Poesia

The Lay of the Last Minstrel, a Poem

Sir Walter Scott · 1809 · Rooke Books

£56.00 (€67.12 | $73.98 | ¥11,814)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme; A. Constable; James Ballantyne, 1809 . Leather. A smart copy of the tenth edition of Sir Walter Scott's narrative poem, set in the Scottish borders in the mid sixteenth century. The tenth edition of this work, first published in 1805...

Ionica

William Johnson Cory · 1891 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London , George Allen, 1891. Leather. A leather bound second edition copy of this collection of poems by William Johnson Cory. an anonymously published collection of poems by William Johnson Cory. Some of the poems that appear in this volume include Desiderato, Iole, Asterope...

The Poets of the Nineteenth Century

Rev. Robert Aris Willmott (ed.) · 1869 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London , Frederick Warne and Co. 1869. Cloth. A new edition illustrated copy of The Poets of the Nineteenth Century. A new edition. The Poets of the Nineteenth Century have been selected and edited by Rev. Robert Aris Willmott and embraces a period of about eighty-five years....

The Banks of Wye: A Poem in Four Books

Robert Bloomfield · 1811 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Printed for the author; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; et al. 1811. First edition. Leather. First edition of this pastoral poem by Robert Bloomfield, adorned with lovely engravings. The first edition of this poem by celebrated poet Robert Bloomfield, adorned with a frontisp...

Wild Flowers; or, Pastoral and Local Poetry

Robert Bloomfield · 1806 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Printer for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe , 1806 . First edition. Leather. Rebacked first edition of this anthology of verses by Robert Bloomfield. Charming collection of poems by Robert Bloomfield, English labouring-class poet known for his rustic descriptive verse, celebr...

Italy, a Poem

Samuel Rogers · 1836 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,894)

London, T. Cadell, 1836. Leather. A very neat copy of Rogers' longest work, inspired by his travels through Switzerland to Italy. Illustrated throughout with in-text etchings. Inspired by the diary he kept of events and impressions during his tour of Europe with his siste...

Words Unreturned

Pankaj Saha; Andrew Warham [trans] · 1989 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Calcutta , Papyrus , 1989. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first English translation of this very scarce anthology of poems by Pankaj Saha, signed by the author. A very scarce first English edition of this work, rarely seen on the market. Only one copy is catalogued on Copac at t...

Lord Byron&Apos;S Poems

Lord Byron · 1840 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, C. Daly, 1840. Cloth. A very neat little edition of Byron's poems The Giaour, The Bride of Abydos, The Corsair, and Lara. With illustrated frontispiece. Includes Byron's poems The Giaour, The Bride of Abydos, The Corsair, and Lara. With notes, Hebrew melodies...

The Shipwreck

William Falconer · 1794 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, T. Cadell , 1794. Leather. A scarce edition of William Falconer's renowned epic poem about a ship being lost to sea. The scarce eighth edition. In a full calf binding with gilt detail. With four plates drawn by T. Stothard and engraved by I. Parker. Collated compl...

Gold Coast Customs and Other Poems

Edith Sitwell · 1929 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Duckworth, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A neat first edition of Sitwell's poem on the nature of humans, in the original dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece. A collection of poetry including 'Gold Coast Customs' - a poem pondering ...

Poems and Essays

Alice Meynell · 1913 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London , Burns & Oates , 1913-1914. First edition. Cloth. Two limited edition volumes of the poems and essays of Alice Meynell. Two volumes of works by Alice Meynell. Both volumes are limited edition with Poems, published in 1913, limited to two hundred and fifty copies, with ...

Select Works of Mr. A. Cowley in Two Volumes

Mr Abraham Cowley · 1772 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, T. Cadell, 1772. Leather. The second volume of the select works of Mr Abraham Cowley. Second volume only. A collection of works by Mr Abraham Cowley, including: Of Liberty, Of Obscurity, The Garden, The Shortness of Life, and Of Myself. Written by Abraham Cowley, an En...

The Complete Works of Thomas Lovell Beddoes

Thomas Lovell Beddoes; Sir Edmund Gosse · 1928 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Fanfrolico Press, 1928. Cloth. A beautiful limited edition of the collected works of Thomas Lovell Beddoes. Limited edition. The edition of limited to seven hundred and fifty copies of which this is number 158. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece and decorated by Th...

Ode on a Lycian Tomb

S. Weir Mitchell · 1899 · Rooke Books

£496.00 (€594.53 | $655.29 | ¥104,641)

New York, Privately Printed, De Vinne Press, [1899]. Leather. Silas Weir Mitchell reflects on mourning and loss in this moving poem loosely modelled on Keats' Ode on a Grecian Urn. A privately printed copy, inscribed by the author. A signed copy of Ode on a Lycian Tomb by...

The Seasons

James Thomson · 1809 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

Edinburgh, John Ballantyne and Co. 1809. First edition. Leather. A dainty copy of The Seasons by Scottish poet James Thomson. With 7 illustrations. A neat copy of James Thomson's famous poem cycle, The Seasons. With 7 illustrations, collated and complete. Beginning with W...

Poems by Thomas Hood, Again Illustrated by Birket Foster

Thomas Hood · 1872 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, E. Moxon, Son & Co, 1872. Leather. A beautifully bound copy of the poetry of Thomas Hood, illustrated throughout with engravings by Birket Foster. In a full morocco binding, with extensive gilt detailing.Illustrated with twenty-two engraved plates by British illustrato...

Memories. The Bequest of My Boyhood Poems

Edmund Falconer · 1863 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London , Tinsley Brothers , 1863. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition copy of this collection of poems by Edmund Falconer. A scarce volume of poems by Edmund Falconer. Memories. the Bequest of my Boyhood Poems contains the works An Invocation, Anne Hathaway, Helen ...

Poems

James Russel Lowell · 1844 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London , C. E. Mudie, 1844. First edition. Leather. A smart first UK edition of this collection of poems by American Romantic poet James Russell Lowell. A first UK edition of this collection of poems, being first published in the US in 1842. James Russell Lowell was an Americ...

The Poetical Works of John Keats

John Keats · 1886 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London , Suttaby & CO, 1886. Leather. A smart leather bound copy of the poetical works of Romantic poet John Keats. This is a scarce edition, published by Suttaby & Co of The Poetical Works of John Keats. John Keats was an English Romantic Poet, in the second generation of Ro...

His Own Soul

William Arkwright · 1920 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Arthur L Humpreys, 1920. First edition. Hardback. A first edition of this charming collection of philosophical findings and poetry by William Arkwright. First edition. Arranged by the seasons, this final work of the author is a collection of scattered thoughts and apho...