Poesia

Poems

Alice Meynell · 1913 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

London, Burns & Oates, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. A fine copy of the scarce Limited Edition large paper copy of this poetry anthology from British suffragist Alice Meynell. A lovely, Limited Edition collection of the poetry of British writer, editor and suffragist Alice Meyn...

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam the Astronomer-Poet of Persia

Omar Khayyam, Edward Fitzgerald [trans.] · 1950 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London and Melbourne , Ward, Lock & Co, 1950. Cloth. A richly illustrated copy of Omar Khayyam's poetry in translation. This richly colour illustrated copy is a translated edition of Omar Khayyam's poetry. Edward Fitzgerald rendered the Persian into English and has w...

Nothing to Wear: An Episode of City Life

1857 · Rooke Books

£89.00 (€106.68 | $117.58 | ¥18,770)

New York , Rudd & Carleton, 1857. First edition. Cloth. The first book edition of this satirical poem of city life by William Allen Burton, featuring charming plates by Hoppin. The first book form edition of this popular poem. A satire telling the story of Flora M'Flimsy,...

Humorous Poems

Thomas Hood · 1893 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Macmillan and Co , 1893 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of C. E. Brock's illustrated edition of the humorous poems of Thomas Hood. The first impression of this illustrated collection of humorous poems from Thomas Hood, illustrated throu...

Festival of Song: A Series of Evenings with the Poets

[Frederick Saunders] · 1866 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,562)

New York, Bunce and Huntington, 1866. First edition. Leather. Uncommon first edition of this sweeping poetry anthology edited by Frederick Saunders, featuring impressive engravings by the Members of the National Academy of Design. The large paper anthology of poems prepared by...

The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esq

William Cowper; William Hayley · 1803 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.77 | ¥67,489)

Chichester, J. Johnson, 1803. Leather. A good second edition of William Hayley's important and influential biography on the Romantic poet William Cowper, complete with illustrations. The second edition of this work.In two volumes; a third volume was later published in 180...

The Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems of the XVIII Century

Austin Dobson · 1892 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of this delightful collection of poetry from Austin Dobson, illustrated throughout by Hugh Thomson. A beautiful first edition, later issue of this volume of eighteenth century verses from poet ...

Pacchiarotto and How He Worked in Distemper: With Other Poems

Robert Browning · 1876 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Smith, Elder and Co, 1876 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of Robert Browning's collection of poetry, 'Pacchiarotto, and How He Worked in Distemper&apos. The first edition of this collection of poems from beloved Victorian era poet Robert Br...

The Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers

William Edmondstoune Aytoun · 1881 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1881. Cloth. An illustrated edition of this collection of Scottish Jacobite ballads, written by William Edmondstoune Aytoun. A collection of Scottish Jacobite poems that were first published in 1849. Many of the poems were mode...

Poems by Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray · 1894 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

Eton, Eton College Press, 1894. Leather. The collected poems of Thomas Gray, in an elegant full calf Eton College binding signed Spottiswoode & Co. featuring decorations throughout. The collected poems of Thomas Gray, English poet known for his 1751 Elegy Written in a Country ...

Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold · 1913 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1913. Leather. A lovely copy of the collected poetical works of Matthew Arnold, in a Lancing College school prize binding signed Bickers & Son. A later printing of this work collecting the poetical works of Matthew Arnold. Victorian poet and cultural ...

The Poetical Works of Robert Browning

Robert Browning · 1915 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, John Murray , 1915. Leather. Robert Browning's collected poetical works in two volumes, in some charming uniform full crushed morocco bindings. A collection of Robert Browning's poetical works, complete in two volumes with portraits, uniformly bound in full c...

The Works of Lord Byron in Six Volumes, with Don Juan

Lord Byron · 1829 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥115,997)

London, John Murray; Printed for the Bookseller, 1829 . Leather. Published only five years after his death, this eight volume set of the works of infamous Romantic poet, Lord Byron, is uniformly bound in half calf, and features a two volume edition of 'Don Juan&apos. An c...

The Spirit of Happiness

Lord Gorell · 1925 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, T. Fisher Unwin LTD, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition poetry collection by the Baron Gorell, a spiritual collection inscribed by the author himself. The first edition of this very scarce work.Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpape...

Sketches from St. George&Apos;S Field

Giorgione Di Castel Chiuso [Peter Bayley] · 1820 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

London, Stodart and Steuart, 1820. First edition. Hardback. The very scarce first edition of this illustrated collection of poetic verses on the subject of London life. The very scarce first edition of this poetry collection from Giorgione Di Castel Chiuso, the pseudonym of En...

Firmilian: Or, the Student of Badajoz: A Spasmodic Tragedy

T. Percy Jones; [William Edmonstoune Aytoun] · 1855 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

New York, Redfield, 1855. Cloth. An early American edition of this satirical parody of the work of the Victorian era school of Spadmodic poets. The second US edition of this dramatic verse from Scottish poet and lawyer William Edmonstoune Aytoun, writing under the pen name T. ...

Poetry of Byron Chosen and Arranged by Matthew Arnold

Lord Byron; Matthew Arnold [Ed.] · 1881 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Macmillan and Co , 1881 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Matthew Arnold's selection of the poetry of Lord Byron, with a lengthy introduction to the poet and his works. The first edition of this collection, one of 750 large paper copies, and with an eng...

Sangschaw

Hugh M'Diarmid · 1925 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.55 | $435.98 | ¥69,598)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first edition copy of this poetical work by Scottish poet Hugh M'Diarmid. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Presenting this very smart collection of poetry by Scottish poet H...

A Further Selection from the Three Hundred Poems of the T&Apos;Ang Dynasty

Soame Jenyns [trans.] · 1944 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, John Murray , 1944. First edition. Cloth. A superior copy of this first edition collection of poems from the T'ang dynasty, in the unclipped dust wrapper. The Tang dynasty is considered to be the golden age in the arts and culture of China, in power from 618 to 90...

Rural Sports Together with the Birth of the Squire and the Hound and the Huntsman

John Gay; Owen Culbertson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

New York, William Edwin Rudge, 1930 . Cloth. A limited edition of this early poem by John Gay, with illustrations by Gordon Ross. John Gay (1685-1732) was an English poet, 'The Beggar's Opera' being his most celebrated work. He was a long friend of Alexander Pop...