Poesia

Decii Junii Juvenalis Et A. Persii Flacci Satirae

Juvenal; Persius · 1771 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,661)

Paris, Barbou, 1771. Leather. A lovely leather bound edition comprising the satires of Juvenal and Persius. The Satires are a collection of satirical poems by the Latin author Juvenal written in the late first and early second centuries AD.Featuring an analysis and commentary ...

Franciscanus Et Fratres & Operum Poetcorum Pars Altera: In Qua Tragoediae Sacrae Et Exterae.

George Buchanan · 1609 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.74 | ¥137,087)

Heidelberg, In Bibliopolio Commeliniano, 1609. First edition. Leather. A scarce, two volume first edition this collection of George Buchanan's poetical works. The first volume contains the poems Franciscanus et Fratres, El Egiarum, Sylvarum, Hendecasyllabon, Epigrammaton ...

Poems

Eliza Acton · 1826 · Rooke Books

£2,399.99 (€2,876.74 | $3,170.74 | ¥506,165)

London, R. Deck, Longman and Co. 1826. First edition. Leather. A bright, scarce first edition of Poems by Eliza Acton. Bound in the original publisher's boards, skilfully re-backed to suit. With the original half title. First Edition. Very scarce. Only appears once in auc...

The Village: A Poem in Two Books

George Crabbe · 1783 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)

London, J. Dodsley, 1783. First edition. Leather. A pleasing first edition of Crabbe's best poem, an unsentimental homage to English country life. First edition. In an attractive quarter calf binding, with marbled paper covered boards and red morocco spine title. Renewed ...

Parentalia and Other Poems

J. D. C. Pellow · 1923 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1923 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of the vanishingly scarce first edition of J. D. C. Pellow's poetry collection, with a lengthy handwritten letter from the author, and three original poems. The f...

The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Volume the First

Oliver Goldsmith · 1780 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, H. Goldney, 1780. Leather. The first volume of this collected edition of Oliver Goldsmith's works, including 'Deserted Village', 'Traveller' and 'The Hermit', among others. Volume the First only, of two volumes. First collected editio...

Poetry of Charles Causley

Charles Causley · 1957 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Macmillan; Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957-1968. First edition. Cloth. A very smart three volume set of poetry books by Cornish writer Charles Causley, in the original dust wrappers. A lovely three volume set of poetical works by Charles Causley.Causley was a Cornish poet, sch...

L&Apos;Allegro and IL Penseroso

John Milton · 1947 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,803)

London, Allan Wingate, 1947 . Paperback. Delightfully illustrated edition of two of John Milton's pastoral poems, "L'Allegro" and "Il Penseroso". In publisher's original pictorial soft covers.Illustrated throughout by Bernard Meninsky, a British painter of figur...

The Siller Gun. A Poem, in Four Cantos: With Notes, and a Glossary

John Mayne · 1808 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

Glocester, D. Walker, for the Author, 1808. First edition. Hardback. A sought after and very scarce copy of this poem about the annual shooting competition of the Seven Trades of Dumfries. Based on a Dumfries wapinschaw in which the competitors were members of the corporations...

The Earthly Paradise

William Morris · 1910 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1910. Cloth. A new impression of an pre-Raphaelite poetic anthology centered around frame stories of Medieval myths and Ancient legends, believed to have inspired J.R.R. Tolkein. A new impression of The Earthly Paradise, a poetic anthology, writ...

Songs of Action

Arthur Conan Doyle · 1898 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1898. First edition. Cloth. The second impression of an upbeat and adventurous anthology written by iconic British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The second impression of the first edition of Songs of Action, a rousing poetic anthology, written by ...

The Fables of Flora

Dr. Langhorne [John Langhorne] · 1794 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, T. Rickaby, for E. and S. Harding, 1794. Leather. A charming collection of moral fables in verse, blending Enlightenment ethics with the allegorical language of flowers and nature, illustrated with hand-coloured vignettes. In a quarter calf binding with marbled paper b...

The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson Poet Laureate

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1911 · Rooke Books

£299.00 (€358.40 | $395.02 | ¥63,060)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1911 . Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of poems by the notable Alfred Lord Tennyson, in a prize binding. A prize binding of the works of Alfred Lord Tennyson.In full black morocco, with gilt to fore edge.Illustrated with a fr...

The Debt

E. V. Lucas · 1914 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Methuen and Co. Ltd. 1914. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce copy of E. V. Lucas' poignant World War I poem 'The Debt&apos. The very scarce first edition of this war poem. Very scarce to find copies overall. In the original wraps.'The Debt' is...

Songs from the Journey

Wilton Agnew Barrett · 1920 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

New York, George H. Doran Company, 1920 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this selection of poems by Wilton Agnew Barrett, signed by the author and in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, signed by the author. In the publisher's original quar...

We Went to War

H. D. Gallaudet · 1939 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

New York, Coward McCann, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of H. D. Gallaudet's war poetry compilation, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original blue cloth with the original orange, unclipped dust w...

Poems with a Punch for Patriotic People

H. E. Negley [ed.] · 1918 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Indianapolis, IN, H. E. Negley, 1918 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce collection of American patriotic poetry, compiled and with a preface by H. E. Negley.  The first edition in the original pictorial paper wraps, with the flag of the USA. A ve...

Banners in the Dawn: Sixty-Four Sonnets

Vincent Starrett · 1923 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

Chicago, Walter M. Hill, 1923. First edition. Hardback. A scarce limited edition of this collection of sixty-four refined sonnets, signed and inscribed by Vincent Starrett. In the publisher's original paper covered boards.A limited edition, being one of two hundred and fi...

1919 Poemes

Jules Supervielle · 1919 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

Paris, Eugene Figuiere, 1919 . First edition. Paperback. A signed presentation copy of this collection of poetry by anti-surrealist poet Jules Supervielle. A scarce presentation copy of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper.Includes author&apos...

Oor Gate-En&Apos;

David J. Beattie · 1915 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

Galashiels, A. Walker and Son, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work on the history of the Langholm and Carlisle area in the borders region of Scotland, signed by the author to the front free endpaper.  The first edition, signed by the author to the front...