Poesia

P . Virgilii Maronis Opera

Publius Vergilius Maro; Michel Maittaire (ed.) · 1715 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

London, Printed by Jacobi Tonson and Johannis Watts, 1715. Leather. A very scarce copy of this collection of poetry by Virgil, translated and edited by the notable classical scholar and bibliographer Michel Maittaire. With a printed dedication to Maittaire to the start of the ...

Nugae Antiquae: Being a Miscellaneous Collection of Original Papers in Prose and Verse

Sir John Harington; Sir John Harrington · 1769 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, W Frederick, 1769. Paperback. The popular Elizabethan courtier Sir John Harington's writings. Harington was prominent in Elizabeth I's court and was known to fall in and out of her favour due to his controversial writings. This work comprises of letters, pros...

A Stitch in Time; or, Pride Prevents a Fall

James Laver · 1927 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Nonesuch Press, 1927. Hardback. A limited Nonesuch edition of James Laver's poem 'A Stitch in Time', in the original dustwrapper. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. A limited edition work, being numbered edition 1397 of 1525. 'A Stitch in Time&a...

1: The Lay of the Last Minstrel 2. Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field 1808 3. Lady of the Lake 4. Rokeby [with] the Vision of Don Roderick a Poem 5. The Lord of the Isles a Poem

Sir Walter Scott · 1808 · Rooke Books

£800.00 (€958.93 | $1,056.91 | ¥168,775)

Edinburgh and London, Longman,Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808-15. First edition. Leather. Six early editions of Sir Walter Scott's poetry, bound in five volumes. With five of the poems being first editions, some first impressions. Very scarce to have so many quarto editions i...

Patriotic Song a Book of English Verse Being an Anthology of the Patriotic Poetry of the British Empire from the Defeat of the Spanish Armada Till the Death of Queen Victoria.

Arthur Stanley; Right Reverend J. E. C. Welldon · 1903 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

London, Edward Arnold, 1903. Leather. A handsomely bound volume featuring a collection of Patriotic poetry and verse in relation to the British Empire. New edition. Selected and arranged by Arthur Stanley. With an introduction by the Lord Bishop of Calcutta and the former of H...

Continual Dew a Little Book of Bourgeois Verse

John Betjeman · 1937 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, John Murray, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of John Betjeman's poetical works, held in the original dustwrapper. Written by John Betjeman the English poet and broadcaster, who served as the poet laureate of the United Kingdom from 1972 up until h...

A Posy of Wild Flowers Gathered in the Countryside of English Literature and Furnished with Appropriate Sentiments

Victor Bonham-Carter · 1983 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London; Somerset, Acorn Press and Exmoor Press, 1983. Cloth. A charming limited edition work on wild flowers dedicated by the author to the colophon. Limited edition of three hundred and fifty copies, of which this is number one hundred and fifty eight. Signed 'From Cynth...

Collected Essays Paper &C of Robert Bridges VI the Poems of Mary Coleridge VIII Lord de Tabley&Apos;S Poems

Robert Bridges · 1931 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Oxford University Press, 1931. First edition. Cloth. An advanced review copy of two of Robert Bridges poetical poems, one about Mary Coleridge, and the other about Lord de Tabley. This book is a review copy, with two paper slips loosely inserted from the Manchester Gua...

Consolation to Mira Mourning a Poem Discovering a Certain Governor&Apos;S Intreigue with a Lady at His Court

Unknown · 1710 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)

London, Printed and Sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1710. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of this unusual poem, penned by an unknown eighteenth century poet. The work is a political allegory, exploring the speaker Calidor's attempts ...

The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, c1900. Leather. The complete poetical works of Fireside poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Illustrated throughout, with numerous designs. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the first American to translate Dante's 'Divine Comedy&apos...

Lanyard Lyrics

R P Keigwin · 0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, c1914. Cloth. A collection of poems and excerpts from well known children's works. Written by R P Keigwin, which Copac states is a pseudonym for Richard Prescott. Illustrated throughout, by P L Butt. First edition. Undated, dated...

The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell

James Russell Lowell · 1896 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1896. Leather. An anthological work of James Russell Lowell's poetry. With an illustrated frontispiece of Lowell. With an introduction by Thomas Hughes, the author of 'Tom Brown's School Days', a semi-autobiographical novel. In a l...

L. & M. Annaei Senecae Tragoediae

L. & M. Annaei Senecae [Seneca the Younger] · 1632 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

Amsterdami, Apud Guiljelmum & Joannem Blaeu, 1632 . First edition. Leather. The first Blaeu edition of Seneca's Tragedies, with notes by English schoolmaster and scholar Thomas Farnaby. The very scarce first Willem & Johannes Blaeu edition of Seneca's Tragedies. In ...

Keats Poetical Works

John Keats; H. W. Garrod [ed.] · 1970 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London; New York; Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1970. Leather. A smart collection of John Keats poetry, bound in full blue calf, with charming gilt detail, by Bayntun's of Bath. A smart copy, bound in full blue calf, and decorated with gilt tooling along the spine.Add...

The Ballad of Kon-Tiki and Other Verses

Ian Serraillier · 1952 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Oxford , Geoffrey Cumberlege; Oxford University Press, 1952. First edition. Hardback. A superior first edition of this poetical retelling of the Kon-Tiki expedition by Ian Serraillier. With the smart unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression. With the publisher&...

Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect

William Barnes · 1863 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, John Russell Smith, 1863. Cloth. An uncommon book of poetry written by Dorset native and English polymath William Barnes. An uncommon 2nd edition of this collection of poetry, written in the Dorset dialect.Credited to English polymath, writer, philologist, priest, math...

Specimens of the British Poets; with Biographical and Critical Notices, and an Essay on English Poetry in Seven Volumes

Thomas Campbell [Editor] · 1819 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London , John Murray, 1819. Leather. An attractive set of this collection of British poetry, edited by Thomas Campbell. Complete in seven volumes. Volume I contains an essay on English poetry. The remaining volumes contain biographical and critical notes of the most prominent ...

The Poetical Works of John Milton

Henry J. Todd · 1809 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.12 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,357)

London , J. Johnson et al, 1809. Fine Binding. A seven volume, complete set of The Poetical Works of John Milton, in very attractive and ornate calf binding. Containing both Milton's better and lesser-known works, as well as extensive indexes and biography, this handsome ...

The Writings in Prose and Verse of Eugene Field in Twelve Volumes

Eugene Field · 1911 · Rooke Books

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

New York, Charles Scribner's, 1911-14. Leather. A twelve volume leather bound set of the prose and poetical work of Eugene Field A collection of the Writings in Prose and Verse of Eugene Field. Complete in twelve volumes. The set consists of: Little Book of Western Verse,...

The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1904 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.99 | $1,981.71 | ¥316,453)

London , Chatto and Windus, 1904. Fine Binding. A finely bound, limited edition collection of the poetry of Algernon Charles Swinburne, uniformly bound by Bumpus in half crushed morocco.  Limited edition in this large paper format, number 46 of 110 as stated. In Bumpus Ltd ha...