Poesia

The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog

Sarah Catharine Martin · 1951 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Plymstock, Peacock Press, 1951. Leather. A very scarce limited edition copy of this beloved nursery rhyme, signed by the printer, W. O. Reynolds. A very scarce limited edition, one of 120 copies, this being numbered 1, one of only 6 copies printed on Whatman handmade paper.Sig...

Ode to France

Charles Morgan · 1942 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London; Edinburgh, Macmillan & Co. Ltd; R. & R. Clark, Ltd. 1942. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A fine limited edition copy of Charles Morgan's ode to France, signed by the author, with the original envelope. A signed limited edition of this work in the publisher&apos...

The Poems of Bishop Henry King

Bishop Henry King; John Sparrow [ed.] · 1925 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1925 . Hardback. John Sparrow's limited edition of the collected poems of Henry King, the Bishop of Chichester and a close friend of major literary figures of the seventeenth century. No. 606 of 900 copies of this edition produced.Edited by Joh...

Pomes Penyeach

James Joyce · 1933 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Faber & Faber, 1933. Paperback. A first UK edition, second impression of Joyce's second poetry collection, written between between 1904 and 1924. The first UK edition, second impression of this work in the publisher's original card wraps, with the original gr...

The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 0 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1890. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of poetry from American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The "Albion" edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of the poetical woks of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, an American poe...

The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell

James Russell Lowell; William Michael Rossetti [editor] · 0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, c1895. Leather. A leatherbound copy of this collection of poetry from American Romantic poet James Russell Lowell. A collection of the poetical works of James Russell Lowell, an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat associated...

The Poetical Works of Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick; F. W. Moorman [editor]; Percy Simpson [preface] · 1921 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Humphrey Milford: Oxford University Press, 1921. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of poetry from seventeenth century English writer Robert Herrick. With a portrait frontispiece. The collected poetry of Robert Herrick, a 17th-century English lyric poet a...

The Better Land

Mrs. Hemans · 1867 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Day & Son Limited, 1867. First edition. Cloth. A smart first illustrated edition of this poem from Felecia Dorothea Hemans, an English-Welsh poet. First and only edition illustrated by Helen Baker. Illustrated with a colour title page and nine colour plates of verse an...

The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley · 0 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1880. Cloth. A smart copy of this collection of poetry from English writer Percy Bysshe Shelley. Collected from the early editions. A collection of the poetical works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, an English writer who is considered one of the major...

The New Bath Guide or Memoirs of the B-N-R-D Family

[Christopher Anstey] · 1784 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, J. Dodsley , 1784 . Leather. An early edition of Christopher Anstey's popular satirical poem on the life of the fashionable in Bath in the eighteenth century. The twelfth edition. Bound in full calf. A collection of fifteen poetical letters showing a satirical vie...

Hunting Songs

R. E. Egerton Warburton · 1925 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Constable and Company, 1925 . First edition. Leather. The first Lionel Edwards illustrated edition of the poems of R. E. Egerton Warburton, in a lovely Bumpus morocco binding. A delightful first edition thus.In a full morocco signed binding from Bumpus.Illustrated with...

Departmental Ditties and Other Verses

Rudyard Kipling · 1899 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, George Newness, 1899. Leather. Rudyard Kipling's first collection of verse, bound in a decorative crushed half morocco binding. The 'Sixpenny Series' edition. First published in 1886. Bound in crushed half morocco with marbled paper to the boards, and f...

Merope: A Tragedy

Matthew Arnold · 1858 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts , 1858. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Matthew Arnold's tragic poem about the Greek myth of Athenian princess, Merope. First edition. In the original cloth binding. This tragedy utilises the style of G...

Cocke Lorelles Bote: A Satirical Poem

J. P. Edmond [ed] · 1884 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Aberdeen, J. & J. P. Edmond & Spark, 1884. Leather. A very scarce limited edition of the sixteenth century satirical poem 'Cocke Lorelles Bote', bound in quarter straight grain morocco. A limited edition, being number 5 of one hundred and one. Bound in quarter strai...

A Collection of Poetry by Norman Maccaig

Norman MacCaig · 1955 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London, The Hogarth Press; Chatto & Windus, 1955-1983. First edition. Cloth. A collection of eleven poetry books from Scottish writer and teacher Norman MacCaig. Eleven volumes. First edition. Many volumes from the Phoenix Living Poets series, intended to offer a cross-section...

Enoch Arden, Etc.

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1864 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Edward Moxon & Co, 1864 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's mid nineteenth century narrative poem, published during his tenure as Poet Laureate. The first edition of this work, first issue, with advertisements dated August 1864, as...

Human Shows Far Phantasies: Songs and Trifles

Thomas Hardy · 1925 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1925. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Thomas Hardy's penultimate collection of poetry. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking the original dust wrapper.The penultimate collection of poetry by the n...

Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses; the Years between; the Seven Seas; Departmental Ditties; the Five Nations

Rudyard Kipling · 1916 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Methuen and Co Ltd , 1916-1927. Cloth. A very smart five-volume set of poetry collections from Rudyard Kipling, including a first edition copy of 'The Years Between&apos. A selection of five volumes containing the poetry of Rudyard Kipling.With the first edition, ...

Sunshine and Storm

Witold Wankowicz · 1948 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, The Broomsleigh Press, 1948. Leather. A scarce out-of-series limited edition anthology of poems by Witold Wankowicz. A limited edition of one hundred and fifty copies. This copy is out of series. A scarce anthology of poetry by the Polish politician Witold Wankowicz.T...

Poems Dramatic and Lyrical

John Leicester Warren · 1893 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Elkin Mathews, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A limited first edition of John Warren's collection of poetry, with illustrations by Charles Ricketts. The first edition, limited to six hundred copies. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and five monochrome plat...