Poesia

The Chase, a Poem

William Somerville; J. Aikin · 1800 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Printed for T. Cadell , 1800. Leather. A calf-bound new edition of William Somerville's famous poem on hunting, adorned with six engraved plates. A new edition of this popular hunting poem, to which is prefixed a critical essay by John Aikin. Bound in full speckl...

The Unthrown Stone

Alexander Marlowe · 1918 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Boston, The Gorham Press, 1918 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of Marlowe"s prophetic religious poem, a presentation copy inscribed by the author to a clergyman. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. First edition. An author"s presentation...

1914

C.W. · 1914 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

Cambridge , W. Heffer and Sons Ltd. 1914. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed limited edition copy of this poem on the Great War. A very scarce limited edition work.With only one hundred and twenty large paper editions printed, with this being number 60, signed by the a...

War Poems and Others

Julius S. Berg · 1921 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

New York, The Author, 1921 . Paperback. A very scarce collective of illustrated poetry on the Great War by veteran Julius S. Berg. A very scarce work.In publisher's original brown paper binding, with the spine removed.A collection of wartime poetry by Julius S. Berg, a ve...

Repose Ailleurs

Julien Ochse · 1921 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Paris, R. Chiberre, 1921 . Paperback. A very scarce limited edition copy of this collection of French wartime poetry. A very scarce work.This copy is out of series, with only five copies printed on Arches laid paper, which were not for sale, and two hundred and fifty printed o...

Pendant la Halte, Poemes de Guerre

Jean Renouard · 1920 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

Paris, Les Gemeaux, 1920 . First edition. Hardback. A bright example of the very scarce first edition of this volume of poems about the Great War, with this copy being personally inscribed to the dedicatee of the work, the author's personal friend Spencer Hurst. In the or...

Legendes de la Guerre de France

Saint-Georges de Bouhelier · 1917 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

Paris, Charpentier, 1917 . First edition. Leather. A handsomely bound signed presentation copy of the uncommon first edition of this volume of war poems by Saint-Georges de Bouhelier, inscribed to French translator Rene Puaux. In the original French.A signed presentation copy,...

War

Ernest McGaffey · 1937 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.20 | ¥146,578)

Los Angeles , Graphic Press, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A signed vanishingly scarce book of war poetry from Chicago lawyer Ernest McGaffey, being one of only twenty-one copies. A limited edition, being one of only twenty-one copies printed. This copy is number 20.With the aut...

Poems

L. D'O. Walters [Lettice D'Oyly] · 1922 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, C. W. Daniel, Ltd. 1922. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce book of poetry by Lettice D'Oyly Walters, in original paper binding. A very scarce first edition copy of this volume of poetry, in original blue paper binding.Signed and inscribed by the author to th...

1922 "Under One Flag" and Other Poems

John Black · 1922 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

West Hartlepool, Robt. Martin, Ltd. 1922. First edition. Cloth. An incredibly scarce first edition of nationalistic post-WWI poetry, in original binding. A remarkably scarce first edition book of nationalistic wartime poetry written by John Black.In smart original blue cloth b...

Jutland: A Fragment of Epic

Shane Leslie · 1930 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Ernest Benn Ltd. 1930 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first edition of this poetical work by Shane Leslie, in the original cloth and signed by the author to the half title page. In the publisher's original cloth. Signed by the author to the half titl...

As the Spirit Moved Me

Major Alan H. Burgoyne · 1918 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

London, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1918. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of a personal anthology, written and signed with Christmas inscription by writer and politician Major Alan H. Burgoyne. The scarce first edition of As The Spirit Moved Me, a poetic anthology, wri...

The King&Apos;S High Way

John Oxenham [William Arthur Dunkerley] · 1916 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Methuen and Co. 1916. Cloth. A charmingly traditional anthology filled with rousing Christian poems, signed by bestselling poet and author William Arthur Dunkerley under the pseudonym John Oxenham. The signed third edition of The King's High Way, written by Englis...

Invocations to Angels and the Happy New Year

Edgell Rickword · 1928 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

London, Wishart & Company, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. A striking first edition of Rickword"s early modernist poetry, signed and inscribed by the author, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with patterned p...

Lyrical Poems by Charles Richard Cammell

Charles Richard Cammell · 1917 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Geneva, Kundig, Editor, 1917. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this limited edition of this First World War-era poetry collection by the British author, journalist and occult historian Charles Richard Cammell, signed and inscribed by the author. In the publisher's origina...

Occasional Verses

E. P. R [Rev. E. P. Riddall] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Lisburn, V. M'Murray, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce first edition of this Northern Irish poetry collection by the Lisburn clergyman Rev. E. P. Riddall, containing devotional and occasional verse. In the publisher's original cloth binding.First edit...

Selected Gems

P. J. Pendergast · 1917 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, Angel Guardian Press, 1917. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, inscribed by the author, of this exceptionally scarce 1917 collection of Irish-American devotional and patriotic verse, with only two copies held institutionally. In the publisher&...

Wings: An Anthology of Flight

H. G. Bryden [Ed.] · 1942 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1942. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Bryden"s anthology, tracing our fascination with flight from ancient myth to the modern aeroplane, complete with the original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original blue cloth bindin...

Life and Other Verse

James W. O'Keefe · 1923 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Oklahoma City, Press Trave Company, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed presentation copy of this collection of sentimental Christian poetry by James W. O'Keefe. The very scarce first edition of the work, with no copies held institutionally. Signed and inscr...

Hits & Misses

Philip T. Kenway · 1924 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, Arthur Brenton, 1924 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of the first edition of this vanishingly scarce volume of poetry from Philip T. Kenway, with three original handwritten poems from the author. The vanishingly scarce first edition, first impression of thi...