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Margaret L. Woods · 1889 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Richard Bentley & Son, 1889. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this scarce first edition anthology of verses by Margaret L. Woods. Scarce first edition, first impression of this work. A scarce book. First anthology of poems by Margaret Louisa Woods, English autho...

Door Into the Dark

Seamus Heaney · 1969 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Faber and Faber LTD, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A superb copy of the second major poetry collection of the Nobel Prize winner Seamus Heaney, a lovely copy of this sought after work. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Door ...

The Bibelot a Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, Chosen in Part from Scarce Editions and Sources Not Generally Known

Thomas B. Mosher · 1895 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

New York, Wm. H. Wise & Co. 1895-1925. Hardback. A wonderful limited edition 21-volume set of prose, plays and poetry, originally published by Thomas B. Mosher. A 21-volume set of the Testimonial Edition of The Bibelot in the original paper boards. Number 954 of 450 of this ed...

Warblin&Apos;S Fro&Apos; an Owd Songster

Samuel Laycock · 1893 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London , Simpkin Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, illustrated copy of Samuel Laycock's dialect poems. Samuel Laycock was a dialect poet who recorded the vernacular of the Lancashire cotton workers. This volume contains a s...

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald · 1908 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited , 1908. Leather. An illustrated copy of Edward Fitzgerald's renowned translation of poetry by Omar Khayyam. A new edition, from the Photogravure Series. In quarter calf binding with gilt detail. With a monochrome frontispiece and...

Miscellaneous Poems

Henry Francis Lyte · 1868 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Rivingtons, 1868. First edition. Cloth. Very scarce first edition of this miscellany of poems by Henry Francis Lyte. A very scarce first edition of this miscellaneous anthology of the poems by Henry Francis Lyte, Anglican divine and hymnodist; his lyrics were universal...

The Parson&Apos;S Home: A Poem

An English Vicar [John Myers King] · 1849 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Francis & John Rivington, 1849. First edition. Cloth. Very scarce first edition of this poem by John Myers King. Very scarce poem, held by four institutional libraries only, first edition of this work. Published anonymously under 'an English Vicar', i.e. John...

Green Arras

Laurence Housman · 1896 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)

London; Chicago, John Lane at The Bodley Head; Way and Williams, 1896 . First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this poetry anthology by Laurence Housman, illustrated by the author himself. Illustrated by Housman with a woodcut frontispiece and title page and five plat...

The Collected Poems of Gerald Gould

Gerald Gould · 1929 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London , Victor Gollancz, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing collection of poems by English poet Gerald Gould. A first edition, second impression of this work published just a month after the first impression in October 1929. Gerald Gould was an English writer, essay...

Poems Epigrams and Sonnets

R.E. Egerton-Warburton · 1877 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Basil Montagu Pickering, 1877. First edition. Leather. Scarce first edition of this collection of poems by Rowland Egerton-Warburton. The first edition of this work. A scarce copy of this anthology of the poems of R.E. Egerton-Warburton, English landowner and poet of ...

The Poetical Works of William Cowper

William Cowper · 1853 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London , T. Nelson and Sons , 1853. Leather. A lovely leather bound volume of the poetical works of William Cowper, with illustrations. The Poetical Works of William Cowper with a life of Cowper to the beginning of the volume. Cowper was an English poet and Anglican hymnwriter...

Two Books by Anthony Powell

Anthony Powell · 1991 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Heinemann; Timewell Press, 1991-2005 . First edition. Cloth. Scare first editions, first printings of two books by Anthony Powell containing collections of critical essays. First editions, first printings of two books by Anthony Powell, in original publisher's bin...

The Shepherd&Apos;S Week in Six Pastorals

Mr. J. Gay [John Gay] · 1714 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Printed for J[acob] T[onson] and sold by W. Taylor, 1714. Disbound. The very scarce second edition of this early eighteenth century pastoral work from John Gay, poet and dramatist best remembered for 'The Beggar's Opera&apos. Printed from the sheets of the fi...

Play Hours with Pegasus

A.P. Herbert · 1912 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.76 | ¥67,510)

Oxford, B.H. Blackwell, 1912. First edition. Paperback. A signed, first edition copy of an early collection of poetry by A.P. Herbert, the personal copy of British novelist Dennis Wheatley. The first edition of this collection of poetry, Play Hours with Pegasus, written by twe...

Poems 1926-1930

Robert Graves · 1931 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, William Heinemann, 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of poetry by Robert Graves, written from 1926 to 1930 and published in 1931. A collection of poetry by noted British poet Robert Graves, including his poetry written from 1926 to 1930. ...

The Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham

Edmund Waller; John Denham; George Gilfallan · 1857 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Edinburgh, James Nichol, 1857. Leather. Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham's collected poetry, rebound in full calf. Containing the collected poetical works of Edmund Waller, English poet and politician known for his poem 'Song (Go, lovely rose)', and John Denham...

The Lady of Garaye

Hon. Mrs. Norton [Caroline Sheridan Norton] · 1862 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1862 . Cloth. A beautifully bound early edition of Mrs Norton's popular narrative poem about the life of a French Countess. An early edition of social reformer and author Caroline Sheridan Norton's narrative poem detailing the life of a fict...

Trivial Breath

Elinor Wylie · 1928 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of Elinor Wylie's 1928 collection of poems, dedicated to Humbert Wolfe. The first edition of this celebrated collection of poems from American novelist and poet Elinor Wylie, inscribed to...

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam; Edward FitzGerald (translator) · 1909 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1909. Leather. Pocket sized edition of this famous collection of Persian verses, with illustrations by Herbert Cole. Complete with its scarce dust wrapper. Pocket sized edition of the popular collection of Persian poems, the Rubaiyat by Omar ...

A Book of Favourite Modern Ballads

1860 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, W. Kent & Co. 1860. First edition. Leather. First edition of this picturesque collection nineteenth century ballads enriched with numerous beautiful engravings. The first edition of this work. A large paper volume containing favourite English ballads in the nineteenth ...