Poesia

Pippa Passes

Robert Browning · 1841 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Collins Clear-Type Press, c1911. Paperback. A miniature edition of Robert Browning's verse drama, 'Pippa Passes', with coloured illustrations. A miniature edition. Illustrated with colour illustrations to the endpapers and to the front cover, a colour f...

A Collection of Works by William Hayley

William Hayley · 1781 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London , J. Dodsley , 1781-2 . Leather. A collection of first, second and third editions of six uncommon works by William Hayley, bound together in one volume. A collection of six essays and epistles written by English author and biographer, William Hayley.William Hayley'...

The Works of George Whyte-Melville

George Whyte-Melville · 1898 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, W. Thacker and Co, 1898-1902. Cloth. A complete set of George Whyte-Melville's works, being a limited edition run with charming illustrations throughout each volume. A limited edition set of these works from Scottish novelist and poet, George Whyte-Melville, being...

The White Doe of Rylstone, or, the Fate of the Nortons

William Wordsworth · 1867 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Bell and Daldy, 1867. Cloth. William Wordsworth's brilliant long narrative poem on the Rising of the North. The White Doe of Rylstone is a long narrative poem set during the Rising of the North in 1569, combining historical and legendary subject matter.Though this...

Legends and Lyrics: A Book of Verses

Adelaide Anne Procter · 1883 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1883. Leather. A collection of verses by the English poet, Adelaide Anne Procter, with an introduction by the noted Charles Dickens and bound in full calf. A new edition. Bound in full calf with raised bands to the spine. This volume features a ...

The Poems of Matthew Arnold 1840-1867

Matthew Arnold; Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · 1920 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Humphrey Milford: Oxford University Press, 1920. Leather. A smartly bound Oxford edition of this collection of poetry from English writer Matthew Arnold. Oxford edition. With a portrait frontispiece. The complete poems of Matthew Arnold, including: The Strayed Reveler,...

A Book of Shakespeare&Apos;S Songs

William Shakespeare · 1903 · Rooke Books

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

New York, G. Schirmer, 1903. Vellum. A limited edition anthology of the poems of Shakespeare, put to music, with striking decorations throughout. A very scarce limited edition of two hundred copies, of which this is numbered thirty-three.A charming volume collecting together t...

The Little School, a Posy of Rhymes

T. Sturge Moore [Thomas Sturge Moore] · 1905 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.86 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,324)

London, Eragny Press, 1905. Hardback. A very scarce limited edition collection of poetry by Thomas Sturge Moore with woodcuts by the author. A limited edition. One of only 175 printed in paper, with 150 for sale. In the original publisher's hardback with green and yellow...

New Poems

John Drinkwater · 1925 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1925. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this collection of new poetry from English writer John Drinkwater, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page, dated 1926. A collection of ne...

Poems

Alice Meynell · 1913 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Burns & Oates, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition collection of poetry from British suffragist Alice Meynell. First edition. Limited to two hundred and fifty copies of which this is number two hundred and fourteen. With a portrait frontispiece. A colle...

A Jackdaw in Georgia

William Kean Seymour · 1923 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, John G. Wilson , 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of William Kean Seymour's amusing collection of poetry and "polite parodies". The first edition. Signed by the author to the half title. A clever and amusing anthology of poems, written by William K. Seym...

Reflexions

Bryan Guinness · 1947 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, William Heinemann LTD, 1947. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brilliant anthology of poems by Bryan Guinness, signed by Guinness to Van Wyck Brooks. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, "Van Wyck Br...

Moods: Cadenced and Declaimed

Theodore Dreiser · 1926 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

New York, Boni and Liveright, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first, limited edition of this anthology of poetry by Theodore Dreiser, signed by Dreiser. The first edition, limited to 550 copies, this being number 342.Signed by the author to the limitation page.An anthology of ...

The Furrowed Earth

Gertrude Bone · 1921 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition anthology of nature themed poems by Gertrude Bone, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A lovely anthology of poems by Gertrude Bon...

Poems by Patrik Fitzgerald

Patrik Fitzgerald · 1979 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Thap Publishing, 1979. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this collection of poetry and prose by folk-punk singer-songwriter Patrik Fitzgerald. The first edition of this very scarce work in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. A collection ...

Two Lives: A Poem

William Ellery Leonard · 1925 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

New York, B. W. Huebsch, 1925 . First edition. Hardback. A signed, limited edition of this poetry volume from William Ellery Leonard. A first edition, limited edition work.Number 55 of 135 signed numbered copies produced, inscribed by the author.The work of American poet, play...

Persephone

John Drinkwater · 1926 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

New York, William Edwin Rudge, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. The limited edition, first edition of John Drinkwater's retelling of the Persephone myth, signed by typographer Bruce Rogers. The first edition of this work. One of five-hundred and fifty copies produced.Designe...

Don Juan. A Poem.

Lord Byron · 1822 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)

London, W. Benbow; Sudbury, 1822 [1824] . Leather. A scarce, early edition of Cantos I to XVI of Lord Byron's celebrated epic poem, Don Juan. An early edition. Originally published between 1819 and 1824. A mixed imprint edition, with 1822 stated to the title page, althou...

Saxe&Apos;S Poems (Beeton&Apos;S Humorous Series)

J. Godfrey Saxe · 1873 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1873]. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce collection of poetry from witty, satirical poet, John Godfrey Saxe, from Beeton's Humorous Series, with the original wraps bound in. Rebound in cloth, with the original pictorial paperback wraps boun...

Chefs-D&Apos;Oeuvre Des Deux Racine, Contenant le Poeme de la Religion, Les Tragedies D&Apos;Esther Et D&Apos;Athalie

Jean Racine; Louis Racine · 1826 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Paris , Chez Saintin, LIbraire, 1826. Leather. A charming pocket book containing the masterful poetry of Jean Racine and his son, Louis Racine, with three engraved illustrations. In full calf binding with gilt detailing to the spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece and two fu...