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Gabriello Chiabrera · 1807 · Rooke Books

£199.99 (€239.72 | $264.21 | ¥42,192)

Milan, The Italian Company of Classic Typography, 1807-8. Leather. A set of Chiabrera's 'Rhymes' written here in the original Italian. A complete set of Chiabrera's Rhymes Complete in 3 volumes Gabriello Chiabrera (1552 1638) was an Italian poet, sometimes ...

The Works of the Famous and Worthy Knight Sir David Lindesay of the Mount Alias Lyon King of Armes

Sir David Lindesay · 1696 · Rooke Books

£2,250.00 (€2,696.98 | $2,972.56 | ¥474,680)

Glasgow, Robert Sanders, 1696 . Leather. The poetical works of Sir David Lindesay (c 1490- c1555). A scarce edition of this work in a pocket sized format. The entire text of this work is in blackletter. ESTC states that there are two contents leaves to the rear, this copy is l...

Romances Sans Paroles

Paul Verlaine · 1919 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris, Albert Messein, 1919 . Cloth. Artist, collector and poet Cecil French's personal copy of Paul Verlaine's important work of late 19th century French poetry. In the original French.The copy of Cecil French, an artist and art collector known for his 1922 poetry c...

Poems

John D. Batten · 1916 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, At the Chiswick Press, 1916 . First edition. Paperback. The vanishingly scarce first edition of artist John D. Batten's poetry collection, including a signed letter from the author to fellow poet and artist Cecil French. A very scarce first edition.With a signed l...

Cyder. A Poem in Two Books

[John Philips] · 1708 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Jacob Tonson, 1708. First edition. Leather. A calf-bound first edition of this charming pastoral poem on cider, published anonymously by John Philips. First Jacob Tonson edition, published the same year as the H. Hills edition.In full embossed calf. Rebacked, with orig...

1895 the Story of Rosina and Other Verses

Austin Dobson · 1895 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1895. First edition. Cloth. A first trade edition copy of this book of verses by Austin Dobson, illustrated byHugh Thomson. The first trade edition of this work. A delightful collection of poems by English poet and essayist Henry ...

Early Poems and Stories

W. B. Yeats · 1925 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1925. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this W. B. Yeats anthology comprising his early poems and stories, with the unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper.A classic collection of W. ...

Woman: A Satire; from the Latin of Juvenal

Juvenal; F. A. Wright · 1926 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Casanova Society, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. A limited edition work on Juvenal's satirical poetry, with eight collotype illustrations by R. B. Brook-Greaves. The first edition. Limited to five hundred copies, this being no. 196. With eight collotype illustrati...

Woodcuts and Verses

Edward Quillinan · 1820 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)

Kent, Printed at the private Press if Lee Priory by John Warwick, 1820 . First edition. Hardback. A very scarce limited edition copy of this collection of engraved poems printed privately by the Lee Priory Press. A limited edition copy, with only one hundred copies printed.Pub...

To Bertha and Other Verses

Ernest Watt · 1919 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Harrison and Sons , 1919. First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of this very scarce poetical collection, generously inscribed by him with original verses. The author's inscribed presentation copy. With two handwritten poems - including twenty l...

A Singing Soldier

Tom Skeyhill · 1919 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

New York, Knickerbocker Press, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this collection of poetry by Tom Skeyhill, with an additional poem written by Skeyhill inscribed by hand. The first edition. Signed presentation by Tom Skeyhill to t...

Over the Front

W. L. Davidson · 1929 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

New York, Privately Printed, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce collection of aviation poetry by W. L. Davidson, in the publisher's original beige cloth. The first edition in the publisher's original beige cloth.A very scarce collectio...

2 Vols the Poetical Works of Gilbert Frankau

Gilbert Frankau · 1923 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, inscribed first-edition set of Frankau"s collected poems, housed in the scarce unclipped Edition de Luxe dust wrappers. In the publisher's original cloth binding. The dust wrappers for these copies are the u...

Comrades of the Mist and Other Rhymes of the Grand Fleet

Lieut. Comdr. Eugene E. Wilson · 1917 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

New York, George Sully and Company, 1917 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed first edition of this collection of First World War naval verse written by American sailors serving aboard U.S.S. Arkansas, signed by the author Eugene E. Wilson. In the publisher's original ...

Outbound

Gottfried Hult · 1920 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Boston, The Stratford Company Publishers , 1920. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this scarce poem collection, inserted with a hand-typed letter and a newspaper clipping tied to the author's University. Author's presentation copy, signed to the front free endpa...

Windows

George Montagu, Earl of Sandwich · 1924 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Elkin Mathews Limited , 1924. First edition. Cloth. A very smart presentation copy - with signed letter - of this scarce anthology of poems by the 9th Earl of Sandwich, George Montagu. The author's presentation copy, inscribed to the front free endpaper 'To M...

Echoes and Evasions

Collin Brooks · 1934 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Lovat Dickson, 1934. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce work of poetry in the publisher's original cloth, signed by the author to the first free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth. Signed by the author to the first free endp...

Collected Poems of Geoffrey Winthrop Young

Geoffrey Winthrop Young · 1936 · Rooke Books

£108.00 (€129.46 | $142.68 | ¥22,785)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1936. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of poetry from Geoffrey Winthrop Young, signed by Eleanor Winthrop Young. The first edition in the publisher's original cloth, signed by Eleanor Winthrop Young to the front fre...

The Dawn and Other Poems

Bassett Green · 1918 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)

London, Elliot Stock, 1918. First edition. Hardback. A touching anthology focusing on bereavement, signed and written by Bassett Green. Published in the final year of the First World War. The very scarce signed first edition of The Dawn and Other Poems, written by West Country...

Leaves and Other Poems

Ralph Cleworth · 1921 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Cambridge , Perkin Warbeck , 1921 . First edition. Paperback. First edition; a scarce privately printed volume in Perkin Warbeck"s Florin series, showcasing Ralph Cleworth"s early lyrical poems. In the publisher's original paper wraps.First edition.First edition; a scarce...