Poesia

The Grimm Sisters

Liz Lochhead · 1981 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Next Editions, Faber & Faber , 1981. First edition. Paperback. A lovely copy of the uncommon first edition of Liz Lochhead's charming poetry anthology. The uncommon first edition of this work. A poetry anthology by Scottish poet Liz Lochhead, exploring the relatio...

Rejected Addresses: Or, the New Theatrum Poetarum

[James Smith]; [Horace Smith] · 1812 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, John Miller, 1812. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the brothers James and Horace Smith's parodical work on the popular authors of Georgian England. A collection of parodies of authors of Georgian England. The work was written after an announcement in ...

Poems

Stephen Phillips · 1901 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London and New York, John Lane, 1901. Cloth. An attractive example of the eleventh edition of Stephen Phillips' popular poetry collection, containing many of his most popular works, including Marpessa andThe Woman with the Dead Soul. A lovely example of this popular poetr...

The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore Complete in One Volume

Thomas Moore · 1865 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1865. Leather. A beautiful collection of poetry by Thomas More, complete in one volume and bound in full-morocco by Bickers & Son, with a frontispiece and vignette title page. Bound in full-morocco by Bickers & Son.Illustrated...

The Poetical Works of George Granville; Chris. Pitt; Edward Moore; J. Cunningham

George Granville; Edward Moore · 1779 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

Edinburgh , The Apollo Press , 1779-82. Leather. Four volumes in two containing a selection from the collected poetical works in John Bell's edition of the poets of Great Britain. The collected poetical works of George Granville, Chris. Pitt, Edward Moore, and John Cunnin...

Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field

Sir Walter Scott · 1808 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London, Printed by J. Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; William Miller; John Murray, 1808. Leather. A fourth edition of Sir Walter Scott's successful poem of historical romance bound in a lovely half calf binding. An epic poem by Sir Walter Scott, tellin...

The Works of the Author of the Night-Thoughts

Edward Young · 1767 · Rooke Books

£335.00 (€401.55 | $442.58 | ¥70,675)

London, Printed for A. Millar; J. and R. Tonson; J. Rivington; W. Johnston; et al. 1767. Leather. A new edition of the collected poetical works of Edward Young, in uniform full calf bindings. Complete in four volumes. Edward Young was an English poet. His most famous work wasÂ...

The Deserted Village

Oliver Goldsmith · 1859 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London , Sampson Low, Son & Co. 1859. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated copy of Oliver Goldsmith's popular pastoral poem, with historically accurate engravings by the 'Etching Club&apos. An 1859 reprint of 'The Deserted Village', a politically charged pastor...

Humorous Poems

Thomas Hood · 1893 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1893. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully presented book of poetry from Thomas Hood, published in 1893 with detailed illustrations. A first edition second printing of poems by Thomas Hood, with a preface by Alfred Ainger. Hood was particularly well-k...

Doctor Syntax&Apos;S Three Tours in Search of the Picturesque, Consolation and a Wife

William Combe · 1868 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, John Camden Hotten, 1868. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated example of William Combe's comic verse, with colour plates by Thomas Rowlandson. This work was penned between 1809 and 1821, and comprises three poems which satirise William Gilpin's tours of Britain ...

Poems

George Hughes · 1850 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.43 | $561.48 | ¥89,662)

London, Longman, Brown, green, and Longmans, 1850. Cloth. A very scarce collection of the wonderful poetry by George Hughes, complete here in two volumes. A very scarce work, the second edition of  'Rhymes by a Poetaster&apos. All editions are difficult to find. Complet...

Illustrations of Scottish History, Life and Superstition: From Song and Ballad

William Gunnyon · 1879 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Glasgow, Robert Forrester, 1879 . Cloth. A smartly bound collection of traditional Scottish songs and ballads, with accompanying explanatory notes. An early edition of this anthology of Scottish historical songs and ballads, first published in 1877.Chapters on both Jacobite an...

Down-Adown-Derry, a Book of Fairy Poems

Walter De La Mare · 1922 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,303)

London, Constable & Co. Ltd, 1922. First edition. Cloth. A lovely, first edition copy of this book of fairy poems by Walter De La Mare. Charming collection of fairy poems by Walter de la Mare featuring more than 60 illustrations by Caldecott Medal winning artist Dorothy Lathro...

The Secret of Flodden: With &Apos;the Rout of the Scots&Apos;. A Translation of the Contemporary Italian Poem &Apos;la Rotta de Scocesi&Apos;.

W. Mackay Mackenzie · 1931 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Edinburgh, Grant and Murray, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A first edition historical work on the Battle of Flodden Field, with illustrations and very scarce publisher's original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, in the very scarce publisher's original pric...

Summoned by Bells

John Betjeman · 1960 · Rooke Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,751)

Boston; Cambridge, Houghton Mifflin Company; The Riverside Press, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A first American edition of John Betjeman's autobiography, naturally written in verse. Complete with an unclipped pictorial dust wrapper. The autobiographical poetry of Sir John ...

Palai

Francis Viele-Griffin · 1894 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Paris, Mercure de France, 1894. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon, signed copy of Francis Viele-Griffin's work of dramatic poetry, 'Palai&apos. In the original wraps with the original glassine protecting the wraps. Author's inscription in purple ink to the ...

The Rubaiyat of &Apos;Umar Kaiyam

'Umar Khaiyam; J B Nicolas; Frederic Baron Corvo · 1924 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful edition of the Rubaiyat by Omar Khaiyam, translated from the French of J B Nicolas. The first edition by the Bodley Head illustrated by Hamzeh Carr. A beautiful first Bodley Head edition of the Rubaiyat...

Late Lyrics and Earlier

Thomas Hardy · 1922 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1922. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Thomas Hardy's poetry collection. This collection of Hardy's poetry is more musical than his other work, often fondly recalling past memories in ballad format. It opens with an Apology in ...

Original Double Acrostics: Amusing and Instructive

[Anne Bowman] · 1866 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1866. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition collection of acrostics by Anne Bowman, a popular trend of Victorian society. The very scarce first edition of this work.Anne Bowman's selection of original puzzling and educational...

Shepherd Songs of Elizabethan England

Adelaide L. J. Gosset · 1912 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Constable and Company Ltd. 1912. Leather. A scarce collection of Elizabethan shepherd verses, in a leather binding. This work details all manner of the verses recited by shepherds during the reign of Elizabeth I.Contains verses by Edmund Spenser, Sir Philip Sidney, Ben...