Poesia

Humorous Poems

William Michael Rossetti · 1872 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, E. Moxon, Son, & Company, 1872. Leather. A very neat collection of humorous poems, selected and edited by William Michael Rossetti. Dated from the British Library. Humorous poets from writers such as, Geoffrey Chaucer, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Samuel Butler, John Cleveland, a...

The Life of Professor Gellert

Mrs. Douglas · 1805 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Kelso, Alex. Ballantyne for J. Hatchard, 1805. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition thus of Mrs. Douglas's three volume biography of the German poet Christian Furchtegott Gellert. The very scarce first English language edition of this work, taken from a F...

The Poetical Works of James Montgomery with Explanatory Notes

James Montgomery · 1795 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London , Frederick Warne And Co, c1879. Hardback. The collected works of humanitarian poet and hymn-writer James Montgomery, with illustrations and commentary A collection of James Montgomery's poetry and hymns, complete with frontispiece and 6 plates of illustrations by ...

Lapsus Calami and Other Verses

James Kenneth Stephen · 1896 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Cambridge, Macmillan and Bowes, 1896. Leather. A lovely leather bound copy of this collection of poems by James Kenneth Stephen. A beautifully bound collection of poems by James Kenneth Stephen. This poetry collection includes Lapsus Calami, Combi Songs, Sincere Flattery, and...

A Song of the English

Rudyard Kipling · 1912 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Toronto, The Musson Book Company Limited , 1912. Cloth. A smart copy of Song of The English by Rudyard Kipling with lovely colour plates. A Canadian edition. A Song of the English was first published in the English Illustrated Magazine in May 1893. The theme that underlies th...

The Works of Thomas Gray in Prose and Verse in Four Volumes

Thomas Gray; Edmund Gosse (ed.) · 1884 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1884 . Cloth. A complete set of the works of Thomas Gray with illustrations. Early edition of The Works of Thomas Gray In Prose and Verse edited by Edmund Gosse in the original publisher's cloth bindings. Complete in four uniform volumes. Edmun...

The Cambridge Tart: Epigrammatic and Satiric-Poetical Effusions

Socius [Richard Gooch] [ed.] · 1823 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, James Smith; J. Anderson, 1823. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this charming early nineteenth century volume of poetry, edited by 'Socius', the pseudonym of Richard Gooch. Illustrated with an engraved title page displaying the names of the liter...

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Robert Browning · 1919 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, The Artistic Lithographic Publishing Co. c1891. Cloth. Illustrated edition of Browning's poem concerning the legendary Pied Piper, with beautiful chromolithographic plates by Arthur and Harry Payne. Robert Browning's poem concerning the legendary Pied Piper o...

Specimens of the British Poets

Thomas Campbell [ed.] · 1819 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, John Murray, 1819. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this seven volume anthology of works of both famous and obscure British poets, from 1400 to 1805. The first edition of this work.Complete in seven volumes. Edited by Thomas Campbell, chiefly remembered for...

Four Poetry Anthologies by A.P. Herbert

A. P. Herbert · 1925 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, T. Fisher Unwin LTD; Ernest Benn Limited, 1925-30. First edition. Cloth. Four first edition poetical anthologies by the popular humorist author A. P. Herbert, each volume charmingly illustrated throughout. The first edition of each volume.Four entertaining uniformly bo...

Maud; in Memoriam; the Princess; Enoch Arden; Poems

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1869 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

London, Strahan and Co. 1869. Leather. The collected poems of Lord Tennyson in five volumes, attractive set in uniform calf bindings. Collection of poetry by the famous English poet Alfred Lord Tennyson, the Poet Laureate during the reign of Queen Victoria. Comprising Maud, In...

The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith. M.B. And the Professor of Ancient History in the Royal Academy of Arts

Oliver Goldsmith · 1845 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845. Leather. A beautifully illustrated collection of Oliver Goldsmith's poetical works, complete with many lovely engravings. A collection of the poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith.Oliver Goldsmith was an Irish poet and novel...

Granite Dust Fifty Poems

Ronald Campbell Macfie · 1892 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1892 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon collection of fifty poems by Ronald Campbell Macfie. First edition of Granite Dust Fifty Poems by Ronald Campbell Macfie in the original publisher's cloth bindin...

Fair Rosamond: And Other Poems

B. Montgomerie Ranking · 1868 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, John Camden Hotten, 1868. First edition. Cloth. A smart little collection of poetry by B. Montgomerie Ranking, in the original cloth binding. The first edition. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. A smart collection of poems by B. Montgomerie Ranking. ...

Gems of Beauty, Displayed in a Series of Twelve Highly Finished Engravings of Spanish Subjects

The Countess of Blessington [Marguerite Gardiner] · 1839 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans , 1839 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this beautifully illustrated volume of Spanish themed poetry by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington. A charming and very scarce first edition of this work, i...

Blanche Lisle and Other Poems

Cecil Home [Augusta Webster] · 1860 · Rooke Books

£775.00 (€928.96 | $1,023.88 | ¥163,501)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1860. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce collection of poems by Augusta Webster, the first edition. First edition of this scarce collection of poems by Augusta Webster under pen name Cecil Home. Containing poem in four parts 'Blanche Lisle'...

Beeton&Apos;S Great Book of Poetry: From Caedmon and King Alfred&Apos;S Boethius to Browning and Tennyson. Also, a Separate Selection of American Poems, Containing Nearly Two Thousand of the Best Pieces in the English Language; with Sketches of History of the Poetry of Our Country, and Biographical Notices of the Poets

S. O. Beeton [ed.] · 1870 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. [1870]. Hardback. Vast collection of poetry from the earliest times in two volumes, edited by Mr. Beeton and bound in lovely uniform bindings. Containing a vast amount of poetry from the earliest times, including Alfred the Great, Caedmon, Robert Brown...

The Railings, Poems by Alan Brownjohn

Alan Brownjohn · 1961 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, The Digby Press, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this anthology of poetry by Alan Brownjohn signed by the author. First edition, first impression of The Railings, Poems by Alan Brownjohn in the original publisher's binding and u...

Verses 1943-1962

Richard Faber · 1962 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Not Stated, Privately Printed, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, signed, copy of Richard Faber's short poetry collection. A scarce first edition. Privately printed in full cloth binding with gilt lettering. With an inscription by the author to the front free en...

Siberia

Abraham Sutzkever; Jacob Sonntag · 1961 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, New York, Toronto, Abelard-Schuman, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. The first translated edition, first printing of a poem by A. Sutzkever with illustrations by Marc Chagall. The first translated edition of Siberia by Abraham Sutzkever, translated from the Yiddish and i...