Poesia

Basia Joannis Secundi Nicolai Hagensis or the Kisses of Joannes Secundus Nicolaius of the Hague in Latin and English Verse with the Life of Secundus and a Critic Upon His Basia

Johannes Secundus Nicolaius; George Ogle · 1731 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.86 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,324)

London, Henry Lintot, 1731. First edition. Leather. An early edition of this volume of poetry by popular New Latin Poet. Johannes Secundus was a New Latin poet of Dutch nationality. He was active during the sixteenth century and was a prolific writer. He produced several books...

Poems by Robert Browning

Robert Browning · 0 · Rooke Books

£100.00 (€119.87 | $132.11 | ¥21,097)

London, George Routledge, c1901. Leather. A very attractive copy of the poetry of Robert Browning. Including The Pied Piper of Hamlyn, Sordello, Christmas-Eve and Easter Day and many more. In a tree calf binding with gilt detailing. Externally, very smart. Internally, firmly b...

Premiere Poesies Et Poesies Nouvelles

Alfred de Musset · 1882 · Rooke Books

£100.00 (€119.87 | $132.11 | ¥21,097)

Paris, Charpentier, 1882. Leather. Two volumes of Alfred de Musset's poetry, with some of his most popular works. Two volumes of Alfred de Musset's poetry. In the original French. These two volumes are his Premieres Poesies and his Poesies Nouvelles. They contain...

Charlemagne; Ou L&Apos;Eglise Delivree Poeme Epique En Vingt-Quatre Chants

Lucien Bonaparte · 1814 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.86 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,324)

Londres, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, et Brown, 1814. First edition. Leather. A leather bound edition of Lucien Bonaparte's epic poem on the life and reign of Charlemagne. First editions with excellent margins in an excellent quality contemporary full speckled calf bindin...

La Pucelle D&Apos;Orleans

M. de Voltaire · 1982 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Paris, Lescaret, 1982. Cloth. A smart copy of the Voltaire classic, The Maid of Orleans. In the original French. Illustrated throughout with many erotic coloured and engraved plates. Limited to 3050 copies, of which this is numbered 2024. The Maid of Orleans (La Pucelle d&apos...

Premieres Poesies 1829-1835

Alfred de Musset · 1867 · Rooke Books

£26.99 (€32.35 | $35.66 | ¥5,694)

London, Charpentier, 1867. Leather. An anthology of poetry from French poet Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay. In French. Musset was best-known for his poetry. Musset received the Légion d'honneur on 24 April 1845, at the same time as Balzac, and was elected to the A...

Toi Et Moi

Paul Geraldy · 1924 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

London, Les Editions G. Cres et Cie, 1924. Leather. An attractive example of this popular collection of the poetry of Paul Geraldy. A new [fourteenth] edition, copy number 14,672. With an engraving to title page and a drawing by Edouard Vuillard to frontispiece. In a half moro...

Samlede Dikt

Herman Wildenvey · 1936 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Oslo, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1936-37. Leather. A five volume set of the poems of Herman Wildenvey. Five volumes of six. Herman Wildenvey was one foremost prominent Norwegian poets of the twentieth century. He was a prolific author of his own poetry and also noted for translat...

Poemes Et Reveries D&Apos;Un Paien Mistiqe

Louis Menard · 1895 · Rooke Books

£159.99 (€191.77 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

Paris, Librairie de L'Art Independant, 1895. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this collection of poetry by the French man of letters Louis-Nicolas Menard. The first edition of this work. In the original French. A collection of interesting poetry. Written by Lo...

Le Chansonnier Des Graces Pour 1825

Various · 1825 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

Paris, F. Louis, 1825. Leather. A French collection of poems and songs, collected from the early nineteenth century. Illustrated throughout, and with sheet music. A collection of French songs from the early nineteenth century, with sheet music to the rear. In French. With engr...

London Dead, and Other Verses

C. Kennett Burrow · 1908 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Alston River Ltd , 1908. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce pamphlet of poems from C. Kennett Burrow. The first edition of this very scarce collection of verses by C. Kennett Burrow. In the original wraps. "Of these numbers many appeared in the Pall Mall Gazette...

Empedocles on Etna: A Dramatic Poem

Matthew Arnold · 1900 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Portland , Thomas B. Mosher , 1900. First edition. Paperback. One of fifty copies printed by Thomas B. Mosher of Matthew Arnold's closet drama, 'Empedocles on Etna&apos. Limited edition of 50 copies. Another limited edition of 450 copies by Mosher was published the s...

One Hundred Poems from the Japanese

Kenneth Rexroth · 1959 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

New York, New Directions , 1959. Cloth. A lovely signed copy of these translated Japanese poems from Kenneth Rexroth, dubbed "Father of the Beats". Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. Third printing. In the publisher's quarter cloth and decorative boards. ...

Ivory Palaces

Wilfred Rowland Childe · 1925 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the scarce first edition of this volume of fantastical poems by English writer Wilfred Rowland Childe. A scarce first edition, in the publisher's original cloth.A collection of poems fr...

Between Sun and Moon

Cecil French · 1922 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, The Favil Press, 1922 . First edition. Hardback. A bright example of the very scarce signed first edition of this limited edition collection of poetry from Cecil French, illustrated with tipped in initialled woodcuts. A very scarce limited edition. Number 101 out of 35...

Poems

Bret Harte · 1871 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

Boston, Fields, Osgood, & Co. 1871. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, second printing of Bret Harte's first poetical collection. First edition, second issue with the publisher's monogram on title-page and foot of spine, and the error "S.T.K." for "T.S.K." in t...

Lyrics and Narrative Poems

Herbert Trench · 1912 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London; New York; Toronto, Hodder and Stoughton, [1912] (Undated, dated from a co. Leather. London; New York; Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton, [1912] (Undated, dated from a copy held by the British Library). Leather. Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A handsome, and uncommon copy of this ...

The Poems of Richard Lovelace

Richard Lovelace; C. H. Wilkinson · 1925 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, 1925. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this comprehensive two-volume set on the poetry of Richard Lovelace, featuring extensive notes to Volume I and numerous plates and musical settings. First edition. Large-paper edition limited to 400 c...

Poetical Amusements

William Woty · 1789 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Nottingham, Printed for the Author by G. Burbage , 1789. First edition. Leather. A very scarce copy of this poetical anthology from English law clerk and hack writer, William Woty. The first and only edition of this very scarce volume. In a library half calf binding, with lat...

L&Apos;Eloge Des Belles a la Beaute; Petit Souvenir Des Dames

Anonymous · 1811 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

Paris, Chez Janet, 1811. Leather. A charming, and unusual title, containing monochrome illustrations, French poetry, and a decorated calendar for the year 1811. A charming and very scarce title, made up of 48 pages of French poetry, and, in the second half, the 'Petit Sou...