Poesia

The Poems of Thomas Gray. With Critical Notes, a Life of the Author, and an Essay on His Poetry

Thomas Gray; Rev. John Mitford · 1814 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

London, White, Cochrane, and Co. 1814 . First edition. Leather. The first Mitford edition of 'The Poems of Thomas Gray', being the first to contain John Mitfords notes and biography, elegantly bound in full rebacked calf. A collection of the poems by Thomas Gray. The...

Songs of the Sea

Rudyard Kipling · 1927 · Rooke Books

£1,295.00 (€1,552.25 | $1,710.88 | ¥273,119)

London, Macmillan, 1927 . First edition. Vellum. A signed limited edition poetry collection from Rudyard Kipling, accompanied by a signed leaf from Kipling in which he has copied out a stanza of his poem 'Epitaphs of War&apos. A signed limited edition from Kipling, with t...

Thee

Conrad Aiken · 1967 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

New York, George Braziller, 1967. First edition. Hardback. A first edition of Conrad Aiken"s meditative long-form poem Thee, exploring love and mortality, illustrated by acclaimed artist Leonard Baskin. In the publisher's original paper covered boards, complete with the p...

The Hundred and One Harlequins

Sacheverell Sitwell · 1922 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Grant Richards, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of poetry by Sacheverell Sitwell, complete with the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Complete with the very scarce original uncl...

A Song to David

Christopher Smart; J. B. Broadbent · 1960 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)

London, The Rampant Lions Press, 1960. First edition. Vellum. A lovely, first limited edition of this poem of ecstatic devotion, A Song to David is Christopher Smart"s lyrical masterpiece. In the publisher's original quarter paper vellum with patterned parchment boards. ...

Selected Poems

Siegfried Sassoon · 1930 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1930. Cloth. A smart copy of this powerful selection tracing Sassoon"s shift from romanticism to stark war-time realism. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding.This volume is the third, new impression of this work published in Septem...

More Nonsense

Edward Lear · 1897 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1897. Cloth. The fifth edition of this nonsense collection of poetry and prose by Edward Lear, with his humorous illustrations. Fifth edition. In the original cloth binding. With three pages of advertisements to the rear.Edward Lear was an Eng...

The Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray · 1825 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.04 | ¥80,143)

London, Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, 1825. Leather. A beautifully bound complete collection of the poetical works of the Romantic Thomas Gray, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece. Bound by Roger de Coverly. Complete in two volumes.A collection of the poems by Thomas Gr...

The Poets of Great Britain from Chaucer to Bayly. Hausschatz Englischer Poesie.

O. L. B. Wolff; Various · 1846 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

Leipzig, Vereins-Verlagsbuchhandlung; Otto Wigand, 1846. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce German anthology of the best English poetry, from Chaucer to Bayly. The first edition of this very scarce work.In English and German.This work presents select...

The Escorial. A Prize Poem, Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 20, 1860

John Addington Symonds · 1860 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Oxford, T. and G. Shrimpton, 1860 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Addington Symonds's prize winning poem, beautifully bound in half morocco and retaining the publisher's original wraps. The first edition of this early poem from English poet and li...

Andrew Young: Remembrance & Homage

Andrew Young; Leslie Norris · 1987 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

Maine, Tidal Press, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition of this collection of poetry on remembrance from Scottish poet Andrew Young. First edition. Limited to one thousand two hundred copies bound by Craftsmen Bookbinders Service. Illustrated with a portrait fr...

The Oxford Sausage: Being Select Poetical Pieces by the Most Celebrated Wits of That University

Various · 1822 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Cambridge; Oxford, W. Grant; J. Grant, 1822. Leather. A collection of humorous poetry from the University of Oxford written by the most celebrated minds of the university. A collection of humorous and burlesque poetry from various writers at the University of Oxford, collectin...

Star over Bethlehem

Agatha Christie Mallowan · 1965 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Collins, 1965 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of these charming Christianity themed short stories and poems by Agatha Christie, a festive work in a wonderful condition. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A ...

Joan of Arc: Ballads, Lyrics, and Minor Poems (Routledge&Apos;S British Poets)

Robert Southey · 1813 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.49 | $103.05 | ¥16,450)

London, George Routledge and Sons, c1885. Leather. A smart calf-bound collection of poems by Robert Southey, including his epic which depicts Joan of Arc. Published for 'Routledge's British Poets&apos. Bound in half calf, with marbled boards and endpapers. This vol...

Poems

Adam Lindsay Gordon · 1903 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Robt. A. Thompson & Co. 1903 . Leather. An early twentieth-century edition of this collection of poetry from Australian poet, Adam Lindsay Gordon, including an illustrated printing of 'The Roll of the Kettledrum&apos. Bound in half crushed morocco with marbled pap...

Ostrea; or, the Lovers of the Oysters

A. Fishe Shelly [James Watson Gerard] · 1857 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

New York, T. J. Crowen, 1857 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this humorous satirical poem about oysters, authored by James W. Gerard under the amusing pseudonym 'A. Fishe Shelly&apos. A very scarce first edition.Composed in mock-heroic verse, the ...

The Song of the Soldiers

Thomas Hardy · 1915 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

Hove, [E. William], 1915 . First edition. Paperback. An excellent example of the first trade edition of Thomas Hardy's sombre poem, written at the start of the First World War. The first trade edition, first issue, with a comma after "9th September" on the title page and ...

Kings and Queens: Being the Poetical Works of Beulah, Belinda, John, and David

Florence Wilkinson · 1903 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

New York, McClure, Phillips and Co. 1903. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this charming poetical volume by Florence Wilkinson, adorned with illustrations. The first edition. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. A lovely book of poems, with verses...

The Lady of the Lake. A Poem.

Sir Walter Scott · 1810 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Edinburgh, James Ballantyne and Co for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1810 . Leather. The eighth edition of Sir Walter Scott's narrative poem, set in the Trossachs region of Scotland. The work that helped to inspire the nineteenth century Highland Revival. The eigh...

Coleridge&Apos;S Ancient Mariner

Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1883 · Rooke Books

£875.00 (€1,048.81 | $1,156.00 | ¥184,540)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1883. Cloth. Coleridge's popular poem about a sailor's long voyage, beautifully illustrated by David Scott. A scarce example of David Scott's illustrations, first found in the first illustrated edition of this renowned work. A later i...