Poesia

L&Apos;Hymne de France Compose Par Pierre de Ronsard

Pierre de Ronsard · 1549 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Paris, Louis Rouart, C1900. Leather. An early twentieth century edition of Pierre de Ronsard's L'hymne de France. In the original French. A facsimile reprint of the 1549 first edition printed by Michel Vascosan. With the original paper wraps bound in. Pierre de Ronsa...

Cowper Poetry and Prose

Humphrey S. Milford; Hazlitt and Bagehot · 1939 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Oxford, Clarendon Press , 1939. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound anthology of works from William Cowper. Featuring a frontispiece of William Cowper, from a portrait by George Romney. First edition thus. With essays by Hazlitt and Bagehot, with an introduction and notes ...

Les Trophees

Jose-Maria de Heredia · 0 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.46 | ¥84,388)

London , Alphones Lemerre, c1894. Fine Binding. An undated edition of this work by Jose-Maria de Heredia. In a lovely binding by Flammarion Vaillant. Undated, but c1894 when Heredia was elected to the Academie Francaise. Jose Maria was a Cuban born French poet. In a quarter mo...

Oeuvres de Clement Marot

Clement Marot · 1824 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

Paris, Rapilly, Donde-Dupre Pere et Fils, 1824. Leather. An excellent complete three volumes of Clement Marot's works. The complete three volumes of Clement Marot's works. With a portrait frontispiece of Marot to volume I. In the original French. Clement Marot was a ...

Premieres Poesies 1829-1835

Alfred de Musset · 1890 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

Paris, Charpentier, 1890. Leather. A miniature collection of the poetry of Alfred de Musset. A miniature collection of the poetry of Alfred de Musset. In French. In a quarter-morocco binding. Externally, generally smart, though with some rubbing. Internally, generally firmly b...

Oeuvres de Andre Theuriet Nouvelles Et Posies de Andre Theuriet 1860-1874

Andre Theuriet · 1884 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1884. Leather. A handsome two part set of Andr Theuriet's work. A handsome two part set of Andre Theuriet's work. With a frontispiece of the author in Posies. A nineteenth century poet and novelist, Theuriet is known for his simple, natural d...

Premieres Poesies and Poesies Nouvelles: 1829 a 1835 and 1836 a 1852

Alfred de Musset · 1829 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Paris, La Renaissance du Livre, c1930 . Leather. Two volumes in one of Alfred de Musset's poetry. Two volumes in one of Alfred de Musset's poetry. In the original French. With a short preface on the author's life by Leo Larguier. This work contains his Premieres...

Vivre En Dieu

Paul Fort · 1912 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

Paris, Eugene Figuiere, 1912. First edition. Fine Binding. A rebound first edition of Paul Fort's Vivre en Dieu, a collection of verse and prose. In a pleasing purple morocco binding by L Bernard. Part of the Ballades Francaises (XIV). Original paper cover bound in. Paul ...

Chansons Pour Me Consoler D&Apos;Etre Heureux

Paul Fort · 1913 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Paris, Eugene Figuiere, 1913. Fine Binding. A copy of French poet Paul Fort's Chansons - Pour Me Consoler D'etre Heureux in a handsome calf binding. Paul Fort (1872 — 1960) was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. At the age of 18, reacting against ...

Romancero de Romances Doctrinales, Amatorios, Festivos, Jocosos, Satiricos Y Burlescos, Sacados de Varias Colecciones Generales Y de Las Obras de Diversos Poetas de Los Siglos XV, XVI Y XVII

Don Agustin Duran · 1829 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

Madrid, D. L. Amarita, 1829. Leather. A collection of Spanish ballads compiled by famous Spanish scholar, Agustin Duran. In a fine binding and great condition, this book comes direct from the library at Newton Hall, the 18th century country house and estate in Northumberland, ...

Nãƒâ©Mãƒâ©Sis Medicale Illustrãƒâ©E, Recueil de Satires

Francois Fabre · 1840 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.52 | $1,453.25 | ¥232,066)

Paris, Bureau de la Némésis Médicale, 1840. First edition. Leather. A collection of medical satires written in twenty-five long poems, in rhyming couplets, carefully revised and corrected by the author, with notes following each satire. Illustrated with thirty woodcuts alon...

The Works of Alexander Pope in Verse and Prose

Alexander Pope · 1806 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)

London, J. Johnson et al, 1806. Leather. A handsomely bound complete set of the Works of Alexander Pope. Edited by Rev. William Lisle Bowles. Pope (1688 1744) was an 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. Famous for his ...

Essai Sur L&Apos;Homme, Poeme Philosophique

Alexander Pope · 1762 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Strasbourg , Chez Amand Konig, Libraire, 1762. Leather. A handsome French edition of Alexander Pope's 'Essay on Man', offered here in five different translations. A very scarce French publication of Alexander Pope's 'Essay on Man', offered in the ...

Ballads and Lyrical Pieces [with] the Vision of Don Roderick, the Field of Waterloo, and Other Poems

Walter Scott · 1812 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

Edinburgh , Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and John Murray, 1812-1815. Leather. A charming calf volume comprising two of Walter Scott's poetical collections bound together, adorned with engraved plates by Westall. The fourth edition of 'Ballads and Lyrical Pi...

Garde Joyeuse. A "Handefull of Pleasant Delites" from Overseas Plucked

Gleeson White [ed.] · 1890 · Rooke Books

£198.00 (€237.33 | $261.59 | ¥41,772)

London, Stanesby & Co, 1890 . First edition. Hardback. A delightful collection of poems hailing from the United States, gathered by Gleeeson White. A limited edition large paper copy of this anthology. A limited edition, large paper copy of this uncommon first edition, with th...

A Muse at Sea

E. Hilton Young [Edward Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet] · 1919 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1919 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of E. Hilton Young's delightful poetry collection inspired by his wartime experiences, with four handwritten letters from Jennings to one of his schoolmasters. A si...

The Wine Drop and Other Poems

W. Murray Marsden · 1922 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Alexander Moring Ltd, 1922 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of W. Murray Marsden's very scarce only collection of poetry, with seven original poems from the author loosely inserted, alongside a signed postcard. A signed pr...

The Initials and Other Poems

Herbert Sleigh · 1925 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare Head Press, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A Shakespeare Head limited edition comprising the poems of Herbert Sleigh. Limited edition of two hundred copies printed on Kelmscott hand-made paper. This copy is number 157. In the original quarter clo...

The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke. The Title-Page and Portrait Cut on the Wood by G. Raverat

Rupert Brooke · 1919 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Philip Lee Warner, 1919. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition collection of Rupert Brooke's poems, complete with the scarce original dust wrapper. Limited edition of 1000 copies, of which this is number 605. There were also 13 vellum copies issued.In the origin...

Poems

Dugald Sutherland MacColl · 1940 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Oxford , Basil Blackwell, 1940. First edition. Cloth. An excellent presentation copy of these poems from Scottish painter, critic and writer, Dugald Sutherland MacColl. Presentation copy, signed by the author to the front endpaper.First edition.In the original cloth binding. W...