Poesia

Wayside Flowers: Poems and Songs

Alexander Laing · 1878 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Edinburgh and Brechin, William Paterson; Black & Johnston, 1878 . Cloth. A scarce early edition of this collection of poetry by Alexander Laing. Fourth edition of Wayside Flowers: Poems and Songs by Alexander Laing rebound in cloth with the original paper boards pasted on.Scar...

The Poetical Works of George Crabbe

George Crabbe · 1829 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Paris, A. and W. Galignani and Co. 1829. First edition. Leather. The first Galignani edition of this collection of poetry by Reverend George Crabbe. Illustrated with frontispiece. A short biographical sketch and collection of poetry from Reverend George Crabbe, an English poet...

The Fudge Family in Paris

Thomas Moore; Thomas Brown [editor] · 1818 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. Cloth. A smartly bound fifth edition of this satirical verse by Thomas Moore. Fifth edition. Originally published earlier the same year. An epistolary novel in verse intended as a comedic critique of the post-war settlement ...

Rich

Craig Raine · 1984 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Faber and Faber, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of Craig Raine's third full-length collection of poems. First edition. A collection of poetry, including works such as: In Modern Dress, City Gent, Words on the Page, Again, A Hungry Fighter, ...

The Works of Mr. Thomas Brown, Serious and Comical, in Prose and Verse

Thomas Brown · 1719 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Al. Wilde; C. Hitch; L. Hawes; Sam Briscoe; et al, 1719-60. Leather. An illustrated set of the works of satirist Thomas Brown, a harlequin set comprising of the fourth, fifth, and ninth edition. A harlequin mixed edition set. Volume I is the 9th edition, published in 1...

English Bards and Scotch Reviewers

Lord Byron · 1811 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, James Cawthorn, British Library, 1811. Hardback. The fourth reprint of the fourth edition of Lord Byron's first major satire. The "fourth clandestine reprint" of the fourth edition, on unwatermarked paper in the original boards. With the half title page, and a pag...

Poems Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold · 1888 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1888. Cloth. Three bright volumes of poems by Matthew Arnold. Three volumes of poems by Matthew Arnold. The three volumes contain early poems, narrative poems and sonnets, lyric and elegiac, dramatic and later poems. Some of the poems that appear in...

The Shipwreck, a Poem

William Falconer · 1811 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London , William Miller, 1811. Leather. A smart leather bound copy of The Shipwreck by William Falconer, with illustrations. A third edition copy. William Falconer was a Scottish epic poet concerned with life at sea. The Shipwreck recounts the final voyage of the merchant shi...

Westward Look: Poems 1922-1945

Robert Herring · 1946 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Glasgow, William McLellan & Co. Ltd, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this collection of poetry from Robert Herring. First edition. Scarce work. Dated using the British Library. A collection of poems written from 1922 to 1945, including: Bewitched, An Old ...

Probationary Odes for the Laureatship: With a Preliminary Discourse

Sir John Hawkins [Richard Tickell] · 1785 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, James Ridgway, 1785 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of this collection of satirical poems and parodies, in the publisher's original paper wraps. Purporting to be the work of Sir John Hawkins, this is actually a collection of satires and p...

Cave Birds

Ted Hughes · 1978 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York , The Viking Press, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A first American edition of this poetry collection from Ted Hughes, with illustrations. A first American edition copy. Cave Birds, an Alchemical Cave drama is a collection of poems by Ted Hughes with drawings by Leonard...

The Moon Is Shining Bright As Day

Ogden Nash [ed] · 1953 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Philadelphia and New York, J. B. Lippincott, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this funny collection for verses for children, with illustrations. A first edition copy.This volume is an anthology of good-humoured verses for children, selected and with an intro...

Poems of James Russell Lowell

James Russell Lowell · 1912 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Henry Frowde, 1912. Leather. A beautifully bound edition of this collection of poetry from James Russell Lowell. A collection of poetry. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece. Poems include: The Vision of Sir Launfal, a Fable for Critics, The Biglow Papers, Under the ...

Poems

Thomas Hoos · 1866 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Edward Moxon & Co. 1866 . Leather. The nineteenth edition of this collection of poetry by Thomas Hood in Bickers calf binding. Nineteenth edition of Poems by Thomas Hood in full Bickers signed calf binding. Thomas Hood was an early nineteenth century English poet and ...

Legal & Other Lyrics

George Outram · 1916 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Edinburgh, and Boston, T. N. Foulis, Publisher, 1916 . Cloth. An early edition of this collection of poems by George Outram with illustrations by Edmund J. Sullivan. Early edition of Legal & Other Lyrics by George Outram in the original publisher's cloth binding.Â...

Views in North Britain Illustrative of the Works of Robert Burns

Rober Burns; James Storer; John Greig · 1805 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London , Vernor and Hood, 1805. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of Views in North Britain Illustrative of the Works of Robert Burns, richly illustrated. A first edition copy of Views in North Britain Illustrative of the Works of Robert Burns, with descriptions of ...

The Poetical Works of William Cowper

William Cowper · 1870 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1870. Leather. The Globe Edition of the poetical works of William Cowper in half morocco binding. An anthology of William Cowper's poetry. In a pleasing full calf Macmillan binding. Cowper was a famed English poet and hymnodist. He was a great in...

The Seasons

James Thomson · 1768 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Edinburgh, J. Robertson; A. Kincaid; J. Bell, 1768. Leather. An illustrated eighteenth century edition of James Thomson's most popular poetical work. 'The Seasons' is James Thomson's best known poem.The work is a series of four poems, each focusing on one s...

Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs

Robert Bloomfield · 1802 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Vernor and Hood; Longman and Rees, 1802. First edition. Leather. A scarce large paper first edition copy of the popular rural poems of Robert Bloomfield, a sought-after edition. The first edition, a very scarce to see large paper copy, with the misprint 'Jaen&apos...

Poems & Pieces 1911 to 1961

Francis Meynell · 1961 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London , Nonesuch Press, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A lovely limited edition poetry anthology by Francis Meynell. A limited edition copy, limited to 750 copies with this being number 245. Francis Meynell was a British poet and printer at the Nonesuch Press and this volume is...