Poesia

Ballads of the War

Hardwicke D. Rawnsley · 1900 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London, J. M. Dent & Co. 1900. First edition. Leather. Scarce, leather-bound first edition of Hardwicke Rawnsley's anthology of war ballads. A scarce first edition of this collection of ballads by Hardwicke D Rawnsley, Anglican priest, poet, and local politician. This ant...

Poems

Bernard Barton · 1825 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London , Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1825. Cloth. A fourth, revised edition of Poems by Bernard Barton. A fourth edition with additions of Poems by Bernard Barton. Bernard Barton was known as the Quaker poet with his main works including The Convicts Appeal where he protested ...

Lyra Silurum

W. Downing Evans · 1867 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Simpkin, Marshall & Co. 1867. First edition. Cloth. Very scarce first edition of this poetry anthology by W. Downing Evans. Collection of poems by W. Downing Evans. Titles include 'Ramblings,' 'On a Lunar Eclipse', 'A New Creation,' and &a...

The Woman Who Went to Hell

Dora Sigerson · 1902 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, The De La More Press, [1902]. First edition. Cloth. Dora Sigerson's collection of ballads, the uncommon first edition. Undated first edition of this collection of ballads by Irish poet and sculptor Dora Sigerson, published by The De La More Press in 1902, dated fr...

Houston Post Poems

Pascal R. Wilson · 1948 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Dallas Texas, The Kaleidograph Press, 1948. First edition. Fine Binding. The very scarce poetry collection of Pascal R. Wilson, a lovely collection inscribed by the author. A very scarce first edition work.Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper.In the original...

The Poetical Works of George Crabbe

George Crabbe · 1851 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, John Murray , 1851. Leather. The collected poetical works of George Crabbe, a new single volume edition, in a charming full calf prize binding. George Crabbe's poetical works in one volume, edited with a biographical sketch of his life by his son. A new edition fe...

Two Poems

Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Robert Browning · 1854 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1854. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A limited first edition of this pamphlet of two poems by Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, printed for a charity fundraiser. The first edition, limited to three hundred copies that were printed for a fundrais...

David Dancing

Harold Morland · 1961 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Marazion , The Ark Press , 1961. Cloth. A bright limited edition of this collection of poems by Harold Morland adorned with illustrations by Mort Baranott, complete with dust wrapper. An anthology of poems by Harold Morland. Containing poems such as 'The Summons,' &a...

The Poems of Bishop Henry King

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

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1925. Hardback. A limited edition of the collected poems of Henry King. Henry King was an English poet and Bishop of Chichester in the seventeenth century, author of numerous elegies on royal people and on his close friends, who included John Donne ...

The Mistress with Other Selected Poems

Abraham Cowley · 1926 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926. Cloth. A bright limited edition copy of this anthology of poems by Abraham Cowley. Abraham Cowley was a leading poet in seventeenth-century England, authoring fourteen Works in the span of fifty-three years. The present copy is an anthology o...

The Poets&Apos; Pleasaunce: Garden of All Sorts of Pleasant Flowers, Which Our Pleasant Poets Have, in Past Time, for Pastime, Planted

Eden Warwick · 1847 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans , 1847. First edition. Leather. First edition of this charming work illustrative of the best poets' homages to flowers in their work, in a beautiful full calf binding by Riviere & Son. A sweeping work illustrating the best of Br...

Sonetti Del Burchiello Del Bellincioni E D&Apos;Altri Poeti Fiorentini Alla Burchiellesca

Burchiello · 1757 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

London; [Lucca and Pisa], Not Stated, 1757. Leather. An uncommon collection of the sonnets of the Italian poet Burchiello, in the original Italian, with a portrait frontispiece. In the original Italian. An uncommon work.Complete in two parts, with 'De Sonetti di Burchiel...

The Poetical Works of the Late Christopher Anstey, Esq. With Some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author

Christopher Anstey; John Anstey · 1808 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808. First edition. Leather. A first edition collection of the poetical works of Christopher Anstey, complete with plates, the presentation copy of his youngest son Arthur Anstey. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece,...

Lapsus Calami and Other Verses

James Kenneth Stephen · 1909 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

Cambridge, Bowes and Bowes, 1909. Leather. A lovely leather-bound copy containing poetry by James Kenneth Stephen, with a frontispiece of the author to the front of text. 1909 'Collected Edition with Biographical Introduction and Portrait&apos. Illustrated with a frontis...

Poems of Love and Death

Eileen Moody · 1991 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Stourbridge, Mark and Moody, 1991. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce collection of poetry by Eileen Moody, with a biography about the poet inscribed on the front endpaper. First and only edition. In the publisher's original faux-leather binding.This is a lovely collect...

Shapes & Sounds

Mervyn Peake · 1941 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful first edition collection of poetry by Mervyn Peake, in the original unclipped dust wrapper that was designed by the author himself. First Edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper, which was designed and i...

Departmental Ditties and Other Verses

Rudyard Kipling · 1895 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Thacker, Spink And Co. 1895. Cloth. A smart edition of the collection of poems from Rudyard Kipling, first printed in 1886. A very smart eighth edition of Rudyard Kipling's 'Departmental Ditties and Other Verses', containing such poems as 'The Plea ...

Poems

James M'Culloch · 1885 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Edinburgh, James Gemmell, 1885. Cloth. A scarce volume of poetry about the rustic pleasures of Scotland, written by James M'Culloch. A volume of charming local and lyrical poetry, celebrating the simple rustic pleasures of country life. Written by James M'Culloch in...

Poems

Gwen M. Rolling · 1961 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Ilfracombe, Arthur H. Stockwell LTD, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed first edition collection of the poetry of Gwen M. Rolling, in the original dust wrapper. A very scarce first edition work.Signed by the author to the title page, 'With the authors good w...

The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, Complete in One Volume

Robert Southey · 1853 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1853. Leather. The 1853 edition of the Robert Southey's poetic works, complete in one volume, with a frontispiece and a title vignette page. 1853 'New Edition&apos. Bound in half-morocco on cloth boards.Illustrations include ...