Poesia

The Traveller

Walter De La Mare · 1946 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,557)

London, Faber and Faber, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this philosophical poem from Walter de la Mare, with colour images from John Piper. First edition. Illustrated with four colour plates. Collated complete. A long philosophical poem, full of verbal be...

Songs of Innocence

William Blake · 1902 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, John Lane, 1902. Cloth. A smart illustrated copy of William Blake's collection of poems Songs of Innocence. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. A complete collection of twenty-three poems first printed in 1789, including: The Sheph...

The Seasons

James Thomson · 1812 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Suttaby, Evance and Fox, 1812 . Hardback. A 'Uniform Edition' of James Thomson's collection of four poems surrounding the seasons, in the rare publisher's original binding. Very unusually bound in the rather fragile publisher's paper-covered bo...

The Poetical Works of Henry Wordsworth Longfellow

William Wordsworth · 0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, William P. Nimmo , c1863. Leather. A collection of the poetical works of William Wordsworth, illustrated and bound in half calf. Bound in half calf with cloth to the boards. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, an engraved title page and eleven monochrome plate...

The Poetical Works of George Herbert

George Herbert · 1856 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, James Nisbet and Co, 1856. Leather. The illustrated poetical works of George Herbert, bound by Hayday in full calf. Bound in full morocco with decorative gilt designs and raised bands, bound by Hayday with their binder's signature to the front pastedown. Illustra...

Dramatis Personae; & Dramatic Romances & Lyrics

Robert Browning · 1909 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1909. Vellum. A limited edition copy of two anthologies of poems by Robert Browning, beautifully illustrated in colour by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale. A limited edition of two hundred and sixty copies, of which two hundred and fifty were for sale. This...

The Poetical Works of William Shenstone with the Life of the Author and a Description of the Leasowes

William Shenstone · 0 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, C. Cooke, c1800. Leather. A smart collection of poetry from English poet William Shenstone. Cooke's edition. A collection of poetry including elegies, pastorals, levities, moral pieces, odes, songs, and ballads. With a biographical sketch of the life of the author...

Lalla Rookh, an Oriental Romance

Thomas Moore · 1818 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. Leather. A smart eighth edition of Thomas Moore's narrative poems, Lalla Rookh. Eighth edition. Illustrated with a vignette title page and five plates. Formed of four narrative poems with a connecting tale in prose conc...

The Traveller, the Deserted Village, and Other Poems

Oliver Goldsmith · 1816 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, John Sharpe, 1816. Leather. A smart copy of this collection of poetry from Anglo-Irish writer, Oliver Goldsmith. With vignette title page reading "The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith Embellished with Engravings from the Designs of Richard Westall, R. A." Illustrated with a t...

Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling · 1907 · Rooke Books

£17,900.00 (€21,455.99 | $23,648.40 | ¥3,776,344)

New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1907 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Kipling's book of collected verse, with the author's ink annotations and edits. Bound in the publisher's original burgundy cloth. An extremely scarce-to-see copy of this coll...

Hudibras. In Three Parts. Written in the Time of the Late Wars. Corrected and Amended: With Additions.

Samuel Butler · 1726 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, T. W. for D. Browne, J. Walthoe, J. Knapton et al. 1726 . First edition. Leather. William Hogarth's first illustrated edition of Samuel Butler's mock-heroic satirical poem 'Hudibras&apos. The first Hogarth edition of this work, which was first published ...

The Lay of the Last Minstrel & the Lady of the Lake

Sir Walter Scott · 1856 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1856-1858. Leather. Two smart copies of these narrative poems written by Scottish historian and poet, Sir Walter Scott. Two volumes. Written by Sir Walter Scott, a Scottish historian, novelist, poet, and playwright whose works remain classics of...

Miscellanies in Prose and Verse

Mrs. Chapone [Hester Chapone] · 1775 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Printed for E. and C. Dilly and J. Walter, 1775. Leather. The first edition of this anthology of prose and verse by Hester Chapone, a writer of conduct books for women. The scarce first edition of this anthology in a full calf binding with gilt detailing to the spine, ...

The Collected Poems of Earle Birney

Earle Birney; John Newlove [ed.] · 1975 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Toronto, McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this poetry collection by Earle Birney, complete in two volumes and inscribed by the author to Stephen Vizinczey. The first edition of this two-volume work, in the publisher's ori...

The Silver Scythe

Stanley Snaith; George Bottomley · 1933 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, The Blythenhale Press, 1933 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of Stanley Snaith's very scarce mid 1930s volume of poetry. A very scarce work.Number 86 of 300 signed and numbered copies produced, signed by the author.In the publisher's original ...

The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith; Robert Aris Willmott [ed.] · 1860 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1860 . Cloth. A bright, new edition of this collection of Oliver Goldsmith's poetry, with Birket Foster's colourful illustrations. A new edition. First edition published in 1859.Dated using Jisc, from copies held at the British Libr...

Collected Poems, 1929-1936

C. Day Lewis · 1948 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this anthology of Cecil Day Lewis's poetry, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped du...

The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning · 1910 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Henry Frowde, 1910. Leather. A charming collection of poetry from Elizabeth Barrett Browning, bound by Hatchards, Piccadilly. Oxford edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of poetry from Elizabeth Barrett Browning, an English poet of the Victorian era, who...

The Bibelot: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers

Various · 1895 · Rooke Books

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

Portland, Thomas B. Mosher , 1895-1949. First edition. Hardback. A set of first editions of this collection of poetry and prose for book lovers, chosen from scarce editions. First edition, in the publisher's original paper covered boards and unclipped dust wrappers. The B...

The Works of Thomas Campion Complete Songs, Masques, and Treatises with a Selection of Latin Verse

Walter R. Davis · 1969 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London , Faber and Faber , 1969. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Thomas Campion's work since 1909. The first edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Very scarce. A collection of complete songs, masques, and treatises written by Thomas Campion.Thomas...