Poesia

The Universal Passion. Satire V. On Women.

Edward Young · 1727 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, J. Roberts, 1727 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. An exceptionally scarce poem published as part of Edward Young's series 'The Universal Passion', with this being volume V, a satire 'On Women&apos. The first edition. Folio. Very scarce work. Disb...

Universal Beauty, a Poem.

Henry Brooke · 1735 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, J. Wilcox, 1735 . First edition. Unbound. The first edition of Part I only of Henry Brooke's poetic tribute to beauty, a work praised by Alexander Pope. A very scarce work in all editions.  The first edition of Part I only. Six parts of this work were published i...

Faction Display&Apos;D. A Poem.

William Shippen · 1709 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, H. Hills, 1709 . Paperback. A very scarce early eighteenth century pirate edition of William Shippen's satirical poem. First published in 1704, this scarce pirate edition condenses the poem to sixteen pages rather than twenty, with the text of the final three page...

Poetry Book Society: The First Twenty-Five Years

Eric W. White [editor] · 1979 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Poetry Book Society, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the history of the Poetry Book Society, from its founding in 1953. First edition. The history of the Poetry Book Society (PBS), founded in 1953 by T. S. Eliot and friends, including Sir Basil Bla...

Thoughts on an Illustrious Exile; Occasioned by the Persecution of the Protestants, in 1815. With Other Poems.

Hugh Stuart Boyd · 1825 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1825 . First edition. Leather. A vanishingly scarce collection of poetry from English scholar and author, Hugh Stuart Boyd, the first edition, bound in half calf. The first edition. An exceptionally scarce work. Bound in half ...

May Fair. In Four Cantos.

[George Croly] · 1827 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

London, William H. Ainsworth , 1827 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce epic poem 'May Fair', attributed to George Croly, with a signed letter tipped-in from the publisher and fellow author, William Ainsworth. The first edition. Bound in a quarte...

The Servitour: A Poem

Anonymous · 1709 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, H. Hills, 1709. First edition. Disbound. A vanishingly scarce satirical poem on the society of the University of Oxford, the first edition. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work.'The Servitour: a Poem' is a satirical poem on life at the University...

The St. James&Apos;S Beauties; or, the Real Toast

1744 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

[London], [J. Robinson], [1744]. Unbound. A very scarce satirical poem, discussing the upper-class women of London society. A very scarce satirical poem on the society of London during the Georgian era, in particular the upper-class women who frequented St. James's Park. ...

Paradise Lost

John Milton; Thomas Newton · 1770 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, J. Beecroft; W. Strahan; J. and F. Rivington; et al, 1770. Leather. Milton's influential blank verse poem 'Paradise Lost', illustrated with lovely detailed engraved plates for each book of the poem. Complete in two volumes.Illustrated with a frontispiece...

The First Ode of the First Book of Horace Imitated, and Inscribed to the Earl of Chesterfield

John, Earl of Orrery [John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and 5th Earl of Orrery] · 1741 · Rooke Books

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

London, C. Bathurst and G. Hawkins, 1741 . First edition. Unbound. The very scarce first London edition of Anglo-Irish writer John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and 5th Earl of Orrery's parody of Horace. The very scarce first London edition. Very scarce in all editons.This Firs...

Windsor-Castle: A Poem Inscrib&Apos;D to the Immortal Honour of Our Most Gracious Soveraign Anne

Anonymous · 1708 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, H. Hills, 1708 . First edition. Unbound. The very scarce first edition of this anonymously authored poem celebrating Queen Anne, and her rule of Britain, France and Ireland. A very scarce first edition.The poem celebrated Queen Anne in glowing terms: 'till Anna li...

The Flight of the Pretender, with Advice to the Poets. A Poem, in the Arthurical, -- Jobical, -- Elizabethecal Style and Phrase of the Sublime Poet Maurus.

Anonymous · 1708 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, H. Hills, 1708 . First edition. Unbound. The very scarce first edition of this satirical poem, taking aim at the 'Old Pretender', James Francis Edward Stuart. A very scarce anonymously authored first edition.A satirical poem on the subject of James Francis Ed...

To the Memory of a Lady Lately Deceased. A Monody.

George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton · 1748 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, A. Millar; M. Cooper, 1748 . Paperback. The second edition of George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton's moving poetic tribute to his late wife, Lucy Fortescue. The second edition of this work, which was first published the year prior.Scarce in all contemporary editi...

Epistle to a Godson & Other Poems

W. H. Auden · 1972 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Faber & Faber, 1972. First edition. Hardback. The U.K. first edition, first impression of this wonderful anthology by the poet W. H. Auden, with the original dust wrapper. The U.K. first edition, first impression of the work. With the original unclipped dust wrapper.W....

Desert of the Lions

Michael Schmidt · 1972 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

Oxford, Carcanet Press, 1972. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first edition copy of this poetical collection from Michael Schmidt. First edition. With a dedicated signed inscription by the author to the front endpaper, with a quote, "Deep in wild, with beasts one me...

The Vision of Purgatory and Paradise

Dante Alighieri; Henry Francis Cary · 0 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, c1898. Cloth. Dante's important narrative poem, complete with illustrations by Gustave Dore. Gustave Dore's impressively illustrated edition of Dante's 'Purgatory' and 'Paradise', from his 'Divine Co...

About the House

W. H. Auden · 1966 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Faber and Faber, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition, first impression of this collection of W. H. Auden's poetry, containing his first use of the haiku. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding...

The Garden of Kama and Other Love Lyrics from India

Laurence Hope [Violet Nicholson] · 1918 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, William Heinemann, 1918 . Leather. A smartly bound, later impression of this delightful collection of poetry from Violet Nicolson, written under the male pseudonym Laurence Hope. A new impression. Elegantly bound in half calf with cloth boards.First published in 1901, ...

The Works of Allan Ramsay; Containing His Poems, Songs, Proverbs, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect

Allan Ramsay · 0 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

Edinburgh, Oliver & Co. c1810 . Leather. A collection of works by Scottish poet Allan Ramsay, the Oliver's Edition, illustrated throughout and complete in three volumes. Bound in quarter morocco with paper-covered boards.Dated using Jisc, from copies of the Oliver's ...

The Beauties of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Consisting of Miscellaneous Selections from His Poetical Works, the Whole of the Sensitive Plant, Adonais, Alastor, Julian and Maddalo; and Queen Mab, Free from the Objectionable Passages: With a Biographical Memoir.

Percy Bysshe Shelley · 1832 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.54 | $455.79 | ¥72,784)

London, Edward Lumley, 1832. Leather. The scarce third edition of this collection of poetry composed by the renowned Percy Bysshe Shelley. The third edition of the work.Scarce. In full crushed morocco binding with gilt borders and gilt decorations adorning spine. With an unnu...