Poesia

The Green Above the Red: More Blarney Ballads

Charles L. Graves · 1889 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1889. Cloth. A beautiful and lavishly illustrated collection of Blarney ballads in a charming pictorial binding. This work comprises a number of humorous verses titled 'Blarney Ballads&apos.Charles L. Graves (1856-1944) was a British author...

Christ the Hunter

John Lehmann · 1965 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A lovely limited edition of Lehmann's spiritual prose poem, signed by the author. This work was first broadcast in 1964 on the BBC Third Programme, and is autobiographical and spiritual in nature.John Lehmann (1907-...

The Song of Hiawatha

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1908 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Grant Richards, 1908. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated edition of Longfellow's epic poem containing Native American characters, in a decorative binding. 'The Song of Hiawatha' was first penned in 1855, and is an epic relating the fictional adventures of ...

St Andrews: Two Poems

Rudyard Kipling; Walter de la Mare · 1926 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, A. & C. Black, 1926. Hardback. A richly illustrated edition of these two memorial poems, written by Rudyard Kipling and Walter de la Mare to benefit St Andrews University. Kipling was the rector of St Andrews University between 1922 and 1925; these poems were both writ...

The Genius of the Thames Palmyra and Other Poems

Thomas Love Peacock · 1812 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, T. Hookham Junior, 1812. Hardback. The second edition of this charming topographical poem by Thomas Love Peacock, here bound with one of his other popular poems. The second edition of this work.'The Genius of the Thames' is an ode to the River Thames; during ...

Songs of the Garden

Peter Warlock; Various · 1925 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, The None, 1925. Vellum. A Nonesuch limited edition collection of poetry and songs by a variety of authors and composers, with engravings throughout by W. M. R. Quick. A limited edition work, limited to eight-hundred and seventy-five copies, of which this is numbered fi...

The Five Nations

Rudyard Kipling · 1903 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Methuen and Co, 1903. Leather. A finely bound second edition of Rudyard Kipling's poetry, with his section of touching service poetry. The second edition of this work.'The Five Nations' is a collection of Kipling's poetry; the first section contains...

The Room and Other Poems: 1921-1926

Eric Walter White · 1927 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Shaftesbury, High House Press, 1927. Hardback. A limtied edition collection of the early poems of Eric Walter White, published by the private High House Press. A limited edition work, limited to one-hundred and eighty-copies, of which this is number seventy-three.The poems of ...

Solent Shore

Jeremy Hooker · 1980 · Rooke Books

£29.00 (€34.76 | $38.31 | ¥6,118)

Manchester, Carcanet, 1980. Paperback. An uncommon signed poetry collection by Jeremy Hooker, taking the reader to the south coast of England. An uncommon work.Inscribed by the author to the half-title, 'For Allen, with ... + all good wishes, Jeremy Hooker, Mancheser 27.1...

Six Poems

Thomas Hennell · 1947 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.46 | ¥84,388)

Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells School of Art and Crafts, 1947. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of these six poems by Thomas Hennell, a lovely privately printed work. A very scarce work.The first edition of this work.A collection of six short poems by Th...

The Task Table Talk and Other Poems

William Cowper · 1825 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, John Sharpe, 1825. Hardback. Two rebound popular poetical works by the Romantic William Cowper, illustrated with beautiful detailed plates. Two poetical works by William Cowper, 'Table Talk' and 'The Task&apos.'The Task' is a poem in six books,...

Poems

Michael Drayton · 1619 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,876.78 | $3,170.74 | ¥506,325)

London, W. Stansby for John Swethwicke, 1619. Leather. A folio collection of the early poems of Michael Drayton, the popular Elizabethan poet, an important collection of his various poetical exploits. ESTC citation number S125214.The publisher is misspelled 'Swethwicke&ap...

The Triumphs of Temper

William Hayley · 1795 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, T. Cadell Junior and W. Davies, 1795. Hardback. A rebound early edition of William Hayely's immensely popular didactic poem following his lovely heroine Serena, illustrated throughout. 'The Triumphs of Temper' is a didactic poem, chronicling the trials a...

Memoires Et Recits Mireille Poeme Provencal

Frederic Mistral · 1906 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Paris, Plon-Nourrit et Cie; Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1906. Leather. Two original French works by Frederic Mistral, his famous long poem, and a collection of short stories, in a signed binding by Bumpus. In the original French.In a signed binding by Bumpus.Two works by Frederi...

The Castle of Indolence an Allegorical Poem Written in Imitation of Spenser

James Thomson · 1748 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, A Millar, 1748. First edition. Disbound. A generally bright, first edition copy of James Thomson"s allegorical poem. This is one of Thomson"s better known poems, and is written in Spenserian stanzas at a time where many considered this style to be outdated. It sparked ...

A Collection of 86 Loyal Poems All of Them Written Upon the Two Late Plots Viz the Horrid Salamanca Plot in 1678 and the Present Fanatical Conspiracy in 1683

Nathaniel Thompson · 1685 · Rooke Books

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

London, Nathaniel Thompson, 1685. First edition. Leather. A very scarce, first edition of this poetry collection regarding two assassination plots against Charles II, the Rye House Plot and Popish Plot. Collated, complete. This anthology is sometimes erroneously described as t...

Armine and Elvira, a Legendary Tale in Two Parts

Edmund Cartwright · 1772 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Oxford, J. Murray, 1772. Disbound. A disbound fifth edition of Edmund Cartwright's narrative legendary poem about Armine and Elvira. The fifth edition of this work. Bound without half-title. Otherwise, work is complete. Illustrated with a vignette engraving to the title p...

Om Krishna

Charles Henri Ford · 1979 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

New York, Cherry Valley, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition of this poetry collection by artist Charles Henri Ford. Numbered 49 of 100 hardcover copies. Signed by Ford to the frontispiece. Gift inscription to the recto of front endpaper signed by Charles Hen...

Vita Et Fabellae Cum Interpretatione Latina

Aesop · 1505 · Rooke Books

£8,800.00 (€10,548.19 | $11,626.03 | ¥1,856,527)

Venice, Apud Aldum, 1505. First edition. Fine Binding. A very scarce early Aldine work regarding Greek allegorical techniques. A highly sought after first edition printing from the famous Aldine Press. Rebound, in a lovely morocco binding by C and C McLeish. McLeish started hi...

Life Mosaic the Ministry of Song and Under the Surface

Frances Ridley Havergal · 1882 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

London, James Nisbet & Co, 1882. Leather. A finely bound collection of poems and hymns by Frances Ridley Havergal, beautifully illustrated with chromolithograph plates by Helga von Cramm. A collection of poetry, containing the poems 'The Ministry of Song', 'Than...