Poesia

The Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray and Smollett the Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham. The Poetical Works of Sir Thomas Wyatt the Poetical Works of William Shenstone

George Gilfillan · 1854 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Edinburgh , James Nichol, 1854-1858. Cloth. Four volumes containing the poetical works of Shenstone, Wyatt, Johnson, and many other influential authors of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. All contain notes and dissertations by George Gilfallan. Including: The Poetical ...

Hudibras

Samuel Butler · 1819 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.56 | $435.98 | ¥69,620)

London, Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1819. Leather. A lovely set of Bulter's brilliant political satire and mock heroic epic poem. A New Edition, corrected and enlarged. With Dr Grey's annotations. Illustrated titles to each volume, two frontispieces, and five plates. ...

The Works of Mrs Hemans with a Memoir of Her Life, by Her Sister

Felicia Hemans · 1829 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, William Blackwood and Sons and Thomas Cadell, 1829. Leather. The complete works of Georgian author, Mrs Felicia Hemans. Including a memoir of her life, by her sister. Containing: Volume I: Memoir of Mrs Hemans, Wallace's Invocation to Bruce, England and Spain; or ...

Hudibras

Samuel Butler · 1819 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1819. Leather. A three-volume set of Samuel Butler's renowned poem, 'Hudibras&apos. A New Edition, corrected and enlarged. With Dr Grey's annotations. Illustrated titles to each volume, frontispieces, and five plates (collated ...

The Poetical Works of the Rev. H.H. Milman

Rev. H. H. Milman · 1839 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, John Murray, 1839-40. Leather. The scarce first collected edition of Henry Hart Milman's poetical works in an appealing fine binding. Complete in Three Volumes. With vignette engraved title page and frontispiece. Henry Hart Milman, 1791 - 1868, was an English hist...

Poems of Rural Places

Wendy Dedicott · 1990 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,217)

Sutton Coldfield, Newmark Editions, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of charming poetry by Wendy Dedicott. A scarce first edition of this collection of poetry by Wendy Dedicott. Including 'Painted Mountains', 'Hay-on-Wye', 'The Autumn...

The Portraits and the Poses

Edwin Brock · 1973 · Rooke Books

£19.00 (€22.77 | $25.10 | ¥4,008)

London, Secker and Warburg, 1973. Cloth. A very smart edition of this Edwin Brock poetry anthology. A self-taught British poet, Edwin Brock released ten volumes of poetry from 1959-1997, as well as an autobiography and a novel. In cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrap...

The Burning Glass and Other Poems

Walter de la Mare · 1945 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Faber & Faber, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of poems by Walter de la Mare. The first edition of this work, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was an acclaimed English writer best known for his works fo...

Irish Melodies

Various; Thomas Moore · 0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Dublin, Cumming, c1825. Cloth. A nicely bound edition of Thomas Moore's popular Irish melodies. A collection of Irish melodies by Thomas Moore. Published in a pocket-sized format. This is a well known collection of Irish melodies by Thomas Moore. With a melologue on natio...

Poems in Two Volumes

William Cowper · 1814 · Rooke Books

£119.99 (€143.83 | $158.52 | ¥25,314)

London, William Lewis, 1814-1816. Leather. A two volume illustrated set of Poems by William Cowper. Bound in half leather and marbled paper-covered boards, with gilt lettering. Volume I is dated 1816. Volume II is dated 1814. William Cowper, 1731 – 1800, was an English poet a...

The Lay of the Last Minstrel, a Poem

Sir Walter Scott · 1823 · Rooke Books

£107.99 (€129.44 | $142.67 | ¥22,783)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. Leather. A nicely illustrated copy of this poem by Sir Walter Scott. Extra-illustrated with the six Richard Westall engraved plates bound-in from the 1809 John Sharpe publication, including the engraved title page. All in a ...

Esther and Other Poems

Artemus G Bathurst · 1915 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Unknown, Printed for Private Circulation only, 1915. Leather. A beautiful author's edition of this very scarce collection of poetry by Artemus G. Bathurst. Little is known about the author - whose solemn portrait is the frontispiece for this work - other than that his ful...

Home. A Poem.

John Boyd Greenshields · 1808 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)

Edinburgh and London, Mundell, Doig & Stevenson; Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, and J. Harris, 1808. Leather. A scarce book of poetry from John Boyd Greenshields, usually difficult to find in any edition. Bound in leather with gilt lettering and spine decoration. The Second Edition, C...

Poems by William Cowper of the Inner Temple Esq.

William Cowper · 1803 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, J Johnston, 1803. Leather. A scarce two volume collection of illustrated poetry from William Cowper. William Cowper is considered a forerunner of the Romantics for his subject matter, everyday life and the English countryside. Many of the poems published in this work w...

The Poems of Mark Akenside

Mark Akenside · 1772 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1772. Leather. An early poetical anthology from the English poet, Mark Akenside. First collected edition, published the same year as the first. Mark Akenside rose from humble beginnings to considerable eminence in medicine and literature. He c...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Walter Scott · 1889 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.93 | $59.44 | ¥9,491)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1889. Leather. A charming anthology of a selection of works from prolific poet Walter Scott. Featuring a frontispiece and various illustrated plates. Works include "The Lay of the Last Minstrel", songs from Waverley, and various Miscellaneous Po...

The Union, or Select Scots and English Poems

[Thomas Warton] (Editor) · 1759 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London, R Baldwin, 1759. Leather. A compilation of several famous Scottish and English poets With works of many poets such as Tobias Smollett and James Hammond. Direct from the Regency library of Elizabeth Greenly, later Lady Elizabeth Coffin Greenly. Elizabeth Greenly, born a...

The Poetical Works of Peter Pindar, Esq. A Distant Relation to the Poet of Thebes Advice to the Future Laureat; an Ode the Louisiad, an Heroi-Comic Poem. Canto the Third and Fourth Odes of Importance Etc. Odea to Kien Long, the Present Emperor of China, and a Complimentary Epistle to James Bruce, the Abyssinian Traveller

Peter Pindar · 1790 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

Dublin, William Porter, 1790-93. Leather. A collection of the poetry of Peter Pindar, with details of his life, bound in one volume. Containing: The Poetical Works of Peter Pindar, Esq. A Distant Relation to the Poet of Thebes Advice to the Future Laureat; An Ode The Louisiad,...

Poems

William Cowper · 1820 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, F. C. and J. Rivington, 1820. Leather. A small collection of the poetry by the famous English poet, William Cowper. With an engraved frontispiece and title page. Including Table Talk, Expostulation, The Sofa, Truth and many others. William Cowper was a English Poet bor...

Poems

Thomas Gray · 1902 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

Eton, Eton College Press, 1902. Leather. A handsome edition of Gray's poetry printed as a presentation volume for students at Eton College. Featuring a portrait frontispiece and several further plates. Binder's stamp of Spottiswoode and Co to verso of front free-endp...