Poesia

Two Poems

Vivian de Sola Pinto · 1946 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Nottingham, The Blue House Sutton Passeys Crescent, 1946. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce, limited edition pamphlet containing two poems by D H Lawrence scholar, Vivan de Sola Pinto. These two poems, 'Memory' and 'Six Oclock News' were published as ...

The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A Poem. With Ballads and Lyrical Pieces

Walter Scott · 1810 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.86 | ¥48,523)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1810. Leather. A quarto edition of this famed historical poem by Scottish poet, Sir Walter Scott. In a handsome quarter morocco binding. With 'Eighth Edition' stated to the title page. This is a reissue of the large paper copy o...

Shaw&Apos;S Monody to the Memory of a Young Lady

Cuthbert Shaw · 1816 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Bensley and Son, 1816. Disbound. A scarce copy of Cuthbert Shaw's poetry written after the death of his young wife in 1768. A scarce work. This work is a poem that Cuthbert Shaw wrote after the death of his young wife in 1768. The poem became very successful when ...

Bello CIVILI Hug Grotii Farnabii Notis Integris Et Variorum Selectissimis Accurante Corn. Schrevelio

Annaeus Lucanus, Hugo Grotti, Corn Schrevel · 1818 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Prostant Venales, 1818. Leather. A comprehensive, scholarly edited copy of Lucan's famed epic poem 'Pharsalia' or 'De Bello Civili&apos. A New Edition of this work. This poem details the war between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great's Roman se...

Poems and Letters

Thomas Gray · 1867 · Rooke Books

£670.00 (€803.10 | $885.16 | ¥141,349)

London, Chiswick Press , 1867. Leather. An attractive copy of Thomas Gray's letters and poems, in a delightful full calf Rivere binding. This particular copy is in excellent condition. Attractively bound in a full calf binding, with the binder stamp of Rivere to the rever...

Poems on Several Occasions with a Supplement of Several Poems of the Author&Apos;S Never Before Collected and Others Taken from His Original Manuscripts in the Custody of His Friends

Matthew Prior · 1768 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, William and William Smith, 1768. Leather. Two volumes of Matthew Prior's poetry. A scarce Dublin imprint, this edition was issued following Prior's death and has a memoir of his life as well as his Last Will and Testament. Two volumes bound as one. ESTC No. T...

The English Garden a Poem in Four Books a New Edition Corrected to Which Are Added a Commentary and Notes

W Mason; W Burgh · 1783 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.76 | ¥67,510)

York, A Ward; JJ Dodsley et al , 1783. Leather. A lovely late eighteenth century copy of this well known gardening poem by William Mason. A first thus, the first edition with a commentary and notes by W Burgh. This is also the first collected edition of this poem. William Maso...

A Collection of Poems: Viz. The Temple of Death: By the Marquis of Normanby. An Epistle to the Earl of Dorset: By Charles Montague, Lord Halifax. The Duel of the Stags: By Sir Robert Howard. With Several Original Poems, Never Before Printed by the E. Of Roscommon, the E. Of Rochester, the E. Of Orrery, Sir Charles Sedley, Sir George Etherege, Mr. Granville, Mr. Stepney and Mr. Dryden, &C.

Various · 1701 · Rooke Books

£590.00 (€707.21 | $779.47 | ¥124,472)

London, Daniel Brown, 1701. First edition. Leather. A interesting and important selection of poetry, this being a new and enlarged edition. Featuring the work of numerous important poets, and include several first printings of many notable works. First, thus. First published i...

Margaret of Anjou: Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 22 1870

John Huntley Skrine · 1870 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Oxford, T. & G. Shripton, 1870. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this poem about Margaret of Anjou which won the Newdigate Prize in 1870, written by John Huntley Skrine. A very scarce work, with only two copies on Copac, held at Oxford University and the British Library. A poe...

Poetical Miscellanies: The Fifth Part. Containing a Collection of Original Poems, with Several New Translations

Unamed · 1704 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Jacob Tonson, 1704. Leather. A scarce collection of poetical works dating from the early eighteenth century. The fifth part. A collection of poetical works, featuring the work of noted poets including Charles Montagu, John Dryden, and Joseph Addison. With an illustrate...

Erin a Geographical and Descriptive Poem

Edward Smedley · 1810 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Hamblin and Seyfang; W Ginger, 1810. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce geographical poem on Ireland by English clergyman, Edward Smedley. With an engraved vignette title page to parts I and II in addition to engraved tail pieces to the end of eac...

The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell

James Russell Lowell · 1883 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1883. Leather. A handsomely bound volume featuring the poetical works of James Russell Lowell Complete edition. The poetical work of James Russell Lowell. Associated with the Fireside Poets, Lowell was a Romantic poet who used his poetry as a tool for...

The Vision of Don Roderick and Other Poems

Walter Scott · 1811 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

Edinburgh, John Ballantyne and Co, 1811. Leather. A collection of Walter Scott's poems, including 'The Vision of Don Roderick&apos. The second edition of this work. 'The Vision of Don Roderick' is a poem celebrating the victories of the Duke of Wellington d...

The Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems of the Xviiith Century by Austin Dobson with Fifty Illustrations by Hugh Thomson

Austin Dobson · 1892 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. 1892. Cloth. A profusely illustrated work featuring the poetical work of Austin Dobson from the 18th century. Third edition. The work of the poet and essayist Henry Austin Dobson, mostly known as Austin Dobson. Profusely illustrated ...

Atalanta in Calydon

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1923 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, The Medici Society; The Riccardi Press, 1923. Cloth. A limited edition copy of Algernon Swinburne's best early work, 'Atalanta in Calydon&apos. Printed by the Riccardi press, on hand-made Riccardi paper. In the original quarter cloth binding with decorative p...

The Poet&Apos;S Ramble After Riches. With Reflection Upon a Country Corporation. Also the Author&Apos;S Lamentation in the Time of Adversity.

Anonymous · 1710 · Rooke Books

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

London, J How, 1710. Unbound. Three works of early eighteenth century poetry, published anonymously. Three poetical works: 'The Poet's Ramble after Riches', a humorous work, 'Reflections on a Country Coperation', and finally 'The Author's Lam...

Heaven: A Vision

Mr. Scott · 1760 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Cambridge, J Bentham et al. 1760. Unbound. A scarce collection of poetical works by Mr Scott. Scarce. A collection of poetical works by Mr Scott, fellow of Trinity College Cambridge. Disbound, missing front and rear board. Rebacked in a paper wrap. No collation available, but ...

The Pleasure of Poetry

Kingsley Amis · 1990 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Cassell, 1990. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of poetry with a loosely inserted letter signed by author Kingsley Amis. First edition, first impression. Contains a loosely inserted note addressed to a 'Mr Harvey' on Jonathan Clowes ...

A Look Round the Estate

Kingsley Amis · 1967 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1967. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of poetry by noted author Kingsley Amis. In the original unclipped dustwrapper designed by Leigh Taylor. Kingsley Amis was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. Amis's first n...

The Idyllia, Epigrams, and Fragments of Theocritus, Bion and Moschus, with the Elegies of Tyrtaeus; Translated from the Greek Into English Verse. To Which Are Added, Dissertations and Notes in Two Volumes. [and] the Work of Tibullus. Translated from the Latin

Rev. Richard Powhele; James Grainger · 1810 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, J Sharpe; Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1810-1812. Leather. Two volumes from the 'Works of British Poets' set.. Volumes fifty-nine and sixty-seven of the 'Works of British Poets', in uniform leather bindings. With four volumes in two, with two frontispi...