Poesia

A Song of the Open Road and Other Verses

Louis J. McQuilland · 1916 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Heath Cranton, Limited, 1916 . Hardback. A charming collection of First World War-era poetry signed and inscribed by the author with a full transcription of William Johnson Cory"s elegiac poem "Heraclitus." In the publisher's original paper covered boards.Signed a...

Colwyn Erasmus Arnold Philipps: Captain, Royal Horse Guards

Colwyn Erasmus Arnold Philipps · 1916 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London , Smith, Elder & Co. 1916 . Hardback. A scarce collection of verses, prose fragments, and extracts from the front by war poet Colwyn Erasmus Arnold Philipps, with a frontispiece, and one plate. A later edition of the work, originally published the year prior.In full pap...

The Golden Heresy

Max Plowman · 1914 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London , Privately Printed, 1914 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed presentation copy of this collection of poetry by writer and pacifist Max Plowman. The very scarce first edition of the work.Signed and dedicated by the author to the front free endpaper, with the in...

Rhymes in Reason and Season

D. Lewis · 1920 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Hove, The Westbourne Press, 1920 . First edition. Cloth. Delightful signed poetry and short-story collection from David Lewis on a range of topics including war, current events and the English coastline. Very scarce first edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Pres...

London Lays and Other Poems

Bernard Malcom Ramsay · 1903 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London , Elliot Stock, 1903 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this book of poems by Bernard Malcom Ramsay. The first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to half title page.In publisher's original red cloth binding.Includes poems in f...

The Poetical Works of Collins, Gray, Abd Beattie: With Lord Byron&Apos;S English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, Hours of Idleness, &C. &C.

William Collins; Thomas Gray; James Beattie; Lord Byron · 1824 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London , Baynes and Son; J. Hearne; Smith and Elder; J. Bain; W. Mason; et al, 1824. Cloth. A pocket sized collection of poetical works by renowned poets Collins, Gray, Beattie, and Byron, with an engraved title page and frontispiece. A pocket sized collection of poetical work...

The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White

Henry Kirke White · 1866 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Bel and Daldy, 1866 . Cloth. Lovely "Aldine" edition of Henry Kirke White poems with a detailed memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas. Published for the "Aldine Edition of the British Poets".In publisher's original maroon cloth binding with gilt detail.Featuring a frontisp...

The Poetical Works of William Collins

William Collins; Dr. Langhorne [ed.] · 1821 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Suttaby, Evance and Fox , 1821 . Leather. A small and pleasing copy, in full calf, of the poetical works of the pre-Romantic poet William Collins, with an introductory section on the life of the author by Dr. Johnson. In full calf.With an introductory section on the li...

The Bard of the Dimbovitza: Roumanian Folk-Songs Collected from the Peasants

Helene Vacaresco [collected]; Carmen Sylva; Alma Strettell [trans.] · 1892 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co, 1892. Cloth. A very smart English edition of this anthology of Romanian folk-songs, collected by aristocrat writer Helene Vacaresco. The second English edition of this collection. First published in the original Romanian in 1889.In the ...

Poems 1830-1833

Alfred, Lord Tennyson · 1862 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Toronto , Privately Printed [for J. Dykes Campbell], 1862. Leather. A morocco-bound copy of this pirated edition of Tennyson's early poems, from the library of former Prime Minister, Lord Rosebery. A desirable copy of this already intriguing poetical collection, previousl...

The Prelude or Growth of a Poet&Apos;S Mind the Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Including Poems and Versions of Poems Now Published for the First Time Volume II Dramatic Works and Appendices the Poetical Works of John Keats

William Wordsworth; Samuel Taylor Coleridge; John Keats · 1966 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Oxford at the Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press, 1966-1968. Cloth. An uncommon instance of these three titles in their original dust wrappers, bound in smart, deep blue cloth. A 3 volume set of poetic works by Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Keats, all in their origi...

A Book of Pictured Carols Designed Under the Direction of Arthur J. Gaskin

1893 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, George Allen, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A scarce illustrated anthology of carols compiled under the direction of Arthur Gaskin, featuring the work of the Birmingham Art School. First edition. Scarce.In the original quarter cloth binding, with paper covered boards. A...

Ionica

William Cory · 1891 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London and Orpington, George Allen, 1891. Cloth. A smart, and limited edition collection of Cory's poetry, in light green cloth, and half paper vellum binding. A limited edition, of which one hundred copies were printed, this being number 40.Bound in half paper vellum and...

Knock Upon Silence

Carolyn Kizer · 1965 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1965 . First edition. Cloth. A smart presentation copy of this collection of lyrical and incisive poems by Pulitzer Prize–winner, Carolyn Kizer, inscribed by the author.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition.A pre...

The Old Ships

James Elroy Flecker · 1915 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, The Poetry Bookshop, 1915. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of 'The Old Ships', a poem by James Elroy Flecker published by the Poetry Bookshop. The very scarce first edition, first impression of this work. With the front cover illustration ...

In Autumn

Herbert Palmer · 1931 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Privately Printed for Terence Fytton Armstrong , 1931. First edition. Hardback. One of ten limited lettered editions of this privately printed seasonal poem by Herbert Palmer, signed by him and the illustrator. This is one of ten lettered copies signed by the author an...

The Works of George Meredith

George Meredith · 1897 · Rooke Books

£1,550.00 (€1,857.92 | $2,047.77 | ¥327,002)

Westminster , Archibald Constable and Co Ltd, 1897-1906. Leather. A handsome selection of George Meredith's works, uniformly presented here in half morocco by Sotheran & Co. Revised editions.A fifteen-volume set comprising the works of George Meredith, a prominent Victori...

A Treasury of Scottish Verse

Henry Arthur Kellow · 1912 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, George and Harrap and Company, 1912. First edition. Hardback. The scarce first edition of A Treasury of Scottish Verse. An illustrated frontispiece of Robert Burns. Bound in reverse calf. The scarce first edition of A Treasury of Scottish Verse, selected by Scottish-Au...

The Works of Mr. A. Cowley; in Prose and Verse

Mr. A. Cowley [Abraham Cowley]; Samuel Johnson · 1809 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, John Sharpe , 1809. Leather. The works of the seventeenth century English poet and author Abraham Cowley, including Samuel Johnson's biography on the author bound in three volumes in modern half calf. A new edition, pointing out the pieces selected by Richard Hurd...

Pindari Olympia Pythia, Nemeo, Isthmia.

Pindar · 1626 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Geneve , Oliua Pauli Stephani [Paul Stephan], 1626 . Leather. A charming and vanishingly scarce, seventeenth-century edition of Pindar's victory odes, bound in full calf. An early seventeenth century edition. Bound in full calf. Written in Greek and Latin, with text in pa...