Poesia

Lyrical Poems

Lord Byron · 1933 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Holland, The Halcyon Press, 1933. Cloth. A very scarce limited edition anthology of the lyrical poems of Lord Byron, one of only five hundred copies. A very scarce limited edition, limited to five hundred copies, of which this is numbered one-hundred and seventy-three.Illustra...

Poetry London X

Tambimuttu [editor] · 1944 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Editions Poetry , 1944. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy Volume 2, Number 10, of this illustrated and esteemed literary magazine Poetry London. First edition. Volume 2, No. 10. Containing a letter in memory of the war poet Keith Douglas; poetry and prose from...

Real Pictures for Imaginary Children

Peter Hellings · 2007 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Pontefract, Pontefract Press, 2007. Cloth. A very scarce and unique limited edition set of six accordion fold out birds containing a total of thirty-one poems by Peter Hellings. Vanishingly scarce.A unique limited edition work of an unknown limitation, this work contains the p...

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse

Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald [trans.] · 1930 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, George G. Harrap and Co, 1930. Cloth. A smart illustrated edition of Edward Fitzgerald's influential translation of a selection of quatrains, embellished with whimsical colour plates by Willy Pogany. The first illustrated edition of this translated poetical work.Â...

Poetical Works of Robert Bridges Excluding Eight Dramas

Robert Bridges · 1912 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)

London, Henry Frowde Oxford University Press, 1912. Leather. A smartly bound collection of poetry from British writer and poet laureate Robert Bridges. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of poetry from Robert Seymour Bridges, a British poet appointed Poet Laureate from...

The Poems of William Browne of Tavistock

William Browne; Gordon Goodwin [Ed.]; A. H. Bullen [Intro.] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1893 . First edition. Vellum. An elegant pair of works containing the poetical works of William Browne of Tavistock, bound in quarter vellum. The first thus. Bound in quarter vellum with cloth to the boards. A limited edition, with this copy being nu...

A Tale of Ludlow Castle

Rev W. W. Skeat · 1866 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, Bell and Daldy, 1866 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of the Rev. Skeat's epic poem surrounding Ludlow Castle. The first edition. Very scarce work.Written by Walter William Skeat, a British philologist and Anglican deacon who was known for his ...

Oxford Poetry

Peter Ferguson; Dennis Keene; Various · 1958 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Oxford, Fantasy Press, 1958. First edition. Paperback. A scarce anthology of twenty-three poems by Oxford poets, from the library of Brian Aldiss. The first edition of this scarce work.An anthology of poems written by Oxford poets in the year 1957, collected together and edite...

The Fantasy Poets Adrian Mitchell

Adrian Mitchell · 1954 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Oxford, Oxford University Press; Fantasy Press, 1954. First edition. Paperback. A scarce anthology of poems by Adrian Mitchell, his first published work, this copy from the library of Brian Aldiss. The first edition of this scarce work.The first published work of Adrian Mitche...

Farewell to a Child

Brian W. Aldiss · 1982 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Berkhamsted, Priapus Press, 1982. First edition. Paperback. An out-of-series copy of this small anthology of poems by Brian W. Aldiss, from the library of the author. The author's own copy of this anthology of ten poems by Brian W. Aldiss, an out-of-series limited edition...

Kentish Poets. A Series of Writers in English Poetry, Natives of or Residents in the County of Kent

R. Freeman · 1821 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

Canterbury, G. Wood; Longman, Hurst, and co, 1821 . First edition. Leather. The scarce two volume first edition of Rowland Freeman's anthology of poetry from Kentish writers. The first edition of this work, scarce complete in two volumes.Freeman provides information about...

Carmina Varietate Lectionis Et Perpetua Adnotatione

C. Valerii Catulli [Gaius Valerius Catullus] · 1820 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, R. Priestley, 1820. Leather. A smartly bound collection of poetical lessons from Latin neoteric poet Gaius Valerius Catullus, in the original Latin. Latin. Scarce edition. An anthology of poems with a variety of lessons, in a range of lengths, set in six sections: Nata...

The Vision of Don Roderick

Sir Walter Scott · 1811 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Edinburgh; London, John Ballantyne and Co; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller; White and Co, 1811. Leather. Sir Walter Scott"s vivid poem celebrating the Duke of Wellington, the second edition, published in the same year as the first. The second edition, third ...

The Banks of Wye; a Poem

Robert Bloomfield · 1811 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, For the Author; Vernor, Hood et al; Longman, Hurst, 1811 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of labouring class poet Robert Bloomfield's charming pastoral poem, illustrated with plates. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and thr...

The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope; Adolphus William Ward [editor] · 1904 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1904. Leather. A smartly bound copy of the Globe Edition of this collection of poetry from English writer Alexander Pope. The Globe Edition. The collected poetry of Alexander Pope, an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenmen...

Poems of Pleasure

Ella Wheeler Wilcox · 1893 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Chicago, W. B. Conkey Company, 1893. Leather. An early edition of this popular anthology of poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in a smart morocco binding. An early edition.Ella Wheeler Wilcox's companion anthology to her 1883 collection 'Poetry of Passion&apos.'Poems...

The Poems of William Collins

Edmund Blunden (ed.) · 1929 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald , 1929. First edition. Hardback. A smart signed limited edition copy of this William Collins poetry collection, edited with an insightful introductory study by Edmund Blunden. The first edition. In the publisher's quarter crushe...

The Duke of Berwick

Lord Alfred Douglas · 1926 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Martin Secker, 1926. Cloth. A collection of the poetical works of Lord Alfred Douglas, from the library of W. A. Foyle. An anthology of the poetry of Lord Alfred Douglas, collecting together 'The Duke of Berwick', 'Tails With a Twist', 'The Pon...

The Works of John Milton in Verse and Prose

John Milton · 1851 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)

London, William Pickering, 1851 . Leather. A very smart edition of John Milton's poetry and prose, complete in eight volumes, uniformly bound in tree calf. This collection is comprised of eight volumes, consisting of two volumes of John Milton's poetical works and si...

The Traveller

Walter de la Mare · 1946 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this philosophical poem from Walter de la Mare, with colour plates of drawings from John Piper. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with four col...