Poesia

A Venture of Poets

Muriel Spark; June Farrow; Charles Senior · 1952 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.62 | $376.52 | ¥60,126)

Glasgow, Venture, [1952]. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce collection of poetry, notable for its inclusion of two early poems from the celebrated Scottish writer, Muriel Spark. The first edition. A very scarce volume. In the publisher's original cloth. A very sc...

A Slow Dance; the Great Cloak

John Montague · 1975 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

Oxford , The Dolmen Press, 1975-78. First edition. Paperback. Two lovely volumes of poetry from John Montague, one of which is signed. With a signed inscription by the author to the title page of 'Slow Dance&apos. First editions of these two early poetry collections from...

Legends and Lyrics: A Book of Verses

Adelaide Anne Procter; Charles Dickens · 1882 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1882. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of verses from English poet Adelaide Anne Procter. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of verses from Adelaide Anne Procter, an English poet and philanthropist whose literary career beg...

Les Visages de la Vie

Emile Verhaeren · 1908 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris, Societe du Mercure de France, 1908. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of poetry from Belgian writer Emile Verhaeren, in the original French. French. Third edition. A collection of poetry from Emile Adolphe Gustave Verhaeren, a Belgian poet and art critic ...

Marriage Lines & There&Apos;S Always Another Windmill

Ogden Nash · 1964 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1964-1968. Paperback. Two smart uncorrected galley proofs of the works of American poet Frederic Ogden Nash. Two volumes. Uncorrected galley proofs. Scarce in this form. Written by Frederic Ogden Nash, an American poet well known for his lig...

Portrait de L&Apos;Artiste En Jeune Chien & la Poesie de Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas · 1947 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Paris, Les Editions de Minuit; Presses Universitaires de France, 1947-1963. Paperback. Two smart copies of these works from Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas, translated into French. French. Two volumes. Written by Dylan Marlais Thomas, a Welsh poet and writer, who became wid...

The Flower of the Mind

Alice Meynell; Various · 1897 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

London, Grant Richards, 1897. First edition. Leather. A sumptuously bound first edition of this volume if brilliant poems from English literature, collected together by Alice Meynell. The first edition of this uncommon work.Beautifully bound by J. Adams. A brilliant anthology...

The Tunning of Elynour Rumming

John Skelton · 1928 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, The Fanfrolio Press, 1928. Cloth. A limited edition copy of John Skelton's sixteenth century long raucous and libelous poem, a colourfully illustrated copy by Pearl Binder. A limited edition of five hundred and fifty copies; this copy is out of series, being a cop...

La Chasse Du Lievre Avecques Les Levriers

Pierre Habert · 1849 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.12 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,357)

Paris, Jannet, 1849. Leather. A very scarce limited edition reprint of a sixteenth century French poem on hunting by Pierre Habert. A very scarce work.Limited edition of sixty-two copies, of which this is numbered twenty-eight.In the original French.Bound by M. Lortic.A reprin...

The Dark Fairground: Sombre Kermesse

David Greenslade · 2009 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Cardiff, UWIC Press, 2009. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce volume of poems by David Greenslade, a unique volume with illustrations throughout, signed by Greenslade. The very scarce first edition.Signed by the author to the copyright page.A unique volume of poetry of Da...

Idylls of the King

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1861 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Edward Moxon & Co. 1861. Leather. Tennyson's notable cycle of narrative poems in a full calf prize binding. An early edition of this work in a full calf prize binding, with the gilt crest of Marlborough College to the front board and gilt detailing to the spine. M...

Specimens of the British Poets

Thomas Campbell [ed.] · 1819 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, John Murray, 1819 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this delightful seven volume collection of the works of famous and obscure British poets, from 1400 to 1805. The first edition, complete in seven volumes.Edited by Scottish poet Thomas Campbell, chiefly rem...

Gascoigne&Apos;S Path to Naval Fame, the Second Edition, with an Index of Nautical Terms & Phrases

Henry Barnet Gascoigne · 1825 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

Warwick, Printed for the Author, by E. Foden, 1825 . Hardback. The uncommon second edition of Henry Barnet Gascoigne's charmingly illustrated poem about the achievements of the Royal Navy, including a guide to naval terminology. The uncommon second edition of this work. T...

Billesdon Coplow, a Poem on Fox-Hunting

Rev. Robert Lowth · 1833 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, T. Griffiths, 1833 . Cloth. The second edition of Robert Lowth's scarce poem about fox-hunting, illustrated by F.C. Turner. The second edition of this scarce work.Illustrated with a frontispiece, title page, and seven full page illustrations. Collated, complete.T...

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Edward Fitzgerald; Omar Khayyam · 1909 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of Edward Fitzgerald's translation of Omar Khayyam's 'Rubaiyat', beautifully illustrated with tipped in colour plates by Edmund Dulac. This is the first trade edition of the ...

Oeuvres Poetiques de Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo · 1891 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Paris, G. Charpentier et E. Fasquelle, 1891. Leather. A smartly bound collection of the poetical works of French Romantic author Victor Hugo, in the original French. French. Petite Bibliotheque Charpentier With a frontispiece. A collection of the poetical works of Victor-Marie...

Selected Poems

William Plomer · 1940 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1940. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of poetry from South African-British writer William Plomer, for the Hogarth Press. First Edition. The New Hogarth Library Vol. 1. A collection of the poetry of William Charles Frank...

Five Issues of Agenda

Various · 1961 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Poets' and Painters' Press, 1961-1966. First edition. Paperback. A smart collection of five volumes from this poetry magazine and literary journal, Agenda. Five volumes. Scarce works. Agenda is a literary journal published in London and founded by William Coo...

Hogarth Living Poets

Various · 1928 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

London, Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1928-32. First edition. Hardback. A scarce set of five volumes from Hogarth's 'Living Poets' series, a nice collection of works by eminent interwar poets. The first editions, first impressions.A scarce set...

Poems of the Two Worlds

Frederick Morgan · 1977 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Frederick Morgan's anthology of poems, still in shrinkwrap. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper, still ...