Poesia

Adam & Eve & Us

Hardiman Scott · 1946 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Sylvan Press, 1946. Cloth. A numbered, signed limited edition of Hardiman Scott's poetry, illustrated by Betty Dougherty. Written by Jack Hardiman Scott (1920-1999), an English broadcaster and writer. He was the BBC's first political editor, serving for five ...

Child Life: A Collection of Poems

John Greenleaf Whittier · 1897 · Rooke Books

£27.00 (€32.36 | $35.67 | ¥5,696)

London, James Nisbet and Co. 1897. Cloth. A collection of poetry for children edited by John Greenleaf Whittier, bound in pictorial cloth and illustrated throughout. Containing the verses of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Mary Lamb, Allan Cunningham, Elizabeth Barratt Browning, Willia...

The Poetical Calendar Containing a Collection of Scarce and Valuable Pieces of Poetry

Francis Fawkes and William Woty · 1763 · Rooke Books

£2,600.00 (€3,116.51 | $3,434.96 | ¥548,519)

London, Dryden Leach, J Coote, 1763. First edition. Leather. A scarce, first edition set of this poetical anthology selected by Francis Fakwes and William Woty. Comprising all twelve volumes, bound as four.ESTC reference no: T146608. Courtney and Smith, pages 101-102; Chapman ...

The Shires

Donald Davie · 1974 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Routledge and Kegan Paul , 1974. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this lovely collection of poems by Donald Davie. An excellent review copy. Donald Davie was the author of many poems of philosophical and abstract themes and highly evocative of various landsca...

The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood

Thomas Hood; William Michael Rossetti · 1880 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London & New York, Ward, Lock & Co. 1880. Leather. The poetry of Thomas Hood, bound in leather with gilt detail and illustrated. Thomas Hood (17999-1845) was a celebrated English poet remembered for poems including 'The Bright of Sighs' and 'The Song of the Shir...

Lalla Rookh, an Oriental Romance

Thomas Moore · 1885 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1885. Leather. A splendidly illustrated edition of Thomas Moore's verse Lalla Rookh, bound in leather. 'Lalla Rookh' is an Oriental romance narrative poem, taking its title from the heroine of the frame tale, who was the fictitio...

A Painter&Apos;S Anthology

Arthur Watts; et al. · 1924 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,557)

London, Arrowsmith , 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated book of miscellaneous poetry by Arthur Watts, celebrating art and its beauty. The first edition of this charming volume by Arthur Watts, a noted illustrator and artist. A stunni...

Rhymes and Roundelayes in Praise of a Country Life

Various · 1857 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)

London, David Bogue, 1857. First edition. Leather. A wonderful first edition of this collection of poetry about country life, containing illustrations by the likes of Birket Foster, George Dodgson and John Absolon, containing the bookplate of John Liddell, a distant relative o...

Omar Repentant

Richard le Gallienne · 1908 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Grant Richards, 1908. First edition. Vellum. An uncommon first edition of this poetic satire by Robert Le Gallienne. A small paper vellum first edition by Liverpudlian poet Richard Le Gallienne.In 1897, Le Gallienne, published a verse translation of some works attribut...

Evaporation a Symposium: Poems and Prose

Mark Turbyfill; Samuel Putnam · 1923 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

Winchester , Modern Review, 1923. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first impression of this collection of poems and a miscellany of essays by Mark Turbyfill and Samuel Putnam. Signed by Turbyfill. The first edition of this work by Mark Turbyfill and Samuel Putnam. Interesting...

The Orators an English Study

W. H. Auden · 1934 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1934. Cloth. The second edition of W. H. Auden's long poem, a popular Modernist work. The second, revised edition of this work.In the reginal unclipped dustwrapper.W. H. Auden's popular long poem written in prose and verse, a major co...

Acrostics

Hitchin Acrostic Club · 1868 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1868. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition acrostic collection, an entertaining selection by the Hitchin Acrostic Club. An uncommon first edition of this work.A selection of puzzling acrostics, compiled by the Hitchin Acrostic Club, con...

Nymphidia: The Court of Fairy

Michael Drayton · 1814 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Kent, Private Press of Lee Priory; Johnson and Warwick, 1814. Cloth. A limited edition of Elizabethan poet Michael Drayton's poem, rebound with the original cover wrap preserved within. Michael Drayton (1563-1631) was an English poet, whom associated with many notable fig...

The Cloth of Flesh

Seán Jennett · 1945 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

Great Britain, Faber & Faber, [1945]. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first edition comprising the poetry of Sean Jennett, complete with an unclipped dust wrapper. This was Jennett's second collection of poetry, and mostly comprises of war poetry, which considers the ef...

Late Lyrics and Earlier

Thomas Hardy · 1922 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Macmillan And Co. 1922. Cloth. A first edition of Thomas Hardy's poetry collection, complete with an 'apology' to his critics. This collection of Hardy's poetry is more musical than his other work, often fondly recalling past memories in ballad form...

The Battaile of Agincourt

Michael Drayton; Michaell Drayton · 1627 · Rooke Books

£4,200.00 (€5,034.37 | $5,548.79 | ¥886,070)

London, William Lee, 1627. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of Michael Drayton's epic poem 'The Battaile of Agincourt&apos. An important poem, here with several other works by Drayton. This work is the only contemporary reference to Shakespeare asi...

Anacreon

Anacreon, Thomas Stanley [trans.], A. H. Bullen [ed.] · 1906 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, A. H. Bullen, 1906. Hardback. The publisher's file copy comprising the translation to English of magnificent poems by Greek poet Anacreon. With prototype information. The filt copy of this work with prototype information by the publisher, with chapter contents and...

The Latin Portrait: An Anthology

G Rostrevor Hamilton · 1929 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1929. First edition. Cloth. An excellent limited edition copy of this charming anthology of translated Latin poems. An edition limited to one thousand and fifty copies for sale in the United Kingdom, and five hundred in the United States. This volum...

The Poems of Sir Arthur Gorges

Sir Arthur Gorges, Helen Estabrook Sandison [ed/] · 1953 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1953. First edition. Cloth. a superb first edition copy of this book comprising a collection of poems by Sir Arthur Gorges. The first edition of this work. With an informative introduction by Helen Estabrook Sandison. A collection of poems by Sir A...

The Philosophy of Melancholy

Thomas Love Peacock · 1812 · Rooke Books

£2,200.00 (€2,637.05 | $2,906.51 | ¥464,132)

London, William Bulmer and Co, Shakespeare Press; et al, 1812. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of Peacock's romantic poem on melancholy, written in the same year that Peacock met Percy Shelley. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.'Th...