Poesia

Poemes: By Michael Drayton Esquire. Viz. The Barons Warres. Englands Heroicall Epistles. The Legend of Robert Duke of Normandie. The Legend of Matilda. The Legend of Pierce Gaueston. The Legend of Great Cromwell. Idea.

Michael Drayton · 1630 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.19 | $792.69 | ¥126,542)

London, John Smethwicke, 1630. Disbound. Michael Drayton's renowned poetry book, including titles such as, 'The Barons Warre', and, 'Englands Heroicall Epistles&apos. An early edition. With an engraved frontispiece. An early collection of the poetry of Mich...

New Poems

Francis Thompson · 1897 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)

Westminster, Archibald Constable and Co. 1897. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition anthology of the poems of Francis Thompson. The first edition of this work. An uncommon volume. One of three anthologies published before his death.Anthology of the poems of English ...

The Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems of the Xviiith Century

Austin Dobson · 1892 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

London, Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. 1892. Cloth. A charming limited edition collection of eighteenth-century poems from Austin Dobson. Limited edition. Scarce edition. Large paper edition of this volume, consisting of 250 copies for England, 200 copies for America, al...

An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, LL. D. Late Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic in the Marischal College and University of Aberdeen. Including Many of His Original Letters.

Sir William Forbes · 1807 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Edinburgh, Arch. Constable and Co; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; T. Cadell; W. Davies; John Murray , 1807. Leather. A complete three volume set of this biographical work regarding the Scottish poet, James Beattie. The scarce second edition. Complete in three volumes. Uniform...

The Complete Poems of Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy · 1976 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Macmillan, 1976. Paperback. The uncorrected proof copy of this collection of poetry from Thomas Hardy, edited by James Gibson. Uncorrected proof copy. The New Wessex Edition of the complete poetry of Thomas Hardy. Includes previously uncollected poems and fragments. Il...

Reynard the Fox, or, the Ghost Heath Run

John Masefield · 1919 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, William Heinemann, 1919 . Leather. An excellent copy of the third impression of John Masefield's popular narrative poem, in a bright half calf signed binding by Hatchards. The December 1919 third impression of this work, first published in October of the same year...

Endimion & Phoebe

Michael Drayton; J. William Hebel [ed.] · 1925 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1925. Cloth. An limited edition copy of Michael Drayton's mythological epyllion poem, 'Endimion & Phoebe', enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A twentieth-century edition of Michael Drayton's epyllion poem, Endimion & Phoebe. Th...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 1833 · Rooke Books

£790.00 (€946.93 | $1,043.71 | ¥166,613)

Edinburgh , Robert Cadell, 1833-1834. Leather. Eleven lovely volumes of the important poetical works of Sir Walter Scott. Eleven volumes of twelve of The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott. This set is missing volume five which contains 'Sir Tristrem&apos.All volumes have...

The Ring and the Book

Robert Browning · 1872 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London , Smith, Elder, and Co. 1872. Cloth. A complete four volume set of the dramtic poem The Ring and The Book by Robert Browning. A complete four volume set of The Ring and the Book, a long dramatic narrative poem by Robert Browning. The pome tells the story of a murder tr...

The Vigil of Venus

Lewis Gielgud · 1952 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Frederick Muller , [1952]. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. Lovely first trade edition of the English translation of 'Pervigilium Veneris' by Lewis Gielhud, adorned with lovely wood engravings by George Buday. Translated to English by English scholar Lewis G...

Songs in a Minor Key a Small Volume of Verse

William C. Hall · 1889 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Dublin, Sealy, Bryers & Walker , 1889. Cloth. A scarce, signed collection of verses by William C. Hall. A scarce volume of verse by William C. Hall, who was a scholar of Christ Church, Oxford. This small volume includes a collection of sonnets, songs, ballads and serenades ba...

A Story of Doom and Poems

Jean Ingelow · 1866 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1866-1867. Leather. 1 Two uniformly bound volumes of poems by Jean Ingelow. A Story of Doon and other poems is a first edition copy that includes the poems 'The Dreams that Came True,' 'Songs on the Voices of the Birds,' an...

Tryphena and Other Poems

John William Fletcher · 1851 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, William Pickering, 1851. First edition. Cloth. Bright copy of this scarce poetry anthology by John William Fletcher. The first edition of this work. A poetry anthology by John William Fletcher, English divine and Methodist leader, known for his piety and generosity. Th...

Albii Tibullii Quae Supersunt Omnia Opera Varietate Lectionum Novis Commentariis, Excursibus Imtationubus Gallicis Vita Auctiris Et Indice Absolutissimo Instruxit Philipp Amat de Golbery E Regia Antiquariorum Societate Et in Suprema Alsatiae Curia Consiliarius, Etc.

Albius Tibullus; Philipp Amat. de Golbéry. · 1829 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Parisiis, Colligebat Nicolaus Eligius Lemaire, 1829. First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of this collection of works by Albuis Tibullus in Latin and in full calf binding. First edition, in full calf binding, of 'Albii Tibullii Quae Supersunt Omnia Opera Var...

Poems

Arthur Christopher Benson · 1893 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893. First edition. Hardback. A limited edition copy of the first edition of Arthur Christopher Benson's collection of poetry. In the original paper boards. 60 of Benson's poems are collected in this work, many of which are pasto...

A Book of Romantic Ballads

Anonymous · 1901 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,162)

London, George Newnes, 1901 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce early twentieth century Limited Edition anthology of romantic ballads, signed by the illustrator, Reginald Savage. Number seventy of one-hundred and five Limited Edition copies printed, of which one-hundred were...

Seventeen Poems Missing from Love Respelt

Robert Graves · 1966 · Rooke Books

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

London, Privately Printed, 1966 . First edition. Leather. A signed Limited Edition volume of poetry from Rupert Graves, in an unfinished full morocco binding by Ivor Robinson. The first edition of this signed, Limited Edition volume of seventeen poems from British poet, histor...

The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems

William Cowper; Rev T. S. Grimshawe · 1860 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London , William Tegg, 1860. Leather. A fifth edition copy of the complete works of William Cowper, with illustrations throughout. A fifth edition copy of The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems, first completed by the introduction of Cowper's private co...

The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson Poet Laureate

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1892 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1892. Leather. A smart edition of The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, with a frontispiece. A 1892 reprint of The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson Poet Laureate. This volume includes the complete works of Tennyson, with some of his most celebrated poems ...

Poor Poems and Rotten Rhymes

A.P. Herbert · 1910 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

Winchester, P. & G. Wells, 1910. First edition. Paperback. A signed, first edition copy of A.P. Herbert's first ever published collection of poetry, the personal copy of British novelist Dennis Wheatley. The first edition of this collection of poetry, Poor Poems and Rotte...