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A. E. Housman · 1936 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1936 . Leather. A smart limited edition of A. E. Housman"s final selection of poetry, published posthumously. In the publisher's original quarter calf binding with cloth boards.A limited edition, being copy number one hundred and twelve of three hun...

Letters from America; the Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke

Rupert Brooke; Henry James [preface] · 1916 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1916-1918 . First edition. Cloth. The first editions of two works from war poet Rupert Brooke, who died aged 27 in 1915. Including a review copy of his 'Collected Poems&apos. Two first edition posthumously published works from Rupert Brooke, th...

All&Apos;S Well!" Some Helpful Verse for These Dark Days of War

John Oxenham [William Arthur Dunkerley] · 1915 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Methuen and Co. Ltd. 1915. First edition. Paperback. A signed advance copy of these inspirational war poems by William Arthur Dunkerley, with the very scarce original dust wrapper. An advance presentation copy, signed by the author to blank preliminary. With the publis...

The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson Poet Laureate

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1901 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1901 . Leather. A very handsomely bound copy of the collected works of notable poet Alfred Lord Tennyson. A scarce later edition of the work.A beautiful Bickers and Son binding. In full brown calf binding, with gilt to spine and front board. ...

Maine Coast

Wilbert Snow · 1923 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of American politician Wilbert Snow's first poetry collection. The first edition, signed by the author. In the publisher's original cloth. Wilbert 'Bill' Snow ...

Poems

Devereux Maitland Myers · 1918 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Not Stated , Devereux Maitland Myers , 1918 . Paperback. A very scarce selection of poems by Devereux Maitland Myers, in the publisher's original string held paper wraps.  Devereux Maitland Myers' vanishingly scarce poetry collection, in the publisher's origina...

Stray Shots from the Dardanelles

W. F. Rollo · 1916 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Carlisle, Chas. Thurnam & Sons , 1916 . Paperback. An exceptionally scarce copy of this First World War-era poetry volume, with tinted plates after the author"s drawings, issued to support the 1st Border Regiment. In the publisher's original paper wraps.First published in...

1914

C.W. · 1914 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Cambridge , W. Heffer and Sons Ltd. 1914 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed limited edition copy of this poem on the Great War. A very scarce limited edition work.With only one hundred and twenty large paper editions printed, with this being number 59, signed by the ...

The Temple of Virtue, a Dream.

David Fordyce; James Fordyce [ed.] · 1775 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, T. Cadell, 1775 . Leather. The very scarce second edition of this poetical educational allegory about personal virtue, from Enlightenment philosopher David Fordyce, edited by James Fordyce. Very scarce in all editions, this is the second edition of James Fordyce's...

Portraits Et Paysages

Francis Norgelet · 1818 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Paris, Rieder & Cie, 1818 . First edition. Paperback. A wonderful signed presentation copy of the scarce first edition of this volume of verse by Francis Norgelet, featuring an original handwritten poem from the author. In the original French.A signed presentation copy of the ...

Blue Sea Ballads and Chanties

W. Curran Reedy · 1917 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Erskine Macdonald, 1917. First edition. Paperback. An incredibly scarce first edition volume of poetry, in original green paper covered boards. An incredibly scarce volume of wartime poetry by W. Curran Reedy.Bound in original green paper-covered boards, with gilt deco...

Ballades and Other Verse

H.S. Mackintosh [Hugh Stewart Mackintosh] · 1953 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. First edition. Hardback. A personal anthology that is a love letter to ballads, written and signed by Scottish poet and former rugby player Hugh Stewart Mackintosh. The signed first edition of an amusing anthology, Ballades and Other Verse, wri...

Belgian Poems: Chants Patriotiques, Et Autres Poãƒâ¨Mes Par Emile Cammaerts

Emile Cammaerts; Tita Brand-Cammaerts [Trans.] · 1915 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London; New York, John Lane, The Bodley Head; John Lane Company , 1915 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition, inscribed by Cammaerts, presenting his bilingual First World War patriotic verse celebrating Belgian resistance and national identity. In the publisher's...

Selected Poems 1910-1960

Cecil Roberts; Lord Birkett [Preface] · 1960 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Hutchinson of London, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition poetry collection gathering fifty years of Cecil Roberts" verse, with a presentation inscription from the author and complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's orig...

Mid Light and Shade

John Langdon Jones · 1921 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New York, Duffield and Company, 1921 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this collection of verse, a presentation copy signed and inscribed by the author to his esteemed professor. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boa...

Illini Poetry 1918-1923

Various; Bruce Weirick [Ed.] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Chicago, Covici McGee Co. 1923. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this anthology, signed by the editor Bruce Weirick, gathering five years of poetry from the members of the University of Illinois Poetry Society. In the publisher's original quarter cloth bind...

Westminster Abbey: A Poem

W. M. Watt · 1921 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, R. J. James , 1921 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Watt"s poem of Westminster Abbey, illustrated with six plates by Dora Hammond. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. First edition. This copy is undated. Dated u...

The Tree of Life and Other Poems

Aloysius Vincent Phillips · 1920 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Harding & More Ltd , 1920 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce copy of this charming and uncommon example of early twentieth-century devotional verse by Aloysius Vincent Phillips, with no copies held institutionally. In the publisher's original quarter ...

Antiphonal Sonnets, and Other Lyrics

John Crossan Cooper · 1926 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

New Jersey, Princeton Univeristy Press, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce presentation copy of this collection of poetry by Princeton major, John Cooper, inscribed with notes and corrections throughout. A very scarce work, with no copies held institutionally. With an...

Verses

Harold Rowntree · 1919 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Chicago, Laurence C. Woodworth, 1919 . Hardback. A very scarce signed presentation copy of this collection of early twentieth century poetry by Harold Rowntree. A very scarce edition of the work, first published in 1916.Signed and inscribed by the author to the second blank, &...