Poesia

The Loves of the Angels, a Poem.

Thomas Moore · 1823 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Thomas Moore's somewhat controversial poem about three angels who fall in love with mortal women, this copy being bound in half calf. First edition. Bound in half crushed mo...

Facets: An Anthology of Verse

Various · 1928 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Nashville, The Calumet Club, 1928 . First edition. Hardback. A scarce poetry anthology containing works by the students of The Calumet Club, a literary fraternity at Vanderbilt University, including six poems from American critic and professor Cleanth Brooks. First edition. Bo...

The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill

Charles Churchill; W. Tooke [ed.] · 1844 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, William Pickering, 1844 . Leather. The complete three volume Aldine Edition of the poetical works of Charles Churchill, in a half morocco binding from John Wanamaker. A first edition thus, complete in three volumes.With copious notes and a life of the author from W. To...

The Tasking

Siegfried Sassoon · 1954 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Cambridge , University Press, 1954. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce limited anthology of work by leading English war poet Siegfried Sassoon. A very scarce limited edition of 100 copies. This copy unnumbered and out of series.In the publisher's original quarter clot...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 1891 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1891. Leather. A smartly bound Albion edition of this collection of poetry from English author and historian Sir Walter Scott. The "Albion" edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of the poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, a English ...

Late Lyrics and Earlier with Many Other Verses

Thomas Hardy · 1922 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1922 . First edition. Cloth. A superior example of the first edition of this collection of poetry from Thomas Hardy, complete with the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With an exceptional example of the publisher's unclippe...

More Poems

A. E. Housman · 1936 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1936 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of the first trade edition of this collection of poems from English classical scholar and poet A. E. Housman. The first trade edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrap...

Idylls of the King

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1859 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Edward Moxon & Co, 1859. First edition. Leather. The first edition, second issue, of this Arthurian poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson, focusing on the story of King Arthur and Guinevere. The first edition, second issue of this work, with the printer's imprint to the ve...

Sea Poems (New Excursions Into English Poetry)

Various; Myfanwy Piper [ed.] · 1944 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Frederick Muller Ltd , 1944. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon collection of sea-themed poetry, beautifully illustrated with original lithographs. The first edition of this anthology. With the scarce original dust wrapper, price-clipped. Illustrated with sixteen colo...

The Phanseys of William Cavendish Marquis of Newcastle Addressed to Margaret Lucas and Her Letters in Reply

William Cavendish; Margaret Lucas; Douglas Grant [ed.] · 1956 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1956. First edition. Hardback. A pleasing limited edition of William Cavendish's poems addressed to his wife Margaret Lucas, and her letters in reply. The first edition of this work, limited to 785 copies, this copy being number 250. In the pu...

Eve and Other Poems

Ralph Hodgson · 1913 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

London, Printed by A. T. Stevens, 1913. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A charming illustrated pamphlet of poems from Ralph Hodgson. The first edition of this pamphlet, published simultaneously as the limited edition printed on Japan vellum as well as a large paper edition.Â...

All About Teeny Weeny Feet

Harvey Gaskell · 1911 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Dean & Son, LTD, [1911]. Cloth. A scarce edition of Harvey Gaskell's tale for children about a little Japanese girl and her doll. A scarce edition of a scarce work, which had previously been published as 'O'Kissme San&apos. Illustrated with a colour fro...

Nowel

1926 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

New York, Currier & Harford, 1926. Paperback. A scarce limited edition poem, written in six stanza, with striking illustrations by the "Dean of Industrial Design" Walter Dorwin Teague. A scarce limited edition of five hundred unnumbered copies, printed by the publisher for the...

Stony Echoes: 10 Poems

Graham Searle · 1963 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Middlesex, Taurus Press, 1963. Paperback. A smart limited edition of this illustrated collection of poetry from Graham Searle. Limited to three hundred copies of which this is number two hundred and eighty-seven. Very scarce work. Illustrated with nine prints. A collection of ...

The Mirror and Other Poems

Leonard Clark; Walter de la Mare · 1948 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Allan Wingate, 1948. First edition. Cloth. An anthology of the poems of Leonard Clark, a first edition copy presented by the author of John Heath-Stubbs. The first edition, first impression.Author's presentation copy, with his inscription to the recto of the front...

Hudibras

Samuel Butler; Zachary Grey · 1801 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Vernor and Hood, 1801. Leather. An illustrated edition of this popular long narrative poem by Samuel Butler. Complete in two volumes.'Hudibras' is a long narrative poem which was published four years after Charles II was restored to the throne. The poem follo...

Poems

Richard Chenevix Trench, D.D Archbishop · 1886 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co, 1886. Leather. A charming two-volume edition of this anthology of Richard Chenevix Trench's poetry. A new edition of this collection, presented here in two volumes. Uniformly bound in full calf, with decorative gilt to the spine and de...

The Poetical and Prose Works of Oliver Goldsmith with Life

Oliver Goldsmith · 1881 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Edinburgh , Gall and Inglis , 1881. Cloth. An attractively bound collection of Oliver Goldsmith's poetry and prose, complete with eight steel engraved plates. Undated, dated from identical copies held institutionally. With eight engravings on steel, including a frontispi...

The Kingis Quair Together with a Ballad of Good Counsel

King James I of Scotland; Rev. Walter W. Skeat [editor] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1911. Leather. A smartly bound second edition copy of these two poems attributed to King James I of Scotland. Second and revised edition. The Scottish Text Society. With two folding facsimile plates. Collated complete. Two poems ...

Autumn Midnight

Frances Cornford · 1923 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)

London, The Poetry Bookshop, 1923 . First edition. Paperback. A lovely example of this charming collection of poetry from Frances Cornford, decorated by Eric Gill. The first edition. A collection of poetry by Frances Cornford printed on hand-made paper, including seventeen of ...