Poesia

The Poetical Works of James Hammond, George Lyttelton, Cuthbert Shaw, Edward Lovibond, Thomas Penrose

Thomas Park · 1807 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

London, Charles Whittingham, 1807-11. Leather. An uncommon collection of poetical works, bound as one. Collated from the best editions. Each work features an engraved frontispiece. Rebound in a straight grain morocco binding with gilt design. Externally, rubbing to extremities...

Helga a Poem in Seven Cantos

William Herbert · 1815 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

London, John Murray, 1815. First edition. Leather. A first edition of William Herbert's poem. William Herbert (12 January 1778 – 28 May 1847) was a British botanist, botanical illustrator, poet, and clergyman. He served as a Member of Parliament for Hampshire from 1806 t...

Poems

Samuel Rogers · 1816 · Rooke Books

£32.99 (€39.54 | $43.58 | ¥6,960)

London, T Cadell and W Davies , 1816. Leather. A collection of the poems of Samuel Rogers with an illustrated title page and illustrative head and tail pieces throughout. Samuel Rogers (1763 - 1855) was an English poet, during his lifetime one of the most celebrated, although ...

Gertrude of Wyoming or, the Pennsylvanian Cottage

Thomas Campbell · 1857 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

London, George Routledge and Co. 1857. Leather. An attractive edition of Campbell's beautifully illustrated poem telling the story of the 1778 Wyoming Valley Massacre. Illustrations throughout, including illustrated half title. Thomas Campbell (27 July 1777 – 15 June 184...

Oberon a Poem; from the German of Wieland

William Sotheby · 1798 · Rooke Books

£515.00 (€617.31 | $680.39 | ¥108,649)

London, Cadell and Davies, 1798. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of Sotheby's translation of Oberon. Translated from the German of Christoph Martin Wieland. The original poem was very popular at the time and Sotheby is noted for translating in to English. W...

Poems

Dante Gabriel Rossetti · 1873 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz , 1873. Leather. A small volume of poetry by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Copyright Edition. With a Memoir of the Author by Franz Huffer. In a half vellum binding with red cloth covered boards. Externally, a trifle rubbed. Boards are slightly warped. Int...

Irish Melodies with an Appendix Containing the Original Advertisements and the Prefatory Letter on Music

Thomas Moore · 1825 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1825. Leather. A collection of lyrics by the Irish poet Thomas Moore. In an ornate morocco binding with beautiful silk endpapers and gilt design to pastedowns. This work is the sixth edition published just four years after its ini...

Selections from the Writings of Walter Savage Landor

Sidney Colin · 1882 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1882. First edition. Leather. An extensive collection of the works of Landor. First edition. A prize presentation binding by Relfe Brothers, London, with presentation bookplate to front pastedown of St Mark's School, Windsor from the Christmas te...

Poems by Samuel Rogers

Samuel Rogers · 1812 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, T Cadell and W Davies , 1812. Leather. The first collected edition of the poetry of Romantic poet Samuel Rogers, including some of his best-known works such as The Pleasures of Memory, An Epistle to a Friend, and To a Friend on his Marriage. Rogers was in effect a lite...

The Poetical Works

Sir Walter Scott · 1882 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

Edinburgh, Charles Black, 1882. Leather. An illustrated collection of the poetry of Sir Walter Scott, in a lovely full morocco armorial binding. This is a prize copy, awarded by the College of Preceptors, whose crest it bears. It was awarded to Mervyn Bruce Grace for general p...

Essays in Criticism First Series

Matthew Arnold · 1910 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

London , Macmillan and Co Ltd , 1910. Leather. A varied selection of once criticised Essay's and speeches by British poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold. Eighth reprint of the first Eversley series. Essay's include "The Literary influence of Academies", "Maurice ...

The Nurse, a Poem

Luigi Tansillo; William Roscoe · 1800 · Rooke Books

£64.99 (€77.90 | $85.86 | ¥13,711)

Liverpool, J. M'Creery for Cadell and Davies, 1800. Leather. A scarce edition of The Nurse, A Poem. Translated from the Italian of Luigi Tansillo by William Roscoe. Second edition. Dual Italian and English text. Luigi Tansillo (1510 - 1568) was an Italian poet of the Petr...

Lalla Rookh an Oriental Romance

Thomas Moore · 1818 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. Leather. The ninth edition of Moore's narrative poem, Lalla Rookh. The title is taken from the name of the heroine of the frame tale, the daughter of the 17th-century Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. The work consists of four ...

The Miscellaneous Works of Dr. Goldsmith Containing All His Essays and Poems Including: The Poetical Works of Dr. Goldsmith

Dr. Goldsmith · 1730 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

London, A Millar; W Law; R Cater, c1792. Leather. The Miscellaneous Works of Dr. Goldsmith Containing all his Essays and Poems with The Poetical Works of Dr. Goldsmith bound to rear. Two volumes bound in one, the first of essays, second of poems. The first volume has no date. ...

The Crowning Years and Other Poems Written, Printed and Bound by Loyd Haberly

Lord Haberly · 1937 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

Dorset, Lord Haberly, 1937. Leather. A collections of poetry written and printed by Loyd Haberly in Stony Down, Corfe Mullen, Dorset. Loyd Haberly (1896–1981) was an American poet, letterpress printer, and educator. After studying at Reed College and Harvard, Haberly was awar...

The Poetical Works of William Collins Collated with the Best Editions by Thomas Park Plus the Poetical Works of Thomas Gray Collated with the Best Editions by Thomas Park

Thomas Park (Ed) · 1805 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

London, Charles Whittingham, 1805. Leather. The collected poetry of both Thomas Gray and William Collins, edited by Thomas Park. A leather bound volume, with gilt detailing to the spine and a gilt border to the boards. This book contains two volume of poetry bound together. Th...

The Poetical Works of Reginald Heber, Lord Bishop of Calcutta

Reginald Heber · 1845 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.89 | ¥18,985)

London, John Murray, 1845. Leather. A collection of poetry from Bishop Heber in a leather binding. Bound in leather with gilt lettering. With an engraved frontispiece of the author. Reginald Heber, 1783 - 1826, was bishop of Calcutta. "He came to be highly regarded by the Engl...

The Illustrated Poetical Gift Books. A Book of Favourite Modern Ballads

Joseph Cundall (ed.) · 0 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

London, Ward, Lock, & Tyler, c1860. Cloth. A wonderful collection of ballads with beautiful early hand-printed colour illustrations in a decorative binding. Bound in cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Illustrated with Engravings from drawings by J. C. Horsley, Edward Du...

The Shipwreck, a Poem by

William Falconer · 1818 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Cadell and Davies;, 1818. Paperback. An illustrated New Edition of William Falconer's poem 'The Shipwreck&apos. In the publishers' original boards. William Falconer was a Scottish epic poet concerned mainly with life at sea. Whilst he also compiled a dic...

Astrophel and Other Poems

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1894 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

London , Chatto & Windus, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of poetry of Algernon Charles Swinburne. Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909) was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic. He invented the roundel form, wro...