Poesia

Lyrical Poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson; Poems by Robert Southey; the Golden Treasury

Alfred Tennyson; Orbert Southey; Francis T. Palgrave · 1885 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Macmillan, 1885, 1895, 1902. Leather. Three volumes of 19th century English poetry published by Macmillan, bound together as a three volume set. Alfred Tennyson was Poet Laureate during most of Queen Victoria's reign remains one of the most popular British poets t...

Various Poetical Works: Gray, Parnell, Collins, Green, Warton, Kirke White, Burns, Scott, Longfellow. In Five Volumes.

Various · 1854 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1854-1863. Leather. A beautifully illustrated collection of various poetical works published by Routledge and uniformally bound. In five volumes, each complete in their own right. The Poetical Works of Gray, Parnell, Collins, Green and W...

Harvest-Home: Consisting of Supplementary Gleanings, Original Dramas and Poems, Contributions of Literary Friends, and Select Re-Publications in Three Volumes

Samuel Pratt · 1805 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Richard Phillips, 1805. Leather. The collected works of the prolific English poet, dramatist and novelist, Samuel Jackson Pratt, including the revised edition of his poem Sympathy. Complete in three volumes with a frontispiece portrait of the author to Volume I. Pratt ...

The British Poets Including Translations

Various · 1822 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

Chiswick, C Whittingham, 1822. Leather. Three volumes of poetry from the 'British Poets' collection. This work was originally published across 100 volumes. Present are three volumes from the set. This set comprises of volume 44, 35 and 45. Volume 35 is the poetry of ...

Poems

Roland Neville Pepper · 1958 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,216)

Eton, The Shakespeare Head Press, 1958. Cloth. A collection of poetry from Roland Neville Pepper. Including titles such Sonnet on a Lady, Time's Secret, Light and many others. In a red cloth binding with unclipped dustwrapper. Externally smart. Some light shelfwear to the...

B-1 a Collection of Poems

Michael Chapman · 1969 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.93 | $59.44 | ¥9,489)

London, Medusa Press, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of 'B-1; A Collection of Poems' by Michael Chapman. Bound in unusual yellow paper with green ink and contains a small autobiography to the back of the dustwrapper. First Edition. In a cloth binding with ...

The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier with Notes and Index of First Lines and Chronological List

W. Garrett Horder · 1898 · Rooke Books

£129.99 (€155.81 | $171.74 | ¥27,415)

London, Henry Frowde, 1898. Leather. John Greenleaf Whittier's poetical works. Bound in calf leather with gilt lettering and decoration and marbled edges. In a school presentation binding. John Greenleaf Whittier ( 1807 – 1892) was an influential American Quaker poet and...

Steamers V Stages or Andrew and His Spouse

Thomas Hood · 1830 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, William Kidd, 1830. Leather. A scarce humourist publication from the nineteenth century. This poem, Steamers v Stages or Andrew and His Spouse is attributed to 'The Author of York and Lancaster', better known as English poet Thomas Hood. Hood is mentioned to ...

Legends and Lyrics Together with a Chaplet of Verses

Adelaide Anne Procter · 1914 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,434)

London, Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, 1914. Leather. A smartly bound collection of poetry from Adelaid Anne Procter. Illustrated throughout with many engraved plates. In an Oxford binding (binder's gilt stamp to front free-endpaper). In a half-calf binding. Ex...

Poems by William Cowper of the Inner Temple Esq.

William Cowper · 1787 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.59 | $396.34 | ¥63,271)

Dublin, John Jones, 1787. Leather. A two volume set of poetry from the forerunner of the Romantics, William Cowper. Many of the poems published in this work were written on recovery of his attack of insanity, where he believed he was eternally condemned to hell and the influen...

The Poetical Works of Robert Browning with Portraits

Robert Browning · 1897 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.93 | $59.44 | ¥9,489)

London, Smith, Elder and Co , 1897. Leather. A rhythmical anthology of works by Robert Browning. Volume I and II bound as one. Featuring a frontispiece depicting a young Browning to volume I and an elder Browning to volume II. Rebound in a crushed morocco binding with gilt mot...

The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Tobias Smollett, Samuel Johnson, and William Shenstone

Various · 1817 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,870)

London, Griffith and Farran, c1883. Leather. A lovely edition of this poetical treasure trove, in a fine and rather decorative binding. Bound in leather with gilt lettering and decoration. Dated from similar editions on COPAC. With Illustrations by Sir John Gilbert. With a Far...

Gertrude of Wyoming: A Pennsylvanian Tale and Other Poems

Thomas Campbell · 1809 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, T. Bensley, 1809. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this romantic epic poem by Thomas Campbell. The setting of the poem is the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania and the massacre that occurred there on July 3, 1778. On that day, more than three hundred American Re...

Interludes in Verse and Prose

George Otto Trevelyan · 1905 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,870)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1905. Leather. A anthology of passages, in verse and prose, edited by Sir George Otto Trevelyan. In an attractive institutional binding, signed by Cross Wyvern. With a prize bookplate to the front pastedown presented to a G. P. Clarke. Edited by S...

The Martyr of Antioch a Dramatic Poem

Rev. Henry Hart Milman · 1822 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, John Murray, 1822. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this dramatic poem by Rev. H.H. Milman, in a green calf binding. First Edition. The work is based upon the martyrdom of St Margaret of Antioch in the third century. Henry Hart Milman was an English historian...

The Poetical Works of William Collins Enriched with Elegant Engravings

William Collins · 1798 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, E Harding, 1798. Fine Binding. An attractively bound little volume of the poetry of William Collins. Collins was an important poet of the middle decades of the 18th century. His lyrical odes mark a turn away from the Augustan poetry of Alexander Pope's generation ...

The Testament of Beauty a Poem in Four Books

Robert Bridges · 1930 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,543)

London, Clarendon Press, 1930. Leather. A nice clean copy of Bridge's The Testament of beauty for which he received the Order of Merit. A half vellum hardback with marbled boards. Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930) was an English poet, and poet laureate from 1913 to 193...

The Literary Souvenir and Cabinet of Modern Art

Alaric A Watts · 1835 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Whittaker and Co. 1835. Leather. An interesting collection of essays, poems and prose on art and literature. Illustrated throughout with 24 plates, lacking frontispiece. This collection of essays was edited by Alaric Alexander Watts, a British poet and journalist. Most...

Lalla Rookh an Oriental Romance

Thomas Moore · 1817 · Rooke Books

£64.99 (€77.90 | $85.86 | ¥13,707)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817. Leather. An early copy of Thomas Moore's narrative poem, Lalla Rookh. Fourth edition. Lalla Rookh is an Oriental romance by Thomas Moore, published in 1817. The title is taken from the name of the heroine of the frame t...

Brand-New Ballads

Charles G. Leland ["Hans Breitman"] · 1885 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,761)

London, Fun Office, 1885. Leather. A very smart little copy of Charles Leland's humorous brand of poetry that is offered here complete with its original card wraps. Charles Godfrey Leland (1824 – 1903) was an American humorist and folklorist. Brand-New Ballads was the se...