Poesia

The Moderate Man and Other Verses

Edwin Hamilton · 1888 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Ward and Downey , 1888. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon collection of verses by Edwin Hamilton, with illustrations. First edition of this uncommon work. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Offering a series of thirty-two...

Oeuvres de Leconte de Lisle: Poemes Barbares

Leconte de Lisle · 1935 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

Paris , Alphonse Lemerre, Editeur , 1935. Leather. A charmingly bound copy of these 'Poemes Barbares' from French poet of the Parnassian movement, Leconte de Lisle. From the publisher's 'Oeuvres' series of French poet Leconte de Lisle, being a collecti...

The Diverting History of John Gilpin

William Cowper · 1952 · Rooke Books

£82.00 (€98.29 | $108.33 | ¥17,294)

London, Chiswick Press, 1952. Paperback. A charming limited edition printing of William Cowper's comic ballad, strikingly illustrated throughout by Ronald Searle. This illustrated edition of William Cowper's poem limited to 1,600 copies. In the original wraps with a...

Essays in Rhyme on Morals and Manners

Jane Taylor · 1840 · Rooke Books

£590.00 (€707.20 | $779.48 | ¥124,433)

London, Houlston & Co. 1840. Cloth. A scarce fifth edition of this significant collection of poetry from English writer Jane Taylor. Fifth edition. Scarce work. Essays in Rhyme first appeared in 1816 and contained some significant poetry, including titles such as: Prejudice, E...

Collected Poems

Louise Townsend Nicholls · 1953 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc. 1953. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition of this collection of poetry from American writer Louise Townsend Nicholl, signed by the author. First edition. Limited to seven hundred and forty-six copies signed by the author. With t...

Packing Up for Paradise: Selected Poems 1946-1996

James Broughton; Jim Cory [editor] · 1997 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition of this collection of poetry from American writer James Broughton, signed by the author. First edition. A limited edition of two hundred hardcover trade copies, of which one hundred have been ...

A Fountain in Kentucky and Other Poems

John Frederick Nims · 1950 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

New York, William Sloane Associates, 1950 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition collection of poetry from American author John Frederick Nims, inscribed by the author to fellow poet and the publisher of Nim's first book, James Laughlin. First edition. In the ...

Hogarth Living Poets

Various · 1928 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.74 | ¥137,087)

London, Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1928-32. First edition. Hardback. Eight volumes from Hogarth's 'Living Poets' series, scarce as a large set, collecting together poems by leading interwar writers. The first editions, first impressions.A s...

The Magnetic Mountain; the Noise of History

C. Day Lewis; John Lehmann · 1933 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1933-1934 . First edition. Hardback. First editions of two wonderful collections of poetry from the Hogarth Living Poets series, with works from Poet Laureate Cecil Day Lewis and publisher John Lehmann present here. The ...

City Skies

Terry Nash · 1979 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

New York City, Not Stated, 1979. First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce limited edition chapbook of poems about New York City, signed by the author. The first edition, limited to only forty copies, this copy is out-of-series.A vanishingly scarce work.Signed by the auth...

A Book of the Heavenly Birthdays

Eleanor Vere Boyle; Various · 1894 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Elliot Stock, 1894. Leather. A charming anthology of poems, edited, illustrated, and signed by Eleanor Vere Boyle. Signed by the illustrator to the recto of the front free endpaper, "To E. C. C. from E. V. B. Sept 1894".The second edition of this scarce work.Illustrate...

Old Pastures

Padraic Colum · 1930 · Rooke Books

£54.00 (€64.73 | $71.34 | ¥11,389)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1930. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of Padraic Colum's anthology of poems with the original slipcase. No. 33 of 200 limited edition copies of this work in the original quarter cloth binding with decorative boards, including the orig...

The Vinedresser and Other Poems

T. Sturge Moore · 1899 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, At the Sign of the Unicorn, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of the first edition of Thomas Sturge Moore's debut anthology of poems. The first edition, second issue, without gilt ruling to the boards.An anthology of poems by Thomas Sturge Moore, his debut ...

Passionate Walter Ffilpot

Diarmid Cathie · 1980 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, John Gill, 1980. First edition. Paperback. A scarce copy of these selected poems by Charles Baudelaire. The first thus of this collection. Scarce. In the publisher's original wraps.A delightful selection of verses written by French poet and essayist, Charles Baud...

Stories in Prose, Stories in Verse, Shorter Poems, Lectures and Essays (Centenary Edition)

William Morris; G. D. H. Cole [ed.] · 1934 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Nonesuch Press, 1934. Cloth. A very smart Centenary edition of this anthology of William Morris' writings. The first impression of this Centenary edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Containing a wonderful collection of poetry, pro...

The Seasons. In Four Books. With Britannia, and Liberty.

James Thomson · 1771 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

Dublin , John Exshaw, 1771 . Leather. A very scarce, early edition of James Thomson's collection of four poems surrounding the seasons, alongside two of his other poems, illustrated with a plate for each season. Bound in full calf. A collection of poems written by Scottis...

A First Poetry Book; a Second Poetry Book Part II; a Third Poetry Book

Various; M. A. Woods [ed.] · 1892 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1892-1896. Cloth. A set of three poetical collections intended for use in schools, compiled by Clifton High School's first head. A trio of school poetry books compiled by M. A. Woods, the first head of Clifton High School in Bristol, England. Un...

The Bruce, or the Book of the Most Excellent and Noble Prince Robert de Broyss, King of Scots

John Barbour; Rev. Walter W. Skeat [ed.] · 1894 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.04 | ¥80,143)

Edinburgh; London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1894. Leather. John Barbour's principal surviving work, a historical verse romance, edited by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat and uniformly bound in two volumes. A two-volume set, uniformly bound in a half morocco binding with marbl...

The Sensitive Plant

Percy Bysshe Shelley; Edmund Gosse · 1911 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.54 | ¥209,848)

London, William Heinemann, 1911 . First edition. Leather. The first Robinson illustrated edition of Percy Bysshe Shelley's romantic, dreamlike poem, elegantly bound in half crushed morocco. The first Robinson illustrated edition, being the first appearance of Charles Robi...

The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book

Iona Opie; Peter Opie [ed[] · 1955 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1955. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated collection of poems, compiled by Iona and Peter Opie with numerous letters hand written by Iona Opie. The first edition of this collection of nursery rhymes. All the poems have been published previousl...