Poesia

A Story of Doom and Other Poems

Jean Ingelow · 1867 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1867. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first edition copy of this collection of poetry by Jean Ingelow, in decorative green cloth binding. Containing various poetic works of English poet Jean Ingelow, including 'The Dreams That Came Tru...

Images and Meditations, a Book of Poems

Mary Duclaux · 1923 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this very scarce collection of poetry and meditations by Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux. Over forty poems by noted poet, essayist, literary critic, and translator, Mary Duclaux. She was the elder sister of the no...

Songs of No Renown

J. Arnold Sharpley · 1925 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Arthur H. Stockwell, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed first edition collection of poems, many of which are set in and around Liverpool, where the poet lived. The very scarce first edition of this collection of seventeen short poems from Liverpool based ...

A Handful of Leather

Will H. Ogilvie · 1928 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Constable and Company, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of equine poems, illustrated with bright tipped in colour plates from Lionel Edwards. The first edition of this collection of forty horse themed poems from William Henry Ogilvie, a...

Poems

Ralph Hodgson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1930. Fine Binding. A beautifully bound copy of Ralph Hodgson's poetry anthology. In a Riviere binding, with their binder's stamp to the front endpaper. Bookseller's stamp to the verso of front endpaper, 'Sotheran and co&apos. Book...

Renascence a Book of Verse

Walter Crane · 1891 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, The Bodley Head, 1891. Vellum. A limited edition of Walter Crane's second collection of poetry, illustrated by the author and presented in the original boards. Written and illustrated by Walter Crane (1845-1915), a British illustrator and artist best known for his...

Poesies de Th. Gautier Qui Ne Figuront Pas Dans Ses Oeuvres

Theophile Gautier · 1873 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,671)

France, Imprimerie Particuliere, 1873. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of this anthology of Theophile Gautier's poetry. Particularly scarce in the original delicate wraps. Internally, an exceptionally bright copy with several gatherings unopened to t...

The Poetical Works of the Rev George Crabb: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life

Rev George Crabbe; A M Crabbe · 1847 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, John Murray, 1847. Hardback. A smart, uniformly bound set of the poetical works of Reverend George Crabbe. Edited by his son, A.M. Crabbe. Complete in eight volumes. George Crabbe (24 December 1754 – 3 February 1832) was an English poet, surgeon and clergyman. He is be...

Poetical Sketches of Scarborough

John Buonarotti Papworth · 1813 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.92 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,668)

London, R. Ackermann, 1813. First edition. Leather. A first edition Georgian work consisting of poems and amusing hand coloured illustrations on the subject of the seaside town. A delightful first edition of this work, consisting of engraved plates accompanied by poems on the ...

The Branch of Hawthorn Tree

Monk Gibbon · 1927 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

London, The Grayhound Press, 1927. First edition. Paperback. An limited edition, inscribed copy of this poetry anthology by Monk Gibbon, with an unpublished poem written by the author on the first free-endpaper. This is a particularly special copy of 'The Branch of Hawtho...

Bringing Jazz!

Maxwell Bodenheim · 1930 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

New York, Horace Liveright, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Maxwell Bodenheim's jazz poetry, a wonderful collection reflective of the Jazz Age. The scarce first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.The poetry of Maxwell Bodenh...

Flora, a Book of Drawings by Pamela de Bianco

Walter De La Mare · 1919 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.30 | ¥92,797)

London, William Heinemann, 1919. Hardback. A first edition collection of the artwork of child prodigy Pamela Bianco, with poetry to accompany by Walter de la Mare. Complete with the dust wrapper. Pamela Bianco (1906-1994) was a painter and illustrator who was a child prodigy k...

A Few Late Chrysanthemums

John Betjeman · 1954 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, John Murray, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this work from Poet Laureate John Betjeman. A bright first edition, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.The poems of this work are amusingly divided into three groups - Medium,...

1937 Poems

Thomas Gray · 1937 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Eton, Riccardi Press Fount of the Medici Society Limited, 1937. Vellum. A lovely collection of verses by Thomas Gray, privately printed for leavers of Eton College and presented in a vellum binding. Thomas Gray (1716-1771) was an English poet and letter-writer. Often considere...

The New World

Edgar Lee Masters · 1937 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

New York , D Appleton-Century Company , 1937. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this epic poem on America's history by Edgar Lee Masters. The first edition of this epic poem by Edgar Lee Masters. An excellent work of poetry on the history of America, fr...

Double Acrostics by Amateurs

I. S. A. · 1868 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, and Co, 1868. First edition. Cloth. A selection of double acrostics compiled by a group of friends, a very scarce first edition of this work. The very scarce first edition of this work.A collection of double acrostic enigmas, puzzles, and poems, popu...

The Land

Vita Sackville-West · 1955 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.63 | $2,312.01 | ¥369,080)

London, William Heinemann LTD, 1955. Cloth. A lovely new edition of Vita Sackville-West's beloved pastoral poem, with a signed letter from the author loosely inserted. Letter on Sissinghurst letterhead loosely inserted, '27th January 1944, Dear Mrs.Dunn, Very many th...

Erebus

Jane Summer · 2015 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Arkansas, Sibling Rivalry Press, 2015. First edition. Paperback. An excellent first edition, signed by the author, of this miscellaneous of writings by Jane Summer, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this original work by Jane Summer.A copy inscribed and signed by th...

The Seven Words and the Civilian: Two Poems

Adrian Head · 1946 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Frederick Muller, 1946. Cloth. A collection of war poetry, inscribed by the author to British journalist and author, Bernard Levin. Bernard Levin (1928-2004) was an English journalist and author, extremely renowned in his day.Inscribed by the author to Bernard Levin: &...

Kingfisher out of Egypt

C. R. Ashbee · 1934 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1934. Hardback. The limited edition copy of this charming poem by C. R. Ashbee. A limited edition to seven hundred and fifty copies, this volume being number one hundred and thirty one. Comprising one of Charles Robert Ashbee's poems inspi...