Poesia

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Frederick Locker · 1881 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, [Privately Printed], 1881 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated with proof engravings by Kate Greenaway and Randolph Caldecott, this is the large paper privately printed edition of Locker's poetical works. The first privately printed edition of this work, the large ...

Right Royal

John Masefield · 1920 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, William Heinemann, 1920 . First edition. Cloth. Number thirty-six of five hundred limited edition copies signed by the author, in the publisher's original quarter paper vellum. Number thirty-six of five hundred limited edition copies with hand-made paper. Signed b...

Poems by William Cowper

William Cowper · 1815 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, J Johnson & Co et al by S Hamilton, 1815 . Leather. A lovely copy, in full calf, of the poems of pre-Romantic William Cowper. In full calf. William Cowper (26 November 1731 – 25 April 1800) was an English poet and hymnodist. A forerunner to Romanticism, Cowper change...

The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: Minor Poems Faerie Queen

Edmund Spenser; [Ed.] Ernest De Selincourt; [Ed.] J.C. Smith · 1966 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

Oxford, At The Clarendon Press, 1966-1968. Cloth. A lovely three volume set of the poetical works of influential poet Edmund Spenser, in the original dust wrappers. A complete three volume set of The Poetical Works of English poet Edmund Spenser, who is recognized as one of th...

The Dream

John Masefield · 1922 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,894)

London, William Heinemann, 1922. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of this ode by John Masefield's, illustrated by his daughter, Judith. A signed limited edition, being number 157 of 800 copies printed. Signed by both John and Judith Masefield to the ti...

The Poets of the Nineteenth Century

Robert Aris Willmott [Ed.]; Various · 1858 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, George Routledge & Co. 1858. Leather. A charming third edition of Robert Aris Willmott"s The Poets of the Nineteenth Century, handsomely bound in full morocco with blind stamping and gauffered edges, richly illustrated with 100 engravings. Bound in a full morocco bindi...

Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems

W. B. Yeats · 1932 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Dublin, The Cuala Press, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A very smart limited edition collection of W. B. Yeats' poems, published under Elizabeth Yeats' private press, Cuala Press. Limited edition of four hundred and fifty copies. Issued by the Cuala Press, Dublin.In the...

La Pucelle D&Apos;Orleans

Voltaire · 1762 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

[Geneve], [Cramer] , 1762 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the first authorised edition of Voltaire's satire of Joan of Arc, illustrated throughout with engraved plates by Gravelot. In the original French.The first edition of this work to be acknowledged by...

The Poetical Works of John Dryden

John Dryden · 1631 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.03 | ¥80,168)

London, Bell and Daldy , c1858. Leather. A handsome five-volume set of John Dryden"s complete poetical works, finely bound in half morocco by Woolstencroft Bookbinder, and issued as part of the esteemed Aldine Edition of the British Poets series. Bound in a half morocco bindin...

Renascence a Book of Verse

Walter Crane · 1891 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London , Elkin Matthews , 1891. First edition. Vellum. A limited edition copy of the poetry of famous illustrator Walter Crane, in paper vellum with a frontispiece and 33 beautiful illustrations throughout. A limited edition of the work, with this copy being no. 311 out of 350...

Io Triumphe! a Song of Victory on Our Glorious Entry Into Cabul; the Tomb of Bonaparte: A Poem

C. J. Cruttwell · 1842 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, William Pickering, 1842 . First edition. Leather. Two very scarce mid-19th century works of poetry by Charles James Cruttwell, handsomely bound together in morocco with gilt detailing. The first editions of two very scarce works of poetry by C. J. Cruttwell.Both volume...

The Poetical Works of George Herbert

George Herbert · 1886 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1886. Leather. A smart anthology of George Herbert's poems, presented in full signed crushed morocco by Riviere & Son. Offering the verses of George Herbert, an English poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England. He is considered as on...

The Book of English Poetry: With Critical and Biographical Sketches of the Poets

1854 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1854. Leather. A smartly bound early edition of this collection of English poetry with commentary on the poets. Early edition, first published in 1853. Illustrated with a frontispiece, illustrated title page, and five plates. Collated complete. A co...

Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality; and a Paraphrase on Part of the Book of Job

Rev. Edward Young · 1859 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, William Tegg and Co. 1859. Leather. A smartly bound copy of English poet Edward Young's acclaimed work on death and the passage of time. Revised and collated with the early quarto editions, third edition of this revision. Illustrated with a frontispiece and four p...

The Floral Gift

Samuel Stanesby · 1863 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Griffith & Farran, [1863]. First edition. Cloth. The stunning first and only edition of this scarce floral gift book, with each leaf illuminated with vivid chromolithograph border detail. Undated, dated from a copy held at The British Library. Scarce. The first and onl...

Summoned by Bells

John Betjeman · 1960 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, John Murray, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Poet Laureate John Betjeman's autobiographical poetry collection. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.A collection of personal and intimate...

The Christmas Bookman: A Portfolio of Pictures by Edmund Dulac Illustrating Poems by Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe · 1929 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1929. First edition. Paperback. A Christmas edition of The Bookman, featuring a collection of poems by Edgar Allan Poe accompanied by fantastic colour illustrations by Edmund Dulac. The first edition.Illustrated with four colour plates by ...

Pippa Passes

Robert Browning · 1841 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

New York, Barse and Hopkins , c1910. Leather. A charming Barse & Hopkins edition of 'Pippa Passes', presented here in full suede binding in the original card box. A Barse & Kopkins printing of this verse drama by English poet Robert Browning, first published in 1841 ...

Places: Poems and Drawings

John Cotton · 1976 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Hertfordshire , Priapus Press , 1976. Paperback. A limited edition volume of poetry printed at the Priapus Press, illustrated by Rigby Graham. One of 100 unsigned copies (out of a total of 150). In the publisher's wraps.Comprising five unique poems depicting various Engl...

The Poems of John Donne (Vol. I: The Text of the Poems with Appendixes; Vol II: Introduction and Commentary); John Donne: Selected Prose

John Donne; Herbert J. C. Grierson [ed.]; Evelyn Simpson [ed.] · 1963 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Oxford , Oxford University Press; Clarendon Press, 1963-1967. Cloth. A pleasing set offering the poems and prose of John Donne, including a volume of commentary by Herbert J. C. Grierson. Includes a first edition of 'John Donne: Selected Prose' and a later impression...