Poesia

Specimens of the Early English Poets, to Which Is Prefixed an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language; in Three Volumes.

George Ellis · 1811 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811. Leather. A comprehensive three-volume set of English poetry, rebacked in full calf. The fourth edition of this work rebacked in full calf bindings, with the original mottled calf laid down to the boards. Volume I contains ch...

Sidelights on Charles Lamb

Bertram Dobell · 1903 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London , Published by the Author , 1903. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this work, Sidelights on Charles Lamb with a frontispiece. A first edition copy of this work. Charles Lamb was an English essayist and poet best known for his Essays of Elia and for the chi...

Ballads and Other Poems and the Works of Alfred Tennyson Three Volumes

Lord Alfred Tennyson · 1874 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.34 | $647.36 | ¥103,375)

London, Henry S. King & Co.; C. Kegan Paul & Co. 1874-1880 . Cloth. A lovely set of The Works of Alfred Tennyson and Ballads and Other Poems in uniform blue leather with gilt. A lovely set of these early editions of collections of works by Alfred Lord Tennyson in uniform full ...

The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell

Thomas Campbell · 1853 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Edward Moxon, 1853 . Cloth. An exceptionally smart copy of the collected works of Scottish poet Thomas Campbell, published nine years after his death. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, retaining the original tissue guard.A 'new edition', including perha...

The Earthly Paradise a Poem

William Morris · 1905 · Rooke Books

£97.00 (€116.27 | $128.15 | ¥20,464)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1905. Cloth. A lovely new impression copy of this epic poem by William Morris. A new impression of this work. The Earthly Paradise is an epic poem by William Morris and is a collection of retellings of various myths and legends from Greece and...

The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser in Three Volumes

Edmund Spenser; Ernest De Selincourt · 1909 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)

Oxford, At the Clarendon Press , 1909-1910. Leather. A wonderful complete three volume set of The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, including his epic poem The Faerie Queene. A complete three volume set of The Poetical Works of Edmund Spencer, edited by Ernest De Selincourt. A...

The Escorial: A Prize Poem, Recited in the Theatre, Oxford

J. A. Symonds · 1860 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Oxford , T and G Shrimpton, 1860. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this poem by John Addington Symonds. The first edition of this work. The first published work by John Addington Symonds, being a prize poem recited in the theatre, Oxford, June 20, 1860. Symonds ...

Poema Numismate Annuo Dignatum, Et in Curia Canatabrigiensi Recitatum, A.D. Mdccc XVI, A.D. Mdccc XVII

Gulielmo Nanson Lettsom · 1816 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Not Stated , Not Stated , 1816-7. First edition. Disbound. Two very scarce pamphlets of Latin poems for the Browne Medals by Gulielmo Nanson Lettsom. Two pamphlets of Latin odes by Gulielmo Nanson Lettsom written for the Gold Medals, awarded for annual competitions in Latin an...

The Golden Legend

H. W. Longfellow · 0 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, c1910. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated edition of Longfellow's poem The Golden Legend with colour chromolithographs. Beautiful edition of The Golden Legend by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in the original publisher's decorative cloth binding...

Poems

Edward Foskett · 1886 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. 1886. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this poetry collection by Edward Foskett, in the original cloth binding. A scarce first edition. In the original cloth binding with gilt lettering, A collection of poems and sonnets by ...

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald · 1942 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Philadelphia, David McKay, 1942. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated copy of this selection of poems attributed to Omar Khayyam. A new edition. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Illustrated by Willy Pogany with a frontispiece, engraved title page, four decorati...

Odes of Anacreon, Translated Into English Verse, with Notes

Thomas Moore · 1802 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, J. and T. Carpenter, 1802. Leather. A charming copy of the two volume second edition of Irish poet Thomas Moore's translation of the poetry of Anacreon. The second edition of this work, published two years after the first.  With an engraved portrait frontispiece ...

Lilian Gray: A Poem

Cecil Home [Julia Augusta Webster] · 1864 · Rooke Books

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

London , Smith, Elder & Co. 1864. Cloth. An extremely scarce copy of Lilian Gray by Julia Augusta Webster, under the pen name of Cecil Home. A very scarce volume by Cecil Home, the pen name for Julia Augusta Webster. Julia Augusta Webster was an English poet, dramatist, essay...

The Bride of Scio, Songs of the Heart and Other Poems

Henry Daniel · 1842 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Truro, E. Heard, 1842. Cloth. A scarce copy of this charming collection of poetry by Henry Daniel. A scarce copy of The Bride of Scio, Songs of the Heart and Other Poems by Henry Daniel. A second edition as stated in the Preface. This charming poetry collection includes The ...

Moore&Apos;S Irish Melodies

Thomas Moore · 1846 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London , Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans , 1846. Leather. A wonderfully illustrated copy of Thomas Moore's Irish Melodies. A new edition with the addition of beautiful illustrations by Daniel Maclise. Thomas Moore was an Irish writer and poet celebrated for his Irish...

A Little Book of Western Verse

Eugene Field · 1891 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, James R Osgood, McIlvaine, & Co. 1891. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first UK edition of this poetry anthology by Eugene Field. First UK edition of this book of verse by Eugene Field, first published in the US in 1989. Written by Eugene Field, American author kno...

Ionica

William Cory · 1891 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, George Allen, 1891. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of poetry by Eton schoolmaster William Johnson Cory, in lovely condition. The first collected edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the errata slip. An anon...

Listenings-in, a Poem Sequence

W.G. Hole · 1934 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, George Allen & Unwin, 1934. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of poetry by W.G. Hole, a signed presentation copy from the author to British actress Edith Evans, containing a loosely inserted letter of correspondence between the two. A collectio...

Exsultate, Jubilate

Richard Outram · 1966 · Rooke Books

£105.00 (€125.86 | $138.72 | ¥22,152)

Toronto, The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited , 1966. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition, presentation copy, of this poetry collection by Richard Outram. A scarce first edition. In the publisher's full cloth binding, with the original, clipped, plastic dust ...

The Poetical Works of William Falconer

William Falconer · 1836 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, William Pickering , 1836. Leather. A leatherbound pocket sized edition of the poetical works of William Falconer. Collected poems of William Falconer in the Aldine edition of the British poets. Falconer was a Scottish epic poet of the eighteenth century, mostly concern...