Poesia

Echoes of the War and Other Poems

Henry Sewell Stokes · 1855 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

London , Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855. First edition. Cloth. A copy of 'Echoes of the War and Other Poems' by Henry Sewell Stokes. Includes a bookplate to the front pastedown the private library of one 'John Davies Enys' and a binders stamp from...

Dramatic Idyls

Robert Browning · 1879 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co, 1879. Cloth. A well-preserved volume from that foremost of Victorian poets. First edition. In this edition, Browning presents his first series of dramatic idyls on Martin Relph, Pheidippides, Halbert and Hob, Ivan Ivanovitch, Tray, and Ned Bratts. R...

Miscellanies

James B. Everhart · 1862 · Rooke Books

£100.00 (€119.87 | $132.11 | ¥21,097)

West Chester, James B. Everhart, 1862. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this uncommon work by James B. Everhart. First edition. James Bowen Everhart (July 26, 1821 – August 23, 1888) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. His w...

Whims and Oddities, in Prose and Verse

Thomas Hood · 1857 · Rooke Books

£17.00 (€20.38 | $22.46 | ¥3,586)

London, Edward Moxon, 1857. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated copy of the first and second series of Hood's oddities. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A collection of both series of Thomas Hood's 'Whims and Oddities', a collection of prose and ...

The Georgics of Virgil

Virgil; James Rhoades (Trans) · 1891 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co, 1891. Cloth. A English edition of the Georgics of Virgil, translated by James Rhoades. Second edition. The Georgics is a poem in four books, likely published in 29 BC. It is the second major work by the Latin poet Virgil, following h...

Songs in the Night

Beatrice Ethel Charles · 1894 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London , Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Limited. 1894. Cloth. A collection of songs by Beatrice Ethel Charles. Dedicated to 'the sorrowful.' From the Dedication: "To all bereaved hearts by suffering rent, My woe-begotten verses I present ; Bound in the sacre...

The Poetical Reader for School and Home Use

John Charles Curtis, B.A · 1874 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London , Simpkin, Marshall and Co. 1874. Cloth. A scarce collection of poetry intended for school and home use to make poetry accessible to those whose curriculum did not already include the study of poetry. Fourteenth edition. Edited by John Charles Curtis. Included are works...

Eton in Prose and Verse: An Anthology

A.C. Ainger (ed) · 1917 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

London , Hodder and Stoughton, c1917. Cloth. An interesting and beautifully presented anthology of prose and verse about Eton College. Featuring 30 hand tipped coloured plates with captioned guards, reproduced from paintings by Arthur Garratt and Eton portraits, including a fr...

The Diverting History of John Gilpin Shewing How He Went Father Than He Intended and Came Safe Home Again

William Cowper · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London , Longmans Green and Co. c1880. Cloth. William Cowper's comic ballad. llustrated throughout, with numerous vignettes and several plates designed by H Fitz-Cook and engraved by J C Whymper. Undated, dated using Copac. William Cowper was an English poet and hymndosit...

Pleasantries, in Rhyme and Prose

George Brewer · 1819 · Rooke Books

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

Derby , G. Wilkins, 1819. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition collection of poetry from George Brewer in the original publisher's binding. With contents page and list of subscribers to the rear. With some small engraved illustrations. George Brewer, baptised 1766...

Tryphena and Other Poems

John William Fletcher · 1851 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London , William Pickering, 1851. Cloth. A scarce poetical anthology from John William Fletcher. Adorned with charming decorative head and tail pieces, and capitals throughout. With the original publishers' advertisements to the rear. Rebound in a cloth binding with decor...

Portrait of a Stratford Year

Roger Pringle · 1985 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

Shipston-on-Stour, Celandine Press, 1985. Cloth. A limited edition illustrated collection of poetry about Stratford-on-Avon by Roger Pringle. Illustrated throughout with numerous colour sketches by Arthur Keene. Number 282 of a limited press of 350, hand-set in Caslon type and...

Poems

Matthew Arnold · 1885 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1885. Cloth. A collection of the poetry of Matthew Arnold. Early poems, narrative poems and sonnets. Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Th...

Miscellaneous Poems

E. Davidson · 1866 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Edinburgh, Ballantyne, Roberts, & Co, 1866. First edition. Cloth. A near fine, scarce first edition of Davidson's Poems. Bound in cloth with gilt lettering. Includes The Gossip, The Two Babylons, The Brotherhood of Man, Satan's Soliloquy, and Jesus Died for Me. In th...

Poems

Russell George Alexander · 1928 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

Oxford, John and Edward Bumpus, Ltd. 1928. Cloth. A scarce limited edition and signed volume of poetry by Russell George Alexander. Limited edition, number 204 of 255 copies. The work is also signed by the author. Published by Bumpus. Contained is a collection of Alexander&apo...

Odes to Kien Long, the Present Emperor of China; with the Quakers, a Tale; to a Fly, Drowned in a Bowl of Punch; Ode to Macmanus, Townsend, and Jealous, the Thief-Takers; to Celia. - to a Pretty Milliner. - to the Fleas of Teneriffe. - to Sier William Hamilton. - to My Candle, &C. &C. &C.

Peter Pindar · 1792 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Printed for H. D. Symonds & Robertson and Berry, 1792. Disbound. A scarce copy of the poetical work of the notable satirist John Wolcot, otherwise known as Peter Pindar. Disbound. Peter Pindar was the pseudonym of the English satirist, John Wolcot. At the start of his ...

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

Mrs Felicia Hemans · 1839 · Rooke Books

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

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons and Thomas Cadell, 1839. Leather. A handsomely-bound set of the works of the poet, Felicia Hemans. Felicia Hemans' works appeared in nineteen individual books during her lifetime. After her death in 1835 they were republish...

The Old Country: A Book of Love and Praise of England

Ernest Rhys · 1929 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)

London, J M Dent and Sons Ltd, 1929. Leather. A beautifully bound collection of English poetry. Finely bound in a Sangorski and Sutcliffe binding with a custom slipcase. With 16 colour plates. A collection of poetry, illustrations and extracts in praise of England. Collecting ...

The Works of Lord Byron

Lord Byron · 1823 · Rooke Books

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

London, John Murray, 1823 - 1875. Leather. A handsomely-bound collection of the works of Lord Byron. Including 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage', 'The Corsair', 'Lara', 'The Siege of Corinth', and many others. With an engraved frontispie...

A Collection of Poems Viz the Temple of Death by the Marquiss of Normanby, an Epistle to the Earl of Dorset by Charles Mountague, Lord Halifax. The Duel of the Stags by Sir Robert Howard. With Several Original Poems Never Before Printed by the E of Roscommon, Sir Charles Sedley, the E of Rochester, Sir George Etherege, the E of Orrery, Mr Stepney, the Lord Lansdowne, Mr Dryden Etc.

Various · 1716 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.82 | ¥78,059)

London, D Browne, B Tooke, T Varnam et al. 1716 . Leather. An eighteenth century anthology of poetry from popular poets. The third edition of this work, with the prior two editions being published in 1701 and 1702. With an engraved frontispiece. Collated, complete. Containing ...