Poesia

The Poetical Works of Mrs Hemans. Reprinted from the Early Editions, with Memoir, Explanatory Notes &C.

Mrs. Hemans · 1884 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1884 . Leather. A handsome collection of Mrs. Hemans' poems in full morocco binding. Reprinted from the early editions. In full morocco binding with gilt lettering. With a portrait frontispiece and seven engraved plates. Collated complete. ...

The Poetical and Prose Works of Oliver Goldsmith. With Life.

Oliver Goldsmith · 0 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Edinburgh, Gall & Inglis, c1860. Leather. A beautiful collection of poems, essays and prose by Oliver Goldsmith. A new edition. Dated from similar copies. In full morocco decorative binding with gilt detail. With a frontispiece, engraved title page and six engravings on steel....

The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman

1877 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1877. Cloth. Classic English ballad by Charles Dickens with illustrations by George Cruikshank. Classic English ballad adorned with charming illustrations by George Cruikshank. An uncommon edition. In the original publisher's full cloth binding...

The Devil&Apos;S Walk and the Devil&Apos;S Visit

Professor Porson; [Robert Southey]; [Samuel Taylor Coleridge] · 1830 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

London, Marsh and Miller; William Kidd, 1830. First edition. Leather. A Birdsall bound first edition of two satirical poems about the devil bound together, including Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey's popular poem 'The Devil's Walk', and illustrat...

London Lyrics

Frederick Locker [Frederick Locker-Lampson] · 1874 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, W. Isbister and Co. 1874 . Hardback. A signed presentation copy of the seventh edition of Frederick Locker's popular volume of verse. A signed presentation copy of the scarce seventh edition of this volume of poetry from English man of letters, bibliophile and poe...

The Princess a Melody

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1884 · Rooke Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1884. Leather. A complete volume of Tennyson's comic narrative poem The Princess A Melody. A 1884 copy of Alfred Lord Tennyson's The Princess A Melody. The Princess is a comic blank verse narrative poem that tells the story of a heroic prin...

The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe with a Notice of His Life and Genius by James Hannay and Many Illustrations Complete Edition.

Edgar Allan Poe; James Hannay · 1936 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)

London, J. &. C. Brown and Co., c1856 . Leather. A scarce edition in Bumpus binding of this collection of poetical works by Edgar Allan Poe. Scarce early edition of The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe, including A Notice of His Life and Genius by James Hannay and illustratio...

The Art of Painting

Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy; John Dryden [trans.]; Richard Graham · 1716 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)

London, Bernard Lintott, 1716 . Leather. An excellent copy of the second edition of Dryden's translation of du Fresnoy's 'De Arte Gaphica', the narrative poem in which provides his observations on the art of painting. The second, enlarged edition, of John D...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 1880 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London , William P. Nimmo, 1880. Leather. A smart, leather binding of The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, with illustrations. This is a smart, leather bound copy of The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, published in 1880. This edition is illustrated by Heeley Halswell an...

Rhymes of a Rolling Stone

Robert W. Service · 1912 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Toronto, William Briggs, 1912 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming collection of verse from Robert W. Service. An exceptionally lovely copy of this work. The first edition of this volume of poems from 'the Bard of the Yukon', British-born Canadi...

Lost Lane

Dorothy Wellesley · 1925 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, William Heinemann, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful signed first edition of this short volume of poems from 'Lady Gerald Wellesley', Dorothy Wellesley. A signed first edition of this collection of poems from Dorothy Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington, a ...

The Explorers and Other Poems

M. C. [Catherine Martin] · 1874 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

Melbourne, George Robertson, 1874 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition volume of verse from Australian poet Catherine Martin, featuring her retelling of the Burke and Wills expedition. The very scarce first edition of this nineteenth century collection of poems ...

Many Brightnesses and Other Verse

Michael Juste; [Michael Houghton] · 1954 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, The Neptune Press, 1954. Cloth. A very scarce limited edition of the poetry of Michael Houghton, inscribed by the author under his pseudonym Michael Juste. Signed by the author to the front paste down, 'With compliments, from Michael Juste, Jun 23/59&apos.A very s...

Robert Eyres Landor, Selections from His Poetry and Prose, with an Introduction, Biographical & Critical

Robert Eyres Landor; Eric Partridge [ed.] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, The Fanfrolico Press, 1927 . First edition. Vellum. Signed by the editor, Eric Parker, this is a Limited Edition anthology of the prose and verse of Robert Eyres Landor, younger brother of Walter Savage Landor. The first edition of this Limited Edition selection of the...

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam · 1898 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

New York, The Roycroft Shop , 1898. Leather. Oblong edition of this famous collection of Persian verses, uncommon Roycroft edition in the original publisher's limp reverse calf binding. An uncommon Roycroft edition of the popular collection of Persian poems, the Rubaiyat ...

A Books of Old Ballads

Beverley Nichols [ed.] · 1934 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London , Hutchinson and co. 1934 . First edition. Cloth. A charming collection of British ballads, richly illustrated to preserve the art of ballad making. This charming collection of ballads encapsulate the essence of British history and spirit and preserves the lost art of b...

May Day with the Muses

Robert Bloomfield; T. Park · 1822 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, For the Author; Baldin, Cradock, and Joy, 1822. First edition. Paperback. A first edition copy of English labouring-class poet Robert Bloomfield's work of poetry, containing lovely illustrated engravings throughout the text. First Edition. Illustrated with a vign...

The Life and Death of Jason

William Morris · 1867 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Boston, Roberts Brothers , 1867. Cloth. Second edition of this romantic narrative poem by foremost poet and designer William Morris, the first US edition. Preceded by the first UK edition of the same year, The Life and Death of Jason became so popular that it was revised and ...

Lays of Ind

Aliph Cheem [Walter Yeldham] · 1905 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, W. Thacker & Co. 1905. Cloth. An illustrated collection of poems by "Aliph Cheem,' from the library of Courtney Brocklehurst. A collection of poems by Walter Yeldham published under pseudonym Aliph Cheem. The eleventh edition of this work, with illustrations in te...

Yes and No

William Scammell · 1979 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Cornwall, Harry Chambers/Peterloo Poets, 1979. First edition. Paperback. A first edition copy containing the poetry of William Scammell, with an ink inscription from the author to the half-title page. First edition, scarce. With an ink inscription from the author to the half-...