Poesia

Well, Anyhow... " or, Little Talks; Full Enjoyment

A. P. Herbert · 1943 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Methuen and Co, 1943-1952. Cloth. A smart pair of books containing humorous verses from A. P. Herbert, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Contains the first edition of 'Full Enjoyment' and the second edition of 'Well, Anyhow&apos. Both with the ...

Musica Incantans, Sive Poema Exprimens Musicae Vires

Robert South · 1655 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,543)

London, H. Hills, c1708. Disbound. A very scarce poem on the power of music by Robert South, in the original Latin. A very scarce witty poem by Robert South, an ode to the power of music.In the original Latin.South was a churchman, known for his combative preaching. The first ...

An Essay on Man. In Epistles to a Friend. Epistle III and Epistle IV

Alexander Pope · 1733 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.85 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,267)

London, J. Wilford, 1733-1734 . First edition. Unbound. Bright first editions of Epistles III and IV of Alexander Pope's celebrated work of poetry, credited with popularising 'optimistic philosophy' in Europe. Present here are first editions of Epistles III and ...

Ninfa Revisited: A New Poem

Kathleen Raine · 1968 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Enitharmon Press, 1968. First edition. Paperback. A very smart signed limited copy of this poem by Kathleen Raine. Signed by the author to the colophon. A numbered, limited copy, being number 279 out of 325. In the publisher's original wraps, with the original w...

Writ in Barracks

Edgar Wallace · 1900 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Methuen and Co, 1900. Cloth. A first edition copy of this absorbing poetry collection of military tales, from British writer Edgar Wallace. The first edition.In the publisher's original cloth binding. This is one of three poetry collections from Edgar Wallace, a ...

The Carnival

Frederic Prokosch · 1938 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1938. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this poetry anthology by the noted American author Frederick Prokosch. The first edition.An anthology collecting together thirty-three brilliant poems by Frederic Prokosch, an American author known for w...

A Song of the English

Rudyard Kipling · 1909 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1909]. Cloth. Rudyard Kipling's poetical anthology ruminating on the British Empire, beautifully illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. An early edition, reprinted from 'The Seven Seas' by Methuen, then printed for the first time on its o...

Private View

Dorothy Douglas; Inger Fox · 0 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Kyrenia, Cyprus, Windmills, Four-Mile Post , c1950. Paperback. A private edition of this very scarce collection of poetry, inscribed by one of the authors. The private edition. Inscribed by one of the authors, Dorothy Douglas, to the verso: "To Lavender with xmas greetings fr...

The Poetical Works of Felicia Hemans

Felicia Hemans; William Michael Rossetti · 1912 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1912. Leather. A smart copy of this collection of poetry from English writer Felicia Hemans. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of the poetical works of Felicia Dorothea Hemans, an English poet who identified as Welsh by adoption. He...

The Tour of Doctor Syntax

[William Combe] · 1838 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Ackermann and Co, 1838. Cloth. Alfred Crowquill's illustrated edition of this satirical poem by William Combe. 'Doctor Syntax' is a comic character, a satire of William Gilpin. He published three satirical poems in this series, showing Syntax touring Bri...

A Time to Dance and Other Poems

C. Day Lewis · 1935 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Leonard and Virginia Woolf , 1935. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this poetical collection from Poet Laureate, Cecil Day-Lewis. The first edition. In the publisher's original red cloth binding, with a small gilt stamp to the front board.This is the fo...

Twenty-Five Poems

Dylan Thomas · 1936 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd , 1936. First edition. Hardback. The first edition, first printing of Dylan Thomas' acclaimed second poetical collection. The first edition, first printing of this work, with no further remarks. The second poetical collection from Welsh ly...

The Sonnets of William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth · 1838 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

London, Edward Moxon, 1838. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this volume of sonnets by William Wordsworth, a wonderful anthology of poems by the eminent poet. The scarce first edition of this anthology of sonnets collected in one volume, including twelve new p...

Poems by the Professionals

Terry Parnham [ed.] · 1988 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

England , Mainstone Publications , 1988. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce compilation of poetry written by former professional boxers, previously owned by the first president of the Ex-Boxers Southern Federation. The first edition of this very scarce poetical collection...

Fringilla, or, Tales in Verse

Richard Doddridge Blackmore · 1895 · Rooke Books

£1,450.00 (€1,738.04 | $1,915.66 | ¥305,809)

Cleveland , The Burrows Brothers , 1895 . First edition. Cloth. A limited edition copy of R. D. Blackmore's captivating collection of poetry, with highly decorative Art Nouveau adornments by Will Bradley. A limited edition, this is number 323 out of 600 copies printed on ...

The Less Deceived

Philip Larkin · 1962 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

Hessle, The Marvell Press, 1962. Cloth. A smart fifth edition of Larkin's first mature poetry collection, containing one of his best poems, 'Church Going&apos. The fifth edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped ...

The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language

Francis Turner Palgrave [ed.] · 1916 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Humphrey Milford , 1916. Cloth. A pleasing new edition of this poetical and lyrical collection, from Francis Turner Palgrave's 'Golden Treasury&apos. A new edition.In the publisher's original cloth binding with decorative gilt to the spine. This volume ...

Elkin Mathew&Apos;S Garland of New Poetry

Laurence Binyon; Robert Bridges; Stephen Phillips; Margaret L. Woods; Richard Watson Dixon · 1897 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

London, Elkin Mathews, 1897. Cloth. A scarce volume of 'Shilling Garland' poetry compiled by Charles Elkin Mathews. An anthology of poems compiled by publisher Charles Elkin Mathews, a scarce work.This volume contains the first five pamphlets in Mathew's 'S...

Lilith, a Dramatic Poem

George Sterling · 1926 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1926. First edition. Cloth. George Sterling's brilliant and uncommon fantasy verse drama, scarce to see in the original dust wrapper. The first edition thus, being the first edition with an introduction by Theodore Dreiser, also with revis...

Leet Livvy, a Verse-Story in the Dialect of Osgoldcross

J. S. Fletcher · 1915 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Co, LTD, 1915. First edition. Paperback. The scarce first edition of J. S. Fletcher's "verse-story" written in a Yorkshire dialect, signed by the author. The scarce first edition.Signed by the author to the half-title.A poem wr...