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George Crabbe · 1813 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, J. Hatchard, 1813. Leather. The fourth edition of George Crabbe's collection of poetry, bound in full straight grain morocco. The fourth edition.Bound in full straight grain morocco with gilt details.This work features a collection of poetry by George Crabbe, the ...

Tales of the Hall

Rev. George Crabbe · 1819 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, John Murray, 1819 . Leather. An extra-illustrated, early edition of this smartly bound collection of poetry by the Rev. George Crabbe. A new edition. Published the same year as the first. Complete in two volumes. Bound in a smart half calf with paper-covered boards. Wi...

The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton · 1849 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

London, John Kendrick, 1849. Cloth. A scarce edition of John Milton's complete poetical works, illustrated with a frontispiece. A very scarce edition of Milton's poetical works published by J. Kendrick. Jisc only documents Kendrick's editions dated 1850 and 1854...

Leonidas

Richard Glover · 1810 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, J. Walker; J. Johnson and Co; J. Richardson; et al, 1810. Cloth. A pocket-sized edition of Richard Glover's epic poem about the Battle of Thermopylae. 'Leonidas' is an incredibly popular epic poem by Richard Glover, first published in 1737. The poem&apos...

Trail: Paper Poetry

David Pelham · 2007 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

New York , Little Simon , 2007. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this poetical work, containing impressive three-dimensional paper art. First edition. A beautifully intricate book containing pop-up paper art from David Pelham, alongside interactive wheels to reve...

Revaluation: Tradition & Development in English Poetry

F. R. Leavis · 1936 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work of literary criticism from English critic Frank Raymond Leavis, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. A complete account of the past of English poetry as it influences the pres...

I Went to the House of the Sun

Brian Aldiss · 2001 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

Oxford, Printworks, 2001. First edition. Paperback. One of only fifty copies printed of this anthology of poems by Brian Aldiss, a very scarce work, from the author's own library. The first edition of this very scarce work, one of only fifty copies printed.From the librar...

Skylines and Horizons

DuBose Heyward · 1924 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this poetical volume by DuBose Heyward, signed by the author. The first edition.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper.An early anthology of poetry by DuBose Heyward, the noted A...

The Bedside Book, a Miscellany for the Quiet Hours

Arthur Stanley · 1932 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1932 . First edition. Leather. The fourth impression of the first edition of Arthur Stanley's miscellaneous literary collection, in a full calf signed binding by Bumpus. The fourth impression of this work, published in the same year as the fir...

Over the Gate

Bernard Hemensley · 1979 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Alverstoke, Stingy Artist, 1979 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce limited edition volume of the minimalist poetry of Bernard Hemensley. One of only 250 copies of this work produced. A very scarce first edition.A volume of minimalist poems by poet and photographer Bern...

Green-Kirtled Spring

N. Graham Smith [editor] · 1924 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Elkin Mathews, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of poetry on Spring. First edition. Illustrated with a tipped in frontispiece and eight tipped in plates. Collated complete. A collection of poems exploring the glory of Spr...

The Poetical Works of Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1928 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London , Oxford University Press , 1928. Leather. A lovely leather bound collection of poetical works from fireside poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. In full calf prize binding.Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. A profuse collection of poetical works by Ameri...

Terry Street

Douglas Dunn · 1969 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

London, Faber and Faber, 1969 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this award-winning collection of poetry, the debut work of Scottish poet Douglas Dunn. The first edition. Signed by the author to the title page.The first published collection of poetry from Scott...

The Present State of Literature; a Poem, Delivered in New-Haven, at the Public Commencement of Yale-College, September 10, 1800

Warren Dutton · 1800 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Hartford, Hudson and Goodwin, 1800. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this poem discussing literature, delivered at Yale University upon the author's receiving his M.A. The first edition of this uncommon work.This is a sprightly poem discussing the state of liter...

Paradise Lost, and, Paradise Regain&Apos;D

John Milton · 1770 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)

London, J. Beecroft; W. Strahan; J. and F. Rivington; et al, 1770-72. Leather. John Milton's two epic poems in a uniform binding, illustrated throughout. Complete in two volumes.John Milton's epic poems, 'Paradise Lost' and 'Paradise Regain'd&apos...

The Year&Apos;S at the Spring: An Anthology of Recent Poetry

L. D'O. Walters; Harold Monro · 1920 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this brightly illustrated collection of poetry. First trade edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, twenty-three plates, many of which are in colour, and numerous in-text images. Collat...

A Book of Old Ballads

Beverley Nichols [ed.] · 1934 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,552)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1934 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this wonderfully illustrated collection of ballads, compiled by Beverley Nichols and illustrated by H. M. Brock. The first edition. Bound in an imitation reverse calf. The first edition of this delightf...

The Tower

W. B. Yeats · 1928 · Rooke Books

£1,490.00 (€1,785.98 | $1,968.51 | ¥314,245)

London, Macmillan & Co, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of the second impression of W. B. Yeats's celebrated poetry collection, in the beautiful pictorial cloth binding, and unclipped dust wrapper. The second impression of the first edition of this work, p...

The Shepheard&Apos;S Calender

Edmund Spenser · 1898 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London , Harper & Brothers, 1898. Cloth. A decorative edition of the Elizabethan poet's first major work, illustrated throughout by Walter Crane. A decorative edition of Edmund Spenser's first major work, originally published 1579. There is one full page illustration...

The Dead King

Rudyard Kipling · 1910 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1910 . First edition. Leather. A leather-bound first edition of Kipling's eulogy to King Edward VII, with this particular copy hailing from the library of Kipling's literary agent, A. P. Watt and Son. First edition. In a contemporary full ...