Poesia

Poems: Third Series

Jean Ingelow · 1885 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1885. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Ingelow's third series of 'Poems&apos. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Third Series. Bound by Spottiswoode & Co. with a bookbinder's label to the rear past...

Lays of the Hertfordshire Hunt and Other Poems

George U. Robins · 1916 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.93 | $59.44 | ¥9,491)

London, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1916. Cloth. A collection of hunting poetry from George U. Robins. George U. Robins was the assistant secretary to the Hertfordshire Hunt society before 1914, and conceived this collection of poetry as a memorial to his friends who followed the hun...

Green Places Poems of Wales

Arthur Glyn Prys-Jones · 1948 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Aberystwyth, Gwasg, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Arthur Glyn Prys-Jones's 'Green Places&apos. Arthur Glyn Prys-Jones was an Anglo-Welsh poet, writer and educationalist who produced plays, works of prose, and six volumes of poetry, including: &a...

Portrait of a Stratford Year

Roger Pringle · 1985 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London , The Celandine Press, 1985. Cloth. A limited edition of this charming book of poetry. Limited edition of three hundred and fifty copies, of which this is number one hundred and twenty eight. Illustrated profusely throughout by Arthur Keene. Roger Pringle was the Direct...

Penelope&Apos;S English Experiences Being Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton

Kate Douglas Wiggin · 1900 · Rooke Books

£37.99 (€45.54 | $50.19 | ¥8,015)

London , Gay and Bird, 1900. Cloth. A lovely volume of Kate Douglas Wiggin's Penelope stories. Wiggin (1856 – 1923) was an American educator and author of children's stories, most notably the classic children's novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. She started the ...

To Freedom&Apos;S Lover and Other Pieces

William Harris Dowding · 1917 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd. 1917. Cloth. A scarce copy of Dowding's poetry. Including such titles as The Soul's Sunshine (1870) and Can Money Make the Man? (1866) In a blue cloth binding with gilt title detailing to front board and spine. Externally sound with slig...

The Hills and Vales of Cleveland and Other Poems

James Millican · 1879 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

London, The Gazette Steam Printing and Publishing, 1879. Cloth. An anthology of poems regarding the area of Clifton, UK. This second edition Victorian collection contains over thirty poems and contains an illustrative plate and vignettes throughout. Contains booksellers' ...

English Bards and Scotch Reviewers a Satire

Lord Byron · 1811 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London , James Cawthorn, 1811 [1816] . Cloth. An early nineteenth century copy of Lord Byron's satirical poem. Great to see this in the original publishers' boards. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. ...

English Bards and Scotch Reviewers: A Satire

Lord Byron · 1810 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London , James Cawthorn, 1810. Cloth. Lord Byron's satirical poem in original state. Spurious reprint of the Third Edition. Watermark 'J & R Ansell 1818' most visible to vii-2pp. Lovely to see in the original boards. English Bards and Scotch Reviewers is a satir...

The Minor Poems of Schiller of the Second and Third Periods with a Few of Those of Earlier Date

Frederich Schiller, John Herman Merivale (trans) · 1844 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.89 | ¥18,985)

London , William Pickering, 1844. Cloth. The Minor Poems of Schiller of the Second and Third Periods with a Few of Those of Earlier Date translated fro the most part into the same metres with the original by John Herman Merivale (1779 - 1844), an English barrister and man of l...

The Seasons and Castle of Indolence

James Thomson · 1845 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.23 | ¥7,382)

London , William Pickering, 1845. Cloth. The Seasons and Castle of Indolence by James Thomson (1700 - 1748), a Scottish poet and playwright, known for his masterpiece The Seasons and the lyrics of Rule, Britannia!. The Seasons were written and separately published between 1725...

The Angel in the House, the Betrothal and the Espousals

[Coventry Patmore] · 1854 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London , John W Parker and Son, 1854-1856. First edition. Cloth. Coventry Patmore's famous narrative poems. Both poems form separate instalments of the same work and are about Patmore's first wife. The Angels in The House regards his courtship with Emily Augusta Andr...

Ballads of Old Birmingham and Neighbourhood

E. M. Rudland · 1951 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London , E F Hudson Ltd, 1951. Cloth. A signed edition of poetry by E M Rudland. Signed with E M Rudlands kind regards. The first thus with fifty eight additional poems and an introduction by Allardyce Nicoll. In a cloth binding in original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, s...

The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White

Henry Kirke White · 1840 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

London , Pickering , 1840. Cloth. A scarce Pickering edition Though intended to follow his father into the butcher's trade, White (1785-1806) was a great enthusiast for the written word, giving reading lessons in secret to a family servant by the age of 7. As his talents ...

Scenes and Shadows of Days Departed a Narrative Poems of Youth and Some Other Poems of Melancholy and Fancy in the Journey of Life from Youth to Age

Rev. W. Lisle Bowles · 1837 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,907)

London , Pickering, 1837. Cloth. A very scarce Pickering first containing Lisle Bowles's semi-autobiographical poetry. The road 'from youth to age' (as Bowles puts it) is fraught with nostalgia; indeed, the author embraces and exmaines the subject through a weal...

The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore · 1827 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London , A. and W. Galignani, 1827. Cloth. A collection of the poetry of Irish poet, Thomas Moore. With an engraved frontispiece. With publisher's advertisements to the endpapers. In publisher's original boards. Externally, rather worn, with marks, cracked joints, an...

Departmental Ditties and Other Verses

Rudyard Kipling · 1890 · Rooke Books

£25.99 (€31.15 | $34.34 | ¥5,483)

London , Thacker, Spink and Co. 1890 . Cloth. Rudyard Kipling's first collection of verses, originally published in 1886. Containing poems such as The Plea of the Simla Dancers, One Viceroy Resigns, and To The Unknown Goddess. Fifth edition, with additional poems. With pu...

Poems of Charles Churchill in Two Volumes

James Laver · 1933 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , King's Printers, 1933. Cloth. A set of poetical anthologies from poet and satirist, Charles Churchill. Limited edition, being number 326 of 600. Featuring a frontispiece William Hogarth's 1763 cartoon targeting Churchill, to volume two. Churchill's sati...

The Testament of Beauty

Robert Bridges · 1938 · Rooke Books

£27.00 (€32.36 | $35.67 | ¥5,696)

London , Clarendon Press, 1938. Hardback. A long philosophical poem by Robert Bridges. With a tissue-guarded frontispiece of the author. Despite being made poet laureate in 1913, Bridges was never a very well-known poet and only achieved his great popularity shortly before his...

Hamid the Luckless and Other Tales in Verse

John Payne · 1904 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London , David Nutt, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this poetry anthology from John Payne. John Payne (23 August 1842 – 11 February 1916) was an English poet and translator. Initially he pursued a legal career, and associated with Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Later...