Poesia

Sammtliche Werke

Gottfried August Burger · 1844 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,017)

Gottingen, Dieterich, 1844. Leather. A lovely set of Berger's Sammtliche Werke, with a portrait to frontispiece of first volume, and a facsimile to rear of fourth volume. A lovely set of Burger's Sammtliche Werke, with a portrait to frontispiece of first volume, and ...

The Shepherd&Apos;S Week in Six Pastorals and Trivia or the Art of Walking the Streets of London

John Gay · 1714 · Rooke Books

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

London, J T; sold by W Taylor et al, 1714-1716 . Leather. Two poetical works by John Gay bound as one. The first volume, The Shepherd's Week In Six Pastorals is the second edition of this work. It was printed the same year as the first edition using the same sheets as the...

With the Years

Cecil French · 1927 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, The Richards Press Ltd , 1927. First edition. Hardback. An uncommon signed limited edition work of poetry from Cecil French, illustrated with his woodcuts. Signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper.One of five hundred copies, however this copy is unnum...

With the Years

Cecil French · 1927 · Rooke Books

£128.00 (€153.43 | $169.11 | ¥26,996)

London, The Richards Press, 1927 . First edition. Hardback. A limited edition, signed copy of this work of poetry by Cecil French. Illustrated with woodcuts by the author. A scarce limited edition. Number 125 out of 500. Signed by the author to the limitation page. In the pu...

Au Pays de la Magie

Henri Michaux · 1946 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Horizon, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of Henri Michaux's fantastical work of poetry, in the original French. A limited edition work. In the original French, but with the blurb to the verso of the front wrap in English.The scarce first U...

Ionica

[William Johnson Cory] · 1858 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1858. First edition. Cloth. The sought after first edition of William Johnson Cory's chief poetical work, 'Ionica', in the original cloth binding. The very scarce first edition of this poetical volume by William Johnson Cory, poet an...

The Escorial a Prize Poem Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 20, 1860

J. A. Symonds [John Addington Symonds] · 1860 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

Oxford , T. and G. Shrimpton, 1860. First edition. Paperback. A pleasing first edition of John Addington Symonds' first book and his Newdigate prize-winning poem, 'The Escorial&apos. First edition of J. A. Symonds' prize-winning poem [Babington, I. 1]. Recited i...

The Escorial a Prize Poem Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 20, 1860

J. A. Symonds [John Addington Symonds] · 1860 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Oxford , T. and G. Shrimpton, 1860. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of J. A. Symond's prize-winning poem, 'The Escorial&apos. An early publication. First edition of J. A. Symonds' prize-winning poem [Babington, I. 1]. Recited in the Oxford Theatr...

Rhyme? and Reason?

Lewis Carroll · 1883 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1883. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Lewis Carroll's charming illustrated anthology of poems. First edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece, sixty-five vignettes and full page illustr...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 0 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Charles Daly, c1850 (Undated, dated approximat. Leather. London: Charles Daly, c1850 (Undated, dated approximately from a copy held by the British Library). Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". The First Artists. A charming, uncommon, and full morocco book of poems composed...

Works of Mervyn Peake

Mervyn Peake · 1946 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Victor Gollangz Limited; Allan Wingate; Peter Owen; Colin Smythe Limited, 1946-1973. Cloth. A fantastically illustrated set of works by British writer, artist, poet, and illustrator Mervyn Peake. A fantastic four volume set of works by Mervyn Peake.Peake was a British ...

The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe; Joseph Skipsey; William Sharp · 0 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London and Newcastle-on-Tyne, The Walter Scott Publishing Co. Ltd. c1910 . Hardback. Smart blue-cloth The Canterbury Poets edition of the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe. In publisher's original blue cloth binding.Undated, dated from a copy held by the University of Cambridge L...

Poems; 1914 & Other Poems.

Rupert Brooke · 1916 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, Limited, 1916. Cloth. Smart set of blue-cloth poetry volumes from English poet Rupert Brooke. Collection of two poetry volumes by Rupert Brooke.Comprised of:(1916) Poems;(1916) 1914 & other Poems.In publisher's original blue cloth bindings.Book...

The New Bath Guide

Christopher Anstey · 1830 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Hurst, Chance & Co. 1830 . Cloth. Lovely copy of Christopher Anstey's significant satirical poetry work on life in eighteenth-century Bath, featuring illustrations by George Cruikshank. In contemporary cloth binding by W. Smith, bookbinder.With a twenty-four-page ...

The Centaur Not Fabulous. In Six Letters to a Friend, on the Life in Vogue

[Edward Young] · 1755 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

London, Printed for A. Millar in the Strand, 1755. Cloth. The second edition of Edward Young's curious critique of worldly pleasures, contrasting them with the wisdom of the mythical Chiron. Second edition, corrected.Bound in a modern cloth, with paper spine label. Retain...

Rosamund Gray

Charles Lamb · 1849 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Edward Moxon, 1849. Cloth. A charming collection of Charles Lamb works in one volume, including his romantic novel Rosamund Gray, as well as poems and essays on Hogarth and Shakespeare. A collection of Charles Lamb works, including the tale of Rosamund Gray, as well as...

Aislinge Meic Conglinne: The Vision of Macconglinne a Middle-Irish Wonder Tale

Kuno Meyer [Trans.]; Wilhelm Wollner [Intro.] · 1892 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, David Nutt, 1892 . Cloth. A scarce first modern English translation of a Middle Irish satirical vision tale, recounting MacConglinne"s fantastical cure of a gluttonous king, from the library of Captain Richard J. Campbell OBE In the publisher's original cloth bind...

Poems

John Wilton Haines · 1921 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

London, Selwyn and Blount, 1921. First edition. Hardback. The signed first edition of a poetical anthology relating to the First World War and natural beauty, written by the Gloucestershire Poet. The signed first edition of Poems, by Gloucestershire poet John Wilton Haines. Pu...

Collected Poems

T.W.H. Crosland · 1917 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Martin Secker, 1917 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this collection of World War One poetry by Thomas William Hodgson Crosland in the very scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the front ...

Verses from Many Seas

Fred Warner Carpenter · 1914 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

San Francisco , Paul Elder and Company , 1914 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of this collection of early wartime poetry by Fred Warner Carpenter. A signed presentation copy of the work. Signed and dedicated by the author to the first blank, 'For Th...