Poesia

Essays and Letters from a Citizen of the World

Oliver Goldsmith · 1766 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

London, Unknown, c1840. Leather. A handsome collection of Oliver Goldsmith's works. Essays include 'The Bee' and 'An Inquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning&apos. Oliver Goldsmith was an Anglo-Irish writer and poet, who is best known for his novel...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 1895 · Rooke Books

£215.00 (€257.71 | $284.05 | ¥45,358)

London, Griffith and Faran, c1895. Leather. An illustrated edition of the ever-popular poetical works of Scotland's famous Scott. Bound in leather with gilt lettering. With Twelve photographs of drawings and paintings relating to the works of Scott. Dated from the ink ins...

The Poetical Works of Robert Browning

Robert Browning · 0 · Rooke Books

£37.99 (€45.54 | $50.19 | ¥8,015)

London, Henry Frowde; Grant Richards, c1912. Leather. A charming set of poetical anthologies from prolific poet, Robert Browning. Robert Browning's mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. Both volumes are pa...

Poems by Owen Meredith

Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton · 1875 · Rooke Books

£107.99 (€129.44 | $142.67 | ¥22,783)

Boston, James R. Osgood and Company, 1875. Leather. An American edition of the poems of the first earl of Lytton in a decorative binding. Bound in leather with gilt lettering and blindstamped decoration. Complete in Two Volumes. With the bookplate of Elizabeth Sherman Cameron ...

The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier; William Michael Rossetti · 0 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

London, Ward, Lock and Co, c1900. Leather. An attractive collection of poems by John Greenleaf Whittier. With an illustration to frontispiece and an engraving to first page of text. In a red morocco binding with gilt textblock edges. Externally, smart with slight wear to head ...

Poems by Florence M. Byng

Florence M. Byng · 1864 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Riccardi Press Fount; Medici Society, 1864. Leather. A very scarce copy of this book of poetry by Florence M. Byng. Very scarce. In an attractive morocco binding, with an illustrated frontispiece. 1 of 51 copies privately printed by the Riccardi Press Fount. With previ...

The Pleasures of Imagination to Which Is Prefixed a Critical Essay on the Poem

Mark Akenside · 1810 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, T Cadell, 1810. Leather. An interestingly bound copy of The Pleasures of Imagination. With a frontispiece and three plates. A New edition of this poem. The Pleasures of Imagination is a didactic poem which discusses the various kinds of pleasure to be derived from the ...

The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier · 0 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, c1895. Leather. A smart copy of Whittier's poetical works, in a modern fine binding. The Albion Edition. Featuring a tissue guarded portrait frontispiece of Whittier. With 'Whittier' in gilt lettering from the original binding to ...

Human Life

Samuel Rogers · 1819 · Rooke Books

£191.99 (€230.13 | $253.65 | ¥40,504)

London, John Murray, 1819. First edition. Leather. First edition, from the library of the late Eric Quayle the noted book collector. This is the rare first issue with "Printed by Bensley and Son" on page 4 , and with the half title as it should be. A small section of Sims Read...

Osric, a Missionary Tale; with the Garden, and Other Poems.

Charlotte Elizabeth · 1826 · Rooke Books

£485.00 (€581.35 | $640.75 | ¥102,320)

London , James Nisbet, 1826. Leather. A scarce work from social reformer Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna. A scarce work from social reformer Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna. Bound in half leather and marbled paper-covered boards, with gilt lettering. Second Edition, Corrected. Charlotte E...

Elegant Extracts: Being a Copious Selection of Instructive, Moral, and Entertaining Passages, from the Most Eminent British Poets

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

London, John Sharpe, c1820. Leather. Two pocket-sized volumes from this marvellous series of collected pieces of writing. Volume I (Book I and II) Devotional and Moral. Volume II (Book III and IV) Didactic, Including Fables, Descriptive, Narrative, and Pastoral. Adorned with d...

The Poetical Works of James Thomson

James Thomson; Patrick Murdoch · 1849 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, William Tegg and Co. 1849. Leather. A copy of the poetical works of the Scottish poet, James Thomson. With a frontispiece and illustrations throughout. Includes 'A Life of the Author' by the Reverend Patrick Murdoch. James Thomson (1700-1748) was a Scottish p...

Human Life a Poem

Samuel Rogers · 1819 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, John Murray, 1819. First edition. Leather. An handsomely bound first edition of copy Samuel Rogers' poem, Human Life. First Edition. A charming book of poetry published by the celebrated English poet Samuel Rogers. This edition contains the poem Human Life, a set ...

English Odes

Edmund W Gosse · 1881 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, C Kegan Paul & Co. 1881. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this critical work by Edmund Gosse, featuring the poetry of numerous celebrated English poets. First Edition. In a signed J Ramage and Co Binding. This anthology consists of a variety of poetry from ...

Conversations on Some of the Old Poets

James Russell Lowell · 1945 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Cambridge, John Owen, 1945. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of this book of literary criticism by James Russell Howell. First Edition. A scarce work by James Russell Lowell. Howell belonged to a group of critics and poets known as the 'Fireside Poets, who w...

Poems of Robert Browning

Robert Browning · 1920 · Rooke Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

London, Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1920. Leather. The comprehensive volume of the poetical works of Robert Browning. With a portrait frontispiece. The Oxford edition of his works, comprising of his lyrics, romances, dramas, Pauline, Paracelsus, and more. Robert ...

The Testament of Beauty

Robert Bridges · 1929 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1929. Leather. A lovely little leather bound book of poetry by Robert Bridges. Robert Seymour Bridges, OM (23 October 1844 – 21 April 1930) was a British poet. Bridges achieved literary success rather late in life, but still gained the prestigious...

Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems

William Edmondstoune Aytoun · 1868 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

Edinburgh; London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1868. Leather. A collection of the poems of William Edmondstoune Aytoun. Twentieth edition. Including his best-known work of verse, Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers. Bound by Bickers (binder's ink stamp to front endpaper) Willi...

Poems

William Mason · 1774 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,852)

London, University of Glasgow, Robert & Andrew Foulis, 1774. Leather. Two pocket sized volumes of William Mason's poetry, in a uniform leather binding. The first Foulis edition of Mason's poetry. Robert and Andrew Foulis were brothers who worked in partnership as pri...

English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers; a Satire

Lord Byron · 1809 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, James Cawthorn, c1809. Leather. A forgery of the first edition of English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers, a Satire by Lord Byron. English Bards and Scotch Reviewers is a satirical poem written by Lord Byron. It was first published, anonymously, in March 1809; the opening ...