Poesia

A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle

Hugh M'Diarmid; [Christopher Murray Grieve] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£1,950.00 (€2,337.38 | $2,576.22 | ¥411,389)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood & Sons LTD, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this long monologue poem by Hugh M'Diarmid, the author's presentation copy, complete in the original dust wrapper. The first edition.Author's presentation copy, ...

Poets and Painters

John Milton; Alfred, Lord Tennyson; John Keats; et al. · 1873 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. 1873. Cloth. A delightful and scarce collection of poems and engravings by eminent authors and artists. A scarce work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, with a colour plate to the front board. Also known as 'The Fields and T...

The Select Melodies of Scotland, Interspersed with Those of Ireland and Wales

George Thomson; Various · 1822 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Preston, 1822. Leather. A smartly bound volume of the popular songs of Scotland, put to music for piano, signed by the editor to the title page. Signed by George Thomson to the title page.Volume III of five volumes.A selection of Scottish songs, with some Irish and Wel...

Under the Hawthorn and Other Verse

Augusta de Gruchy · 1893 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce poetry collection by Augusta de Gruchy, with a stunning woodcut title page by Walter Crane. The first edition of this very scarce work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated wit...

The Last Poems of Alice Meynell

Alice Meynell · 1923 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,861)

London, Burns, Oates and Washbourne Ltd. 1923. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this anthology of the writer, editor, critic, and suffragist Alice Meynell. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Alice Meynell (1847-1922) was...

The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El Yezdi, a Lay of the Higher Law

Sir Richard F. Burton [Haji Abdu El Yezdi]; Roger Ingpen · 1914 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1914. Paperback. An uncommon edition of Sir Richard Francis Burton's Arabic poem, with a foreword by Roger Ingpen. The scarce 1914 edition of this work, first published in 1880, in the publisher's original paper wraps. Ink inscriptions to the...

The Eclogues and the Georgics: Translated Into English Verse

Virgil; R. C. Trevelyan [trans.] · 1944 · Rooke Books

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

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1944 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the scarce first edition of Robert Trevelyan's translation of Virgil's Eclogues and Georgics. The scarce first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher&a...

Idylls of the King

Alfred Tennyson · 1869 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Strahan and Co. Publishers, 1869. Leather. A smart edition of Tennyson's cycle of narrative poems, the Idylls of the King. A cycle of twelve narrative poems which retell the legend of King Arthur and the rise and fall of his kingdom. The whole work recounts Arthur...

Temora, an Ancient Epic Poem

Ossian; James Macpherson · 1763 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, T. Bicket and P. A. de Hondt, 1763. First edition. Leather. An uncommon first edition copy of James Macpherson's poetry, a purported series of poems written by a third century Scottish bard. The first edition of this uncommon work.Title page is provided in facsimi...

The Poems of Matthew Arnold 1840-1867

Matthew Arnold · 1913 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Humphrey Milford , 1913 . Leather. A collection of poetry by Matthew Arnold in a full calf prize binding. In a full calf prize binding from 'Charterhouse' school with their gilt crest to the front. Raised bands to the spine. Illustrated with a monochrome por...

Enoch Arden

Alfred Tennyson · 1864 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London , Edward Moxon and Co , 1864. First edition. Leather. Enoch Arden a poem of love, loss and adventure. The first edition. Lacking the half title. Enoch Arden is an epic poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson. The poem explores the ideas of lost souls. Enoch Arden leaves his wife a...

The Seasons

John Sharpe · 1825 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London , John Sharpe , 1825. Leather. The Seasons by James Thomson handsomely bound in a calf binding. Originally published in 1730. Very scarce. This edition is from 1825, the engraved title page dated 1825, the typed title page dated 1824. The Seasons is a set of four poems ...

The Golden Treasury

Francis T. Palgrave · 1898 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1898. Leather. A smart set of this selection of the best songs and lyrical poems in the English language. Complete in two volumes. Selected from the best songs and lyrical poems in the English language and arranged with notes. This work inclu...

The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore · 1863 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1863. Leather. A smart edition of the complete poetical works of Thomas Moore. Bound by Nutt, Winchester. With portrait frontispiece. The complete poetical works of Irish writer, poet, and lyricist, Thomas Moore, best known for setting English-...

The Shipwreck

William Falconer · 1927 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London , John Sharpe, 1927. Leather. Handsomely bound in diced calf. Handsomely bound in diced calf. An epic poem by William Falconer. This poem recounts the final voyage of the merchant ship Britannia and her crew. It consists of three cantos. The Shipwreck was first publishe...

Cotswold Ballads

Frank Mansell; Laurie Lee [Foreword] · 1974 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

Stroud, Richard Courtauld, 1974 . Cloth. A signed copy of this expanded, illustrated edition of Frank Mansell's very scarce volume of ballads about the Cotswolds. Flat signed by the Gloucestershire based poet Frank Mansell to the front free endpaper.In the publisher'...

Nip in the Air

John Betjeman · 1974 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

London , John Murray, 1974 . First edition. Hardback. A collection of thirty six poems by John Betjeman. The first edition. In a clipped dust wrapper. A collection of thirty-six poems by John Betjeman. Each poem explores themes of light and darkness. Betjeman suffered loonines...

The Collected Poems of Gerald Gould

Gerald Gould · 1929 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this collection of poetry from Gould, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, second impression. Published October 1929, first impression was September 1929. A complete coll...

October and Other Poems: With Occasional Verses on the War

Robert Bridges · 1920 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, William Heinemann, 1920. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this collection of poetry from Robert Bridges, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. A collection of poetry from Bridges, with...

The Unknown Known and a Dozen Odd Poems

T. Sturge Moore · 1939 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Martin Secker: The Richards Press, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this collection of poetry from Thomas Sturge Moore. First edition. Very scarce. A collection of poetry from Moore, including The Unknown Known, a narrative work following the ...