Poesia

Poems

S. de V. Julius · 1928 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd. 1928 . First edition. Cloth. Scarce signed first-edition poetry collection, written by S. de V. Julius whilst a prisoner of war. Scarce first edition.In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper.Presentation copy....

The Monarch of the Fenland and Other Poems

Francis Arthur Judd · 1919 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, The Faith Press, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. Scarce first edition of Francis Arthur Judd's religious poetry, wonderfully illustrated by Thomas Noyes Lewis. Scarce first edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Featuring a colour frontispiece and seven f...

Pages Romaines

Olivier de Rougé · 1920 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Paris, Bernard Grasset, 1920 . Paperback. Very scarce signed copy of poetry on Ancient Rome from Olivier de Rougé. Very scarce edition.Publisher's original paperback. In the original French.Presentation copy. Signed by the author to la Duchesse de Caylus to the front fre...

The Chase, a Poem: To Which Is Added Hobbinol, or the Rural Games

William Somervile · 1767 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Birmingham, Printed by Robert Martin and Sold by A. Donaldson, 1767. Leather. The first Baskerville type edition of William Sovervile's famous hunting poem. The first edition using Baskerville type [Baskerville Add 3].Bound in a later quarter calf, with marbled paper cove...

1918 Les Echos Heroiques 1ere Partie 1914-1917

E. Andhre-Bouche · 1918 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Paris, Tananarive, 1918. First edition. Paperback. An incredibly scarce presentation copy of French war poetry, An incredibly scarce presentation copy volume of French wartime poetry.Includes 2 pages of published correspondence between the author and General Lyautey, and the D...

Mittag

Anton Wildgans · 1917 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Leipzig, Staackmann , 1917 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this work of German anti-war poetry, signed by the author to the front endpaper. The first edition in the original paper wraps. Mittag is a work of German anti-war poetry by Anton Wildgans in response...

Poetic Rambles in the Isle of Man

Arthur Capper · 1916 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Liverpool, The Liverpool Booksellers' Co. Ltd. 1916 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this patriotic collection of verse inspired by the author's rambles in the Isle of Man, illustrated with five vignette route-maps and issued to raise funds for ...

Les Chansons de Michawago

Jean-Toussaint Samat · 1919 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Marseille, Imprimerie du Petit Marseillais, 1919 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of this intriguing work, inscribed by the author, presenting his evocative "translations" of the wilderness-themed songs of his fallen wartime comrade Michawago. In the pub...

Kriegsã‚â­Lieder Aus ãƒâ–Sterreich 1914 Erstes Heft ; Der Kriegsã‚â­Lieder Aus ãƒâ–Sterreich Zweites Heft

Richard Schaukal · 1914 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Munich, Georg Müller, 1914-1915. First edition. Paperback. Two scarce First World War poetic pamphlets by Richard Schaukal, each signed and inscribed by the author, capturing Austro-Hungarian patriotic sentiment at the opening years of the war. In the publisher's origina...

Folly and Other Poems

Theodore Maynard · 1918 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Erskine Macdonald, Ltd. 1918 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of Theodore Maynard"s poetry collection, with memorial poems for fallen friends and visionary nature pieces with playful devotional lyrics. In the publisher's original green cloth binding....

Cot 5

[Edward Knoblock] · 1917 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1917. First edition. Paperback. An exceptionally scarce first edition collection of First World War poems by Edward Knoblock. In the publisher's original paper wraps. First edition. An very scarce copy of Edward Knoblock"s wartime poetry.Poems...

Poems

Edward L. Davison · 1920 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London , G. Bell & Sons, 1920. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of this collection of poetry by Scottish poet, Edward Davison. The very scarce first edition of the work. Signed and inscribed by the author with a dedication to the front free endpaper.In publisher's ori...

Homely Rhymes: Local and Otherwise

Alfred Whiteley · 1916 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Bradford, H.H. Tetley & Son, 1916 . First edition. Paperback. An extremely scarce collection of early twentieth century poems, which cover the Great War and Bradford and its surroundings. A very scarce collection of poetry, with many verses detailing depictions of England duri...

Life&Apos;S Autumn: A Book of Verse

Harold Albert Winser · 1927 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London , Thomas Murby & Co. 1927. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed and inscribed first edition of this collection of poetry by Harold Winser, with a portrait forntispiece. The very scarce first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the rear of the...

Poems

John Masefield · 1946 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London and Toronto, William Heinemann Ltd, 1946 . Cloth. Signed first-edition poetry collection from the acclaimed writer John Masefield, Poet Laureate 1930-1967. First revised edition with the new title Poems.In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wra...

The Chase

William Somervile · 1896 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London, George Redway, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing copy of this Hugh Thomson-illustrated edition of William Somervile's pioneering poem, 'The Chase&apos. The first Hugh Thomson illustrated edition of this poem.Reprinted from the original edition of 1735, w...

The Chace: A Poem

William Somervile · 1735 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Printed for G. Hawkins , 1735. Cloth. The third edition of William Somervile's pioneering poem on hunting, 'The Chace&apos. Third edition. The ESTC notes that 1500 copies of this edition was published. Issued the same year as the first edition.In a modern clo...

1877 the Works of Edmund Spenser, with a Selection of Notes from Various Commentators; and a Glossarial Index: To Which Is Prefixed, Some Account of the Life of Spenser

Edmund Spenser; Henry John Todd · 1877 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London , George Routledge and Sons, 1877. Leather. A smart volume containing the works of the premier craftsmen of nascent Modern English verse, Edmund Spenser, with a frontispiece and vignette title page. The new edition of the work.In full brown calf binding, with a decorati...

The Dragon Book of Verse

W. A. C. Wilkinson; N. H. Wilkinson · 1956 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1956 . Leather. Smart half-calf poetry collection bound for Lockers park Preparatory School, featuring the best of English poetry, adapted for younger readers. Bound in half calf with green cloth boards and marbled endpapers. Gilt emblem of Loc...

Idylls of the King

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1859 · Rooke Books

£496.00 (€594.53 | $655.29 | ¥104,641)

London, Edward Moxon & Co. 1859. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first issue of Alfred Lord Tennyson's ambitious Arthurian poem, presented here in a fine cloth rebind. The first edition, first issue. Without imprint to the verso of the title page. In a modern cl...