Poesia

The Testament of Beauty: A Poem in Four Books

Robert Bridges · 1929 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1929. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this delightful poem from British poet laureate Robert Bridges, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression. A long philosophical poem, in four books, f...

Under the Pines

Lydia Avery Coonley · 1895 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Chicago, Way & Williams, 1895 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this charming collection of verse from American poet and president of the Chicago Women's Club, Lydia Avery Coonley. First edition. Signed by the author to the front endpaper, dated 1900. Bou...

The Shifting Wind & Other Poems

Benjamin Reynolds Bulkeley · 1895 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Chicago, Privately Printed, 1895. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce anthology of twenty-four poems by American minister Benjamin Reynolds Bulkeley. The first edition of this very scarce work.An anthology of poems by Benjamin Reynolds Bulkeley, private...

Prometheus the Firegiver

Robert Bridges · 1884 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1884. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of this retelling of the myth of Prometheus, by Robert Bridges. The first trade edition, previously printed by a private press in a limited edition in 1883.'Prometheus the Firegiver' is...

The Vinedresser and Other Poems

T. Sturge Moore · 1899 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, At the Sign of the Unicorn, 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Thomas Sturge Moore's debut anthology of poems. The first edition, second issue, without gilt ruling to the boards.An anthology of poems by Thomas Sturge Moore, his debut collection.Inclu...

Italy, a Poem

Samuel Rogers · 1840 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Paris, Baudry's European Library, 1840 . First edition. Hardback. The first Paris edition of this epic poem inspired by English poet Samuel Rogers's own tours of Italy. The first Paris edition of this work, illustrated with seventy-five vignette woodcuts. A poem insp...

A Prospect of Society

Oliver Goldsmith · 1902 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Bertram Dobell, 1902. Cloth. Oliver Goldsmith's earliest version of his renowned poem 'The Traveller', paired with a recreation of the first edition of the work, previously owned by Harry Graham, the English writer and lyricist. In the publisher's o...

Love

Walter de la Mare · 1943 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Faber and Faber , 1943. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first impression of Walter de la Mare's assembly of verse and prose on love. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A wonderful survey on...

The Works of Sir Francis Thompson Poems: Volume I and II

Sir Francis Thompson · 1913 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Burns Oats and Washbourne Ltd, 1913. Leather. Two smart volumes of poetry by Francis Thompson, bound in full signed calf by Hatchards. Volume I and II from this three-volume series of Francis Thompson's works, both of which contain his poetry. Lacking the third vo...

The Book of Ballads Bon Gaultier

Bon Gaultier [William Edmondstoune Aytoun & Theodore Martin] · 1845 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Wm. S. Orr & Co. 1845 . First edition. Leather. The first edition in book form of William Edmondstoune Aytoun and Theodore Martin's humorous and popular 'Bon Gaultier Ballads', wonderfully illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. First edition. Bound in half tre...

Wessex Poems and Other Verses

Thomas Hardy · 1898 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.20 | $792.68 | ¥126,581)

London, Harper & Brothers, 1898. First edition. Cloth. The first U.K. edition of this anthology of poems set in Dorset by Thomas Hardy. The first U.K. edition of this work.'Wessex Poems' collects together fifty-one poems by Thomas Hardy.The verse in this volume are s...

The Glass Adonis

C. A. Trypanis · 1972 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York, Chilmark Press, 1972 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first US edition of this collection of poems from Greek literary critic, translator and classicist C. A. Trypanis. The first US edition, first printing, in the publisher's original un...

Ovid&Apos;S Elegies, Together with the Epigrams of Sir John Davies

Ovid; Christopher Marlowe; Sir John Davies · 1925 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, 1925. Cloth. A limited edition volume of the poems of Ovid and Sir John Davies, a smart edition in the very scarce dust wrapper, illustrated by John Nash. A limited edition of six-hundred and twenty-five copies, of which this is num...

Devil&Apos;S Dyke

Christopher Hassall · 1936 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, William Heinemann LTD, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of poetical works of Christopher Hassall, a smart copy signed by the author to Marie Belloc Lowndes. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Signed...

La Legende Des Siecles

Victor Hugo · 1859 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.03 | ¥80,168)

Paris, Michele Levy Freres - Hetzel; Calmann Levy; Ancienne Maison Michel Levy Freres, 1859-1877 . First edition. Leather. The first editions of the first two volumes of Victor Hugo's 'La Legende des Siecles', uniformly bound with the fifth edition of the two vo...

The Phanseys of William Cavendish Marquis of Newcastle Addressed to Margaret Lucas and Her Letters in Reply

William Cavendish; Margaret Lucas; Douglas Grant [ed.] · 1956 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1956. First edition. Hardback. A handsome limited edition of William Cavendish's poems addressed to his wife Margaret Lucas, and her letters in reply. The first edition of this work, limited to 785 copies, this copy being number 270.In the publ...

Collected Poems

W. R. Rodgers; Dan Davin [intro.] · 1971 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Oxford University Press, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A lovely collection of poems by the Irish poet William Robert Rodgers, with the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped du...

Stings and Honey

L. E. Jones · 1953 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this poetry collection by L. E. Jones, previously owned by Richard Garnett, son of founder of Rupert Hart-Davis and once its production manager. The first edition of this poetical collection by Lawr...

Three Poems

Kenneth Hare · 1916 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, C. L. F.; A. F. [Printed by Martins Lane], 1916. Paperback. A delightful miniature booklet containing three poems by Kenneth Hare. A miniature booklet of poetry by Kenneth Hare (1888-1962). Decorated with illustrations by C. Lovat Fraser. The three poems include &apo...

November Twenty Six Nineteen Hundred and Sixty Three

Wendell Berry · 1964 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

New York, George Braziller, 1964. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of Wendell Berry's touching elegy to John F. Kennedy, illustrated by Ben Shahn. The first trade edition.In the original slipcase, in a near fine condition.'November Twenty Six Nineteen Hu...