Poesia

Poems by the Late William Cowper with Some Accounts of the Author

William Cowper · 1818 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Printed for John Bumpus , 1818. Leather. Anthology of poems of William Cowper in full tree calf binding. An anthology of William Cowper's poetry. An uncommon edition printed for John Bumpus.Cowper was a famed English poet and hymnodist. He was a great influence on...

The Pleasures of Inefficiency: A Poem, in Two Cantos

Harold Bagley Forster · 1936 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Winchester, Privately printed, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this scarce work by Harold Bagley Forster, in the original glassine wrapper. The first edition of this scarce work in a quarter cloth binding with marbled boards and the original glassine wrappe...

The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier; W. Garrett Horder [ed.] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Henry Frowde; Oxford University Press, 1911 . Cloth. A delightful edition of the works of American Quaker poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier. In a charming faux-morocco cloth binding, with delightful gilt floral detailing to the front board.Illustrated with ...

Reminiscences of Childhood with Reflections of Riper Years. Forming a Miscellany of Moral and Religious Poetry

W. Pringle · 1867 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Durham, Andrews and Co, 1867. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this very scarce volume of poetry designed to inculcate compassion and mercy in its readers. A first edition of this very scarce collection of poetry by Reverend W. Pringle. Little is known about the author...

The Triumphs of Temper, a Poem: In Six Cantos

William Hayley · 1817 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, William Mason for T. Cadell et al, 1817 . Leather. A bright copy of this uncommon 'New Edition' of William Hayley's popular moral poem, featuring a vibrant colour copper-plate frontispiece. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece from a drawing by George ...

Late Lyrics and Earlier with Many Other Verses

Thomas Hardy · 1922 · Rooke Books

£62.00 (€74.32 | $81.91 | ¥13,080)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1922. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of this poetry anthology by Thomas Hardy. A first edition copy of Late Lyrics and Earlier with Many Other Verses by Thomas Hardy. This anthology of poetry contains the works Weathers, Summer Sc...

The Lord of the Isles

Sir Walter Scott · 1815 · Rooke Books

£128.00 (€153.43 | $169.11 | ¥27,004)

Edinburgh, James Ballantyne; Archibald Constable; Longman, Hurst, Rees et al. 1815 . Leather. The fifth edition of Sir Walter Scott's historical narrative poem about Robert the Bruce, published in the same year as the first edition. Set in Scotland between 1307 and 1314, ...

A Widow&Apos;S Tale and Other Poems

Bernard Barton · 1827 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, B. J. Holdsworth, 1827 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of this scarce first edition volume of early nineteenth century poems by Bernard Barton, presented to Sir John Bowring. The scarce first edition of this work, signed by the author with the ins...

Diana: The Sonnets and Other Poems of Henry Constable

Henry Constable · 1859 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , Basil Montagu Pickering, 1859. Cloth. A copy of Diana: The Sonnets and Other Poems of Henry Constable. Henry Constable was an English poet best known for Diana, which is one of the first English Sonnet sequences. This volume contains the renowned Diana and other sonn...

The Region of the Summer Stars

Charles Williams · 1944 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Editions Poetry, 1944. First edition. Hardback. A first edition of this work of poetry by Charles Williams. First edition. A work of poetry from the calling of Taliessin, to the Queen's servant and the prayers of the Pope. Written by Charles Williams, a British no...

The Fudge Family in Paris

Thomas Brown · 1818 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)

London , Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Paternoster-Row, 1818. Leather. A smart second edition copy of The Fudge Family in Paris. A second edition copy. The Fudge Family in Paris is a verse satire by Thomas Brown, the younger. The verses were intended to be a comedic c...

The Works of Thomas Moore Vol. VI

Thomas Moore · 1819 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Paris , Galignani, 1819. First edition. Leather. A first Galignani edition of this volume of works by Thomas Moore. Volume VI from the Works of Thomas Moore. This volume includes Odes of Anacreon-Little's Poems, being the first Galignani edition. Thomas Moore was an Iri...

The Golden Treasury Series: Selections from the Poems of Arthur Hugh Clough; Poems of Shelley; the Golden Treasury: Second Series

Arthur Hugh Clough; Percy Shelley; Francis Turner Palgrave · 1894 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1894-1902. Leather. A beautiful group of three volumes from the 'Golden Treasury Series' of verses in exquisite uniform prize bindings. Three volumes from Macmillan's 'Golden Treasury Series&apos. With half titles, vignette illustr...

Hudibras. In Three Parts. Written in the Time of the Late Wars.

Samuel Butler · 1761 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, D. Browne; C. Hitch; L. Hawes; J. Shuckburgh; et al, 1761. Leather. A Hogarth illustrated edition of this important long narrative poem by Samuel Butler, this being the second Hogarth edition. The second Hogarth edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, five folding pla...

Poems

G. M. Cookson · 1932 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London , Elkin Mathews & Marrot , 1932. First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed copy of this collection of poems by G. M. Cookson. A scarce volume of poems by G. M. Cookson. Signed by the author:Reynolds Stone with good wishes from G. M. Cookson. Some of the poems that appear ...

The Flower of Old Japan; Poems

Alfred Noyes · 1907 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

New York, The Macmillan Company , 1907-13. First edition. Cloth. A lovely pair of anthologies containing the poems by Alfred Noyes, first US editions in uniform publisher's bindings. Alfred Noyes was an English poet and playwright. Here are The Flower of Old Japan, seco...

The Thing About Joe Sullivan, Poems 1971-1977

Roy Fisher · 1978 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Manchester, Carcanet, 1978 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition, first impression of this collection of poetry by Roy Fisher, signed and dated by the author. First edition, first impression of this poetry anthology by Roy Fisher in the original publisher's paper ...

The Oxford Browning: The Poems of Robert Browning

Robert Browning · 1926 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

London, Oxford University Press; Hodder & Stoughton, [1926]. Cloth. A scarce copy of this collection of poems by Robert Browning, embellished with colour plates. Undated copy, but probably published 1926, in the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to front...

The Turning Path

Ronald Bottrall · 1939 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London , Arthur Barker, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A smart signed copy of this collection of poems by Ronald Bottrall. A first edition copy of this poetry collection by Ronald Bottrall, signed by the author to the front free endpaper. A number of the poems appeared in period...

English Poetesses: A Series of Critical Biographies with Illustrative Extracts

Eric S Robertson · 1883 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1883. Cloth. A charming collection of writings and biographies for English Poetesses. A collection of works and biographies of English female poets such as: Aphra Behn, Charlotte Smith, Anna Sewars, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and many more...