Poesia

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 1819 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1880 . Leather. The complete poetry works of Sir Walter Scott, neatly bound in brown full calf. "Albion" edition.In brown full-calf binding with marbled endpapers.The complete poetry collection of renowned Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott, incl...

The Cicadas and Other Poems

Aldous Huxley · 1931 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1931. First edition. Cloth. Insightful dust-wrapper-clad poetry collection from the author of Brave New World. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding. With clipped dust wrapper.Pensive poetry collection from prominent English writer a...

Poems of Uriconium, Dovedale, & C.

Thomas M. Freeman · 1875 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Stalybridge, John Macleod, [1875]. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce poetic anthology written by a Stalybridge poet and vicar commemorating his visits to historic towns with his clergical association. Poems of Uriconium, Dovedale, & c. a very scarce poetic anthology, wri...

The Road to Ruin

Siegfried Sassoon · 1933 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Faber and Faber, 1933 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Sassoon"s sharp inter-war poetry collection, complete with the original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. First edition. Complete with the original dust wrapper, not pric...

The Chace. A Poem; Hobbinol, or the Rural Games

William Somervile · 1773 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, W. Bowyer, W. Strahan, and R. Baldwin , 1773. Leather. The sixth edition of William Somervile's popular hunting poem, bound with the sixth edition of 'Hobbinol&apos. The sixth edition.Rebacked in a full calf binding, with gilt to the spine.Illustrated with ei...

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Limited Edition

Robert Louis Stevenson; Edmund Gosse [ed.] · 1550 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

London, Cassell & Company Limited. Cloth. A very scarce complete limited edition twenty volume set of this collection from the author of Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. A very scarce complete twenty volume set of works by Robert Louis Stevenson...

Lays by the Way

R. B. Greaves · 1920 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Erskine Macdonald Ltd , 1920. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce book of poems from one R. B. Greaves, being the author's presentation copy gifted to his good friend. Author's presentation copy. A very scarce copy of these verses, with only one copy held ...

Songs and Poems

John Jay Chapman · 1919 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1919. First edition. Cloth. The signed first edition of an attractive poetic anthology, written by prominent American moralist and writer John Jay Chapman. The signed first edition of Songs and Poems, a poetic anthology written by promin...

Verses

D. C. L. D; A. A. · 1918 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Skeffington & Son, 1918. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this illustrated volume of light verse by D. C. L. D. and A. A. charmingly decorated and illustrated with seven monochrome plates and a tipped-in colour plate. In the publisher's original pap...

La Belle France

David Irving Janes · 1919 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

New York, Duffield and Company, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce first edition of Janes"s WWI poetic cycle, a presentation copy inscribed by the author, reflecting on the war"s devastation through three solemn, interconnected cantos. In the publisher's or...

Harvest of Youth

Edward Davison · 1926 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

New York; London, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this collection of poetry by Scottish poet Edward Davison. The first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, dated 1927.In pub...

Years Following After; Poems

Joseph Leftwich · 1959 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, James Clarke & Co. Ltd. 1959 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce presentation copy of this collection of poetry by British critic Joseph Leftwich. A very scarce first edition of the work.A presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpap...

Ebony Flame

Vincent Starrett · 1922 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Chicago , Covici-McGee, 1922 . Cloth. A signed limited edition presentation copy of this collection of poetry by Sherlock Holmes biographer Vincent Starrett. A limited edition copy of the work, with three hundred and fifty copies being printed, of which this is number 278.Sign...

Sous le Ciel D&Apos;Allemagne Sonnets D&Apos;Un Prisonnier de Guerre

Emile Moussat · 1921 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

Paris, Les Editions Francaises Les Gemeaux, 1921 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce presentation copy of this collection of wartime poets by prisoner of war Emile Moussat. A very scarce work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the half title page, 'a mon excellen...

The Pool and Other Poems

George H. Kattenhorn · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Not stated, Not Stated, c1921 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed presentation copy of this collection of wartime poetry by George H. Kattenhorn. A very scarce work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the first blank.In publisher's original green cloth binding....

Where Lilith Dances

Darl Macleod Boyle · 1920 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1920. First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of this debut collection from the Yale Series of Younger Poets, owned by English dramatist Alfred Sutro. A charming presentation copy of this very scarce book issued for the Yale Series...

The Eternal Now: A Quatrain-Sequence and Other Verses

Holbrook Jackson · 1900 · Rooke Books

£775.00 (€928.96 | $1,023.88 | ¥163,501)

London, David Nutt , 1900. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of Holbrook Jackson's debut collection of poetry, this being his personal library copy. The author's own library copy of his debut poetry collection. With the author's posthumous book...

Rhymes and Jingles of the Censorship

K. G. · 0 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Henry J. Glaisher , c1918. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce booklet of WWI rhymes and poems, written anonymously by someone working in the Censorship department. A vanishingly scarce booklet, printed for private circulation. With only one copy found institutionally, he...

Harvest of Youth

Edward Davidson · 1926 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

New York, Harper and Brothers, Publishers , 1926. First edition. Cloth. Both flat-signed and with a signed hand-typed letter, these romantic poems from Scottish poet Edward Davidson are very scarce. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper, as well as a signed hand-type...

The Wind on the Sea

Oswald Walker Sutton · 1920 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Not Stated [private publication], c.1920. First edition. Paperback. An incredibly scarce, privately printed volume of poetry, in original binding. An incredibly scarce volume of privately printed poetry, written by Oswald Walker Sutton.Ink inscription to the front blan...