Poesia

Ode on St. Cecilia&Apos;S Day

John Dryden; [Robert Ward] · 1854 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1854. Disbound. A very scarce Latin edition of John Dryden's beautiful poem commemorating the St. Cecilia's day, the saint patron of music, written here in both English and Latin. A very scarce edition of this poem, with both the English and L...

Bodiam Castle a Poem in Six Cantos

George Stonestreet Griffin-Stonestreet · 1818 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.23 | $759.66 | ¥121,307)

London, Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1818. First edition. Fine Binding. A smart copy of this very scarce poem regarding the 14th century moated castle in East Sussex, Bodiam Castle. In a full morocco binding, with gilt stamping to the board edges. Prior owner's inscription t...

The Works in Verse and Prose of William Shenstone

William Shenstone · 1764 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, R and J Dodsley, 1764. First edition. Leather. A smart, first edition copy of William Shenstone's verse and prose. A beautifully presented work, with several detailed engravings. With an engraved frontispiece to both volumes and an engraved Kingfisher vignette to ...

Epistle to a Friend on the Death of John Thornton

[William Hayley] · 1780 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, J. Dodsley, 1780. Disbound. The second edition of this sentimental poem remembering the life of William Hayley's good friend, John Thornton, written on the death of the latter. The second edition of this work. Half-title present. Collated, complete, with the final...

Hobbinol, or the Rural Games. A Burlesque Poem in Blank Verse

William Somvervile · 1740 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)

London, J. Stagg, 1740. Disbound. The second edition of this humorous and popular burlesque poem, about country life and the Cotswolds Games, written by the influential poet William Somervile. The second edition of this work, an uncommon find. This second edition was published...

Almeria: Or, Parental Advice: A Didactic Poem. Addressed to the Daughters of Great Britain and Ireland

[Mrs. Cutts] · 1775 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, E. and J. Rodwell, 1775. Disbound. The second edition of this didactic poem of advice to the daughters of Great Britain and Ireland, advising them on how to achieve domestic bliss. The second edition of this work. No author is attributed to the title page, but ESTC cit...

Jellyfish Cupful

Various · 1997 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Ulysses, 1997. Cloth. A limited edition work honouring the poet John Fuller, containing contributions of poems and other works by a wide variety of authors. A limited edition work, limited to two-hundred copies, of which one-hundred were for private circulation. A coll...

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam · 1936 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.80 | $1,182.42 | ¥188,817)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1936. Fine Binding. A finely bound Bayntun-Riviere copy of this famous poem by the Persian philosopher and poet. With the binder's stamp 'Bayntun Riviere' to the verso of front endpaper. This copy is posted from the Golden Treasury Seri...

Poematia Latine Partim Reddita

Vincent Bourne · 1840 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Gulielmus Pickering, 1840. Leather. A nicely bound collection of Vincent Bourne's Latin poems, both his own poetry and his translations of other poems into Latin, with a life of Bourne by John Mitford. A collection of the Neo-Latin poetry of Vincent Bourne, as wel...

Poems

Samuel Rogers · 1834 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, T. Cadell, 1834. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this collection of poetry by the Romantic nineteenth century poet Samuel Rogers, engraved throughout by Turner and Stothard. The first edition of this work. A collection of poems by Samuel Rogers, a nineteen...

The Giaour, the Siege of Corinth a Poem Parisina a Poem, the Prisoner of Chillon and Other Poems, Poems on Domestic Circumstances (1816), Monody on the Death of the Right Honourable R B Sheridan (1817), the Lament of Tasso (1817), Manfred a Dramatic Poem (1817), Mazeppa (1819), Beppo a Venetian Story (1818), the Age of Bronze (1823)

Lord Byron · 1813 · Rooke Books

£9,950.00 (€11,926.65 | $13,145.34 | ¥2,099,141)

London, John Murray, 1813-16. First edition. Fine Binding. A beautifully bound collection of Lord Byron's poetry. A selection of first edition issues of his poems, with a finely executed fore-edge painting depicting the castle of Chillon. With two plates to the Siege of C...

Real Property

Harold Monro · 1922 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, The Poetry Bookshop, 1922. First edition. Hardback. The first edition, a limited edition, of a charming collection of poetry by Harold Monro. Signed by the author. The first edition of this work. Signed by the author to the edition page. A limited edition, numbered one...

Tewkesbury Abbey and Other Poems

John R. Keble · 1944 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Exeter, Printed at the Catholic Records Press, [1944]. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this charming collection of poetry by John Richard Keble; signed and dedicated by the author. A very scarce copy, with only two copies held at Oxford University and the Briti...

In Praise of Swinbrook Poetry and Prose

Jean Rhodes Zivkovic · 1992 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Oxford, The Amate Press, 1992. First edition. Paperback. A scarce first limited edition copy of this charming collection of poetry and prose about the small village of Swinbrook; written, illustrated, and signed by the author. Containing the following works: 'In Praise of...

An Election Ball in Poetical Letters in the Zomerzetshire Dialect, from Mr. Inkle, a Freeman of Bath, to His Wife at Glocester: With a Poetical Address to John Miller, Esq. At Batheaston Villa.

[Christopher Anstey] · 1776 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

Bath, Printed for the Author By S. Hazard, 1776. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce work of poetry by Christopher Anstey. Dating from the late eighteenth century this satirical work is written in a Somerset dialect. Very scarce. Disbound, with the original sewn binding failing. ...

The Widow of Nain, the Outlaw of Taurus, and Other Poems

Rev. Thomas Dale · 1842 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Tilt and Bogue, 1842. Leather. A lovely example of the poetical works of the noted poet Rev. Thomas Dale. A very scarce vast collection of poetry by the Rev. Thomas Dale. Thomas Dale was a priest, poet and theologian of the 18th and 19th centuries. Handsomely bound in ...

The Five Nations

Rudyard Kipling · 1903 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Methuen and Co, 1903. Vellum. A limited edition copy of Rudyard Kipling's collection of poetry 'The Five Nations', containing poems about British soldiers. A limited edition work printed on hand-made paper, being limited to two-hundred copies. The limite...

Poems of Charles Churchill

Charles Churchill; James Laver (ed.) · 1933 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, King's Printers, 1933. First edition. Cloth. Collected poetical works by the renowned eighteenth century satirist Charles Churchill, edited by James Laver and published here in a two volume limited edition set by the King's Printers. Charles Churchill was bes...

Fragments of Descriptive Verse

John B Meredith · 1904 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, S W Partridge and Co, 1904-08. First edition. Cloth. Three volumes of this scarce poetry collection by John B Meredith. In the original red cloth bindings. The poems are illustrated, with charming vignettes. With a frontispiece of John B Meredith to the third volume. T...

Songs and Ballads with Other Short Poems, Chiefly of the Reign of Philip and Mary Edited from a Manuscript in the Ashmolean Museum

Thomas Wright (ed.) · 1860 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, J. B. Nichols and Sons, 1860. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce collection of poetical works edited by noted antiquarian Thomas Wright. The first edition. Very scarce. Printed for The Roxburghe Club. The Roxburghe Club is an exclusive biblio...