Poesia

The Seasons

James Thomson; Robert Heron · 1793 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

Perth, R. Morison Junior, 1793. Leather. A lovely edition of James Thomson's immensely influential poem that discusses the seasons, a beautiful poem, illustrated with seven detailed plates. Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page, and seven plates. Collated, ...

Scripscrapologia or Collins&Apos;S Doggerel Dish of All Sorts

John Collins · 1804 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.82 | ¥78,034)

Birmingham, The Author; M Swinney, 1804. Leather. A smartly bound, very scarce, copy of this poetry anthology from 'Brush Collins', an English entertainer. With half title, and engraved portrait frontispiece of Collins. Prior owner's inscription to the half titl...

Armine and Elvira, a Legendary Tale in Two Parts

Edmund Cartwright · 1772 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Oxford, J. Murray, 1772. Disbound. The fourth edition of Edmund Cartwright's immensely popular and exciting poem about Armine and Elvira, illustrated with a lovely engraved vignette by Isaac Taylor to the title page. The fourth edition of this work. Disbound. Bound withou...

An Hymn to the Nymph of Bristol Spring

William Whitehead · 1751 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,707)

London, R. Dodsley, 1751. First edition. Disbound. An uncommon first edition of this charming poem by William Whitehead, being an ode to the River Avon, illustrated with three engraved vignettes. The first edition of this work. Collated, complete. Half-title and final advertis...

Poems

Samuel Rogers · 1834 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,162)

London, T Cadell, E Moxon, 1834. Leather. A finely bound copy of Samuel Roger's poetry. Beautifully illustrated, with drawings based on engravings by Turner and Stothard. The first edition of this particular collection. Joseph Mallord William Turner was an English Romanti...

The Lays of the Pharisee by W.E. C. Being a Volume of Verses Together with Poems in Blank Verse, Telling of the Things That Are in Modern Life of to-Day: Critical: Satirical: Political

W. E. C. · 1913 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Messrs. J. Mulvy Ouseley & Son, Ye Olde Royaltie Booke Publishers, 1913. Leather. A scarce work of satire from the early twentieth century written by W. E. C. profusely illustrated throughout by Zoffany Oldfield. Scarce. Handsomely bound in a full morocco binding, with...

Cows Cherries and Fish People

Alison Spritzler-Rose · 1996 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Not Stated, Prospero Poets, 1996. Hardback. A limited edition copy of Alison Spritzler-Rose's amusing collection of poetry, illustrated by John Lawrence, signed by the author and the illustrator. A limited edition work of four-hundred and ninety-nine copies, of which one-...

Broadside Ballads of the Restoration Period from the Jersey Collection Known As the Osterley Park Ballads

F. Burlington Fawcett (ed.) · 1930 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,162)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A first limited edition copy of this fascinating work, containing the Restoration period broadside ballads from the 'Jersey Collection', held at Osterley Park. With an introduction and notes by F....

Poems and Letters

Thomas Gray · 1879 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1879. Leather. A large paper, illustrated edition, of Thomas Gray's poems and letters. In a lovely full calf binding. With a comprehensive biography of Gray. With a frontispiece and three mounted plates of photographs. The three plat...

Miscellaneous Pieces in Verse and Prose

[Soame Jenyns] · 1770 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,290)

London, J. Dodsley, 1770. Leather. A handsome rebacked collection of poetical and miscellaneous works from the late eighteenth century. This uncommon volume offers a unique critic of the moral and political belief of contemporary Britain and is written by a prominent member of...

The Poetic Remains of Some of the Scottish Kings

George Chalmers · 1824 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, John Murray, 1824. Leather. A charming collection of poetry often attributed to Scottish monarchs, offering an insight into Scottish history and the life of the monarchs, also with a folding plate. 'The Poetic Remains of Some of the Scottish Kings' documents ...

The Mistress with Other Select Poems

Abraham Cowley; John Sparrow · 1926 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926. Cloth. A limited edition collection of poetry by the leading seventeenth century poet, Abraham Cowley. A limited edition work published by Nonesuch Press, this being copy 434 of 1050 printed on Dutch rag paper. Abraham Cowley was an English po...

Nugae Antiquae: Being a Miscellaneous Collection of Original Papers in Prose and Verse Written in the Reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth, James I, &C. By Sir John Harington, the Translator of Ariosto, and Others Who Lived in Those Times. With an Original Plate of the Princess Elizabeth, Engraved 1554. To Which Is Added an Appendix, Containing a Specimen of Some Letters from a Georgian Merchant at Bath to His Friend in London

Sir John Harington; Sir John Harrington · 1769 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,290)

London, W Frederick, 1769. Leather. An eighteenth century publication of popular Elizabethan courtier Sir John Harington's writings. Harington was prominent in Elizabeth I's court and was known to fall in and out of her favour due to his controversial writings. This ...

Man Part One and Part Two

Ronald Duncan · 1970 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Rebel Press, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A two volume set of Ronald Duncan poetical work 'Man' that attempts to bring together science and literature. Both volumes are first edition, limited edition and signed. Part one and two of Ronald Duncan's poetica...

Pastorals and Other Poems

Elinor Sweetman · 1899 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,671)

London, J M Dent, 1899. Cloth. A charming collection of pastoral and floral poetry. A small collection of thirteen poems by the Irish poet Elinor Sweetman. This collection includes 'Pastoral of Galahad', 'Song of Sappho', and 'With Pansies&apos. Sweetm...

The Princess a Medley

Alfred, Lord Tennyson · 1872 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Strahan and Co, 1872. Leather. A lovely copy of this poem by Tennyson. 'The Princess' is a serio-comic blank verse narrative poem. The work tells the story of a heroic princess who forswears the world of men and founds a women-only university. At the time of ...

The Pleasures of Memory, with Other Poems

Samuel Rogers · 1799 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

London, Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1799 . Leather. The enlarged new edition of Rogers" celebrated poetry collection, handsomely bound in contemporary full tree calf, illustrated with four engraved plates. In a smart contemporary full tree calf binding. A popul...

Tragedies and Poems of Swinburne with William Blake by Swinburne

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1904 · Rooke Books

£800.00 (€958.92 | $1,056.92 | ¥168,722)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1904-6. Leather. A collection of Algernon Charles Swinburne's poems and tragedies. The complete Volumes I-V of his Tragedies, volumes I-VI of his Poems and a biographical work on William Blake. With a frontispiece to volume V of Tragedies, to vo...

The Works of Thomas Hood Comic and Serious, in Prose and in Verse, with All the Original Illustrations in Nine Volumes

His Son and Daughter · 1799 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London , Ward, Lock, & Co. c1880. Cloth. An illustrated set of The Works of Thomas Hood by his son and daughter. This set contains nine of eleven volumes, and is missing volumes nine and eleven. Thomas Hood (23 May 1799 – 3 May 1845) was a British humourist and poet. His son,...

Elegant Extracts in Prose, Poetry and Epistles Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons 5 Volumes

Various · 1816 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

London , F.C. and J. Rivington, 1816. Leather. A 5 volume set of Elegant Extracts Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons. New editions, corrected and improved. The volumes are broken up into various sections, or "books". For instance the Poetry Extracts volume contains ...