Poesia

The Lady of the Lake

Sir Walter Scott · 1863 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, A. W. Bennett, 1863. Cloth. A smart copy of Sir Walter Scott's narrative poem, with mounted photographs throughout and decorative cloth binding. A first edition thus of this work.With a photo by G. W. Wilson to the title page and thirteen mounted photographs by Th...

The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1859 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London , Routledge, Warnes, & Routledge, 1859. Cloth. A smart copy of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poetical works, with illustrations throughout. A later edition of this work.With a monochrome illustrative frontispiece and twenty-five illustrations. Collated complete. Wi...

Nets to Catch the Wind

Elinor Wylie · 1921 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

New York , Harcourt, Brace and Company , 1921. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of Elinor Wylie's collection of poems, the first to be published under name. The first edition of this collection of poems.In the publisher's original cloth binding. The ...

Select Poetical Works of Allan Ramsay, Including His Gentle Shepherd with a Prefatory Memoir of the Author and His Writings

Allan Ramsay · 1859 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, William and Robert Chambers, 1859. Cloth. A smart collection of verses from Scottish writer Allan Ramsay, with a memoir of his life and work. Scarce edition. With a frontispiece. A collection of verses from Allan Ramsay, a Scottish poet, playwright, publisher, libraria...

Songs and Meditations

Maurice Hewlett · 1896 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Westminster, Archibald Constable & Co. 1896. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of poetry from English writer Maurice Hewlett. First collected edition. Most poems collected were previously unpublished, with few having been published in the Academy or the Pall Mall...

The Poetical Works of Reginald Heber

Reginald Heber · 1852 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, John Murray, 1852. Leather. A smart new edition of this collection of poetry from English Anglican bishop Reginald Heber. New edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of poetry including titles such as: Palestine, Europe: Lines on the Present War, The Passag...

Oeuvres de Sully Prudhomme: Poesies 1872-1878

Sully Prudhomme · 1872 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, c1890. Vellum. A smart collection of the poetical works of French writer Sully Prudhomme between the years of 1872 and 1878, in the original French. French. A collection of the poetry written by René François Armand "Sully" Prudhomme, a French poet a...

Sketches, and, Fugitive Poetry

N. P. Willis · 1827 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Boston, S. S. Goodrich; Pierce and Williams, 1827-29. First edition. Cloth. Two scarce first edition poetical works by noted American author Nathaniel Parker Willis, bound in one volume. Two first edition poetical works by Nathaniel Parker Willis bound in one volume.In a custo...

In the High Hills

Maxwell Struthers Burt · 1914 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1914 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this collection of poetry by Maxwell Struthers Burt, from the library of Pulitzer Prize winning American poet Odell Shepard. The first edition of this scarce work.The debut ...

Nine Mysteries (Four Joyful, Four Sorrowful, One Glorious)

Reynolds Price · 1979 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

North Carolina, Palaemon Press, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A very smart limited edition of this collection of short mysteries from American writer Reynolds Price, signed to the rear. First collected edition. Limited to three hundred and nine signed copies. Signed to the rear ...

Flowers of Literature

F. Prevost; F. Blagdon; Various · 1803 · Rooke Books

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

London, B. Crosby and Co, 1803-10. Leather. A very scarce set of Francis William Blagdon's collection of the contemporary treasures of literature. A very scarce work.Complete in seven volumes, for the years 1801 to 1809, these seven volumes were the only ones published. ...

A Book of Old Ballads

Beverley Nichols [Ed] · 1934 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1934. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this collection of old ballads, illustrated by H. M. Brock with coloured plates and bound in full suede. The first edition of this collection.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, monochrome vignette...

The Hunting of the Snark an Agony in Eight Fits

Lewis Carroll · 1941 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1941. Hardback. The zodiac edition of Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem, beautifully illustrated by the expressive drawings of Mervyn Peake. The zodiac edition, with Mervyn Peake's illustrations. First published in 1876.Illustrated throughout by ...

The Glassblowers

Mervyn Peake · 1950 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this collection of poetry from English writer Mervyn Peake. First edition. A collection of verse, including: To Live at all is Miracle Enough, Swans Die and a Tower Falls, Each Day we live i...

The Princess: A Medley

Alfred Tennyson · 1869 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Strahan and Co. Publishers, 1869. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this narrative poem from British poet laureate Alfred Tennyson. A serio-comic blank verse narrative poem, originally published in 1847. The poem tells the story of a heroic princess who forswears the wo...

Two Generations of Verse

The Hon. Mrs. Edmund Bevan and Her Daughter Penelope · 1928 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1928 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce collection of poetry written by the Hon. Mrs. Edmund Bevan and her daughter, bound by Riviere. Bound by Riviere & Son in full calf. Very scarce work.Dated using Jisc from copies...

Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson to Which Are Added Some Poems Never Before Printed

Samuel Johnson; Hester Lynch Piozzi · 1788 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1788 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this collection of letters and poetry from Samuel Johnson, edited by his friend Hester Lynch Piozzi, complete in two volumes. First edition. Complete in two volumes. Bound in full tree calf, ...

The Deserted Village

Oliver Goldsmith · 1909 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Constable & Company Ltd, 1909 . Cloth. A publisher's presentation copy of William Lee Hankey's beautifully illustrated edition of Oliver Goldsmith's 1770 poem 'The Deserted Village', a first edition thus. The trade edition of British painter an...

A Reverie of Bone and Other Poems

Mervyn Peake · 1967 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Bertram Rota, 1967. Paperback. A limited edition anthology of poems written and illustrated by Mervyn Peake. A limited edition of 320 copies, of which this is numbered 130.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.An anthology of twenty-four poems by Mervyn Peake, with fo...

London in Song

Wilfred Whitten · 1898 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Grant Richards, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of song of London, for the lover of London. First edition. A collection of over two hundred poems or sets of verses exhibiting the city of London, with chapters on London Town, London River,...