Poesia

Italy: A Poem, in Four Cantos

John Edmund Reade · 1845 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London , Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1845. Cloth. An edition of Italy: A Poem, in Four Cantos. With notes. A new edition, revised and corrected by John Edmund Burke, Author of Catiline and The Deluge etc. In a brown cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine. Extern...

The Poems of William Cowper

William Cowper · 1873 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

Glasgow and London, W. R. M'Phun & Son, 1873. Cloth. A volume of The Poems of William Cowper. Edited by Rev. J. S. Memes. William Cowper (26 November 1731 – 25 April 1800) was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the di...

The Lucidities

Jonathan Williams · 1967 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Turret Books, 1967. Cloth. An attractive collection of poems by Jonathan Williams, with illustrations throughout by John Furnival. A charming volume, held in the original dustwrappers. With drawings by John Furnival on tipped-in foil plates. One of two hundred and eigh...

The Emigrant&Apos;S Story and Other Poems

J. T. Trowbridge · 1875 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,217)

Boston , James R. Osgood, 1875 . Cloth. A collection of ballads and poems from J. T. Trowbridge. With an engraved frontispiece. Including The Emigrant's Story, The Old Parson, Love, At My Enemy's Gate and many more. In a green cloth binding. Externally, smart, though...

The Diverting History of John Gilpin Shewing How He Went Farther Than He Intended and Came Safe Home Again

William Cowper · 1782 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London , Longmans Green and Co, c1868 . Cloth. A scarce telling of the journey taken by the fictional character John Gilpin, written in rhythmical verse. Illustrated throughout by H. Fitz-Cook and engraved by J.C.Whymper. There are a number of sites commemorating the exploits ...

Formal Poems

Anthony Conran · 1960 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London, Christopher Davies Ltd, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of 'Formal Poems' by Anthony Conran. Signed by the author to the title page. First Edition. Tony Conran was an Anglo-Welsh poet and translator of the modernist style and influenced by Welsh poe...

The Hundred and One Harlequins

Sacheverell Sitwell · 1922 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Grant Richards, 1922. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of poetry by Sacheverell Sitwell. The first edition. Lacking original dustwrapper. Sacheverell Sitwell was an English writer. He was best known as an art and music critic. He wrote many ar...

The Roman Poets of the Republic

W.Y. Sellar · 1881 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Oxford , The Clarendon Press, 1881. Cloth. A history of the poets of the Roman Republic. Written by William Young Sellar, a renowned Scottish classical scholar, the work is befittingly authoritative, with sections on both the poets and the eras in which they worked. Contains a...

Breton&Apos;S Melancholic Humours with a Critical Preface

Egerton Brydges · 1815 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Kent, Private Press of Lee Priory, 1815. Paperback. A copy of Egerton Brydges Breton's Melancholike Humours. Very scarce. An English bibliographer and genealogist, Egerton Brydges wrote many of his own novels and poems. In this particular work Brydges republishes the work...

The Bells of Botteville Tower a Christmas Verse and Other Poems

Frederick George Lee · 1874 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Oxford and London, James Parker and Co. 1874. Leather. An extremely scarce collection of poetry by Frederick George Lee. Illustrated throughout, with several full page plates and an illustrated title page. Frederick Lee was a priest of the Church of England, author and founder...

The Seasons and the Castle of Indolence

James Thomson · 1830 · Rooke Books

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

London, William Pickering, 1830. Leather. A very scarce set of poems by James Thomson, in very attractive leather binding. The sought-after Pickering edition printed on large paper, the work is embellished with a decorative border to each page, as well as a frontispiece portra...

Remorse: A Study in Saffron

Oscar Wilde; Majl Ewing [ed.] · 1961 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Los Angeles, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 1961 . Paperback. The very scarce first edition of this facsimile edition of Oscar Wilde's poem about remorse, with a note offering context from Majl Ewing. A very scarce first edition of this facsimile edition.Consisti...

Poemes Et Poesies: Cueille D&Apos;Avril. Joies. Les Cygnes. Fleurs Du Chemin Et Chansons de la Route. La Chevauchee D&Apos;Yeldis. Augmentes de Plusieurs Poemes

Francis Viele-Griffin [Egbert Ludovicus Viele] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Paris , Societe du Mercure de France , 1895. Cloth. A presentation copy of these collected works from French symbolist poet, Egbert Ludovicus Viele. Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the half title 'hommage del'Auteur&apos. With author's monogram to...

From the Shiffolds

R. C. Trevelyan · 1945 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Dorking , [A. A. Tanner & Son], 1945-1950. First edition. Paperback. A terrific selection of Christmas poetry pamphlets gifted by R. C. Trevelyan, each one with a signed inscription. Four issues of R. C. Trevelyan's 'From the Shiffolds', a series of Christmas pa...

The Troubadour and Other Poems

Dora Sigerson Shorter · 1910 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A presentation copy of this scarce anthology from Irish poet Dora Sigerson Shorter. Presentation copy, with blind stamp to the title page. First edition.In the publisher's quarter cloth binding. A scarce early 20...

Time and Memory

F. L. Lucas · 1929 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1929 . First edition. Hardback. A wonderful example of this very scarce early poetry collection from F. L. Lucas, published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at their press. The very scarce first edition, first impression of...

A Dish of Apples

Eden Phillpotts · 1921 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1921. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this delightful collection of poems capturing the essence of rural England and its orchards, illustrated by Arthur Rackham. First trade edition.In the original cloth binding. Illustrated with three...

The Escorial a Prize Poem Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 20, 1860

J. A. Symonds [Joseph Addington Symonds] · 1860 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

Oxford , T. and G. Shrimpton, 1860. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of John Addington Symonds' first book 'The Escorial', the winner of Oxford's Newdigate prize. First edition of J. A. Symonds' prize-winning poem [Babington, I. 1]. Reci...

Dairine: And Other Poems

Katherine Vereker · 1901 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Jarrold and Sons, 1901. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of a poetic anthology centered on Irish Medieval tales of kings and queens, with a whimsical and abstract flavour. The first edition of Dairine, a scarce anthology of narrative poems, written by Ir...

Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson; Including in Memoriam, Maud the Princess, Idylls of the King, Etc.

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1903 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Edinburgh, W.P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, [1903]. Vellum. A smartly bound copy of this collection of poems by the notable Alfred Lord Tennyson, in quarter vellum binding. A beautifully bound collection of poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson.In quarter vellum, with blue cloth boards. In...