Poesia

The Wide Garden and Other Poems

Herbert Tremaine · 1917 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, C.W. Daniel, 1917. First edition. Hardback. The very scarce publisher's presentation copy of an attractive anthology of fantasy poems, written by First World War author Herbert Tremaine. The very scarce first edition and publisher's presentation copy of The W...

An Exile&Apos;S Lute

E. Howard Harris [Ernest Howard Harris] · 1919 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Erskine MacDonald, 1919. First edition. Hardback. The scarce signed first edition of a whimsical anthology written by Welsh poet Ernest Howard Harris, including poems on Wales and Celtic folklore. The scarce signed first edition of The Exile's Lute, a poetic antho...

New Poems

Charles G. D. Roberts · 1919 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Constable and Company Limited, 1919. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition, signed and twice inscribed by Charles G. D. Roberts, containing his post-war poetic reflections from the influential "Father of Canadian Poetry." In the publisher's original pape...

Hazel Leaves

A. M. Colligan · 1929 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, The Mitre Press, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of Colligan"s charming pastoral and post-war verse, complete with the original glassine wraps. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. First edition. Complete with the original gla...

The Desire of the Moth

W. H. Hamilton · 1925 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Selwyn & Blount, Limited, 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce post-war poetry collection, signed and inscribed by W. H. Hamilton to Scottish artist, writer, and nationalist campaigner, Wendy Wood. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. First edition.Â...

Passchendaele

Ted Plantos · 1983 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Ontario , Black Moss Press, 1983 . First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition of this poetic narrative sequence set during the Battle of Passchendaele, warmly inscribed by the Canadian author, Ted Plantos. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. First ed...

Poems of the Aftermath

O. R. [Oscar Richardson] · 1922 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Boston, Privately Printed, 1922. First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce privately printed first edition of Richardson"s post-WWI poetry cycle, inscribed by the author. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition. An exceptionally scarce copy of this ...

Wartime Poetry

Laurence Binyon; Charles Hamilton Sorley; D.A.S. [David Ansell Slater] · 1918 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Oxford University Press; Benn; Elkin Matthews, 1918-1931. First edition. Paperback. A smart three volume set of wartime poetry by notable authors Slater, Sorley, and Binyon. A three volume set of these very scarce collections of wartime poetry.In paper wrap bindings.In...

Nigella

Guy Dawnay · 1919 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London , Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1919 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition copy of this collection of eleven war poems by British Army officer Guy Dawnay. The very scarce first edition of the work.In publisher's original decorative green cloth binding.Includes a...

Sonnets of the Empire; Before and During the Great War

Archibald T. Strong · 1915 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London , Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce presentation copy of this collection of wartime poetry by Australian scholar and poet Sir Archibald Thomas Strong. The scarce first edition of the work.Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper,...

Gathered Verse

H. Bedford Jones · 1916 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

Santa Barbara, Privately Printed, 1916 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce limited edition signed presentation copy of this collection of poetry by Henry Bedford Jones, with a frontispiece. A limited edition copy of the work, with only forty copies being hand printed by the ...

American Soldier Ballads

F.B. Camp · 1917 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Los Angeles, Geo. Rice & Sons, 1917 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed presentation copy of this collection of war ballads by F.B. Camp. The scarce first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, 'To the Army & Navy Magazine, ...

Blue Smoke: A Book of Verses

Karle Wilson Baker · 1919 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

New Haven, Yale University Press , 1919 . First edition. Hardback. A scarce signed presentation copy of this collection of poetry by American poet and author Karle Wilson Baker. The scarce first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page, 'Fo...

Humorous Poems

Ignatius Brennan · 1916 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Boston, Richard G. Badger , 1916 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition copy of this collection of poetry by Ignatius Brennan, with a portrait frontispiece. The very scarce first edition of the work.In publisher's original green cloth binding.With a portrait ...

Rhymes of the R.N. D.

[Cecil Leonard Morley Brown] · 1917 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Methuen & Co, 1917 . First edition. Paperback. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this collection of poems from the members of the Royal Naval Division, published during WWI. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work.Retaining the front wrap of the publish...

Sorrow of War: Poems

Louis Golding · 1919 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Methuen & Co, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Louis Golding's moving volume of poetry reflecting on the tragedy of the First World War. Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, with 'For James Raye We...

Earth and New Earth

Cale Young Rice · 1916 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1916 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed presentation copy of Cale Young Rice's poetry volume, inscribed to his frequent collaborator Clarence Loomis. The very scarce first edition, first printing of this work, in the publishe...

In Highways and Byways

R. D. Brodie · 1923 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, The Torch Press, 1923 . First edition. Hardback. Very scarce signed first edition of R. D. Brodie's mournful, inquisitive sonnets and other verses. Very scarce first edition.Publisher's original hardback.Signed by the author to front free endpaper...

Verses of a Miner on Life and Labour

John S. Guthrie · 1923 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Dumfries, Courier & Herald Press, 1923. Cloth. Very scarce poetry collection on the working man and the First World War from John Sturgeon Guthrie. Very scarce edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Featuring a frontispiece portrait of the author.Insightful and pol...

Wide Horizons

John Oxenham · 1940 · Rooke Books

£121.00 (€145.04 | $159.86 | ¥25,527)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1940 . First edition. Hardback. Signed first edition of John Oxenham's (William Arthur Dunkerly) poetry, re-issued during the Second World War. First edition.Publisher's original hardback. In unclipped dust wrapper.Presentation copy. Signed...