Poesia

Specimens of the German Lyric Poets

Various · 1823 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Boosey and Sons; Rodwell and Martin, 1823. Cloth. A very scarce anthology of lyric poems from eminent German poet, the second edition of this charmingly illustrated volume. The second edition of this very scarce work.An anthology collecting together some of the best ly...

Lays of India

Aliph Cheem [Walter Yeldham] · 1871 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

Bombay, Thacker, Vining & Co, 1871 . Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the second edition of Walter Yeldham's 'comical, satirical and descriptive poems illustrative of English life in India', published under the pseudonym Aliph Cheem. The second edition of th...

The Nurse, a Poem. Translated from the Italian of Luigi Tansillo.

Luigi Tansillo; William Roscoe · 1800 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Liverpool, J. M'Creery for Cadell and Davies, 1800 . Leather. The second edition in English of Luigi Tansillo's poem 'The Nurse', written to encourage women to nurse their own children. Second edition. First English translation published in 1798. Bound in f...

Strange Encounter

A. L. Rowse · 1972 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1972. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition collection of poetry from British historian and writer, A. L. Rowse. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition of this poetry collection by A. L. Rowse, an English historian and writer ...

The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism

T. S. Eliot · 1950 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Methuen and Co Ltd , 1950. Cloth. An excellent copy of these poetical essays by T. S. Eliot, complete with the unclipped dust wrapper. The seventh edition. First published in 1920. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This volume includes essays o...

The Poetical Works of Lord Byron

Lord Byron · 1889 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1889. Leather. A smartly bound collection of the poetical works of British poet Lord Byron, with illustrations. The Lansdowne Poets series. With a portrait frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. The poetical works of George Gordon Byr...

Rupert Brooke: Fragments Now First Collected Some Being Hitherto Unpublished

Rupert Brooke; R.M.G. Potter · 1925 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Hartford, at the press of the Finlay Brothers, 1925 . First edition. Hardback. The very scarce first edition of this limited edition publication of the juvenilia and fragments of Rupert Brooke. Number 54 of 99 limited edition copies of this work.Edited by Brooke's first b...

Poetica Erotica: A Collection of Rare and Curious Amatory Verse

T. R. Smith [ed.] · 1921 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

New York, For Subscribers Only by Boni and Liveright, 1921-1922 . First edition. Leather. An exceptionally lovely example of the limited edition, three volume first edition, of T. R. Smith's anthology of erotic poetry. The title page versos read 'This work is limited...

The Poetical and Prose Works of Oliver Goldsmith with Life

Oliver Goldsmith · 1860 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London, Gall and Inglis , 1860. Cloth. A lovely volume containing the poems, essays and prose of Oliver Goldsmith, in an attractive decorative cloth binding. A new edition. Bound in the original green decorative cloth. Undated, dated from copies held institutionally. Collate...

Original Songs

Robert Gilfillan · 1831 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Edinburgh; London; Leith, John Anderson Jun; Whittaker Treacher and Co; James Burnet, 1831. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this anthology of poetry by Scots writer Robert Gilfillan, signed by the author. The first edition of this scarce work.Signed by the...

Fables in Verse

Henry Rowe · 1810 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London, J. J. Stockdale, 1810 . First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of Henry Rowe's charmingly illustrated volume of verse fables. An uncommon first edition, in a straight grain morocco binding, with gilt detailing. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiec...

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in Seven Parts (Altemus&Apos; Edition)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1889 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Philadelphia , Henry Altemus , 1889. Cloth. The publisher's large folio edition of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's major poem, with many engraved plates by Gustave Dore. The Altemus' Edition of this work. Originally published with Dore's illustrations in 1875 by ...

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald [translator] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1895. Vellum. A later edition of this classic work, translated by Edward Fitzgerald. A collection of quatrains attributed to Omar Khayyam, a Persian polymath, known for contributions made to astronomy, philosopher, poetry, and mathematics. Th...

Poems

Stephen Spender · 1934 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Faber & Faber ltd, 1934. Cloth. A collection of poetry by Stephen Spender, in the original dust wrapper. The second edition, revised and enlarged. Considered to be the 'definitive' edition of this collection of poetry, with nine additional poems not found in ...

Christmas at the Mermaid

Theodore Watts-Dunton · 1902 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, John Lane, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce poem from English critic Theodore Watts-Dunton, with illustrations. First edition. Very scarce work. Flowers of Parnassus - XI. Illustrated with a frontispiece, four plates, and numerous i...

The Book of Ballads

Bon Gaultier · 1849 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London, Wm. S. Orr, and Co. 1849 . Cloth. A lovely edition of Bon Gaultier's charming book of ballads, poems and songs. A smart edition of this work.These poems were written by Theodore Martin and William Edmonstoune Aytoun using the joint pseudonym 'Bon Gaultier&apo...

Poems 1656

Abraham Cowley · 1971 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Yorkshire, Scolar Press, 1971. Cloth. A facsimile edition of this collection of poetry from English writer Abraham Cowley. Facsimile edition. A collection of poetry from Abraham Cowley, an English poet and essayist who was one of the leading English poets of the seventeenth ce...

Clemence and Clare

Joan Adeney Easdale · 1932 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1932. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this very scarce poem from Joan Adeney Easdale, from the Hogarth Living Poets series. First edition. Very scarce. From the Hogarth Press Living Poets series, number twenty-three. Addressed to Vi...

An Elegy Written in a Church Courtyard

Thomas Gray · 1933 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Edward Walters and Geoffrey MIller, 1933. Cloth. A limited edition of Thomas Gray's important poem, including the text variations across three different manuscripts. A limited edition of 250 copies. This copy is unnumbered and out of series. This volume contains ...

A Letter from Italy, Together with the Mourning Muse of Alexis, to Which Is Added the Despairing Lover.

Mr. Joseph Addison; Mr. Congreve · 1695 · Rooke Books

£496.00 (€594.53 | $655.29 | ¥104,641)

London, H. Hills , 1695-1709 . Disbound. A very scarce publication containing three poetical works from the later seventeenth and early eighteenth century. Very scarce. Published and sold at H. Hills, in Black-fryars, near the waterside. Comprised of the following three poems:...