Poesia

The Book of Ballads

Bon Gaultier [William Edmondstoune Aytoun; Sir Theodore Martin] · 1889 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1889. Leather. A smart copy of Bon Gaultier's Ballads, illustrated by well-known artists. The fifteenth edition of this work in a half calf binding. All edges, end papers and paste downs marbled. Numerous illustrations by Richard "Di...

Works of Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb; Alfred Ainger · 1888 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.04 | ¥80,143)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1888-89. Leather. A uniformly bound set of the works of Charles Lamb, including Alfred Aigner's brilliant biography on Lamb. In five volumes.A collection of the works of Charles Lamb, alongside Alfred Aigner's insightful biography on Lamb, f...

The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith with an Account of His Life & Writings to Which Is Added a Critical Dissertation on His Poetry

Oliver Goldsmith; J. Aikin · 1805 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London , Cadell & Davies , 1805. Leather. A lovely early illustrated edition of the poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith. An early edition of The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith with an Account of his Life & Writings to which is added A Critical Dissertation on his Poetry by ...

Virgil the Georgics in English Hexameters

C. W. Brodribb · 1928 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Ernest Benn, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this rendition of Virgil's Georgics in English hexameters, with illustrations by Maud Reed-Cooper. First edition of this work. A translation of Virgil's Georgics in English hexameters by C. W....

Gems of Beauty, Displayed in a Series of Twelve Highly Finished Engravings

The Countess of Blessington [Marguerite Gardiner] · 1836 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1836 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this volume of poetry by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington, accompanied by engraved plates from E. T. Parris. A charming and very scarce first editi...

Mira, a Tale: And Other Poems

B. Burford Rawlings · 1865 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London , Murray and Co, 1865. Cloth. A scarce and charming collection of poems by B. Burford Rawlings, with a lovely frontispiece. A scarce copy of this poetry anthology by B. Burford Rawlings. Along with Mira, the other poems that appear in this volume are Alone in the World,...

Voices for Progress and Other Poems

Thomas Forster Ker · 1852 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

London, Houlston and Stoneman, 1852. First edition. Cloth. Very scarce first edition of this anthology of poems by Thomas Forster Ker. First edition of this work, a very scarce volume found in only five institutional library. Anthology of poems by Thomas Forster Ker, featuring...

The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith · 1866 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

London, Charles Griffin and Company , 1866. Leather. Illustrated edition of the collected poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith in a Warner signed binding. Oliver Goldsmith was an important and prolific Anglo-Irish author in the eighteenth century. The present work contains a col...

A Book of Words Reprinted in Part from Punch with a Few Sketches by the Author

Arthur Alkin Sykes · 1895 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Westminster, Archibald Constable and Co. 1895. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this lively collection of humorous verse by Arthur Alkin Sykes. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A collection of humorous verse by Sykes, most of which was first printed in v...

Sapphics Against Anger and Other Poems

Timothy Steele · 1986 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

New York, Random House , 1986. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this poetry collection by the prolific American poet, Timothy Steele, with an additional signed letter. A second printing of the first edition. In the publisher's full cloth binding with th...

Roderick, the Last of the Goths: A Tragic Poem

Robert Southey · 1851 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851. Leather. A new edition of this tragic poem by Robert Southey, in attractive leather binding. A new edition of this work. Epic poem by Robert Southey describing the story of Spain and Rodrigo, Visigothic king in Hispania betwee...

Ned Farmer&Apos;S Scrap Book: Being a Selection of Poems, Songs, Scraps, Etc. Etc.

Edward Farmer · 1863 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London; Derby, W. Macintosh; Bemrose & Sons, 1863. Cloth. Very scarce copy of this collection of songs and scraps by Edward Farmer, the third edition. The third edition of this work, very scarce in all editions. Containing a selection of poems, songs and scraps by Edward Farme...

Thank You, Fog

W. H. Auden · 1974 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Faber and Faber, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A first edition collection of W. H. Auden's final poetry, published posthumously. A first edition. In a cloth binding with the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. A collection of W. H. Auden's final p...

The Deserted Village

Oliver Goldsmith · 1859 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Sampson Low, Son & Co. 1859. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated edition of this famous poem by Oliver Goldsmith. A social commentary denouncing the depopulation of rural areas in the country, and the pursuit of excessive wealth written in heroic couplets and narrating of t...

Continual Dew

John Betjeman · 1977 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London, John Murray, 1977. Cloth. A flawless copy of the facsimile edition of John Betjeman's illustrated poetical works, held in the original smart dust wrapper. A flawless copy of the facsimile edition of Continual Dew: A Little Book of Bourgeois Verse. Written by John ...

Poems. By Churchill. Containing the Rosciad. The Apology. Night. The Prophecy of Famine. An Epistle to William Hogarth. And the Ghost, in Four Books; the Author; the Conference; the Duellist

Charles Churchill · 1763 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

London, Printed for the author, by Dryden Leach, 1763. First edition. Leather. A first collected edition of poetry from satirist Charles Churchill, bound with three further individually published poems from Churchill to the rear. The 1763 first edition of 'Poems', a ...

Humorous Poems and Tom Brown&Apos;S School-Days

Thomas Hood; [Thomas Hughes] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1893-1937 . Cloth. A comical set of Humorous Poems and Tom Brown's School-Days, with illustrations throughout. A two volume set of  Humorous Poems and Tom Brown's School-Days. Humorous Poems by Thomas Hood has a preface by Alfred Ainger and...

The Seasons, to Which Is Prefixed the Life of the Author and an Essay on the Plan and Character of the Poem.

James Thomson; P. Murdoch; J. Aikin · 1811 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London , Wilkie and Robinson , 1811 . Leather. A lovely illustrated edition of The Seasons by James Thomson with introductory notes on the poem and Thomson. This is a lovely volume of The Seasons by James Thomson with an introductory essay on The Plan and Character of the Poem...

The Minstrel; or, the Progress of Genius: In Two Parts. With Some Other Poems

James Beattie · 1808 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Alnwick, Catnach and Davison, 1808. Cloth. An interesting collection of poetry written by Scottish poet James Beattie. The Minstrel follows the progress of a Poetical Genius and admits both simplicity and magnificence of sound and of language. James Beattie was a Scottish poet...

Poems

Frederick Locker [Frederick Locker-Lampson] · 1868 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, John Wilson, 1868. First edition. Leather. A presentation copy of this very scarce poetry collection from Frederick Locker-Lampson, featuring an illustrated frontispiece from George Cruikshank. An author's presentation copy of the very scarce first edition of this...