Poesia

La Chute D&Apos;Un Ange Episode

Alphonse de Lamartine · 1882 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Paris, Hachette, 1882. Leather. A later leather bound edition of this poem by Alphonse de Lamartine. A later edition of La Chute D'Un Ange, or The Fall of an Angel. In the original French. La Chute D'Un Ange is a poem by Alphonse de Lamartine. Lamartine was a French ...

Modern Poets One and Two Donald Cowie and Rufus Stone

Rufus Stone; Donald Cowie · 1945 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Malvern, The Tantivy Press, 1945 . Paperback. Two scarce editions from the Modern Poets series including Volume I and Volume II. First edition of Modern Poets One and Two by Donald Cowie and Rufus Stone in the original publisher's paper wraps. Includes Volume I, Represent...

Rubã¡Iyã¡T of Omar Khayyã¡M

[Edward Fiztgerald] · 1861 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Co. c1910. Leather. A delightful copy of Edward Fitzgerald's translation of the Persian quatrains attributed to Omar Khayyam, found in publisher's box and original glassine wrap A delightful and scarce copy of Edward Fitzgerald's most...

The Love That Came Too Late and Other Poems

W. J. Sharkey · 1928 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Bridgwater, Bridgwater Mercury" Office, 1928. Paperback. A scarce collection of poems from W. J. Sharkey. Scarce work. A collection of poetry, including: The love that came too late, Slave girl, The hen and her ducklings, A girl guide, and The vicar and his horse. Written by W...

The Pleasures of Hope with Other Poems

Thomas Campbell · 1825 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London , Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. Leather. A new edition, illustrated copy of Thomas Campbell's famous poem The Pleasures of Hope. A new edition of The Pleasures of Hope with other Poems. Thomas Campbell was a Scottish poet. The Pleasures of Hop...

The Beauties of Tom Brown

Thomas Brown; Charles Henry Wilson · 1808 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London , T. And R. Hughes, 1808. First edition. Leather. A smart leather bound first edition copy of The Beauties of Tom Brown. A first edition copy of The Beauties of Tom Brown by Thomas Brown with a life of the author by Charles Henry Wilson. This work consists of humorous p...

Ancient Songs Chiefly on Moorish Subjects

Thomas Percy (translator) · 1932 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1932. Hardback. A beautifully illustrated work of translated verses on Moorish subjects. Translated from the Spanish. Limited to 250 copies of this edition, of which 230 copies are for sale. This is number 13. Illustrated with frontispiece and ...

IL Pregiudizio Canti Dodici

Antonio Brognoli · 1766 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

Venice, Il Colombani , 1766. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of Antonio Brognoli's long, philosophical poem. In the original parchment binding. The very scarce first edition. Complete in two volumes. Published simultaneously in Brescia. In the original parchme...

The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White and James Grahame

Henry Kirke White; James Grahame; Rev. George Gilfillan · 1856 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

New York , D. Appleton and Company , 1856. Leather. A lovely leather bound volume of poems by James Grahame and Henry Kirke White. The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White and James Grahame. Henry Kirke White was an English poet and hymn writer and James Grahame was a Scottish ...

The Comic Poems of Thomas Hood

Thomas Hood · 1876 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London , E. Moxon, Son, & Co, 1876. Leather. A richly illustrated volume of Thomas Hood's comic poems. A new and complete edition of the comic poems of Thomas Hood, with a preface by Thomas Hood the Younger. This volume has been enriched with the addition of a large numbe...

The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1864 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

Edinburgh , William P. Nimmo, 1864. Leather. A smart illustrated collection of the poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. An illustrated edition of The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Some of the works included in this volume are Evangeline, Voices of the Night, hi...

A Spanish Triptych: Being Three Poems of Compassion

Robert Nichols · 1936 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Cambridge , Rampant Lion Press, 1936. First edition. Paperback. A scarce first edition of this short anthology of poems by Robert Nicholls, a limited edition copy. Containing three poems around the theme of compassion: 'Virgin of Sorrows,' 'Prison Calvary,'...

Hudibras, in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars

Samuel Butler · 1744 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,179)

Dublin, A. Reilley; Robert Owen; WIlliam Brien, 1744. Leather. Zachary Grey's illustrated pirate edition of 'Hudibras' a brilliant poem written just in the wake of the English Civil War. A pirated Irish edition.Complete in two volumes.ESTC citation number N7227....

Ten Versions from Trilce

Cesar Vallejo; Charles Tomlinson, Henry Gifford (trans.) · 1970 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

New Mexico, San Marcos Press, 1970 . Paperback. A translated edition of this collection of versions from Trilce, signed by the translator. Translated edition of Ten Versions from Trilce by Cesar Vellejo in the original publisher's paper wraps. Edited and translated by Cha...

Byron-Shelley-Keats: In Memoriam, Endowed Yearly Prizes. Prize Essays by Competitors. 4th Set. With Life Incidents of the Foundress, Rose Mary Crawshay.

None · 0 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Breconshire, Mrs Crawshay, Cathedine, Bwlch. c1894. Cloth. A collection of prize essays on the subjects of Byron, Shelley, Keats and their works. 4th Set. Second edition A collection of prize essays by competitors in Mrs Crawshay's non-fiction prize for women. With Life I...

Human Shows Far Phantasies, Songs, and Trifles

Thomas Hardy · 1925 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1925. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Thomas Hardy's penultimate poetry collection, in the original cloth binding. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding with gilt detail. Thomas Hardy's pen...

The Collected Nonsense Songs of Edward Lear

Edward Lear · 1947 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, The Grey Walls Press Limited , 1947. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Edward Lear's 'Nonsense Songs', inscribed by the actor, Anthony Quayle, to Robert Hardy, dated 1949. The first edition. Part of the 'Crown Classics' series. In t...

The Mistress with Other Select Poems

Abraham Cowley; John Sparrow (ed.) · 1926 · Rooke Books

£63.00 (€75.51 | $83.23 | ¥13,287)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition collection of poetry by the leading seventeenth century poet, Abraham Cowley. A limited edition of this work published by Nonesuch Press (311 of 1050 printed on Dutch rag paper), in the publisher's ...

Voices of the Night; the Seaside and the Fireside; and Other Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1852 · Rooke Books

£77.00 (€92.30 | $101.73 | ¥16,240)

London, David Bogue, 1852 . Cloth. Second edition of this collection of poetry by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with illustrations. The second edition of Voices of the Night; The Seaside and the Fireside; and Other Poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. In the original publisher&ap...

The Lay of the Last Minstrel, a Poem

Sir Walter Scott · 1825 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London; Edinburgh, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green; A. Constable and Co. 1825. Leather. A smart new edition of this famous poem by Sir Walter Scott, bound in half calf. A new edition. Bound in half calf on marbled boards, with decorative gilt detail to the spine. W...