Poesia

Theocritus, Translated Into English Verse

C. S. Calverley [Charles Stuart Calverley] · 1869 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Cambridge, Deighton, Bell, and Co. 1869. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of this collection of Theocritus' Idylls, epigrams and epitaphs, translated into English verse by the notable wit Charles Stuart Calverley. The first edition of this work in the pub...

Greenland and Other Poems

James Montgomery · 1819 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition copy of this brilliant anthology of poems by James Montgomery. The first edition of this work.An anthology of the poems of James Montgomery, leading with his epic 'G...

The Moon As a Slice of Pineapple

Conrad Hilberry · 1984 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Athens, University of Georgia Press, 1984 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this volume of poems by American poet Conrad Hilberry, with a signed presentation inscription from Hilberry and his wife, Marion. The first edition of this work.Inscribed 'for Edith...

The Works of Robert Burns

Robert Burns · 1809 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1809 . Leather. The four volume sixth edition of the poetical works of Robert Burns, the national poet of Scotland. The complete four volume sixth edition, published in 1809.Illustrated with a frontispiece to Volume I.A collection of the poetry...

Win-Oh-Ah and Other Poems

J. R. Ramsay [Andrew John Ramsay] · 1869 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Toronto, Adam, Stevenson & Co, 1869. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce book of poetry by J. R. Ramsay. The first edition. A very scarce work. In the publisher's original cloth. This very scarce book of poetry was written by Andrew John Ramsay ...

Gems of Literature, Elegant, Rare and Suggestive

Various · 1866 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Edinburgh , William P. Nimmo , 1866. Cloth. A profusely illustrated collection of stories and poetry bound in smart gilt decorated cloth binding. A very scarce edition of this work.With an array of charming illustrations throughout. In the publisher's original cloth bind...

Comus: A Mask

John Milton · 1858 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, George Routledge & Co. 1858. Cloth. A smart illustrated copy of the masque originally performed at Ludlow Castle to celebrate the Lord President of Wales in 1634. An illustrated edition of this work.With a monochrome frontispiece and large vignettes throughout. In the...

Songs and Meditations

Maurice Hewlett · 1896 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Westminster, Archibald Constable & Co. 1896. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of poetry from English writer Maurice Hewlett. First collected edition. Most poems collected were previously unpublished, with few having been published in the Academy o...

The Castle of Indolence

James Thomson · 1845 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, M. M. Holloway; Simpkin Marshall, and Co, 1845. Cloth. James Thomson's influential allegorical Spenserian poem, this is the first edition to have the illustrations of William Rimer. The first edition with William Rimer's illustrations.Illustrated with a front...

Nets to Catch the Wind

Elinor Wylie · 1928 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Alfred A. Knopf, 1928 . First edition. Hardback. The first UK edition of this collection of this well received poems by Elinor Wylie, in the original dust wrapper. The first UK edition of this work, which was first published in the US in 1921.In the publisher's or...

The Song of the Sword and Other Verses

W. E. Henley · 1892 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, David Nutt, 1892 . First edition. Cloth. A publisher and author's presentation copy of the first edition of this work of free verse poetry from W. E. Henley, with the bookplate of Arthur Quiller-Couch to the front pastedown. The first edition of this volume of poe...

To Shape a Song

W. D. Snodgrass · 1988 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

New York, Nadja, 1988. First edition. Paperback. A pristine copy of this very scarce limited edition collection of poetry by W. D. Snodgrass and illustrated by Deloss McGraw, signed by the author and artist. A limited edition, with this being 22 out of 74. From a total edition...

House Scraps

G. Duckworth Atkin · 1887 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Published by the author at the Stock Exchange, 1887 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this privately published literary collection, compiled by George Duckworth Atkin, and with illustrations from George Cruikshank and others. The first edition of this entert...

Poetry London X

Tambimuttu [editor] · 1944 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Nicholson & Watson, 1944. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy Volume 2, Number 10, of this illustrated and esteemed literary magazine Poetry London. First edition. Volume 2, No. 10. Containing a letter in memory of the war poet Keith Douglas; poetry and prose fr...

Poems by Thomas Hood, Illustrated by Birket Foster; Poems by Thomas Hood, Again Illustrated by Birket Foster

Thomas Hood · 1872 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, E. Moxon, Son & Co, 1872 . Leather. Two beautifully illustrated volumes of the poetry of Thomas Hood, with plates by Birket Foster. In a beautiful signed binding by Sotheran. Two volumes bound in one, being the first and second series of Birket's illustrated editi...

The Sirens an Ode

Laurence Binyon · 1928 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1928. Cloth. A long form poem by Laurence Binyon, this being a revised edition. A revised edition.'The Sirens' is a long ode by Laurence Binyon, a poem set on the sea.Binyon was a noted war poet who is best known for his work 'Fo...

The Collected Poetry of Francis Thompson

Francis Thompson · 1913 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. Cloth. A limited edition copy of this collection of the poetry of Francis Thompson. Limited to two thousand five hundred copies. The collected poetry of Francis Joseph Thompson, an English poet and Catholic mystic, printed in order of their ...

St Andrews

Rudyard Kipling; Walter de la Mare · 1926 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, A. & C. Black, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A volume of two memorial poems on St Andrews by Rudyard Kipling and Walter de la Mare. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Two poems, written by Rudyard Kipling and Walter de la Mare, publishe...

The Farmer&Apos;S Boy; Rural Tales, Ballads and Songs. Wild Flowers; or Pastoral and Local Poetry

Robert Bloomfield · 1851 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

Halifax, Milner and Sowerby, 1851. Cloth. A smart copy of this collection of rural poetry from English labouring-class writer, Robert Bloomfield. With a frontispiece, vignette title page, and many in-text images. A collection of rural and pastoral poetry including: Market Nigh...

The Works of George Borrow

George Borrow; Clement Shorter [editor] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£480.00 (€575.36 | $634.15 | ¥101,265)

London, Constable and Company Ltd. 1923. Cloth. A smart limited edition set of the works of English writer, George Borrow. With the original dust wrappers. Ten volumes of a sixteen volume set. Lacking volumes eleven to sixteen. Limited to seven hundred and seventy-five copies ...