Poesia

The Works of Robert Burns Illustrated by an Extensive Series of Portraits and Authentic Views with a Complete Life of the Poet: An Essay on His Genius and Character by Professor Wilson and Numerous Notes, Annotations and Appendices

Robert Burns · 1786 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

London , Blackie and Son. c1875. Cloth. A collection of the works of Scottish poet Robert Burns. With sixty-two engraved plates (collated, complete for the number of volumes present). Including a complete essay on his genius and character by Professor Wilson. John Wilson was t...

The Works of Edmund Spenser in Eight Volumes with the Principal Illustrations of Various Commentators. To Which Are Added Notes, Some Account of the Life of Spenser, and a Glossarial and Other Indexes by the Reverend Henry John Todd

Edmund Spenser; Edited by Henry John Todd · 1805 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London , F. C. and J. Rivington, 1805. Leather. A set of the poetical works of Edmund Spenser, widely regarded as one of the greatest English poets. Containing all his best-known poetry, including The Faerie Queen, April and Astrophel. Spenser's masterpiece is an extensiv...

The Works of Mr Abraham Cowley

Mr Abraham Cowley · 1710 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)

London , Tonson et al. 1710-1711. Leather. Three volumes of Abraham Cowley's works. With separate title pages for 'The Mistress', 'Pindarique Odes', 'Davideis' (1707) and 'Cutter of Coleman-Street' but with continuous pagination, as...

The Works of William Cowper, Esq. Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations with a Life of the Author

William Cowper; Robert Southey · 1835 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Baldwin and Cradock, 1835 - 1837. Leather. An incomplete, thirteen volume set of William Cowper's work. Cowper was one of the most popular poets of his time. Originally fifteen volumes, volumes VI and VII are missing. William Cowper (1731 – 1800) was an English p...

The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe

Rev. George Crabbe · 1823 · Rooke Books

£675.00 (€809.09 | $891.77 | ¥142,404)

London, John Murray, 1823. Leather. A lovely set of the works of the multitalented poet, surgeon, and clergyman George Crabbe. George Crabbe (1754-1832) is best remembered for his employment of realistic narrative, and for his realist depiction of working- and middle-class peo...

The Works of Mrs Hemans; with a Memoir of Her Life, by Her Sister

Felicia Hemans · 1854 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1854-1857. Cloth. A complete seven volume edition of The Works of Mrs Heman. Bound in cloth with gilt lettering and blindstamped decoration. Seven volumes, complete. A smart cloth and gilt set of the best collection of Hemans p...

The Works of Oliver Goldsmith with Life and Notes

Oliver Goldsmith · 1848 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Henry Bohn, 1848. Leather. A beautifully four volume set of of The Works of Oliver Goldsmith Complete in four volumes. With 7 full page plates. Oliver Goldsmith was an Irish novelist, playwright and poet, who is best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield , his pas...

Nature with Man

John Silkin · 1965 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London, Chatto and Windus, The Hogarth Press, 1965. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of poetry by John Silkin. First edition. Published as a part of 'The Phoenix Living Poets' series. With original unclipped dustwrapper. John Silkin was a po...

The Hardening Ground

Shaun Traynor · 1974 · Rooke Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

London, O'Brian and O'Keeffe, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Shaun Traynor's 'The Hardening Ground', signed by the author. The Northern Irish poet's first collection, 'The Hardening Ground' sees "poems of place and of con...

The Fanfarlo and Other Verse

Muriel Spark · 1952 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Kent, The Hand and Flower Press, 1952. First edition. Paperback. A collection of verse by Muriel Spark. First edition. In original paper wraps. 'The Fanfarlo' is a symbolist ballad. It is also the earliest of a set of satirical pieces in prose and verse developed by ...

Miniatur Bibliothek Der Deutschen Classifer Klopstock&Apos;S Messias

F G Klopstock · 1828 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Not Stated, Gotha & Neu York Im Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, 1828. Leather. An original German pocket sized edition of Gottlieb Klopstock's poem 'Messias&apos. Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock's epic poem Messias. In the original German. Bound by John Bir...

The Seasons by James Thomson the Poetical Works of Dr Goldsmith

James Thomson; Oliver Goldsmith · 0 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1880. Leather. A collection of poetry by James Thomson and Oliver Goldsmith. Two volumes of poetry by two popular eighteenth century poets. Both volumes are bound as one by a prior owner with the gilt stamped title to spine 'Classics Vol 2. With a...

The Seasons

James Thomson · 1805 · Rooke Books

£255.00 (€305.66 | $336.89 | ¥53,797)

London, James Wallis, 1805 . Leather. The first Bewick illustrated edition of Thomson's famous collection of poems, The Seasons in a lovely original binding. Direct from the library at Newton Hall, the 18th century country house and estate in Northumberland, with a pencil...

The Lansdowne Poets. The Poetical Works of John Milton, with Memoir, Explanatory and Glossarial Notes, Etc.

John Milton · 1882 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, R. & A. Suttaby, c1877. Leather. A collection of poems by seventeenth-century English writer John Milton. This collection features both Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained. Illustrated throughout, including a frontispiece of Milton. In a morocco calf binding with gilt ...

Sonnets from a Parisian Balcony

Anna, Comtesse de Bremont · 1910 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, Gay and Hancock Ltd. 1910. Leather. A rather scarce first edition of the Comtesse de Bremont's collection of poetry, in a soft leather binding. Bound in soft leather with gilt lettering. With the Times Book Club bookseller's label to the rear pastedown. With ...

The Life of Man Symbolised by the Months of the Year in a Series of Illustrations and Pourtrayed in Their Seasons and Phases with Passages Selected from Ancient and Modern Authors

Richard Pigot · 1866 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.62 | $376.52 | ¥60,126)

London, Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1866. Leather. The Life of Man Symbolised by the Months of the Year in a Series of Illustrations and Pourtrayed in their Seasons and Phases with Passages Selected from Ancient and Modern Authors. Selected by Richard Pigot and illustrat...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott Including Introductions and Notes

Sir Walter Scott · 1880 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.23 | ¥7,382)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, c1880. Leather. A collection of the poetry of esteemed writer Sir Walter Scott. Including Rokeby, The Lady of the Lake, Marmion and many others. In a half-calf binding with marbled boards. Externally sound, though rubbed. Front joint starting, a...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 1897 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. 1897. Leather. An attractive collection of the poems of Sir Walter Scott. Albion edition. In a calf binding. Externally, smart, though with some rubbing and slight wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Front free-endpaper has been rem...

The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1917 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,217)

London, Humphrey Milford, 1917. Leather. An early twentieth-century collection of Longfellow's poetry. Oxford Edition. Featuring a tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece. In a half calf binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, some rubbing and fading to the spine. Fro...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott; Edited by J. Logie Robertson · 1913 · Rooke Books

£23.99 (€28.76 | $31.69 | ¥5,061)

London, Henry Frowde, 1913. Leather. A collection of the poetry of Walter Scott. With a frontispiece of Scott. Including the author's introductions and notes. In a half-calf binding. Externally, sound, though with some dampstaining and rubbing, and slight wear to the head...