Poesia

The Songs of Burns

John Kenyon Lees · 1896 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,325)

London, James Hedderwick and Sons, 1896. Leather. A musical anthology of Scottish verse from renowned poet and lyricist, Robert Burns. With symphonies and accompaniments by John Kenyon Lees, and an introduction and historical notes to the rear by H. C. Shelley. Adorned with nu...

Hudibras in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars: Corrected and Amended with Large Annotations and a Preface by Zachary Grey Complete in Two Volumes.

Samuel Butler · 1744 · Rooke Books

£183.00 (€219.35 | $241.77 | ¥38,595)

London, J. Bentham, 1744. Leather. An eighteenth century edition of this famous satirical polemic. In gilt tooled speckled calf leather bindings. Illustrated with frontispiece to volume I and further plates after Hogarth with some folding. Hudibras is a mock heroic poem from t...

Quis Separabit? a Collection of Verses, Essays, and 13 Original Etchings

William Searle Hicks · 1903 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,543)

London, The Walter Scott Publishing Co. Ltd. 1903. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Searle 'Hicks' Quis Separabit?&apos. Direct from the library at Newton Hall, the 18th century country house and estate in Northumberland, with a pencil shelfmark to ...

Odes and Other Poems

Ronald Campbell Macfie · 1919 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London , John Murray, 1919. First edition. Cloth. The first and only edition of Odes and Other Poems. Ronald Campbell Macfie was not only a poet but also a medical doctor and a science writer with interests in eugenics and evolution. He criticised Darwinism and theorised about...

Guido and Lita: A Tale of the Riviera

Marquis of Lorne · 1875 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1875. Cloth. A Victorian poem, set on the Riviera, from the Marquis of Lorne. Third edition. With an engraved frontispiece. In a cloth binding with gilt detailing. Externally, sound, though with some sunning and bumping, and rubbing to the rear. Inte...

Verses and Translations

C. S. Claverly · 1891 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,216)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1891. Cloth. A small volume of a collection of poetry by C. S. Claverly. Charles Stuart Calverley was an English poet and wit. He was the literary father of what has been called "the university school of humour". In a green cloth binding with gilt...

Month by Month Poems for Children

T. Pym · 0 · Rooke Books

£33.99 (€40.74 | $44.91 | ¥7,169)

London , William Wells Gardner, c1880. Cloth. A charming poetry book for children. With twelve illustrations by T. Pym. With a poem for each month of the year with an accompanying illustration. In an embellished green cloth binding. Externally, sound with slight rubbing. Inter...

Poems and Miscellaneous Verse

J. Wells Thatcher · 1913 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,325)

London , Knapp, Drewett and Sons, 1913. Cloth. An extensive and varied collection of poetry, including translations by Ovid and Horace, Songs and humorous verse. Presentation copy from J Wells Thatcher to his 'Darling daughter, Maud&apos. Thatcher collated all these poems...

Selection from the Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning · 1884 · Rooke Books

£29.00 (€34.76 | $38.31 | ¥6,116)

London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1884. Cloth. The first series of a selection of poems from Elizabeth Barrett Browning. New edition. Including Bertha in the Lane, The Romaunt of the Page, Lady Geraldine's Courtship and many others. In a brown cloth binding. Externally, smart,...

Poems and Poems of Wit and Humour

Thomas Hood · 1859 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

London , Edward Moxon, 1859-1860. Cloth. Two uniformly-bound collections of the poetry of Thomas Hood. Containing Poems by Thomas Hood (1859, eleventh edition) and Poems of Wit and Humour (1860, ninth edition). With a frontispiece to Poems, and a publisher's catalogue to ...

Hunting, Racing, Coaching, and Boxing Ballads

G. A. Fothergill · 1926 · Rooke Books

£26.99 (€32.35 | $35.66 | ¥5,692)

London, Heath Cranton Limited, 1926. Cloth. A collection of sporting ballads from the early twentieth-century. Illustrated throughout with numerous plates. Including A Horse-Lover's Penalty, Old Rag of Red, 'Chasing at Aintree and many others. In a cloth binding. Ext...

The Rhymes and Rhapsodies of Oliver Grey

Oliver Grey · 1898 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London and New York, George Routledge & Sons Limited, 1898. Cloth. A scarce collection of the poetry of Oliver Grey. Including titles such as New Year's Eve, Mont St. Michel, She and many others. In a green cloth binding. Externally, smart, with just some bumping and slig...

Poems by C. Churchill

C. Churchill · 1965 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,870)

London , John Churchill, 1965. Cloth. A scarce copy of this collection of poems by Charles Churchill. Containing The Conference, The Candidate, Gotham (In Three Books), Farewell and many others. Charles Churchill (February, 1732 – 4 November 1764), was an English poet and sati...

Poems, Pastorals, and Songs

Alexander Mackay · 1866 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London , A. Fullarton and Co. 1866. Cloth. A scarce collection of religious verse by Francis Alexander Mackay. With a selection of the author's work, the volume makes for an interesting set of examples into Nineteeth Century religous poetry and songs. In decorative cloth ...

Some Midland Musings and Other Verses in the Lighter View

John Cotton · 1910 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,434)

London , Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co. Ltd, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A scarce collection of verse by John Cotton Some Midland Musings and Other Verses in the Lighter View. First edition. Cotton's collection of poetry was written over a forty year period. Wr...

Original and Select Poems, for Young People

Various · 1856 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,543)

London , Darton and Clark, c1855 . Cloth. A scarce Victorian collection of children's poetry by Addison, Cowper, Shakespear, Southey, Wordsworth and others. The titlepage has a copperplate ink signature dated 1856. Dated from WorldCat. In a half cloth binding with marbled...

Paradisus Dubitantis: An Heroic Poem

Robert Gathorne-Hardy · 1929 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

Reading , Privately Printed with Bradley and Son Ltd. 1929. First edition. Hardback. A copy of this first and limited edition botanical-themed poem. First Edition. One of an edition of forty copies. Unusual Reading Imprint Robert Gathorne-Hardy (31 July 1902 - 11 February 1973...

Fibulae

The Hon. Stephen Coleridge · 1889 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London , Kegan Paul, Trench and Co. 1889. Cloth. A very scarce copy of Fibulae a collection of poems by The Hon. Stephen Coleridge. A signed copy with a dedication in ink by the author to front free endpaper. Stephen William Buchanan Coleridge (1854-1936) was an English author...

The Poems of Master Francois Villon of Paris Now First Done Into English Verse, in the Original Forms, with a Biographical and Critical Introduction

Francois Villon; John Payne · 1892 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,088)

London, The Villon Society, 1892. Vellum. A limited edition of this collection of the poems of Francois Villon, privately published for the Villon Society. Arranged and introduced by John Payne. John Payne (23 August 1842 – 11 February 1916) was an English poet and translator....

L&Apos;Homme Des Champs, Ou Les Georgiques Francoises

Jacques Delille · 1800 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,543)

Basle, Jacques Decker, 1800. Leather. An attractively bound copy of Delille's poems Featuring several illustrated plates. With the book label of Mrs Byrne of Cabinteely to the title page. Jacques Delille (June 22, 1738 – May 1, 1813) was a French poet and translato In a f...