Poesia

Reynard the Fox

John Masefield · 1922 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, William Heinemann, 1922. Cloth. A charming new impression of this quintessential English narrative poem, by Poet Laureate John Masefield. New impression. First published in October 1919. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Written by Poet Laureate John Mase...

The Poetical Works of James Montgomery

James Montgomery · 1841 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1841. Leather. A charming four volume set of The Poetical Works of Scottish poet, James Montgomery, bound in a handsome full green morocco binding. Bound in a handsome full green morocco binding. The first collected edition, bri...

The Nurse, a Poem. Translated from the Italian of Luigi Tansillo.

Luigi Tansillo; William Roscoe [trans.] · 1798 · Rooke Books

£1,350.00 (€1,618.19 | $1,783.54 | ¥284,808)

Liverpool, J. McCreery for Cadell and Davies, 1798 . First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy of the very scarce first edition of William Roscoe's translation of Luigi Tansillo's didactic poem, handsomely bound in straight grain morocco. The very scarce fir...

Poems Dramatic and Lyrical

John Leicester Warren [Lord de Tabley] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893. First edition. Cloth. The limited first edition of Baron de Tabley's poetry, a lovely collection with illustrations throughout. The first edition of this work, limited to six hundred copies.A collection of the dramatic and lyrica...

Tales and Historic Scenes, in Verse

Felicia Hemans · 1819 · Rooke Books

£1,150.00 (€1,378.46 | $1,519.31 | ¥242,614)

London, John Murray, 1819. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound copy of the very scarce first edition of this poetical collection from leading female poet of her day, Felicia Hemans. First edition. Very scarce work. A collection of historic and narrative poetry, containing ...

The Complaint; or, Night Thoughts. A Poem.

Edward Young · 1819 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Suttaby, Evance and Fox, 1819. Leather. Two volumes of English poet Edward Young's acclaimed work on death and the passage of time, bound into one. Two volumes bound in one. With a frontispiece to volume two only. A blank verse poem ostensibly presented over a ser...

The Tale of Lohengrin

T. W. Rolleston · 1913 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, G. G. Harrap & Co, [1913]. Hardback. A gilt-decorated first UK edition of Irish poet T. W. Rolleston's The Tale of Lohengrin, featuring eight tipped-in colour plates and further illustrations by Hungarian artist Willy Pogany. The first UK edition. Undated, dated f...

The Works of the British Poets, Collated with the Best Editions

Various; Thomas Park [Editor] · 1808 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, J. Sharpe, 1808-1809. Leather. A near-complete set of The British Poets, spanning forty-one main volumes and five supplements, featuring Milton, Dryden, Pope, Swift, and many lesser-known poets, smartly bound in half calf. Bound in a half leather binding with green clo...

Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs

Robert Bloomfield · 1802 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Vernor and Hood, 1802. First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of Robert Bloomfield's collection of rural poems, bound in contemporary straight grain morocco. The first edition.Illustrated with a monochrome portrait frontispiece, and numerous wood engra...

Poems and Translation

Reginald Heber · 1857 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Halifax, Milner and Sowerby, 1857. Cloth. A new and improved edition of this collection of poems and translations by Anglican bishop Reginald Heber. New and improved edition. With a portrait frontispiece and title vignette. A poetry collection including titles such as: 'P...

Fragments, in Prose and Verse: By a Young Lady, Lately Deceased.

Elizabeth Smith; Henrietta Maria Bowdler [ed.] · 1808 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,907)

Bath, Richard Cruttwell, 1808 . First edition. Leather. A smartly bound biographical study of English scholar Elizabeth Smith, very scarce to see in the first edition. The first edition. Very scarce to see in this edition, with subsequent editions published the same year.Bound...

Poems on Several Occasions, Remains of the Reverend Mr. Pomfret & Callipaedia

Mr. Pomfret [John Pomfret]; Claudius Quillet; N. Rowe · 1720 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, D. Brown; E. Curll, 1720-24. Leather. A collection of poetical works from John Pomfret, comprising 'Poems on Several Occasions' & 'Remains of the Reverend Mr. Pomfret', bound together with Claudius Quillet's 'Callipaedia&apos. A pair of po...

The Poetical Works of John Dryden

John Dryden · 1862 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1862. Leather. A handsomely bound copy of the poetical works of Restoration poet, John Dryden. With a frontispiece and additional illustrated title page.With a bookplate of one 'J. C. F. Morson' to front paste down with crest ...

The Art of Love: In Imitation of Ovid de Arte Amandi

William King · 1708 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London, Bernard Lintott, 1708 . First edition. Leather. Inspired by Ovid's works, this is the scarce first edition, first issue of William King's satirical commentary on love and courtship, inspired by 'Ars Amatoria&apos. The scarce first edition, first issue of...

Theocritus, Bion & Moschus, Rendered Into English by Andrew Lang: The Idyls of Theocritus; the Idyls of Bion & Moschus

Theocritus; Bion of Smyrna; Moschus of Syracuse; Andrew Lang [trans.] · 1922 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, The Medici Society, 1922. Cloth. Illustrated with colour plates, here are two volumes of classical bucolic and pastoral poetry translated into English by fairy tale collector Andrew Lang. A limited edition work. Limited editions of the first editions of Andrew Lang&apo...

L&Apos;Allegro and IL Penseroso

John Milton · 1858 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, W. Kent & Co. 1858. Cloth. A lovely copy of this collection of two of Milton's poems, illustrated throughout on steel by Birket Foster. A later edition. First published with Foster's illustrations in 1855.With twenty four single sided leaves, each with vignet...

The People&Apos;S Palace

Sacheverell Sitwell · 1918 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Oxford, B. H. Blackwell, 1918 . First edition. Paperback. A lovely first edition copy of Sacheverell Sitwell's first published work, a collection of poems of which only 400 copies were produced. The first edition of English writer and critic Sacheverell Sitwell's fir...

Black Flowers

Bruce A. Hudson · 1968 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, The Mitre Press, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this vanishingly scarce collection of poetry and translations from English author Bruce Hudson. First edition. Very scarce work. A collection of original poems and translations of works by some ...

The Poems of Francois Villon

Francois Villon; H. B. McCaskie · 1946 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London , The Cresset Press, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Villon"s vivid poetry, faithfully translated by H. B. McCaskie, with characterful colour plate illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Complete with th...

Clausentum

John Arlott · 1946 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of John Arlott"s lyrical sonnet sequence inspired by the ancient site of Clausentum, beautifully illustrated with seven plates by Michael Ayrton. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Complete with the...