Poesia

La Bonne Tache; Poemes Et Stances

Jean Tenant · 1918 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Coulonges -sur-l'Autize, Editions du Divan , 1918 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce limited edition presentation copy of this collection of twentieth century French poems by Jean Tenant. A very scarce limited edition work, with only 430 copies being printed on alf...

Mcaroni Ballads and Other Verses

T.A. Daly · 1919 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Howe , 1919 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this collection of poetry by Thomas Augustine Daly. The first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, dated July 1920.In quarter black clo...

The Ponderin&Apos;S of Peter and Other Ballads

F. S. Girdlestone · 1922 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Arthur H. Stockwell, 1922. Cloth. A very scarce signed first edition copy of this volume of poetry by WWI chaplain Girdlestone. A very scarce signed first edition copy of this work.Bound in original red cloth, and with smart gilt lettering to the front board.Inscribed ...

1952 in Praise of Life

H. N. Spalding · 1952 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

Oxford, Basil Blackwell , 1952. First edition. Cloth. A fine copy of the first edition of this scarce poetry collection in the original quarter cloth with decorative floral paper boards, signed by the author. The first edition.A very scarce collection of poetry by H. N. Spaldi...

The Collected Poems of Hugh Macdiarmid

Hugh MacDiarmid · 1962 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1962. Cloth. A signed great collection of the poetical works of Scottish Renaissance pioneer and poet Hugh MacDiarmid. The signed Collected Poems of Hugh MacDiarmid, signed by the Scottish literary giant. Published by Oliver and Boyd in 1962.In the ...

Off Parade and Other Verses

Fraser Mitchell · 1919 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

Dundee, A. B. Duncan & Co. 1919 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of William Fraser Mitchell"s post-WWI poetry, inscribed by the author and reflecting his experiences with the 4th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. In the publisher's original paper wra...

Poems

J. H. F. McEwen · 1920 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Elkin Mathews, 1920. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce post-WWI collection of verse, a presentation copy signed and inscribed by the author, Sir John Helias Finnie McEwen. In the publisher's original paper covered boards.First edition.A presentation copy, sig...

Songs from the Sandhills by Meade Seawell

Meade Seawell · 1919 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Baltimore , Saulsbury Publishing Company , 1919 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this collection of twentieth century poetry by Meade Seawell. The very scarce first edition of the work.In publisher's original brown cloth binding.A collection of twent...

Pictures: Poems: Prose

Stuart F. Sparrow · 1924 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London , Arthur H. Stockwell, 1924 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated first edition of this collection of poems and prose, with 12 plates. The very scarce first edition of the work. In publisher's original red cloth binding.Illustrated with twelve scenery ...

March Evening and the Body&Apos;S Imperfection

Leonard Strong [L.A.G] · 1932 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.90 | ¥24,887)

London , Privately Printed at the Favil Press , 1932-1948. First edition. Paperback. A limited edition signed set of a collection of verses by poet L.A.G. Strong, inscribed by the author. A lovely two volume set of these signed limited edition collection of verses by Leonard S...

The Known Soldier and Other Reminders of the War Decade

M.A. Dewolfe Howe · 1924 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Boston, McGrath-Sherrill Press, 1924 . First edition. Cloth. A limited edition presentation copy of this collection of poetry by Pulitzer Prize winner Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe. A limited edition copy of the work, with 350 being printed, and only 250 for sale. Signed and insc...

Let the Flag Wave; with Other Verses Written in War-Time

Clinton Scollard · 1917 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

New York, James T. White & Co. 1917 . First edition. Hardback. A very scarce signed presentation copy of this collection of war-time poetry by American poet Clinton Scollard. The very scarce first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpape...

Sonnets of the Empire

Archibald T. Strong · 1915 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Macmillan, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed presentation copy of the first edition of Archibald Strong's collection of sonnets regarding the British Empire prior to and during the First World War, in the vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. The scarce firs...

Epic of Verdun and Ballads of France

Georges Lewys [Gladys Adelina Selma Lewis] · 1928 · Rooke Books

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

New York, Lavater-Dorette, 1928 . First edition. Hardback. An exceptional example of this signed limited collection of poetry about France's role in the First World War, including an epic titled 'Verdun&apos. A limited edition, first edition work of poetry from Georg...

Verses by the Way

James Henry Darlington · 1923 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

New York, Brentano's, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. Signed first-edition poetry collection from the first bishop of Harrisburg, presented to paleontologist Henry Fairfield Osborn. First edition.In publisher's original quarter-cloth binding with blue boards.Presentatio...

New Poems

Kenneth Hare · 1923 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. Scarce signed first edition of post-war poetry from English writer Kenneth Hare. Scarce first edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Presentation copy. Signed by the author with an inscription to Doctor and ...

The Road of Life

Ianthe Jerrold · 1915 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Erksine Macdonald, 1915 . First edition. Paperback. Very scarce first-edition early poetry collection from prominent crime writer Ianthe Jerrold as part of S. Gertrude Ford's The Little Books of Georgian Verse series. Very scarce first edition.Publisher's ori...

1914-1918

Dyfrig · 1936 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd. [1936] . First edition. Cloth. Scarce signed first edition of First World War poetry from Dyfrig, also known as Evan Davies. Scarce first edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Presentation copy. Signed by the author with an inscrip...

Les Grand Frissons: Poemes

Christine de Burgat · 1920 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

Paris, Jouve & Cie , 1920 . First edition. Paperback. An exceptionally scarce presentation copy of this patriotic WWI poetry cycle, inscribed by the author Christine de Burgat to the novelist Jacques des Gachons. In the publisher's original paper wraps.First edition. An ...

Sonnets of Appreciation

J. Leask; Ernest Rhys [Intro.] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Leeds, Richard Jackson Limited, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce copy of this concise poetry collection comprising a selection of J. Leask"s sonnets, introduced by Ernest Rhys. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. First edition.An exceptiona...