Poesia

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Jacques Delille · 1806 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Paris, Giguet et Michaud, 1806 . First edition. Leather. The two volume first edition of Jacques Delille's work of poetry, illustrated with two attractive engraved frontispieces. In the original French.The two volume first edition of this work from Jacques Delille, a Fren...

The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton · 1904 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Henry Frowde; Oxford University Press, 1904. Leather. The charming miniature edition of John Milton's poetical works, bound in full straight grain morocco. The scarce 'Oxford Miniature Edition&apos. Bound in full straight grain morocco. Illustrated with a m...

The Farmer&Apos;S Boy; Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs

Robert Bloomfield · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, J. F. Dove, c1830. Leather. A collection of rural poetry from English writer Robert Bloomfield, including his best known work The Farmer's Boy. With a frontispiece and title vignette. A collection of rural poetry, including The Farmer's Boy which made the aut...

The Lady of Shalott

Alfred Tennyson · 1852 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Nottingham, R. and M. H. Allen , 1852 . Cloth. An extremely scarce edition of Alfred Tennyson's 'The Lady of Shalott', with the striking illustrations "by a Lady", published "For the Benefit of The Midland Institution for the Blind". A unique and very scarce ill...

The Fables of Flora

Dr. Langhorne [John Langhorne] · 1794 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, T. Rickaby, for E. and S. Harding, 1794. Leather. A beautifully illustrated edition of Langhorne's poetry collection, illustrated by Thomas Stothard. First published in 1771, this is a charmingly illustrated edition of the poetry collection.Described as consisting...

Deaths and Entrances: Poems

Dylan Thomas · 1946 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A very smart complimentary copy of Dylan Thomas' important poetical collection, much of which reflects on the impacts of World War II. A very scarce complimentary copy of the first edition.In the publisher'...

The Five Nations, Barrack Room Ballads & the Seven Seas

Rudyard Kipling · 1903 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1903-1913. First edition. Cloth. Three smart volumes of poetry and verse from English writer Rudyard Kipling. Three volumes. Written by Joseph Rudyard Kipling, an English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer best known for The Jungle Bo...

The Poetical Works of Goldsmith, Collins, and T. Warton with Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes

Oliver Goldsmith; William Collins; Thomas Warton; Rev. George Gilfillan; Charles Cowden Clarke · 1863 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

Edinburgh, James Nichol, 1863. Leather. A smart copy of this collection of poetry from Oliver Goldsmith, William Collins, and Thomas Warton. Bound by Bickers & Son, London. A collection of poetry with biographical sketches, critical commentary and explanatory notes. Includes t...

Lays of the Hertfordshire Hunt and Other Poems

George U. Robins · 1916 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Arthur L Humpreys, 1916. Cloth. A smart second edition of this collection of sporting poetry from British writer George U. Robins. Second edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of poetry on sporting and hunting, conceived as a memorial to the author's...

Sleepless Nights: A Versification by Antice Evans

Antice Evans · 1989 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1989. First edition. Leather. A unique manuscript containing the poetry of Welsh scientist and author, Antice Evans, signed by the author and with a handwritten letter loosely inserted. An exceptionally scarce work, containing a manuscript of poetry fr...

The Poetical Works of J. Langhorne, and, the Poetical Works of Thomas Warton

John Langhorne; Thomas Warton · 1798 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, C. Cooke, 1798-1800. Leather. A volume of two pocket-sized poetical anthologies by eminent eighteenth century poets, John Langhorne, and Thomas Warton. Two volumes of poetical anthologies bound in one volume, both part of 'Cooke's Pocket Edition' Library...

Illustrium Virorum Elogia Sepulchralia

Edvardus Popham; Edward Popham · 1778 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Londini; [London], J. Dodsley, 1778. First edition. Leather. A scarce anthology of eulogy poems in Latin, the first edition of this work by Edward Popham. The first edition of this scarce work.Illustrated with a frontispiece.An anthology of Latin poems, all eulogies for eminen...

Right Royal

John Masefield · 1922 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, William Heinemann, 1922. Cloth. The first illustrated edition of this racing ballad from Poet Laureate John Masefield, adorned with illustrations by Cecil Aldin. The first illustrated edition of this work. Originally published in 1920. This poem captures the action of...

Over the Grass

Will H. Ogilvie · 1925 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London , Constable and Company Ltd , 1925. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this hunting poetical collection from William H. Ogilvie, adorned with colour plates from Lionel Edwards. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding.With a co...

Galloping Shoes

Will H. Ogilvie · 1923 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1923. Cloth. A very smart second impression of this series of hunting-themed verses by William Henry Ogilvie, with coloured plates. The second impression of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with illustrative gilt st...

The Sensitive Plant

Percy Bysshe Shelley · 1898 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Aldine house , 1898 . Cloth. The first thus of Percy Bysshe Shelley's romantic, dreamlike poem, containing the striking, Art Nouveau illustrations by Laurence Housman. The first Housman edition, being the first thus to contain illustrations by Laurence Housman.Bou...

The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell, and, Theodric

Thomas Campbell · 1825 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Paris, Baudry, 1825. Leather. A smart volume of the poetical works of Thomas Campbell, including some of his best known works. Two volumes of the poetical works of Scottish bard Thomas Campbell bound in one volume, including 'The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell', a...

The Poetical Works of John Milton; to Which Is Prefixed the Life of the Author

John Milton · 1848 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, William Tegg and Co, 1848. Leather. A collection of poetical works by the noted John Milton, bound in full morocco and illustrated with beautiful engravings by J. M. W. Turner and other talented artists. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, and eleven monochrome...

Poems Volume I, Two Years Ago Volume I, & Yeast: A Problem

Charles Kingsley · 1890 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,907)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1890-1902. Leather. Three smart volumes from English novelist and poet Charles Kingsley. Three volumes. Later editions. Written by Charles Kingsley, a broad church priest of the Church of England, university professor, social reformer, histor...

Christmas Poems

John Drinkwater · 1931 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1931. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of this beautifully illustrated collection of Christmas poems from English writer John Drinkwater. First edition. Illustrated with six plates. Collated complete. A collection of Christmas poems, in...