Poesia

The Oxford Book of Ballads

Arthur Quiller-Couch [ed.] · 1920 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1920. Leather. A collection of ballads compiled by Arthur Quiller-Couch, beautifully bound in crushed half morocco by Birdsall. Bound in crushed half morocco by Birdsall with their binder's stamp to the front blank. This collection of English bal...

Idylles Et Poemes Champetres

Nicolas-Germain Leonard · 0 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1800. Leather. A collection of poetry from one of Guadeloupe's first writers, Nicolas-Germain Leonard, in the original French. French. With a title vignette. A collection of idylls and verses from Nicolas-Germain Leonard, a poet and one of Guadelo...

The Sensitive Plant

Percy Bysshe Shelley; George Goodchild [editor] · 1920 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Jarrold & Sons, No date [c. 1920]. Paperback. This very scarce Jarrold & Sons' Miniature Classics edition of Percy Bysshe Shelley's beloved poem The Sensitive Plant, with Ode to the West Wind also included to the rear of the work. This edition of Percy Bysshe...

Poems

Elizabeth Barrett Browning · 1853 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1853. Leather. The third edition of this significant poetical collection from one of the most prominent English Victorian poets, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The third edition of this work, complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in full calf. This ...

Poetical Miscellanies

Richard Steele; Various · 1714 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Jacob Tonson, 1714. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this anthology of poems collected by Richard Steele, including pieces by Alexander Pope. The first edition, with the date misprinted to the title as 'MDDCXIV&apos.An anthology of poetical miscellany,...

The Evergreen. A Collection of Superior Poetry, by the First Authors

Byron; Mrs. Hemans; John Malcolm; Hartley Coleridge et al. · 1809 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Henry Lacey, c1809 . Cloth. A vanishingly scarce miniature poetry anthology, including works from such poets as Lord Byron, and Felicia Hemans. A very scarce work.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece.A charming anthology with a wealth of short poems. The authors o...

The Lay of the Last Minstrel

Sir Walter Scott · 1834 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Orr and Smith , 1834. Cloth. A smart pocket book edition of Sir Walter Scott's popular narrative poem in six cantos. A charming pocket book edition of Walter Scott's poem told in six cantos, set in the Scottish Borders in the mid-16th century. In the origina...

Idylls of the King

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1859 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

London, Edward Moxon & Co, 1859. First edition. Cloth. 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 vers...

The Terrible Threshold: Selected Poems 1940-1970

Stanley Kunitz · 1974 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Secker and Warburg , 1974. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first UK edition of Stanley Kunitz's collected poems. The first UK edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A series of selected poems written bet...

Hogarth Living Poets: No. 13, Cambridge Poetry, 1930

Various; John Davenport [ed.]; Hugh Sykes [ed.]; Michael Redgrave [ed.] · 1930 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1930. First edition. Hardback. A first edition of this volume from Hogarth's Cambridge Poetry series, including contributions from Julian Bell. The first edition of this work in the original paper boards. Previous owner's ink inscription to...

The Legacy, the Testament, and Other Poems of Francois Villon

Francois Villon; Peter Dale [trans] · 1973 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Macmillan, 1973. First edition. Leather. A collection of poetical works by Francois Villon, translated by Peter Dale and bound in a quarter morocco binding. The very scarce first UK edition of this translated collection of Villon's works. In the publisher's ...

The Princess: A Medley

Alfred Tennyson · 1860 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Edward Moxon, 1860. Cloth. An illustrated edition of Tennyson's poem about a heroic princess, with many engravings and bound in a decorative cloth binding. An illustrated edition. First published in 1847. Illustrated with twenty-six monochrome vignettes, engraved...

Selections from the Poetical Works of Robert Browning: Series One and Series Two

Robert Browning · 1887 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Smith, Elder, and Co, 1887. Leather. An attractively bound new edition of these selected volumes of Robert Browning's poetry. A new edition of this selection. Complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in half crushed and marbled morocco. These two volumes contain...

Legends and Lyrics: A Book of Verses

Adelaide Anne Procter; Charles Dickens · 1882 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1882. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of verses from English poet Adelaide Anne Procter. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of verses from Adelaide Anne Procter, an English poet and philanthropist whose literary career beg...

The Progress of Love. In Four Eclogues.

[George Lyttelton] · 1732 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, L. Gilliver, 1732 . First edition. Disbound. The first edition of George Lyttelton's poem in four eclogues, exploring the nature of love relating to 'Uncertainty', 'Hope', 'Jealousy' and 'Possession&apos. The first edition. Disbo...

The Kit-Cats, a Poem and St. James&Apos;S Park: A Satyr.

Sir Richard Blackmore; James Browne · 1709 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

London, H. Hills, 1709 . Paperback. Two very scarce works early eighteenth century works of poetry, from poets and physicians Richard Blackmore and Joseph Browne. Two very scarce works bound together and held in paper wraps.The first of these works is a 1709 edition of Sir Ric...

The Servitour: A Poem

Anonymous · 1709 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, H. Hills, 1709. First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce satirical poem on the society of the University of Oxford, the first edition. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work.'The Servitour: a Poem' is a satirical poem on life at the Universit...

To the Memory of a Lady Lately Deceased. A Monody.

George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton · 1747 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

London, A. Millar, 1747 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton's moving poetic tribute to his late wife, Lucy Fortescue. The first edition of a work that is scarce in all contemporary editions.This work of poetry...

Advice to a Lady

George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton · 1733 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London [Edinburgh], Lawton Gilliver, 1733 . First edition. Unbound. The very scarce first edition of George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton's poem, addressed to Lady Diana Spencer. Lacking the first leaf, which is the title page.The very scarce first edition.This poem, add...

Selected Works of Henry Hart Milman

Rev. H. H. Milman [Henry Hart Milman] · 1818 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, John Murray, 1818-1823. First edition. Vellum. A wonderful set of five volumes of early and first editions of the poetry of Henry Hart Milman, in full vellum bindings. Five volumes of poetical works from Milman, an accomplished poet and writer was also responsible for ...