Poesia

Proverbial Philosophy

Martin F. Tupper · 1854 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Thomas Hatchard, 1854. Cloth. A smart illustrated edition of Martin Tupper's Proverbial Philosophy in the scarce original binding. In the very scarce original cloth binding.With numerous detailed engraved illustrations throughout. Undated, dated from identical cop...

The Deserted Village

Oliver Goldsmith · 1855 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Sampson Low and Son , 1855. Cloth. A smart copy of this poem of social commentary by Oliver Goldsmith with illustrations throughout. The first edition, with thirty five engraved illustrations by Etching Club. Collated complete.In the publisher's original binding. ...

The Poems of William Winter

William Winter · 1909 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,543)

New York, Moffat, Yard and Co, 1909 . First edition. Hardback. A presentation copy of this limited edition publication of the poetry of William Winter, inscribed to his daughter in law, famed actress Elsie Leslie, and with a handwritten poem by the author. A limited edition wo...

Poems

William Cowper · 1808 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

London, J. Johnston, 1808. Leather. A two volume, full calf edition of the works of celebrated nature poet William Cowper. A two volume edition of the poetical works of William Cowper.Billed as a 'New Edition, with Head and Tail-Pieces, designed by Thurston; and engraved ...

Theodric: A Domestic Tale and Other Poems

Thomas Campbell · 1824 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this collection of poetry from Scottish poet Thomas Campbell. First edition. A collection of poems including: Theodric: a Domestic Tale, To the Rainbow, Song of...

The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb

Mervyn Peake · 1962 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons LTD, 1962. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated narrative poem set in wartime London by Mervyn Peake. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb' is set dur...

English Lyricks

William Smyth · 1797 · Rooke Books

£385.00 (€461.48 | $508.64 | ¥81,198)

Liverpool, J. M'Creery; Cadell and Davies, 1797 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this late eighteenth century collection of poetry from a Liverpudlian Professor. The very scarce first edition.A charming collection of sixteen lyrics, with titles i...

The Chase; to Which Is Annexed Field Sports

William Somervile; Edward Topham · 1804 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London, Albion Press; James Cundee; T. Hurst; C. Chapple, 1804. Leather. An illustrated edition of William Somervile's best known and pioneering poem. 'The Chase' is Somervile's most popular and well known poem, written in blank verse. The poem's subje...

The Tower

W. B. Yeats · 1928 · Rooke Books

£1,600.00 (€1,917.83 | $2,113.83 | ¥337,445)

London, Macmillan & Co, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. The second impression of W. B. Yeats's celebrated poetry collection, in the beautiful pictorial cloth binding, and unclipped dust wrapper. The second impression of the first edition of this work, published only one mont...

The Treasury of Sacred Song Selected from the English Lyrical Poetry of Four Centuries with Notes Explanatory and Biographical

Francis. T. Palgrave · 1889 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,702)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1889. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this treasury of English lyrical poetry, smartly bound in a quarter paper vellum binding. The first edition of this work in a quarter paper vellum binding, with gilt detailing to the spine. Francis Tu...

Songs of the Road

A. Conan Doyle · 1911 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1911. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition, first impression of Conan Doyle's poetry collection. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front board. Ar...

Poetica Erotica: A Collection of Rare and Curious Amatory Verse

T. R. Smith [ed] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

New York , Crown Publishers, 1927. Leather. A collection of erotic poetry edited by T. R. Smith and bound in crushed half Morocco by Sangorski. The second edition, first published in 1921. Bound in crushed half morocco with marbled paper to the boards. Bound by Sangorski & Sut...

Original Poems by John Dryden

John Dryden · 1770 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

Glasgow, Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for the University of Glasgow, 1770. Leather. A small two-volume set of the poems of England's first Poet Laureate John Dryden, in full calf bindings. A two volume set in full speckled calf bindings. Ink inscription to the titl...

Miscellaneous Poems

John Byrom · 1773 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,707)

Manchester, J. Harrop, 1773. First edition. Leather. The first collected edition of the poetry of John Byrom, a noted poet and inventor of shorthand. The first collected edition.Complete in two volumes.Half-title is present to each volume. Illustrated with one engraved head-pi...

Les Rosecroix, Poã¨Me En Douze Chants

Évariste de Parny · 1807 · Rooke Books

£194.00 (€232.54 | $256.30 | ¥40,915)

Paris, A. A. Renouard, 1807. First edition. Leather. A lovely pocket-sized copy of Évariste de Parny's poem 'Les Rosecroix', in a half calf binding. The first edition of this work in a half speckled calf binding with marbled boards. Ink inscription to the half t...

A Cabinet of Gems, Cut and Polished by Sir Philip Sidney; Now, for the More Radiance, Presented without Their Setting by George Macdonald

Sir Philip Sidney; George MacDonald [editor] · 1892 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Elliot Stock, 1892. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of poetry from Sir Philip Sidney. A Cabinet of Gems, Cut and Polished by Sir Philip Sidney; Now, for the More Radiance, Presented without Their Setting by George MacDonald. With a portrait frontispiec...

The Beauties of Pope

Alexander Pope; Alfred Howard [Ed] · 0 · Rooke Books

£89.00 (€106.68 | $117.58 | ¥18,770)

London, T. Davison, c1834 . First edition. Leather. A scarce, first edition of this selection of poetry and prose from Alexander Pope, compiled by Alfred Howard. First edition, in a full calf binding. 'The Beauties of Pope' is comprised of a selection of Alexander Po...

The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth; Thomas Hutchinson [ed.] · 1916 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Humphrey Milford , 1916 . Leather. A smart, leather-bound collection of the poetry of popular Romantic poet, William Wordsworth, edited by Thomas Hutchinson. In a smart, half calf prize binding, with a gilt motif of The Perse School, Cambridge, to the front cover.Compi...

Collected Works of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester; John Hayward [ed.] · 1926 · Rooke Books

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

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926 . Leather. A fine limited edition of the works of the Earl of Rochester, in a sumptuous full crushed morocco binding by Bayntun Riviere. Number 285 of a 1050 copy limitation.In a beautiful crushed morocco signed binding by Bayntun Riviere.A won...

Griset&Apos;S Grotesques; or, Jokes Drawn on Wood

Tom Hood · 1867 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,425)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1867. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this comical work of cartoons and verse by Tom Hood and Ernest Griset. The first edition.A comical volume of caricatures accompanied by comic verses.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and in-text...