Poesia

Lifting Off at Sunset and Other Poems

Lionel Brett · 1986 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Not Stated , Lionel Brett, 1986. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A signed limited edition copy of this collection of poems by Lionel Brett. A limited edition copy. Only 150 copies were printed with this being number 49. Signed by the author to the title page and editions pa...

Brother Peter to Brother Tom. An Expostulatory Epistle.

Peter Pindar · 1788 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, G. Kearsley, 1788. First edition. Disbound. A first edition of John Walcot's satirical poem. A first edition of John Walcot's satirical poem staged as a conversation between brothers Peter and Tom. John Walcot was an English satirist who wrote under the pseud...

Oeuvres Completes M. Bernard

Pierre-Jospeh Bernard · 1785 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Not Stated , Edition de Cazin, 1785 . Leather. A volume of the complete poetical works of M. Bernard. A Cazin edition.This volume contains the complete poetical works of Pierre-Joseph Bernard. He was a French poet whose poems are written with a measured grace. Dated from the ...

Montezuma the Newdigate Poem 1895

J S Arkwright · 1895 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, BH Blackwell , 1895. First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of the Newdigate Prize Poem for 1895, 'Montezuma.' A rare early work by Arkwright on the Aztec ruler. This was Newdigate Prize Poem for 1895, awarded to undergraduate students of the...

The New Bath Guide: Or, Memoirs of the B--R--D Family, in a Series of Poetical Epistles

[Christopher Anstey] · 1768 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Dublin, Printed by John Exshaw , 1768. Disbound. The fourth edition of Christopher Anstey's satirical poem on eighteenth century life in Bath. The fourth edition of this work. With the additions of an epilogue, criticisms, letters, and more. ESTC T88329Satirical poem on l...

Les Merite Des Femmes

Legouve · 1830 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Paris, Louis Janet, 1830. Leather. A new edition of this poetry collection by Ernest Legouve, in the original French. A new edition in the original French. Les Merite Des Femmes, or The Merit of Women is a collection of poems by Ernest Legouve, a French poet and dramatist. So...

The Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems of the XVIII Century

Austin Dobson · 1892 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1892. Cloth. Limited large paper edition of Austin Dobson's anthology of verses with illustrations by the celebrated artist Hugh Thomson. One of four-hundred and fifty large paper copies printed, this number one-hundred-and-four.Â...

Poems of Peace and War

Christmas Humphreys · 1941 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, The Favil Press, 1941 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this collection of poetry by British barrister, judge and author Christmas Humphreys, known for his 1920s conversion to Buddhism. Inscribed to the half title 'for Diana, a little late but ...

English Sonnets by Living Writers

Living Writers; Samuel Waddington · 1884 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.62 | $376.52 | ¥60,126)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1884. Cloth. A scarce second edition of this collection of sonnets from English writers, signed by Samuel Waddington. Second edition, enlarged. Scarce work. Signed by the author to the front endpaper with inscription in presentation to Cosmo Monkh...

In the Press Horae Monasticae Poems, Songs and Ballads

William Jones · 1853 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Warwick, Henry T. Cooke , 1853 . Cloth. A scarce copy of this poetry anthology by William Jones. A scarce edition of In the Press Horae Monasticae Poems, Songs and Ballads by William Jones. This is a collection of poems, songs and ballads including miscellaneous poems, Horae ...

Characters, Sketches, and Other Poems

James Bowick · 1880 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Montrose, Alex Burnett, 1880 . Cloth. A very scarce work of poetry from the late nineteenth century. Characters, Sketches, and Other Poems by James Bowick in the original cloth binding. A very scarce work, with no other copies found in libraries. A book of shreds and patches...

Poems by William Cowper of the Inner Temple Esq.

William Cowper · 1800 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, J. Johnson, 1800. Leather. A new edition of this two volume set of poetry from the forerunner of the Romantics, William Cowper, in half calf bindings by Sotheran. A two volume set in half calf bindings with marbled edges and end papers, with the binder's stamp of ...

Lara, a Tale and Jacqueline, a Tale

Lord Byron; Samuel Rogers · 1814 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, J. Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1814. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of Lord Byron's two narrative poems concerning the fates of Lara and Jacqueline, rebacked in a lovely full calf binding. The first edition of this work published by J. Murray of Albema...

The Works of Thomas Hood Comic and Serious, in Prose and Verse

Thomas Hood · 1862 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London , Edward Moxon, 1862-1863. Cloth. A complete seven volume set of the works of Thomas Hood. A complete seven volume set. The first six volumes are dated 1862 and the last volume is dated 1863. Thomas Hood was an English poet, author and humourist best known for his poem...

Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems

William Edmondstoune Aytoun · 1883 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, William Blackwood and Sons , 1883. Leather. Anthology of the verses of Scottish poet William Edmondstoune Aytoun in charming half calf binding. Anthology of poems by William Edmondstoune Aytoun, Scottish poet, lawyer, and professor of rhetoric and belle lettres at the ...

Poems

William Cowper · 1800 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, J. Johnson, 1800. Leather. An early edition of the collected poetical works of William Cowper. Two volumes. New edition. Illustrated with four plates in Volume I and six plates in Volume II. Collated complete. The collected poetical works of William Cowper, an English ...

Summoned by the Bells

John Betjeman · 1960 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London , John Murray , 1960. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this intimate poetry collection by John Betjeman. A first edition copy of this poetry collection by John Betjeman. Betjeman's poetry within this volume acts as a sort of autobiography of the Engli...

All the Talents; a Satirical Poem, in Four Dialogues. To Which Is Added, a Pastoral Epilogue

Polypus; [Eaton Stannard Barrett] · 1807 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, John Joseph Stockdale, 1807. Leather. A popular satirical poem by Eaton Stannard Barrett, focusing on the Whig governments of 1800 to 1807, illustrated with a Rowlandson frontispiece. The seventeenth edition, published in the same year as the first.Illustrated with a R...

Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems

William Edmondstoune Aytoun · 1863 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1863. Leather. An illustrated collection of Scottish poetry by William Edmondstoune Aytoun, previously owned by historian Reginald Baliol Brett Esher. A charming work of poetry and history, including notable poems on Scotland b...

Letters to Julia in Rhyme

Henry Luttrell · 1822 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, John Murray, 1822. Cloth. A third edition of this long poem, inspired by the ode to Lydia in Horace's Odes. Third edition. A poem inspired by the ode to Lydia in Horace's Odes. Written by Henry Luttrell, an English politician and writer of society verse typic...