Poesia

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 1831 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Paris, A. and W. Galignani, 1831. Leather. A nicely bound collection of poetry by Sir Walter Scott, illustrated with a frontispiece. A collection of poetry by Walter Scott, including 'he Lady of the Lake', 'The Lay of the Last Minstrel', 'Rokeby',...

The Testament of Beauty

Robert Bridges · 1929 · Rooke Books

£64.00 (€76.71 | $84.55 | ¥13,502)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this famed philosophical poem by Robert Bridges. This is the large paper copy, which is a limited edition. Number 237 of 250 copies published of this work, which have been printed in Great Britain by Joh...

Le Tombeau de Theophile Gautier

Various; Theophile Gautier; Swinburne et al. · 1873 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.82 | ¥78,059)

Paris, Alphonse de Lemerre, 1873. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce collection of poetry written and published in memory of French author, Theophile Gautier. Contributors to this work include Victor Hugo, Emile Blemont, Leon Cladel, E Corra, John Payne and...

Obras de D. Francisco Child Rolim de Moura

Francisco Child Rolim De Moura · 1853 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Lisboa, Escriporio Da Bibliotheca Portugueza, 1853. Hardback. A excellent copy of this work of nineteenth century Portuguese poetry by Francisco Child Rolim De Moura. Rebound. This is a pleasing copy of this scarce work of poetry. In the original Portuguese. This volume featur...

The Works of Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated. Vicar of Wakefield, Select Poems, and Comedies

Oliver Goldsmith · 1885 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1885. Leather. A nicely illustrated copy of the works of Oliver Goldsmith, including his most popular work 'The Vicar of Wakefield&apos. This volume contains 'The Vicar of Wakefield', 'She Stoops to Conquer', '...

Rakings over Many Seasons

Richard Trott Fisher · 1876 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Basil Montagu Pickering, 1876. Cloth. A very scarce author's presentation copy of this collection of poetry by Richard Trott Fisher. A very scarce work. Authors presentation copy, with his ink inscription to the half title, 'The Reverend John Fuller, from the...

The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore.

Thomas Moore · 1900 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Ward, Lock, Bowden and Co. c1900. Cloth. A lovely collection of the poetical works of the Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer Thomas Moore, best remembered for the lyrics of "The Minstrel Boy" and for his role as Lord Byron's named literary executor. I...

The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; William Michael Rossetti · 0 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, War, Lock and Co. c1882. Leather. A charming collection of the poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, one of the most widely known and best-loved American poet of his lifetime. Renowned for his iconic lyric poems that often presented stories of mythology and leg...

Amyntor and Theodora or the Hermit a Poem in Three Cantos

David Mallett · 1747 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

London, Paul Vaillant , 1747. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this poem by Scottish dramatist David Mallet. An uncommon work, complete with half-titles. The author of this work is not stated to the title page, although this work is commonly attributed and is known...

The Poetical Works of William Cowper

William Cowper · 1852 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1852. Leather. An illustrated collection of William Cowper's poetical works, in an attractive gilt embellished fine binding with charming gilt page edges. William Cowper was the one of the foremost poets of the eighteenth century and for severa...

Poems by Allan Ramsay

Allan Ramsay · 1721 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.99 | $1,981.71 | ¥316,453)

Edinburgh, Mr. Thomas Ruddiman, 1721. Leather. A scarce collection of poetical works by the poet and writer of the late seventeenth and eighteenth century, Allan Ramsay. This first edition is illustrated with portrait of the author to the frontispiece. Incomplete. One volume o...

Poems

George Francis Armstrong · 1869 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, E. Moxon, Son and Co. 1869. Cloth. A scarce small volume featuring the poetical works of George Francis Armstrong Scarce. This charming volume features the poetical work of the writer, George Francis Armstrong. Poems featured include: Slain in the Forefront, Sundered F...

Tales

George Crabbe · 1812 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, J. Hatchard, 1812. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this collection of poetry by George Crabbe, bound in a full tree calf binding. The first edition of this work. 'Tales' is a collection of poetry by George Crabbe, which includes 'The Dumb Or...

Devonshire Scenery; Its Inspiration in the Prose and Song of Various Authors

Various; William Everitt · 1884 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Exeter, William Pollard, 1884. Cloth. A limited edition collection of charming songs and poems about the Devonshire area in England. A limited edition work, being numbered nine out of one of one-hundred copies printed on large handmade paper. This work is a collection of songs...

The Works of Edmund Waller Esq in Verse and Prose

Edmund Waller · 1730 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Mr Fenton; J Tonson, 1730. Leather. A clean early eighteenth century edition of Edmund Waller's poetry in a lovely original binding, with some observations on Waller's poems to the rear. Illustrated, with a portrait frontispiece and a further three plates. Th...

Poems

Alexander Smith · 1853 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, David Bogue, 1853. Cloth. A collection of poetical works by Alexander Smith, in a attractive cloth binding. An uncommon collection of poetry. This charming small cloth bound volume features the work of the poet, Alexander Smith. An essayist as well as a poet, Smith was...

The Genuine Poetical Works of Charles Cotton, Esq; Containing, I. Scarronides: Or, Virgil Travestie II. Lucian Burlesqu&Apos;D: Or, the Scoffer Scoff&Apos;D III. The Wonders of the Peake

Charles Cotton · 1741 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, J. and J. Bonwicke, 1741. Leather. An illustrated collection of three of Charles Cotton's works, illustrated with nine folding plates. A collection of three works by Charles Cotton, including 'Scarronides: or, Virgil Travestie', 'Lucian Burlesqu&apo...

Love of Fame the Universal Passion in Seven Characteristical Satires

[Edward Young] · 1730 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.82 | ¥78,059)

London, J. Tonson, 1730. Leather. An excellent copy of the third edition of this scarce collection of satires by noted poet Edward Young. Collated complete with all half titles present. The third edition. Scarce. Edward Young was an English poet, philosopher and theologian bes...

A Cape Horn Calm and Other Verses

R. M. Ballantyne · 1911 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

Edinburgh, James Nisbet & Co. Limited, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A charming copy of this collection of poetry, inscribed by the author's daughter. First edition. Scarce. With an inscription by the author's daughter, Isobel, to the title page reading: "Robert James ...

Collected Poems 1944-1979

Kingsley Amis · 1980 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

New York, The Viking Press, 1980. Paperback. A scarce copy of the US proof copy for this collection of Amis's poetical works. Kingsley Amis was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. Amis's first novel Lucky Jim was an immediate success and marked the beginni...