Poesia

Pilgrimage Memorials of a Journey

S. F. A. Coles · 1931 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London , The Columbia Press, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this collection of poetry by S. F. A. Coles. One of 250 copies of which this is number 196. In a cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and bumping. sunning to boards and spine. Internall...

Ballades and Other Verse

H.S. Mackintosh · 1953 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London , Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. Cloth. A signed first edition of poetry by H.S. Mackintosh. With an ink inscription by the author to John Foster. In decorated paper covered boards. Externally, smart with some light bumping. Ink inscriptions by author to front free-endpaper. ...

Flowers of France: The Classic Period

John Payne · 1914 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London , The Villon Society, 1914. Cloth. An uncommon anthology of poetry from the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century, the titular 'Classic Period&apos. Translated and edited by John Payne, a poet in his own right, the volume contains work by Marc de Papillon, Mathurin Re...

The Book of Ballads

Bon Gaultier · 1903 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.02 | ¥5,272)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1903. Cloth. A nicely illustrated early twentieth-century collection of ballads from across the world. New Edition. Featuring a tissue-guarded frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text. With a publisher's catalog...

Netley Abbey

Thomas Ingoldsby · 1889 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London , Eyre &Spottiswoode, 1889. Cloth. An illustrated edition of this poem by Thomas Ingoldsby. First thus with 17 plates by Ernest M Jessop. In a cloth binding with pictorial card covers. Externally, smart with some rubbing and dampstaining. Internally, firmly bound. Pages...

The Coherences

Anselm Hollo · 1968 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London , Trigram Press, 1968. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of poetry by Anselm Hollo. Limited to one hundred copies printed on white Basingwerk Parchment, and signed by the author. In a blue cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart, tho...

A Hundred Lyrics

Eden Phillpotts · 1930 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London , Ernest Benn Ltd. 1930. Cloth. A book of 100 lyrics. In the very scarce dustwrapper. Eden Phillpotts (4 November 1862 – 29 December 1960) was an English author, poet and dramatist. He was born in Mount Abu, British India, educated in Plymouth, Devon, and worked as an ...

The Songs of Duncan Ban Macintyre

Angus Macleod [Translator] · 1952 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

Edinburgh , Oliver & Boyd, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collected volume of poetry by Duncan Ban Macintyre. "Duncan Ban Macintyre ranks high among the eighteenth century Gaelic poets. His descriptive poetry has always been admired, and his songs are stil...

Poets, Poems and Rhymes of East Cheshire Being a History of the Poetry and Song Lore, and a Book of Biographies of the Poets and Song Writers of the Eastern Portion of the County Palatine of Chester

Thomas Middleton · 1908 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Hyde , John Higham & Co. 1908. Cloth. A volume of poetry based on East Cheshire. Reprinted from The North Cheshire Herald. In a green cloth binding with gilt title detailing to front board. Externally sound with slight rubbing; bumping to extremities and a little loss to the h...

A Summer&Apos;S Fancy

Edmund Blunden · 1930 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

London , The Beaumont Press, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition of A Summer's Fancy by Edmund Blunden, illustrated throughout. The twenty-fifth book issued by the Beaumont Press. Numbers 81-405 printed on handmade paper, this is number 347. First edition. Edmun...

Lays of the Chase and Odds and Ends

Harry Lupton · 0 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

London , Vinton, c1900. Cloth. An uncommon anthology of poetry from Harry Lupton. Reprinted from the columns of periodicals such as Bells Life, Horse and Hound, Leamington Spa Courier, Fishing Gazette, and Baily's Magazine. With poems such as "Hounds and the Steeds I Sing...

Pacciarotto and How He Worked in Distempter: With Other Poems

Robert Browning · 1876 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

London , Smith, Elder and Co. 1876. First edition. Cloth. Pacchiarotto, and How He Worked in Distemper is a short collection of English poems by Robert Browning, published in 1876. The collection marked Browning's first collection of short pieces for more than twelve year...

The Works of Francis Thompson

Francis Thompson, Wilfrid Meynell · 1913 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , Burns and Oates, 1913. Cloth. Two volumes of work by Francis Thompson. Volumes I and II comprise of Thompson's poetry. Both volumes are the seventh thousand. Lacking the third volume of this series, which was of Thompson's prose. Edited by Wilfrid Meynell, a...

George Crabbe&Apos;S Poetical Works

George Crabbe · 1840 · Rooke Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

London , Charles Daly, 1840. Cloth. A pocket sized edition of George Crabbe's poetical works. With an essay on Crabbe's 'genius and writings&apos. Undated, dated from Copac. In a lovely pocket sized format from Charles Daly, allowing ease of travel with this wor...

Poems and Ballads

Jane Paxton Smieton · 1891 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

Dundee, Printed for Private Circulation , 1891. Cloth. A scarce poetical anthology from Jane Paxton Smieton. Containing works such as; The Vision of Memory, The Starry Hour, The Last Words, The Long Ago, and The Scent of Spring. In original cloth binding, with gilt lettering t...

Farm Ballads

Will Carleton · 1876 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London , Harper and Brothers, 1876. Cloth. A lovely collection of rural folk songs and poetry. With a tissue-guarded frontispiece and numerous illustrations throughout, many fully page. Publisher's catalogue to the rear. In a decorative gilt stamped cloth binding. Externa...

Ballads and Poems of Tragic Life

George Meredith · 1887 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1887. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Meredith's collection of poetry. First Edition. George Meredith (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. In a cloth binding. Externally, excellent wit...

Poems

Robert E Key · 1947 · Rooke Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Great Malvern, Ferris of Malvern, 1947. Cloth. A collection of poems by Robert E Key Includes many poems focusing on the natural world such as Seascape. In a green cloth binding with gilt lettering to the board and spine. Extrnally smart Internally firmly bound. Pages are clea...

Theocritus, Bion and Moschus

A. Lang · 1889 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1889. Cloth. A limited edition copy of some of the poetry of Theocritus, Bion and Moschus. Rendered into English with an Introductory Essay by A. Lang. Two hundred and fifty copies of this large paper edition were printed in June 1889. In a blue clot...

Madonna Pia, and Other Poems. Volume One.

James Gregor Grant · 1848 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London , Smith, Elder, and Co. 1848. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of poetry, one of James Gregor Grant's chief literary works, Madonna Pia, signed by the author. Volume One of Two only. Very scarce in any state. The only presentation copy we ...