Poesia

Poems by William Cowper

William Cowper · 1805 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Dublin, Printed for P Wogan, 1805. Leather. Collected poems of William Cowper in two volumes bound in one. An anthology of William Cowper's poetry, complete with two volumes bound in one. Cowper was a famed English poet and hymnodist. He was a great influence on the eight...

Ancient Spanish Ballads; Historical and Romantic

J. G. Lockhart · 1842 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, John Murray, 1842. Leather. A beautifully illustrated collection of Spanish ballads and poetry. A new revised edition. Illustrated throughout with Including six full page engraved plates with many in-text illustrations. A collection of ancient Spanish ballads, includin...

Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin

Anonymous · 1807 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, William Miller; J. Hatchard , 1807. Leather. An influential collection of poetry from the 'Anti-Jacobin' publication, which greatly opposed the French Revolution. The fifth edition In a half calf binding with marbled boards and gilt lettering to the spine. Th...

The Banks of Wye; a Poem

Richard Bloomfield · 1811 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Printed for the Author; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1811 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this charming pastoral poem by labouring class poet Robert Bloomfield. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three further charming e...

Kisses and Other Nonsense: Belinda&Apos;S Year Book for 1912

Various · 1911 · Rooke Books

£675.00 (€809.09 | $891.77 | ¥142,404)

London, Arthur L Humpreys, 1911. First edition. Leather. A collection of verses and sayings on matters of the heart, previously owned by Victoria Sackville, mother of Vita Sackville-West. First edition. A collection of sayings, quotations and pronouncements on matters of the h...

Aurelia & Other Poems

Robert Nichols · 1920 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A first edition poetry collection by Robert Nichols, with the author's handwritten poem tipped in. The first edition. In the publisher's original, full cloth binding. With a handwritten poem, titled 'The Rain&...

Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold · 1892 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1892. Vellum. A stunning vellum bound copy of The Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold. In full vellum. A reprint of this work. With a prize bookplate to the front pastedown. Matthew Arnold was an English poet and cultural critic. This volume contains...

Paradise Regain&Apos;D. A Poem, in Four Books.

John Milton; Thomas Newton · 1760 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)

London, Printed by John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson, 1760 . Leather. A smart mid eighteenth century edition of the second part of Milton's epic, in Baskerville type. A smart Baskerville edition of Milton's poem.Baskerville was an innovative and pioneering type d...

Poems by Alfred Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson · 1848 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.52 | $1,453.25 | ¥232,066)

London, Edward Moxon, 1848. Leather. A beautiful fifth edition of this anthology of verses by Alfred Lord Tennyson, in a signed White morocco binding and featuring a stunning fore-edge painting. Collection of poetry by the famous English poet Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureat...

The Poetical Works of William Collins; with the Life of the Author by Dr Johnson; Observations on His Writings by Dr Langhorne; and Biographical and Critical Notes by the Rev Alexander Dyce

William Collins · 1827 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, William Pickering, 1827. Leather. The collected poetical works of William Pickering in full morocco binding. A new edition of the collected poetry of William Collins, an uncommon 1827 edition featuring a biographical sketch of the author by Dr Johnson, observations by ...

Poems of Passion and Pleasure

Ella Wheeler Wilcox · 1912 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Gay & Hancock, 1912. Cloth. Ella Wheeler Wilcox's most famous poetry collection, this edition beautifully illustrated with colour plates by Dudley Tennant. A very beautiful edition of the poetry of the American author Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Strikingly illustrated w...

Moral Emblems & Other Poems

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1921 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London , Chatto & Winduss, 1921. Cloth. A lovely illustrated copy of this collection of poems by Robert Louis Stevenson. A Chatto & Windus edition of Moral Emblems & Other Poems written and illustrated with woodcuts by Robert Louis Stevenson. This collection of poems were fir...

Paradise Lost and Paradise Regain&Apos;D

John Milton; Thomas Newton · 1760 · Rooke Books

£2,200.00 (€2,637.05 | $2,906.51 | ¥464,132)

Birmingham; London, John Baskerville; J. and R. Tonson, 1760. Leather. A beautiful Baskerville edition of John Milton's 'Paradise Lost' and 'Paradise Regain'd', both epic poems bound here in one volume. A Baskerville edition.Complete as two volume...

Humorous Poems

Thomas Hood; Alfred Ainger · 1893 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1893. Cloth. An uncommon large paper edition of Thomas Hood's popular and humorous poems, an illustrated limited edition. A limited large paper edition, limited to 250 unnumbered copies.Illustrated with a frontispiece,A collection of Thomas Hood&...

The Works of Alexander Pope in Nine Volumes, Complete. With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements: Together with the Commentary and Notes of His Editor

Alexander Pope · 1770 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.65 | $2,311.99 | ¥369,196)

London, Printed for C. Bathurst, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, T. Caslon, T. Longman, B. Law, Johnson and Da, 1770. Leather. London: Printed for C. Bathurst, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, T. Caslon, T. Longman, B. Law, Jo...

The Angler&Apos;S Progress: A Poem. Developing the Pleasures the Angler Receives from the Dawn of the Propensity in Infancy, Till the Period of His Becoming a Complete Angler.

H. Boaz · 1820 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, J. H. Burn , 1820. Paperback. The second edition of this popular eighteenth century angling poem by H Boaz. A scarce second edition. In paper wraps. Illustrated with twelve vignette wood cuts. Collated complete. A popular fishing poem, originally published in 1789, by ...

Songs in the Night

Beatrice Ethel Charles · 1894 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London and Walsall, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.; W. Henry Robinson, Steam Printing Works, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this collection of poems and songs by Beatrice Ethel Charles in the original publisher's binding. First edition o...

Songs and Verses on Sporting Subjects

R. E. Egerton-Warburton · 1879 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, William Pickering , 1879. First edition. Cloth. A scarce anthology of poetry by R.E. Egerton-Warburton, a bright example. The first edition of this work, a scarce book. Containing an anthology of poetry concerning sporting subjects including fox-hunting, farming, hunte...

David Westren

Alfred Hayes · 1888 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Birmingham, Cornish Brothers , 1888. First edition. Cloth. Bright first edition of this long poem by Alfred Hayes, a scarce volume. The first edition of this work. A very scarce volume, containing a narrative poem concerning heroism by Alfred Hayes, son of E. J. Hayes Town Cle...

Jennifred and Other Verses

Septimus G. Green · 1897 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Elliot Stock, 1897. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition of this scarce book of verses by S. G. Green. A scarce book of poetry by Septimus G. Green, the first edition. Containing poems such as 'The Broken Vow,' 'Sonnet written in 1870,' '...