Poesia

The Works of Francis Thompson

Francis Thompson · 1913 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Burns and Oates Ltd , 1913. Leather. A complete three-volume set offering the poetry and prose of Francis Thompson, bound in half calf. Complete in three volumes. Includes the 'fourteenth thousand' to volume I, 'tenth thousand' to volume II and the...

The Illustrated Byron

Lord Byron · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Henry Vizetelly, c1855. Cloth. A clothbound copy of this illustrated collection of the works of Lord Byron, with contributions from important artists. Illustrated throughout with over two hundred engravings. A collection of the works of George Gordon Byron, an English ...

The Garden of Kama

Laurence Hope [Violet Nicolson] · 1912 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, William Heinemann, 1912 . Leather. A beautiful Riviere-bound copy of 'The Garden of Kama', a delightful collection of poetry from Violet Nicolson, written under the male pseudonym Laurence Hope. A new impression. Elegantly bound by Riviere in full crushed mor...

The Poetical Works of Robert Browning

Robert Browning · 1910 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1910-1911. Leather. A handsomely bound edition of the works of Robert Browning. With all seventeen volumes bound in four by Riviere, in half morocco. The complete poetical works of noted Victorian poet Robert Browning, here presented in seventeen vo...

Kirkstead! or the Pleasures of Shooting: A Poem

Richard Ellison · 1837 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Painter, 1837 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of Richard Ellison's anonymously authored poem about the 'pleasures of shooting' in Lancashire. A vanishingly scarce first edition.A delightful poem about the 'pleasures of s...

David Dreadnought; or, Nautic Tales and Adventures, in Verse

Samuel Whitchurch · 1813 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Wood and Co, 1813 . First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy of this very scarce nautical poem, in a sumptuous straight grain morocco binding with gilt detailing. A signed presentation copy of this scarce first edition, inscribed to a front blank 'Henry ...

A Christmas Cracker: Being a Commonplace Selection

John Julius Norwich · 1975 · Rooke Books

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

London, Privately Printed , 1975-2018. First edition. Paperback. A brilliant assortment of John Julius Norwich's 'Christmas Crackers', seven of which are signed. Offering an assortment of thirty-nine volumes, seven of which are signed (1977, 1978, 1981, 1985, 19...

Christmas Poem

Frank Murphy · 1978 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York, Theo, 1978. First edition. Paperback. A scarce limited edition illustrated poem by Frank Murphy. Limited edition of 500 copies. In the publisher's wraps. A surreal poem following a fisherman's spiritual dream, with parallels drawn between the sea, dolphin...

With Love Somehow & in the Happy Valley

Tony Connor · 1962 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Oxford University Press, 1962-1971. First edition. Hardback. Two smart first edition volumes of poetry from English writer Tony Connor. Two volumes. First edition. Written by John Anthony Connor, an English poet and playwright. This set includes: With Love Somehow, 196...

Poems & Arias from a Love Opera

Robert Conquest · 1955 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1955-1969. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition volumes of poetry from British-American writer Robert Conquest. Two volumes. First editions. A collection of poetry from George Robert Acworth Conquest, a British and American historian...

High on the Walls

Tom Pickard · 1967 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Fulcrum Press, 1967 . First edition. Cloth. An advance review copy of this volume of poems from Tom Pickard, with a signed letter from the author loosely inserted. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper.With a loosely...

The Poems of Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas · 1971 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons , 1971. First edition. Cloth. A delightful set containing both the uncorrected proof and first edition of this collection of Dylan Thomas" poems. Both volumes complete with the publisher"s original unclipped dust wrapper. Uncorrected proof in the pu...

The Seasons

James Thomson · 1792 · Rooke Books

£138.00 (€165.41 | $182.32 | ¥29,114)

London, A. Paris; J. Strachan, 1792 . Leather. An illustrated edition of James Thomson's popular four part Romantic poem, with engravings from Augustus Birrell. With sixteen illustrations, including a portrait frontispiece, designed by C. Ansell and Engraved by A. Birrell...

Poem for a Christmas Card

Edith Sitwell · 1926 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, The Fleuron Limited, [1926]. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce Christmas card with a poem by Edith Sitwell, with this being the first edition of the poem, with illustrations by Albert Rutherston. The first edition.Illustrated by Albert Rutherston with coloured il...

Folio Fagina

W. G. Williamson · 1975 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Anthony Blond; Ashdown House , 1975. First edition. Cloth. A scarce collection of poetry written by the students of Ashdown House, a now closed prep school. The first edition. With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. A collection of poems written by former s...

Purcell Ode and Other Poems

Robert Bridges · 1896 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Chicago, Way & Williams, 1896. First edition. Hardback. A first US edition of this collection of poetry from British poet laureate Robert Seymour Bridges, one of two hundred copies on Van Gelder paper. First US edition. One of two hundred copies printed on Van Gelder paper. Un...

The Difference and Other Poems Including the Columbian Ode

Harriet Monroe · 1924 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Chicago, Covici-McGee Co. 1924. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of poetry from American editor and writer Harriet Monroe. First edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of poetry, including titles such as Carolina Wood-Cuts, At the Pra...

Nothing to Wear: An Episode of City Life

1857 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,667)

New York, Rudd and Carleton, 1857. First edition. Cloth. The first book edition of this highly popular satirical poem by William Allen Butler. The first book edition of this poem. First published anonymously in Harper's Weekly in the same year. In the publisher's or...

The Poetry Quartos

Various · 1929 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

New York, Random House, 1929. First edition. Paperback. A smart collection of nine limited edition volumes from The Poetry Quartos, issued by Random House. Nine volumes of a twelve volume set. First edition. Limited to four hundred and seventy-five copies printed. The Poetry Q...

Human Shows Far Phantasies Songs and Trifles

Thomas Hardy · 1925 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,907)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A superb, first edition of Thomas Hardy's penultimate collection of poetry, in a fine example of the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. A superior copy, with the publisher's unclipped dust wr...