Poesia

Valleys Branches; What You Hear

Larry Eigner · 1969 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Edible Magazine; Big Venus, 1969-1972 . First edition. Paperback. Two bright volumes of poetry by Larry Eigner, with one volume featuring two pencil corrections in the hand of the author, and the other being a limited edition work. Two volumes from American poet Larry ...

A Test of Poetry

Louis Zukofsky · 1952 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1952. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of Louis Zukofsky's comparative study of poetry, from Homer to the mid 20th century. The scarce first UK edition, first impression of this work.Zukofsky worked on this volume through...

A Select Collection of Poems, from the Most Approved Authors

Alexander Donaldson [ed.]; Samuel Johnson; Lord Lyttleton; Lord Lovelace; Mr. Mason et al · 1772 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Edinburgh, A. Donaldson, 1772 . Leather. The scarce second edition of this wonderful collection of poetry from a variety of writers from the eighteenth century and earlier. The scarce second edition of this work, complete in two volumes.Retaining the original half titles.These...

Poems

Eliza Cook · 1866 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1866. Cloth. The new edition of the poetical works of Eliza Cook, illustrated and bound in a decorative cloth binding. The new edition in one volume. Illustrated with a monochrome portrait frontispiece and eight monochrome plates.In the orig...

Angels and Earthly Creatures

Elinor Wylie · 1929 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York , Alfred A Knopf, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of Elinor Wylie's last collection of poems, selected by her the day prior to her passing. An uncommon limited copy of the first edition printed on Oland (Swedish) hand made paper.Number 95/200.M...

The Song of the Sword and Other Verses

W. E. Henley · 1892 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, David Nutt, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of poetry from English writer William Ernest Henley. First edition. The author's second volume of poetry later re-titled "London Voluntaries" after another section of the work. This c...

Desiderium MCMXV-MCMXVIII

Norman Davey · 1920 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Cambridge, Heffer & Sons Ltd. 1920 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this collection of First World War-era poetry by English engineer, soldier and writer Norman Davey. The first edition of this very scarce collection, from the author of 'The Pilgri...

The Animal That Drank Up Sound

William Stafford · 1992 · Rooke Books

£159.00 (€190.59 | $210.06 | ¥33,544)

San Diego , Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition of this illustrated version of William Stafford's important poem describing the winter's waiting for spring's return, signed by the author and illustrator. Signed by the...

The New Argonautica: An Heroic Poem in Eight Cantos of the Voyage Among the Stars of the Immortal Spirits of Sir Walter Ralegh, Sir Francis Drake, Ponce de Leon & Nunez Da Vaca

W. B. Drayton Henderson · 1928 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London , Jonathan Cape, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A lovely series of poems inspired by the connection between famous voyages and the desire to seek the heavens, bound in original decorative cloth. A first edition copy with the original clipped dust wrapper.Publisher's o...

Pomes Penyeach

James Joyce · 1952 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Faber & Faber, 1952. Paperback. The second published collection of poems by the pioneering author James Joyce. A popular collection of thirteen short poems, containing fewer than one-thousand words in total, from pioneering Irish modernist writer James Joyce.Joyce&apos...

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George Crabbe · 1812 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, J. Hatchard, 1812. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this collection of poetry by the Reverend George Crabbe, bound in half paper vellum. The first edition. Bound in half paper vellum with gilt details to the spine and marbled paper to the boards. Bound w...

Don Juan, Cantos I and II

Lord Byron · 1819 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

Paris, Galignani, 1819. First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first Paris edition of Cantos I and II of Lord Byron's celebrated epic, 'Don Juan&apos. The very scarce first Paris edition of the first two cantos of Lord Byron's satirical epic poem, following t...

Hobbinol, Field Sports, and the Bowling Green

William Somervile · 1813 · Rooke Books

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

London, William Bulmer and Co for R Ackermann, 1813 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first illustrated edition of this volume of poetry by William Somervile, with illustrations on India paper by Charlton Nesbit and John Thurston. A first edition thus. This is the uncommon ...

The Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems of the Xviiith Century

Austin Dobson · 1892 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Limited, 1892. Cloth. A charming collection of eighteenth-century poems from Austin Dobson, with illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Illustrated throughout with a frontispiece, seventeen plates and many images in the text. Collated complete...

The Children&Apos;S Hour: An Anthology of Poems, Stories, Sketches, Etc

Ralph Hall Caine [ed.] · 1907 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, George Newnes, 1907 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this charming anthology of children's poems and short stories, illustrated throughout. The scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates, one of which is b...

Three Young Rats

James Johnson Sweeney [intro.] [ed.] · 1946 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1946. Cloth. A bright facsimile of this anthology edited by James Johnson Sweeney, with illustrations by Alexander Calder. A facsimile of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper, pri...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 0 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1880. Leather. A smart copy of this collection of poetical works from Scottish writer, Sir Walter Scott. With preface from the first edition. The Chandos Poets. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twelve plates. Collated complete. A collection ...

A Book of Old Ballads

Beverly Nichols · 1934 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1934. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brightly illustrated selection of English ballads. First edition. Illustrated with coloured frontispiece and fifteen coloured plates, with many in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of Eng...

More Poems

A. E. Housman · 1936 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of this collection of poetry by the celebrated poet A. E. Housman, published after his death in 1936, in the original dust wrapper. The first trade edition. First published as a limited edition the sam...

Ballads and Lyrics of Old France

Andrew Lang · 1872 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London , Longmans, Green and Co, 1872. First edition. Leather. A first edition handsomely bound in a John Bumpus signed binding. The first edition. Handsomely bound in a calf binding. John Bumpus signed binding. Andrew Lang was a Scottish poet, literary critic, and novelist. H...