Poesia

Songs of the Maid and Other Ballads

John Huntley Skrine · 1896 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Westminster, Archibald Constable, 1896 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of John Huntley Skrine's very scarce 1896 volume of ballads and lyrical poets. A presentation copy of the very scare first edition of this collection of poetry from John Huntley Skrine. ...

The Dales of the Arcady

Dorothy Una Ratcliffe · 1918 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Erskine Macdonald, 1918. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this wonderful collection of short verses from socialite Dorothy Una Ratcliffe. A signed first edition of the first published work from English socialite, heiress and author Dorothy Una Ratcli...

Poems

Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1803 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London , N. Biggs for T. N Longman and O. Rees, 1803 . Leather. The third edition of this collection of poetry by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This is a third edition copy of Poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This volume includes many of Coleridge's poems, including Songs of ...

Seria Ludo

A Dilettante; [Charles John Darling] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Longmans, Green & Co, 1903. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition poetry collection by Charles Darling, a wonderful collection bound by Sotheran. First edition.A very scarce work.In a lovely crimson crushed morocco binding by Henry Sotheran & Co. A volum...

Antar and Zara, an Eastern Romance, Inisfail and Other Poems Meditative and Lyrical

Aubrey de Vere · 1877 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Henry S. King, 1877. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first edition of this scarce volume of poetry from Ireland's Aubrey de Vere. The scarce first edition of this collection of poetry from Irish poet and critic Aubrey de Vere, containing his 'Easte...

Ballads and Songs

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1896 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Cassell and Company , 1896. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of William Makepeace Thackeray's anthology of ballads and songs, with illustrations by H. M. Brock. The first edition of this work. Collection of ballads and songs by the popular author Willi...

The Pleasures of Hope with Other Poems

Thomas Campbell · 1825 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1825 . Leather. A charming edition of Thomas Cambell's best known work, in a lovely full calf binding, illustrated with four engraved plates. Illustrated with an engraved title page and three further plates. Collated, c...

Oeuvres de Mr. Boileau Despreaux. Avec Des Eclaircissemens Historiques, Donnez Par Lui-Meme

Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux · 1716 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Geneve, Fabri & Barrillot, 1716. Leather. An original French collection of the important poetry of the satirical writer Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, an important edition with illutsrations. In the original French.Complete in two volumes.Bound without half-titles.Volume I illustr...

The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems

John Clare · 1821 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.46 | ¥84,388)

London, Printed for Taylor and Hessey, and E. Drury, 1821. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the second volume only of this work of poetry published early in the career of John Clare, focusing on the lives of the peasant and working classes of rural England. With an...

The Poets&Apos; Year Being Pastorl Pictures of the Seasons

Chas. W. Tinckam [editor] · 1900 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London , Frederick Warne and Co. 1900. Leather. A beautifully colour illustrated and scarce copy of a collection of poems on the seasons and months of the year. This collection of poems offers the reader contemplation of the seasons with glowing descriptions of wild-flowers, g...

The Story of Rosina

Austin Dobson · 1895 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1895 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this delightful collection of poetry from Austin Dobson, illustrated throughout by Hugh Thomson. The beautiful first edition this volume of verses from poet and essayist Austin Dobson, ...

Human Shows, Far Phantasies, Songs and Trifles

Thomas Hardy · 1925 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of the penultimate collection of poetry of Thomas Hardy, in the publisher's original full cloth binding. The first edition of Thomas Hardy's penultimate poetry collection, widely considered...

The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs

William Morris · 1877 · Rooke Books

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

London, Ellis and White, 1877 [1876] . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Morris's English language translation of the tragic Old Norse epic poem. The first edition of this epic poem from British textile designer, writer, and artist William Morris. While t...

Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold · 1908 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1908. Leather. A fine edition of the collected poetical works of Matthew Arnold, in a full calf binding with a frontispiece of the author. A fine, leather bound, thirteenth impression of this collection of work from Victorian poet and cultura...

The Earthly Paradise: A Poem Part III

William Morris · 1870 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Boston, Roberts Brothers , 1870. Cloth. A bright author's edition of part III of this epic poem by William Morris. The Earthly Paradise by William Morris, part III containing the September, October, and November parts. The epic poem is complete in twelve parts, each repre...

A Song of David and Other Poems

Alfred John Hobson · 1933 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Oxford University Press, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this collection of poems by Alfred John Hobson, a bright example of this very scarce work. A very scarce work, the first edition. A collection of poems by Alfred John Hobson, largely concern...

Sabrinae Corolla in Hortulis Regiae Scholae Salopiensis

Tres Viri Floribus Legendis [I.E. Benjamin; H. Kennedy; James Riddell] · 1890 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.50 | $103.05 | ¥16,456)

Londoni , G. Bell et Filii, 1890. Leather. The fourth edition of this charming poetry anthology featuring Latin and Greek translations, in a smart full diced calf binding. A fascinating collection of poems, with text in English accompanied by Latin or Greek translations to rec...

Poems

Greta Rowell · 1938 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

Oxford, Shakespeare Head Press, 1938. Paperback. A scare collection of twentieth-century poetry by Greta Rowell, inscribed by the author to the title page. A collection of poetry by Greta Rowell, chiefly concerning nature and British topography. Including 'Novemeber 11, 1...

Thank You, Fog

W. H. Auden; Edward Mendelson (ed) · 1974 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Faber and Faber, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A first edition collection of poems by W. H. Auden, which were published posthumously following his death in September of 1973. First Edition. In the original price-clipped dust wrapper. This is a collection of poetry by W...

The Lay of the Last Minstrel

Sir Walter Scott · 1808 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme , 1808. Hardback. A narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott, the ninth edition in a smart full calf binding. A narrative poem in six cantos by Walter Scott, a ninth edition of 1808, first published in 1805. One of Sir Walter Scott&...