Poesia

The Shipwreck: A Poem

William Falconer · 1804 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, William Miller, 1804. Fine Binding. A wonderfully bound epic poem by this Scottish writer, himself lost to a shipwreck. This is an epic poem by Scottish writer William Falconer (1732-1769). Falconer's writing was concerned mostly with the sea, having also written ...

The Book of Gems the Modern Poets and Artists of Great Britain

Samuel Carter Hall; Various · 1838 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, Whittaker and Co. 1838. First edition. Leather. A finely bound collection of the most popular Georgian poets, such as Byron and Shelley, illustrated throughout. In a decorative morocco binding. The first edition of this work.In a striking fine binding, bound by Westley...

The Poetical Works of Professor Wilson

John Wilson · 1858 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1858. Leather. An anthology of the poetry of the Scotsman John Wilson, including all of his most beloved poems. A collection of the poetical works of the Scottish poet, Professor John Wilson.Wilson was known for writing under the pseudonym C...

A Portrait and a Poem

[Stephen Vincent Benet] · 1934 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.46 | ¥84,388)

Privately Printed, Paris, 1934. Fine Binding. A finely bound, privately printed copy of Stephen Vincent Benet's poems. A very scarce work by this celebrated American poet. With a portrait frontispiece of Brigadier General Stephen Benet, in addition to two more plates. Co...

Great Horses and Gallant Horsemen

Various; Mary Vaughan · 1988 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Quiller Press, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of this equestrian poetry collection, signed by the illustrator, John King. The first edition of this work.Signed by the illustrator to the recto to the front endpaper.In the original unclipped dust...

The Roman Lewis Carroll&Apos;S Copy

Sydney Yendys, [Sydney Dobell] · 1852 · Rooke Books

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

London, Richard Bentley, 1852. Cloth. Lewis Carroll's copy of Sydney Dobell's noted poem on political liberty in Italy, 'The Roman&apos. Signed by Carroll to the title page. There are references to Dobell in Carroll's letters when he discusses meeting Tenny...

Poems in the Porch

John Betjeman · 1954 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)

London, S.P.C.K. 1954. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition of John Betjeman's popular verses that he read on the radio, signed and illustrated by John Piper. The first edition of this work.Signed by the illustrator, John Piper, to the title page.'Poems i...

Primeval Gods

Christopher Sandford · 1934 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.86 | ¥48,523)

London, Boar's Head Press, 1934. Vellum. A scarce signed limited edition work, specially bound in a quarter vellum binding, a poetry collection illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Signed by the author to the edition page.A limited edition work, limited to one-hundred and...

The Compleat Angler

Izaak Walton; Arthur Rackham · 1931 · Rooke Books

£800.00 (€958.93 | $1,056.91 | ¥168,775)

London, George G Harrap, 1931. Fine Binding. A finely bound copy of Arthur Rackham's 'The Compleat Angler&apos. With a frontispiece, and eleven plates by Arthur Rackham. Collated, complete. During the "Golden Age" of British book illustration Rackham was one of its l...

Divine Fancies, Digested Into Epigrams, Meditations, and Observations

Francis Quarles · 1675 · Rooke Books

£975.00 (€1,168.69 | $1,288.11 | ¥205,695)

London, T. D. for John Williams, 1675. Leather. A very scarce poetical work by the Royalist Francis Quarles, containing scathing poems that attack the Puritans and Papists. A very scarce work.A poetry collection of epigrams, meditations, and observations.In 'Divine Fancie...

The Poetical Works of Mr. William Collins

William Collins · 1771 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, 1771. Leather. A wonderful collection of the poems of the influential William Collins, the pre-Romantic poet. A collection of astounding poetry of William Collins, an English who was one of the most influential of the eighteenth century, a...

Poems

William Mason · 1773 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

York, A Ward, 1773 . Fine Binding. A very smart third edition of William Mason's poems, including his monody to the memory of Mr Pope. His Musaeus is a 'monody' to the memory of Mr Pope in Imitation of Milton's Lycidas. With Odes and Elegies. In a very sma...

Farewell, Aggie Weston

Charles Causley · 1951 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Aldington, Kent, The Hand and Flowers Press, 1951. Paperback. An uncommon copy of this poetical work from English poet, Charles Causley, in the original publisher's paper wraps. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Part of the Poems in Pamphlet series produced by...

Right Royal

John Masefield · 1920 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, William Heinemann, 1920. First edition. Vellum. A scarce, signed limited edition of this poem by John Masefield. Signed by Masefield to the limitation page. John Masefield was a noted English poet and writer. He was poet laureate for over thirty-seven years. His best ...

English Sacred Poetry, of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries

Various; Robert Aris Willmott · 1862 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London, Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1862. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound collection of the best examples of British poetry from the last few centuries, illustrated throughout with detailed engravings. The first edition of this work.A collection of fantastic and...

Original Manuscript Poem Laurence Housman

Edmund J Sullivan · 1898 · Rooke Books

£4,200.00 (€5,034.37 | $5,548.79 | ¥886,070)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1898. Cloth. An original unpublished manuscript poem by Laurence Houseman written to the half-title of Thomas Carlyle's 'Sartor Resartus&apos. 'To Iris, Xmas 1898Until Man blossoms into wingsand sits upon a cloud and singsHe has to ...

Old Ballads Historical and Narrative

Thomas Evans · 1810 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, W. Bulmer and Co, 1810. Leather. A complete collection of the historical and narrative poetry of the bookseller Thomas Evans. Complete in four volumes.A collection of historical and narrative poems by the London bookseller Thomas Evans.Containing the poems, 'Count...

The Fall of Veii

Anon · 1837 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Anon, Anon, 1837. Disbound. A very scarce historical poem which was privately printed following its recital at Rugby School. The first and only edition of this work. No records of this poem being held institutionally. The title page states that this poem was recited in Rugby ...

Ma Philosophie

Charles Joseph Dorat · 1771 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

A La Haye, Dilalain, 1771. First edition. Disbound. A scarce, first edition of Claude Joseph Dorat's philosophical poem 'Ma Philosophie&apos. With an illustrated frontispiece. Disbound, as issued. Complete with the half-title and errata to the rear. In the original F...

Deutsche Lyrik

C. A. Buchheim · 1908 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1908. Leather. A selection of popular and beautiful original German verse, in a full calf signed binding by Bickers & Sons. In a signed binding by Bickers & Sons.A collection of popular German poems, here in the original German.Illustrated wi...