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Rachel Annand Taylor · 1904 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London & New York, John Lane, The Bodley Head , 1904. First edition. Cloth. A lovely and scarce first edition of Rachel Annand Taylor's first collection of poetry, with a brilliant personal inscription by the author. This is Annand-Taylor's first poetry collection.Ra...

The Fury of the Living

John Singer · 1942 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Glasgow, William MacLellan, 1942. First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition of this collection of poems by John Singer, in the scarce unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this uncommon title. A selection of poems by John Singer. With titles including 'Love is th...

Day: A Pastoral

John Cunningham · 1854 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

London, Thomas McLean, 1854. Leather. A lovely and scarce pastoral poem by John Cunningham, illustrated throughout. A scarce poem by John Cunningham. This poem was widely reprinted in periodicals, and helped to bring the poet to general attention. Natural imagery and precise n...

The Cotter&Apos;S Saturday Night: A Poem

Robert Burns · 1759 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,232)

Philadelphia, Porter & Coates, c1872. Cloth. A lovely richly illustrated edition of Robert Burns' poem, first published a century prior to this edition. Robert Burns (1759-1796) was active in the second half of the eighteenth century, and is widely celebrated as being the...

Mon Odyssee Ou le Journal de Mon Retour de Saintonge Poeme a Chloe

Pierre-Honore Robbe de Beauveset · 1760 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

The Hague, La Haye, 1760. Disbound. A scarce, illustrated edition of Pierre-Honore Robbe de Beauveset's poem 'My Odyssey&apos. In the original French.Illustrated, with a vignette title page, and four plates engraved by Charles Cochin after designs by Desfriches. Pier...

The Epping Hunt

Thomas Hood · 1829 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.59 | $396.34 | ¥63,271)

London, Charles Tilt, 1829. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Thomas Hood's hunting poem, 'The Epping Hunt', illustrated with five detailed plates by George Cruikshank. The first edition of this work.The original front wrap is bound in.'The Eppin...

An Epistle to Dr Shebbeare to Which Is Added an Ode to Sir Fletcher Norton in Imitation of Horace, Ode VIII, Book IV

William Mason · 1777 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, J Almon, 1777. Disbound. A very smart, early edition of this poem by William Mason. Written under the pseudonym of Malcolm Macgreggor, this poem was actually written by William Mason. The third edition. Collated, complete, with the advertisement page to the verso of fi...

Gold Coast Customs

Edith Sitwell · 1929 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Duckworth, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first edition of Edith Sitwell's thought provoking poem on the nature on humans, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. 'Gold Coast Custo...

Fighting Terms

Thom Gunn · 1962 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

London, Faber and Faber, 1962-71. First edition. Cloth. The first edition thus of Thom Gunn's first collection of poetry, the first edition with revisions, and the first edition of Gunn's later poetry collection, 'Moly&apos. The first edition of 'Moly&apos....

The Seasons

James Thomson · 1820 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

Chiswick, C Whittingham, 1820. Leather. A smart, pocket sized edition of James Thomson's famed poetry cycle 'The Seasons&apos. 'The Seasons' is a cycle of four poems. It was extremely influential and inspired the likes of Joseph Haydn, Thomas Gainsborough a...

The P1830oetical Works of James Thomson

James Thomson · 1830 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,835)

London, William Pickering, 1830. Fine Binding. Two finely bound volumes of James Thomson's poetry. With an engraved frontispiece of Thomson to the first volume. A memoir of Thomson's life to the start of volume I. James Thomson was a Scottish poet and playwright best...

The Triumphs of Temper a Poem in Six Cantos

William Hayley · 1817 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,399)

Chichester, W Mason; T Cadell, 1817. Leather. A smart copy of of William Hayley's popular, moral, didactic poem, 'The Triumphs of Temper&apos. With a hand-coloured frontispiece. An uncommon 'New Edition' of this poem with a charming hand-coloured frontispie...

The Triumphs of Temper a Poem in Six Cantos

William Hayley · 1809 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Chichester, W Mason; T Cadell, 1809. Leather. A smart copy of of William Hayley's popular, moral, didactic poem, 'The Triumphs of Temper&apos. An uncommon 'New Edition' of this poem. With half-title. 'The Triumphs of Temper' is William Hayley&apos...

The Triumphs of Temper a Poem in Six Cantos

William Hayley · 1781 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

Dublin, White, JEnkin, Wilson, 1781. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first Dublin edition of this well-known poem by William Hayley. The first Dublin edition, issued the same year as the first London printing. Rather scarce. ESTC no: T89505. Collated, bound without the h...

The Traveller a Poem

Oliver Goldsmith · 1770 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

London, T. Carnan and F. Newbery Junior, 1770. Disbound. An early edition, probably seventh, of Oliver Goldsmith's popular poem, pondering on happiness and unhappiness. No edition is stated to the half-title, though it is likely to be the seventh edition, with a fourth ed...

Time to Go Poems

J. H. B. Peel · 1942 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.34 | $647.36 | ¥103,342)

London, Watts and Co. 1942. First edition. Cloth. A unique example of this poetical work, being a presentation copy from the author to Poet Laureate John Masefield and containing Masefield's annotations throughout and with his bookplate to front pastedown. Complete in the...

Solitary Hours

Caroline Southey · 1839 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood & Sons, 1839. Cloth. The second edition of a collection of poetry by Caroline Southey, an association copy owned by her great granddaughter. Association copy, with the ink inscription from Bridget Downing Bowles Gardiner to the title page. Bridget ...

A Spanish Triptych Being Three Poems of Compassion

Robert Nichols · 1936 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Cambridge, Rampant Lions Press, 1936. Paperback. A limited edition collection of poems by Robert Nichols centred on themes of compassion. Limited edition. The being number 60 of 116 (of which only 111 were sold). The three poems featured in this volume are titled as follows: V...

The Lodging House Fire

W H Davies · 1993 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Harvington, The Waseley Hills Press, 1993. Paperback. A very scarce and beautifully produced copy of this poem by Welsh author, William Henry Davies. Being one of seven copies produced. In a wonderful condition, this poem has been printed on hand-made paper from the Wookey Hol...

Giant and Pygmy an Appreciation of Thomas Hardy

Hibbart Gilson · 1928 · Rooke Books

£62.00 (€74.32 | $81.91 | ¥13,076)

London, George Gill and Sons Limited, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Hibbart Gilson's dedicatory poem to Thomas Hardy, a limited edition work, signed by the author twice. The first edition of this work. Author's presentation copy, with an inscriptio...