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Cherio · 1895 · Rooke Books

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

London; New York, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed first edition work by Cherio, a collection of his poems, uncommon to find works signed by this occult figure. Signed by Cherio to the frontispiece, this being the autographed edition.The firs...

The Poetical Works of Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1925 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press, 1925. Leather. A smart copy of this collection of poetry by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, in handsome half calf prize binding. In half calf prize binding, with gilt coat of arms and motto 'In Domino Confido&ap...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott; J. Logie Robertson (ed.) · 1917 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,858)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1917. Leather. A smart copy of the poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, bound in full calf Oxford binding. Edited by J. Logie Robertson. The Oxford Edition of the complete poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, in full calf Oxford Binding, with the...

Zelis Au Bain

Marquis de Pezay; Alexandre-Frederic-Jacques Masson de Pezay · 1883 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.08 | ¥125,487)

Paris, J. Lemonnyer, 1883. Leather. A finely bound French poem by the Marquis de Pezay, a striking limited edition illustrated here with lovely colour plates. A limited edition work, limited to two-hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered forty-four, being one of th...

A Description of Bath a Poem

Mary Chandler · 1733 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,996.61 | $3,302.86 | ¥527,257)

London, J Roberts; J Jackson; J Gray; J Leake; S Lobb, 1733. First edition. Fine Binding. The first edition of this very scarce poem on Bath by a resident there, Mrs Mary Chandler. Very scarce in any edition. Former owner's book label to the front pastedown, J O Edwards....

Le Bocage Amoureux Ou le Divertissement Des Amants Citadins Et Champetres

Roger Allard · 1911 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.97 | $1,981.72 | ¥316,354)

Paris, Figuiere & Cie, 1911. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce, limited edition poem by Roger Allard. Beautifully illustrated by Albert Gleizes, the founder of cubism. This copy is signed by both Gleizes and Allard. One of 35 copies inscribed by author & artist.  This c...

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

trans. Edward Fitzgerald · 1909 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Pogany's illustrated Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, with twenty-four plates in colour. 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' refers to Edward Fitzgerald's 1859 translation of a selection of ...

Double Acrostic Enigmas, with Poetical Descriptions

Mrs. Alexander Gordon; [Kate Gordon] · 1868 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Ranken & Co, 1868. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition collection of double acrostics, a popular Victorian work of puzzles. A vanishingly scarce work, the first edition of this work.The second series, a first series was published for charity previously. ...

Poems

James Hurdis · 1808 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,290)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1808. Leather. An uncommon three volume collection of poetry by Rev. James Hurdis, bound in leather. Written by James hurdis (1763-1801), an English clergyman and poet who was Fellow of Magdalen College. Charmingly, Hurdis used to free birds th...

Dorothy Q Together with a Ballad of the Boston Tea Party & Grandmother&Apos;S Story of Bunker Hill Battle

Oliver Wendell Holmes · 1892 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

London, Gay and Bird, 1892. First edition. Cloth. The first U.K. edition of the popular poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes, beautifully illustrated throughout by Howard Pyle. The first U.K. trade edition of this work.An anthology of three poems by Oliver Wendell Holmes, 'Doro...

Right Royal

John Masefield · 1920 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1920. First edition. Hardback. A signed, limited edition of this long poem by John Masefield, number 150 of 500 copies issued. Copy number 150 of 500 issued, limited signed edition with hand-made paper. John Masefield was a renowned English poet...

The Ancient Poem of Guillaume de Guileville, Entitled le Pelerinage de L&Apos;Homme, Compared with the Pilgrim&Apos;S Progress

Guillaume de Guileville; John Bunyan; ed. Nathaniel Hill · 1858 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

London, Basil Montagu Pickering, 1858. Cloth. A comparison of renowned Christian allegory 'The Pilgrim's Progress' with the French acrostic poem 'The Pilgrimage of Man&apos. 'The Pilgrim's Progress' is one of the most published books in the E...

South of Forty

John Pudney · 1943 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head , 1943. First edition. Hardback. A first edition copy of this collection of war poems by John Pudney. A first edition copy of this collection of well known war poems by John Pudney. This volume focuses on the Mediterranean conflict, and comple...

Gerard and Isabel: A Romance in the Form of Cantefable

Francis William Bourdillon · 1921 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,803)

London, Alexander Moring Ltd. 1921. First edition. Hardback. A first edition copy of this romantic fable: Gerard and Isabel by F.W. Bourdillon, number VII of the Saint George Series. One of the first edition copies of this fantasy romance written by Francis W. Brouillon, print...

The Wanderer

Owen Meredith [Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton] · 1859 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1859. Fine Binding. A lovely second edition of this Victorian poetry collection. This is a second edition of the second poetry collection released by 'Owen Meredith' in 1859. 'Owen Meredith' was the pseudonym used by Edward Robert ...

Poems

George Crabbe · 1808 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, J. Hatchard, 1808. Leather. An early edition of this collection of poems from noted poet, George Crabbe. The second edition of the work. With the bookplate of Toft Hall, a 17th century house in Toft, Cheshire. A collection of poems by George Crabbe. Containing 'Th...

A Channel Passage and Other Poems

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1904 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1904. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of one of Algernon Charles Swinburne's final poetry collections. The first edition of this work.A collection of the popular yet controversial poetry of Algernon Charles Swinburne.Swinburne was a Victor...

The Lay of the Last Minstrel

Sir Walter Scott · 1833 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.71 | $1,255.09 | ¥200,358)

London, Robert Cadell, 1833. Leather. A smartly bound, fore-edge painted copy of Sir Walter Scott's popular narrative poem 'The Lay of the Last Minstrel&apos. With an illustrated title page and frontispiece. Prior owner's inscription to the half title, Charlott...

Poems

B. S. Johnson · 1964 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,290)

London, Constable, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of this charming and wildly entertaining collection of poetry by B. S. Johnson. The first edition of this work. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. A collection of poetry by B. S. Johnson, containing, &apos...

The Banks of Wye: A Poem

Robert Bloomfield · 1823 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Co, 1823. Leather. The third edition of Robert Bloomfield's charming nature poem about a walk along the banks of Wye, illustrated with vignettes. The third edition of this work. A charming poem about a walking tour taken in the foot...