Poesia

The Shadow of Cain

Edith Sitwell · 1947 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, John Lehmann, 1947. First edition. Hardback. A lovely copy of this poetry book by Edith Sitwell, written during the war. The first edition in its unclipped dust wrapper. A lovely copy of this poetry book by Edith Sitwell, the eldest of the three literary Sitwells. One ...

Gospel of Fire: Poems by Francis Berry

Francis Berry · 1933 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Elkin Mathews, 1933. First edition. Hardback. A delightful collection of poems relating to the everyday life by Francis Berry. The very scarce first edition, and the author's signed presentation copy. The first edition of Francis Berry"s collection of poems. A ver...

Poems on Several Occasions

Matthew Prior · 1718 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Jacob Tonson, 1718. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this selected poetry collection of Matthew Prior, containing a variety of his best known works, illustrated with a frontispiece. The first edition of this work.The poetry of Matthew Prior.ESTC citation nu...

Caesar Remembers and Other Poems

William Kean Seymour · 1929 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this collection of poems by William Kean Seymour. The first edition with an original hand-written poem by the author. William Kean Seymour's collection of poetry, a first edition. Most of these poems ap...

Rococo

Ralph Cheever Dunning · 1926 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Paris, Edward W. Titus, 1926. Hardback. A limited edition poem by the mysterious poet Ralph Cheever Dunning, with three illustrations by Howard Simon. Ralph Cheever Dunning (1878-1930) was an American poet who moved to Paris in 1905. Apathetic regarding the publication of his ...

Northern Garlands; the Yorkshire Garland; the Northumberland Garland; the North-Country Chorister: An Unparalleled Variety of Excellent Songs; Bishoprick Garland, or a Collection of Legends, Songs, Ballads; Gammer Gurtons&Apos;S Garland: Or, the Nursery Parnassus.

Joseph Ritson · 1809 · Rooke Books

£2,200.00 (€2,637.05 | $2,906.51 | ¥464,132)

London, Robert Triphook; Nichols, and Baldwin & Cradock, 1809-1834. First edition. Leather. Six volumes of renowned antiquary Joseph Ritson's collected, edited songs and ballads stemming from Northern England. Six works of collected songs, ballads and poems, bound togethe...

Poems from the Works of Charles Cotton

Charles Cotton; Claud Lovat Fraser [ed] · 1922 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, The Poetry Bookshop, 1922. First edition. Cloth. The illustrated first edition of this selection of the works from seventeenth century English poet Charles Cotton. The first edition of this work, with decorative title page and illustrations to each of the fourteen poem...

Early Victorian Printers&Apos; Poetry

Stephen Nott · 1978 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Plymouth , Plymouth College of Art and Design , 1978. First edition. Paperback. A fantastic pamphlet, the first limited edition containing early Victorian Printers' poetry compiled by Stephen Nott. A very scarce volume. A very scarce pamphlet, being the first limited edit...

Andrew Marvell: Selected Poems and Thomas Hood: Selected Poems

Andrew Marvell; Thomas Hood; Fred Marnau; Clifford Dyment · 1948 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, The Grey Wall Press, 1948. First edition. Cloth. Two volumes in the Crown Classics series containing selected poems by celebrated authors Andrew Marvell and Thomas Hood. The first editions. The first editions. In the Crown Classics series.  Andrew Marvell: Selected P...

The Charmer: A Collection of Songs, Chiefly Such As Are Eminent for Poetical Merit

Various · 1782 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)

Edinburgh, J. Sibbald, 1782. Leather. A scarce two volume collection of songs from the late eighteenth century, bound in contemporary leather. ESTC Citation No. T73497.Containing songs from Voltaire, Sheridan, Stevens, Lansdown, Mrs. Barbauld, R. Scott, Cunningham, Milton, S. ...

Select Scottish Ballads

Various · 1783 · Rooke Books

£1,150.00 (€1,378.46 | $1,519.31 | ¥242,614)

London, J. Nichols, 1783. Leather. A scarce collection of both tragic and humorous Scottish ballads, complete in two volumes and bound in a smart leather binding. ESTC Citation No. T55179.Edited by John Pinkerton (1758-1826), a Scottish antiquarian and author. This work was fi...

Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.

Sir Walter Scott · 1848 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

Edinburgh & London, Robert Cadell; Houlston & Stoneman, 1848. Leather. A smart twelve volume collection of the poetical works of important Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott. Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish novelist and poet. Scott remains a celebrated figure in Scot...

Ballads of Old Birmingham

E. M. Rudland · 1915 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

London, David Nutt, 1915. Vellum. A smart, signed collection of poetry relating to Birmingham by E. M. Rudland. A lyrical collection, containing Rudland's ballads of Old Birmingham. With poems such as 'The Song of the Midland Men', 'Barr Beacon', &apos...

Epistles in Verse

[Richard Sharp] · 1828 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, John Murray, 1828. First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of this very scarce verse collection, the first edition presented to his friend Joseph Jekyll, a politician and grandfather of the gardener Gertrude Jekyll. The very scarce first edition of th...

The Shepheard&Apos;S Calender

Edmund Spenser · 1898 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Harper, 1898. Cloth. A delightful edition of the Elizabethan poet's first major work, illustrated throughout by Walter Crane. A decorative edition of Edmund Spencer's first major work, originally published in 1579. There is one full page illustration for each...

The Christmas Box, or, New Year&Apos;S Gift

1889 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London, Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press &C; Simpkin Marshall & Co; Hamilton, Adams & Co, 1889-90. Cloth. A charming festival collection of poetry, a wonderful work illustrated here with woodcuts throughout. A 1889-90 facsimile of this original 1825 work by the Religious Tra...

The Biglow Papers

James Russell Lowell · 1859 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, John Camden Hotten, 1859. Leather. The first edition published in England, of this humorous poetical work by American writer James Russell Lowell, in a leather binding. James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) was an American poet, editor and diplomat remembered for his associ...

The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith · 1831 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

London, William Pickering, 1831. Leather. A charming pocket-sized collection of the poetry of Oliver Goldsmith in a leather binding. Written by Irish author Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774). A writer of both fiction, poetry and non-fiction, Goldsmith's other works include his...

Underwoods

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1887 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1887. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this poetry collection by celebrated author Robert Louis Stevenson. This work comprises two books, the first containing thirty-eight poems in English and the second with sixteen poems in Scots.Robert Lou...

Shepherd Songs of Elizabethan England

Adelaide L. J. Gosset · 1912 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Constable and Company Ltd. 1912. Cloth. A scarce collection of Elizabethan shepherd verses, complete with the extremely scarce dust wrapper. This work details all manner of the verses recited by shepherds during the reign of Elizabeth I.Contains verses by Edmund Spense...