Poesia

The Miscellaneous Works of Tim Bobbin

John Collier; Tim Bobbin · 1812 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

Salford, Cowdroy and Slack, 1812. Leather. A fantastic collection of satirical character sketches and images from the 'Lancashire Hogarth&apos. Featuring a frontispiece and numerous further plates featuring Collier's humorous illustrations and caricatures. 'Cont...

The Poetical Works of William Cowper

Rev. Robert Aris Willmott · 1855 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,870)

London, George Routledge and Co. 1855. Leather. A beautifully illustrated poetical anthology from prolific poet, William Cowper. Second edition. Featuring several plates, illustrated by Birket Foster. William Cowper was a English Poet born in 1731. An extremely successful poet...

Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling · 1912 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.59 | $396.34 | ¥63,271)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1912. Vellum. A scarce edition de luxe of the Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling. In a lovely vellum binding Limited edition, number thirty-one of a limited print run of five-hundred, signed by the publishers. Printed on English hand-made paper. J...

The Lay of the Last Minstrel

Walter Scott · 1854 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1854. Leather. A beautifully bound and illustrated copy of Sir Walter Scott's famous poem The Lay of The Last Minstrel. A long narrative and historical poem, The Lay of The Last Minstrel was originally published in 1805 and follows an ag...

Oliver Goldsmith&Apos;S Poems and Vicar of Wakefield

Oliver Goldsmith · 1858 · Rooke Books

£71.99 (€86.29 | $95.11 | ¥15,183)

London, Knight and Son, c1854. Leather. A lovely little copy of Goldsmith's poems and classic novel. With an embossed bookseller and bookbinder's stamp for Bennett, Langport to the front free-endpaper. With a bookbinder's label for Lewis and Sons, Gough Square, ...

The Works of William Cowper

Robert Southey · 1835 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,088)

London, Baldwin and Cradock, 1835. Leather. A fascinating biographical account of the prolific poet William Cowper, his life, poems, correspondence and Translations. Featuring a vignette title page and frontispiece of William Cowper. Bound to the rear is Poems, The Early Produ...

The Poetical Works of Henry W. Longfellow

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

£54.99 (€65.91 | $72.65 | ¥11,598)

London, E Moxon, Son and Co, c1890. Leather. A collection of the poetry of American author Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Edited, with a critical memoir, by William Michael Rossetti, and illustrated with numerous plates and vignettes throughout by Wilfred Lawson. Bound by R. S. B...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 1904 · Rooke Books

£112.00 (€134.25 | $147.97 | ¥23,621)

London, Henry Frowde, 1904. Leather. A prize binding copy of Sir Walter Scott's poetical works. With a portrait frontispiece of Sir Walter Scott. The Oxford Complete edition, edited by J Logie Robertson M.A A prize from Ashville College Harrogate to J S Marshall for their...

The Shorter Poems of Robert Bridges Books I-V

Robert Bridges · 1907 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,870)

London, Geo. Bell and Sons, 1907. Leather. An attractive collection of Bridges' poetry. A new edition. Robert Seymour Bridges, OM, (23 October 1844 – 21 April 1930) was a British poet, and poet laureate from 1913 to 1930. As a poet Bridges stands rather apart from the cur...

The Poetical Works of William Cowper

William Cowper · 0 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.93 | $59.44 | ¥9,489)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, c1885. Leather. A volume of the poetry of William Cowper. The Lansdowne Poets. Complete edition, with Memoir, Explanatory Notes, &c. Portrait and Original Illustrations. In a quarter red crushed morocco leather binding with red cloth covered boa...

The Poetical Works of the Rev George Crabbe Edited by His Son

Rev George Crabbe; A M Crabbe · 1847 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, John Murray, 1847. Fine Binding. The poetical works of George Crabbe. With a portrait frontispiece of Crabbe and engraved title page. In a lovely morocco binding with gilt stamping to boards. Edited by his son, A M Crabbe. George Crabbe is best known for his early use ...

Henry Winslow: Poems

Henry Winslow · 1953 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

Locarno, Arti Grafiche Carminati, 1953. First edition. Leather. A first and only edition of this collection of poetry. Divided into poems and sonnets. 'Henry Winslow trained in Paris as an architect at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, became a painter in tempera and water colour...

Gray&Apos;S Poetical Works, English and Latin

John Moultrie and John Mitford; Thomas Gray · 1847 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,690)

Eton, E P Williams, 1847. Fine Binding. A smartly bound poetical anthology containing the works of Thomas Gray. Second edition. Beautifully illustrated with several engraved plates throughout, and original engraved title page. With introductory stanzas by John Moultrie, and an...

The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1882 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,434)

London , Frederick Warne and Co, 1882. Leather. A illustrated anthology containing the works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Reprinted from the revised American edition, including recent poems and memoir. Featuring a frontispiece of Longfellow and illustrated throughout. In a c...

Rural Tales Ballads and Songs

Robert Bloomfield · 1803 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Vernor and Hood, 1803. Leather. A collection of tales, ballads and songs. With an engraved frontispiece of Robert Bloomfield. This is the third edition of this collection. Robert Bloomfield was a unique poet as he was from the labouring class. His work is appreciated i...

Illustrations of Hudibras Sixty Portraits of Celebrated Political and Literary Characters, Impostors and Enthusiasts Alluded to Butler in His Hudibras.

Samuel Butler; R Cooper · 1821 · Rooke Books

£480.00 (€575.35 | $634.15 | ¥101,233)

London, Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1821. Leather. A wonderful collection of portraits of characters from Samuel Butler's mock heroic poem. With each plate by R Cooper. Direct from the Regency library of Elizabeth Greenly, later Lady Elizabeth Coffin Greenly. Elizabeth Gre...

The Works of Thomas Moore Volumes III and IV

Thomas Moore · 1823 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Paris, A and W Galignani, 1823. Leather. Volumes three and four of a six volume set of The Works of Thomas Moore, in attractive half-calf binding. Published by A. and W. Galignani of Paris, although in English, the works comprise all his melodies and ballads, the first time pu...

Epistles in Verse

Richard Sharp · 1828 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,399)

London, John Murray, 1828. Leather. The first edition of Epistles - In Verse. Includes Epistles to a Very Young Lady, Epistle from the Alps, Epistle to a Friend on Marriage, and many more. Presentation copy from the author, Richard Sharp the well known and well connected Regen...

A Venetian Lover

Edward King · 1897 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.08 | ¥125,487)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1897. Leather. A scarce handsome edition of this poem by Edward King. First edition, first impression. In a full calf binding with gilt detailing. Externally smart, with just some light shelfwear. Internally, generally firmly bound, th...

Poetical Works

Robert Browning · 1910 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,870)

London, Smith, Elder, and Co. 1910. Leather. An beautiful complete two volume set of poems written by Robert Browning (May 1812 – December 1889), an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. Browning is often know...