Poesia

Selections from the Poems of William Wordsworth, Esq. Chiefly for the Use of Schools and Young Persons.

William Wordsworth; Joseph Hine [ed.] · 1831 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Edward Moxon, 1831 . First edition. Leather. A bright example of the scarce first edition of Joseph Hine's selection of the poetry of Poet Laureate William Wordsworth, with these poems aimed to educate and entertain the young. The scarce first edition of this coll...

Don Juan: Cantos I. To V.

Lord Byron · 1822 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, W. Benbow; Sudbury [printers], 1822 [1824]. Paperback. An uncommon Benbow pirated edition of Cantos I-V of Lord Byron's 'Don Juan&apos. A personalised copy from the library of Arts and Crafts architect Norman Jewson. A later state of this early pirated editio...

Patchwork Quilt: Poems by Decimus Magnus Ausonius

Decimus Magnus Ausonius · 1930 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Fanfrolico Press , 1930. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition anthology of Decimus Magnus Ausonius' poems, from the Fanfrolico Press. Decorated by Edward Bawden. Limited edition of 400 copies, of which this is number 59. In the original blind-stamped clo...

Songs and Verses Selected from the Works of Edmund Waller

Edmund Waller · 1902 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Sussex, Pear Tree Press, 1902. Hardback. A charming limited Pear Tree Press edition of Edmund Waller"s Songs and Verses, elegantly produced with decorations by Pickford Waller. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with grey paper covered boards.A limite...

At the Gate: Poems

Robert Graves · 1974 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Bertram Rota Ltd, 1974 . Cloth. A bright, signed limited edition of Robert Graves"s At the Gate, a late collection of his poems. In the publisher's original vibrant red cloth binding. Flat signed by the author to the limitation page. This copy is a limited editi...

Four Quartets

T.S. Eliot · 1944 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.80 | $1,182.42 | ¥188,817)

London , Faber and Faber, 1944. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this set of four poems by influential Modernist poet T.S. Eliot, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original beige cloth binding. In the original u...

The Life of Margaret Godolphin; the Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems; the Vision of Piers the Plowman

William Morris; John Evelyn; Robert Steele [ed.]; William Langland · 1904 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,907)

London, Aexander Moring LTD. The De La More Press, 1904-1905. Vellum. A delightful collection of three volumes of poetry and biography from the 'King's Classics' series, uniformly bound in quarter vellum. A collection of three volumes from the series 'The K...

Gerald Gould (the Augustan Books of English Poetry)

Gerald Gould; Humbert Wolfe [ed.] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Ernest Benn Ltd , 1926. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce anthology of Gerald Gould's poetry, issued for the second series of the 'Augustan Books of English Poetry&apos. First edition of this collection.Number twenty from the 'Augustan Books of English...

The Poems of Alice Meynell

Alice Meynell · 1923 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Burns, Oates & Washbourne Ltd. 1923. Cloth. A smart first complete edition of the poetry of British writer, editor, and suffragist, Alice Meynell. Complete edition. With a portrait frontispiece. The collected poetry of Alice Christiana Gertrude Meynell, a British write...

The Poetical Works of Robert Southey

Robert Southey · 1850 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1850. Leather. Two smartly bound volumes containing the poetical works of English writer of the Romantic school, Robert Southey. Complete in two volumes. Originally complete in one volume and here bound in two. With a portrait front...

Fables by John Gay

John Gay · 1793 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London, Darton & Harvey , 1793 . Leather. The beautifully illustrated, first Darton & Harvey edition of John Gay's fables, including twelve plates are designs by William Blake. The first Darton & Harvey edition.An edition published by John Stockdale was published earlier ...

Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray · 1874 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Chiswick Press, 1874. Leather. A finely bound Riviere & Son edition of Gray's poems and letters, featuring monochrome tipped-in illustrations and an Eton prize label. In a full calf signed binding by Riviere & Son.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and three photogr...

Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice; the Corsair, a Tale

Lord Byron · 1814 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, John Murray, 1814-1821 . First edition. Leather. A fantastic volume gathering together the first editions of two works from Lord Byron, 'Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice', and 'The Corsair&apos. The first work is the 1821 second issue, variant A of 'M...

The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier; W. Garrett Horder [editor] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Henry Frowde Oxford University Press, 1909. Leather. A smartly bound copy of the Oxford Complete Edition of John Greenleaf Whittier's poetry. Oxford Complete Edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of the poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier, an A...

The Poetical Works of Joseph Addison; Gay&Apos;S Fables; and Somerville&Apos;S Chase. With Memoirs and Critical Dissertations.

Joseph Addison; John Gay; William Somerville; Rev. George Gilfillan · 1859 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Edinburgh, James Nichol, 1859. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this collection of literary work from Addison, Gay, and Somerville. First edition. A collection of works, containing: The poetical works of Joseph Addison, a British writer and politician u...

Specimens of the Early English Poets

George Ellis; Various · 1811 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811. Leather. The fourth edition of George Ellis' popular anthology of medieval to seventeenth century lyric poems. The fourth edition.Complete in three volumes.This set collects together an extensive number of early English...

The Poems of Robert Fergusson

Robert Fergusson; James Gray · 1821 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Edinburgh, John Fairbairn; John Anderson; et al, 1821. Leather. An anthology of the collected poetical works of Scots author Robert Fergusson. A pocket-sized anthology of the poetical works of Robert Fergusson.Fergusson was a Scottish poet whose writings contributed to the Sco...

Winter Words

Thomas Hardy · 1928 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the final poetry anthology of Thomas Hardy, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this final volume of poetry by Thomas Hardy.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.This anthology ...

Isabella, or, the Pot of Basil, and, Aucassin and Nicolette

John Keats; F. W. Bourdillon · 1907 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,852)

London; Edinburgh, T. N. Foulis, 1907-13. Cloth. Two colourfully illustrated volumes in T. N. Foulis' 'Envelope Book' series, both being romantic tales illustrated by Jessie M. King and Katharine Cameron. Two volumes in T. N. Foulis 'Envelope Book' ser...

The Poetical Works of William Cowper

William Cowper; Rev. Thomas Dale · 1870 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1870. Leather. A smartly bound collection of the poetical works of English writer William Cowper, with illustrations. Illustrated with an engraved title page and numerous in-text images. A collection of the poetry of William Cowper, an English poet ...