Poesia

The Signature of Pain and Other Poems

Alan Porter · 1930 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London , Cobden-Sanderson, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this book of poetry by Alan Porter. Most of the poems included here have appeared in The Spectator, The Observer, The New Age, G. K.'s Weekly, Oxford Poetry, The London Mercury and other periodicals...

The Testament of Beauty a Poem in Four Books

Robert Bridges · 1929 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

Oxford , The Clarendon Press, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, sixth impression, of The Testament of Beauty by former Poet Laureate Robert Bridges. For this long philosophical poem Bridges received the Order of Merit. With publisher's note bound to the rear of...

The Vision of Don Roderick

Sir Walter Scott · 1811 · Rooke Books

£64.99 (€77.90 | $85.86 | ¥13,711)

Edinburgh , John Ballantyne and Co. 1811. Leather. An early edition of this poem by Sir Walter Scott. It celebrated the recent victories of the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War, and proceeds of its sale were to raise funds for Portugal. It is based on an account gi...

Lapsus Calami

J.K.S. [James Kenneth Stephens] · 1891 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Cambridge, Macmillan and Bowes, 1891. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this collection of poetry. James Kenneth Stephen was an english poet and tutor to Prince Albert Victor, eldest son of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales In a blue cloth binding. Externally, sound with some r...

Life Mosaic the Ministry of Song Under the Surface

Frances Ridley Havergal · 1879 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, James Nisbet and Co, 1879. Cloth. A collection of poetry by Frances Ridley Havergal. Illustrated throughout. The second edition, in original cloth binding. Frances Ridley Havergal was an English religious poet and hymn writer. In original pictorial cloth binding with g...

Inscape

Mollie Selby · 1968 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London , The Mitre Press, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this collection of poetry from Mollie Selby. Inscribed by the author, 'With gratitude and affection', to the front free-endpaper. In a black cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Exte...

Restoration Love Songs

John Hadfield · 1950 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

Preston , Cupid Press, 1950. Cloth. A charming anthology comprising of lyrics dedicated to love from the period of 1660 to 1714. Limited first edition of 650 copies of which this is number 586. Illustrated throughout, featuring decorative head and tail pieces by Rex Whistler, ...

Swansong Poems

G. E. Mole · 0 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

London and Woking, Unwin Brothers Limited, c1930. Cloth. A very scarce collection of poetry, Swansong: Poems by G. E. Mole. Comprising of four parts: Miscellaneous, Children, China Poems and Translations and On Tour. Each part contains a selection of poems, some of which are t...

Ancient Metrical Tales: Printed Chiefly from Original Sources

Rev. Charles Henry Hartshorne · 1829 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

London , William Pickering, 1829. First edition. Cloth. A collection of poems written in Middle English, edited by Charles Henry Hartshorne. First edition. Bookplate of Bernard Warrington to front pastedown. Rebacked in cloth with the original boards and backstrip preserved. E...

The Course of Time: A Poem, in Ten Books

Robert Pollok, A. M. · 1840 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1840. Cloth. The Course of Time is a ten-book poem in blank verse, first published in 1827, the year of Pollok's death. With an author's portrait with facsimile signature to frontispiece. Fifteenth Edition The last published and...

Carol and Cadence New Poems Mdccccii-Mdccccvii

John Payne · 1908 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London , Villon Society, 1908. Vellum. A scarce collection of poetry by John Payne, written between 1902 and 1907. Numbered 45 of a limited press. Including The Book of Days and Nights, The Book of Beasts, London Voices, and many others. Bookplate of John Raymond Danson to fro...

Cupid and Psyche from the Latin of Apuleius Done Into English Verse in Nine Cantos

Reverend George Ratcliffe Woodward, M. A. · 1912 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London , Herbert and Daniel, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful book of Woodward's English translation of Apuleius' famous story. First edition. Printed at the Chiswick Press. George Ratcliffe Woodward (27 December 1848 – 3 March 1934) was an Anglican priest wh...

Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes

John Stephen Farmer · 1896 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Unamed, Privately Printed for Subscribers Only , 1896. Cloth. A charming lyrical anthology containing traditional folk songs and rhymes from 1536 to 1896. First edition. A charming lyrical anthology containing traditional folk songs and rhymes from 1536 to 1896. Adorned with d...

Poems on Several Occasions

Austin Dobson · 1889 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

New York, Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1889. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon complete set of Poems on Several Occasions by Austin Dobson. With notes to rear of each volume. First edition. In two volumes complete. Henry Austin Dobson (1840 - 1921), commonly Austin Dobson, was an ...

The Vision of William Concerning Piers the Plowman in Three Parallel Texts Together with Richard the Redeless in Two Volumes

William Langland · 1924 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London , Lowe & Brydone, 1924. Cloth. A two volume set of Piers the Plowman by William Langland. Edited from numerous manuscripts with preface, notes, and a glossary by Walter W. Skeat. Volume I contains the text and Volume II the preface, notes and glossary. William Langland ...

Hey Nonny Yes Passions and Conceits from Shakespeare

Hallam Fordham · 1947 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,861)

London , Saturn Press, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A collection of quotations from Shakespeare's works. Arranged by Hallam Fordham. Illustrated throughout by Edward Ardizzone. The First Edition. As stated to the introduction, 'the quotations in this book touch or lie...

Agatha: A Fanciful Flight for a Gusty Night

George Halse · 1861 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London, Harrison, Bookseller to the Queen, 1861. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this scarce collection of poetry and prose by Victorian author George Halse, with beautiful illustrations by the eminent 'Phiz', Hablot K. Browne. George Frederick Halse wa...

Letters and Poems by the Late Mr John Henderson

John Henderson; John Ireland · 1786 · Rooke Books

£77.00 (€92.30 | $101.73 | ¥16,245)

London, J. Johnson, 1786. First edition. Paperback. A uncommon first edition biographical work from the eighteenth century. First edition. An uncommon and interesting biographical work. An important memoir of one of the best actors of the eighteenth century. During his career ...

Crux

Philip Roberts · 1973 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Quebec, Ladysmith, 1973. Paperback. A scarce collection of poetry by the Canadian poet, Philip Roberts, with numerous abstract illustrations throughout. Philip Roberts is a Canadian poet, who moved to Australia and founded the Island Press of Australia in 1970. An internationa...

Oeuvres Completes Texte Etabli Et Presente Par Jean Plattard

Mathurin Regnier · 1930 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Paris, Editions Fernand Roches, 1930. Leather. The poetical works of Mathurin Regnier. In the original French. Limited edition, this copy is numbered 269 as it is one of 300 examples in 'papier Biblio-Pelure India&apos. With the original wraps bound in text. Regnier was a...