely bound complete set of Adelaide Anne Procter's complete poetry, with religious and charitable poems, with an introduction by Charles Dickens. Complete in two volumes. A collection of poems and lyrics, the majority of whic...

Wit and Mirth: Or, Pills to Purge Melancholy; Being a Collection of the Best Merry Ballads and Songs, Old and New. Fitted to All Humours, Having Each Their Proper Tune for Either Voice, or Instrument: Most of the Songs Being New Set

Thomas d'Urfey · 1719 · Rooke Books

£1,300.00 (€1,558.26 | $1,717.48 | ¥274,260)

London, Not Stated, c1876. Leather. A very smartly rebound Zaehnsdorf bound set of Thomas d'Urfey's poems and songs, being a smart facsimile of the original 1719-20 editions. A facsimile reprint of the original 1719-20 editions. The facsimile is undated, though is is...

Con L&Apos;Espositioni Di Christoforo Et D&Apos;Alessandro Vellvtello Sopra la Sua Comedia Dell&Apos;Inferno, Del Purgatorio & Del Paradiso

Dante · 1596 · Rooke Books

£9,000.00 (€10,787.93 | $11,890.26 | ¥1,898,721)

Venetia, Francesco Sansovino; Appresso Gio Battista; Gio Bernardo Seffa , 1596. Leather. An important early scholarly edition of Dante's incredibly influential pre-eminent poem the 'Divine Comedy&apos. Containing commentaries by both Landino and Vellutello. A very sc...

Hudibras

Samuel Butler · 1818 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

Chiswick, C. Whittingham Press, 1818. Leather. A pleasing two volume edition of Samuel Butler's renowned satirical allegory, 'Hudibras&apos. Samuel Butler was a renowned poet and satirist, and author of the most memorable burlesque poem in the English language '...

Favourite English Poems of Modern Times

Various · 1862 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, Sampson, Low, Son, and Co. 1862. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this scarce work, containing an impressive collection of renowned English poems; copiously illustrated throughout and rebound in a signed Hayday and Co. binding. Described as containing a ...

Songs & Lyrics from the Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher

E. H. Fellows; Beaumont; Fletcher · 1928 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, 1928. Cloth. A limited edition copy of this collection of songs from the plays of Beaumont and Fletcher, all put to music by Edmund Fellows. A limited edition work, of which three-hundred and forty-five were printed. This copy is nu...

The Epping Hunt by Thomas Hood, Esq. ; Bombastes Furioso: A Burlesque Tragic Opera; Monsieur Tonson

Thomas Hood; William Barnes Rhodes; John Taylor · 1829 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Charles Tilt; Thomas Rood; Marsh and Miller, 1829-30. Cloth. A uncommon collection of poetical and theatrical works from the early nineteenth century, featuring the works of Thomas Hood, William Barnes Rhodes and John Taylor. Three volumes bound in one, in a full cloth...

The Works of Thomas Gray Containing His Poems and Correspondence, with Memoirs of His Life and Writings

Thomas Gray · 1825 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Harding, Triphook and Lepard, 1825. Hardback. A two volume set featuring the poetical work and personal correspondence of Thomas Gray. Complete in two volumes. A new edition with additional notes. Thomas Gray was a poet, letter writer and Cambridge Professor. An incred...

My Satire and Its Censors

Alfred Austin · 1861 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, George Manwaring, 1861. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Alfred Austin's response to criticisms on his work, illustrated with a portrait tipped in to the front endpaper. The first edition of this work. This work is a response to the critics who had writt...

Forty Nine Ladies

Patrick R. Chalmers · 1929 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this collection of verses on fox-hunting by Patrick R. Chalmers. Containing the following works, that originally appeared 'at one time or another' in "Punch": Forty Nine Ladies To a Fo...

The Dream

John Masefield · 1922 · Rooke Books

£52.00 (€62.33 | $68.70 | ¥10,970)

London, William Heinemann, 1922. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of this poetical work by John Masefield. Illustrated throughout by Judith Masefield. With the bookplate of William Marchbank to the front pastedown. This particular edition is numbered 415 and...

Joseph. Par M. Bitaube, de L&Apos;Academie Royale Des Sciences Et Belles-Lettres de Berlin, Et de Celle Des Inscriptions Et Belles-Lettres de Paris. Cinquieme Edition.

Paul Jérémie Bitaubé · 1786 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

Paris, De L'Imprimerie de Didot L'Aine, 1786. Leather. A two volume set works works by the French poet and translator Paul Jérémie Bitaubé. Fifth edition. In the original French. Written by Paul Jérémie Bitaubé. A pleasing copy of this 18th work, bound in a uni...

The Pleasures of Memory, with Other Poems

Samuel Rogers · 1801 · Rooke Books

£64.00 (€76.71 | $84.55 | ¥13,502)

London, Thomas Bensley; T. Cadell, 1801. Leather. A nicely illustrated copy of Samuel Roger's popular poetry, including 'The Pleasures of Memory', illustrated by Thomas Stothard. A collection of poetry by Samuel Rogers. Including 'The Pleasures of Memory&ap...