Poesia

The Legend of a Thought and Other Verses

Martha Agnes Rand; Agnes Lee · 1889 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Chicago, Not Stated, 1889. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce volume of poetry by American author, Agnes Lee, or Martha Agnes Rand. A presentation copy of the first edition. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work. Inscribed by the author to the recto of the front ...

Caxton&Apos;S Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales and Sketches by the Late W.H. Rhodes

W. H. Rhodes; Daniel O'Connell (ed.) · 1876 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

San Francisco , A. L. Bancroft and Company , 1876. Cloth. A first edition of this abundant collection of science-fiction stories, poems, essays and more from the late W. H. Rhodes. The first edition of this posthumous work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. W. ...

A New Romantic Anthology

Stefan Schimanski; Henry Treece (Ed.) · 1949 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,894)

London, Grey Walls Press Limited , 1949. Cloth. A very smart first edition of an exploration into the New Romantic Movement by the leading members of such revival. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the original cloth binding.With four monochrome plates.This work thor...

The Princess: A Medley

Alfred Tennyson · 1864 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London , Edward Moxon and Co , 1864. Leather. A delightful copy of Alfred Tennyson's important narrative poem about a rebellious princess in full crushed morocco binding. In full crushed morocco binding with gilt detailing.The Princess is a narrative poem with dramedy ele...

In the Garden of Peace

Helen Milman (Mrs Caldwell Crofton) · 1896 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, John Lane; The Bodley Head , 1896. Leather. A charming account of the writer's beloved Garden of Peace written poetically, with illustrations throughout. In the Bumpus full calf binding with gilt detailing. The second edition of this work.With a monochrome fronti...

In Friendship&Apos;S Name

Volney Streamer [compiler] · 1904 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New York, Brentano's, 1904. Leather. A smartly bound fourteenth edition of this collection of quotes and verses on friendship. Fourteenth edition. A collection of quotes and verses on the subject of friendship, from writers such as: Shakespeare, Ennius, Victor Hugo, Chris...

The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland

Samuel Johnson; et al. · 1793 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Dublin, J. Moore, 1793-5 . First edition. Leather. Two volumes containing poetry from eighteenth-century British and Irish poets, with a preface and biographical details by Samuel Johnson. Bound in half calf with marbled boards. Comprised of Volume the First and Volume the Sec...

Pansies

D. H. Lawrence · 1929 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Martin Secker, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of this late anthology of poems by D. H. Lawrence. The first trade edition of this work.A poetical anthology by the noted modernist English author D. H. Lawrence, published late in his career.This colle...

Woman, a Poem.

Eaton Stannard Barrett · 1810 · Rooke Books

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

London, John Murray; Manners and Miller et al, 1810 . First edition. Leather. The vanishingly scarce 1810 first edition of Eaton Stannard Barrett's poem 'Woman&apos. The very scarce first edition of this work.Written in the style of Alexander Pope, bibliographer Reim...

The Seasons

James Thomson · 1808 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, W. Suttaby, B. Crosby and Co. 1808 . Hardback. A copy of James Thomson's celebrated poem cycle surrounding the four seasons, bound in the publisher's original paper-covered boards. Bound in the publisher's paper-covered boards.The Uniform Edition publish...

At the Wind&Apos;S Will: Lyrics and Sonnets

Louise Chandler Moulton · 1899 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1899 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally lovely example of the vanishingly scarce first UK edition of this volume of poetry by Louise Chandler Moulton. With 'Presentation Copy' blind stamp to title page. The vanishingly scarce first UK ...

Poems of Passion and Pleasure

Ella Wheeler Wilcox · 1912 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Gay & Hancock, 1912. Cloth. Ella Wheeler Wilcox's famous collection of love themed poems, this edition beautifully illustrated with colour plates by Dudley Tennant. A beautifully illustrated edition of the poetry of the American author Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Striki...

Poems

Alice Meynell · 1914 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , Burns & Oates, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of an extensive and timeless collection of poems by women's rights activist Alice Meynell. A scarce first edition of the work published in March 1914. Tenth thousand, published in March 1914. First...

River Poems

Ted Hughes · 1983 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Faber and Faber, 1983. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition paperback of this collection of poetry from Ted Hughes, with colour photographs throughout. First edition. Illustrated with over fifty colour photographs. A collection of poetry on rivers, including...

The Return of Arthur: A Poem of the Future

Martyn Skinner · 1966 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1966. First edition. Cloth. An assembled and expanded edition of this epic poem about the return of King Arthur to a post-Orwellian England. First thus, assembled and expanded edition. Volumes of verse, written over fifteen years, on the return of King ...

Tramps and Troubadours

John G. Duncan · 1898 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Digby, Long & Co. 1898. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this very scarce Victorian book of poetry by John G. Duncan. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. A very scarce book of narrative poems by John G. Duncan, ch...

The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1906 · Rooke Books

£1,300.00 (€1,558.26 | $1,717.48 | ¥274,260)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1906 . Leather. A very scarce limited edition set of the poetry of Algernon Charles Swinburne, in handsome half morocco signed bindings by Riviere. A very scarce large-paper limited edition set, with this being number forty-four of one-hundred sets a...

Poets&Apos; Country

Andrew Lang [editor] · 1907 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London, T. C. & E. C Jack Ltd, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this work that explores the poets and their places, with colour illustrations throughout. First edition. Illustrated with fifty coloured plates. Collated complete. This volume traces the ...

The Rubaiyat of a Photographer

Annie M. Parr · 1918 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Heath, Cranton Limited, [1918]. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce parody of Omar Khayyam's 'Rubaiyat', following the life of a photographer, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A ...

The Black Tulip

Alexandre Dumas · 0 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, Ltd, c1920. Cloth. The 'Nelson Classic' edition of this romantic and historical novel and poem by Alexandre Dumas, in the original dust wrapper. From the 'Nelson's Classics' series, edited by Sir Henry Newbolt. In the origi...