Poesia

Selected Poems of Robert Haven Schauffler

Robert Haven Schauffler · 1922 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, William Heinemann, 1922. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of poems by Robert Haven Schauffler, signed by the author. The first edition.Inscribed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, "For Lady Sykes, with greetings from Robert Haven...

With the Living Voice

John Masefield · 1925 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, William Heinemann, 1925 . First edition. Vellum. A signed limited edition of John Masefield's thought provoking speech on voice and poetry, in the original binding with unclipped dust wrapper. A limited edition work, limited to two hundred and sixty five numbered ...

Ballads and Songs by William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1896 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1896. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the noted William Makepeace Thackeray's collection of ballads and songs, with illustrations by H. M. Brock and bound in crushed half morocco by Ramage with the original covers bound i...

Red-Letter Days

Joseph P. Clossey · 1938 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Ysleta , Edwin B. Hill, 1938. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce poem that was awarded laureateship in the 1882, printed by Edwin B. Hill, who owned and operated the oldest printing press in production in America. A very scarce poem that was awarded the N. A. P. A...

Poems

James Thomson · 1877 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

Edinburgh , William P. Nimmo, 1877. Leather. A beautifully illustrated collection of poems by James Thomson, together with a biography of his life. The complete works of James Thomson, a Scottish poet and playwright, best known for his poems 'The Seasons' and 'T...

Poems

Samuel Rogers · 1834 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, T. Cadell; E, Moxon , 1834. First edition. Leather. A morocco-bound copy of this lovely poetical collection from Samuel Rogers, with vignettes throughout the work. The first edition of this particular collection of poetry by Samuel Rogers. In full red morocco binding ...

Den Gyllene Ungdomen

Karl Ragnar Gierow · 1928 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Stockholm , Norstedt , 1928 . First edition. Leather. A leather-bound collection of Swedish poetry, written by theatre director, author and poet, Karl Ragnar Gierow. The first edition. Bound by Knut Hasslers Bookbinders in half crushed morocco with marbled paper-covered boards...

Vestigia Pulchra Quaerentis

Charles Francis Mason · 1940 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Framingham, Mass, Lakeview Press, 1940 . Cloth. A signed, limited edition of this collection of poetry from the bursar of Harvard College, Charles F. Mason. The second printing, enlarged. A limited print run of fifty copies, with this one being number forty-eight.A collection ...

Elfrida, a Dramatic Poem

William Mason · 1752 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, J. and P. Knapton, 1752. Leather. The second edition of William Mason's tragic poems telling of the life of Aelfthryth. The second edition.A tragic dramatic poem on Elfrida, or Aelfthryth, the wife of King Edgar, and mother of Aethelred the Unready.Elfrida was the...

The Masque of Pandora and Other Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1875 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Boston, James R. Osgood and Company, 1875. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of one of Longfellow's brilliant poetry anthologies, including a poem on Greek Mythology. The first edition, first printing.An anthology of poems by the eminent American poet, Henry Wadswor...

Poems and Songs

Richard Middleton; Henry Savage [intro.] · 1913 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

New York, Michael Kennerley, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first US edition of this posthumously published poetry collection by Richard Barham Middleton. The very scarce first US edition of the first series of this work, published the year after the UK first edi...

A Reed by the River

Virginia Woodward Cloud · 1902 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Boston, Richard G. Badger, 1902 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this volume of poetry by American writer Virginia Woodward Cloud. The very scarce first edition of this work.A charming volume of sixty-seven brief poems, with titles including &apo...

Specimens of English Poetry for the Use of Charterhouse School

William Shakespeare; Thomas Gray et al. · 1867 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Taylor and Francis, 1867. Leather. A collection of poetry from celebrated English poets such as William Shakespeare, Thomas Gray and William Cowper, for the use of the historic Charterhouse School and bound in half calf. A new edition. Bound in half leather with marbl...

The Buccaneer and Other Poems

Richard Henry Dana · 1850 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, George Slater, 1850. Cloth. The second edition of this scarce collection of poetry by American author, Richard Henry Dana Sr. The second edition. In the publisher's original cloth. This scarce collection of poetry was written by Richard Henry Dana Sr. an America...

Don Juan. Cantos I to XVI.

Lord Byron · 1821 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)

London, Thomas Davison; John Hunt, 1821-1824 . Cloth. An early, mixed imprint edition of Lord Byron's celebrated epic poem, Don Juan. A mixed edition with six volumes bound in one, containing early and first editions of Lord Byron's 'Don Juan&apos. Comprised of ...

Saint Anne&Apos;S Hill; a Poem

The Late Rev. Peter Cunningham · 1833 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Chertsey , Robert Wetton, 1833 . Leather. The third edition of this exceptionally scarce poem written by Rev. Peter Cunningham, Illustrated with plates. The third edition. First published in 1800. Very scarce work. Bound in half calf with cloth boards. 'Saint Anne's ...

The Treasury of Sacred Song

Francis T. Palgrave · 1889 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1889. First edition. Vellum. The first edition of this charming anthology of scared lyrical poetry, collected together by Francis Turner Palgrave. The first edition of this work. An anthology of sacred poems, collecting together four cen...

Pen and Pencil Pictures from the Poets

Various · 1871 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Edinburgh, William P. Nimmo, 1871. Cloth. A delightfully illustrated collection of poetry from the likes of Longfellow, Burns, Shelley and others. A richly illustrated collection of poems. In the publisher's beautifully gilt-decorated cloth binding.This work features the...

The Termination of the Sixteenth Canto of Lord Byron&Apos;S Don Juan Harry W. Wetton

Lord Byron; Harry W. Wetton · 1864 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Trubner & Co. 1864 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce, first edition of Harry Wetton's notes regarding the sixteenth canto of Lord Byron's epic poem, 'Don Juan&apos. The first edition.Very scarce work. Bound in half crushed morocco with marbled pape...

Paradise Regain&Apos;D. Poem, in Four Books. To Which Is Added Samson Agonistes: And Poems Upon Several Occasions

John Milton; Thomas Newton · 1773 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

London, J. Beecroft; W. Strahan; J. and F. Rivington; et al, 1773. Leather. A Georgian edition of John Milton's sequel to 'Paradise Lost', a biblical blank verse poem illustrated with a frontispiece and plates. Complete in two volumes.An eighteenth century editi...