Poesia

The Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern; with an Introduction and Notes, Historical and Critical, and Characters of the Lyric Poets

Allan Cunningham · 1825 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, John Taylor, 1825. First edition. Hardback. A first edition collection of Scottish verses, complete in four volumes in the publisher's original binding. Containing verses such as 'Ah, the poor shepherd's mournful fate', 'Callum o' glen&apo...

The Flowering Tree

James Ridpath · 1946 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Sussex, Privately Printed by the Author , 1946. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of this lovely collection of poems by James Ridpath dedicated to the Chinese culture. The first edition of this lovely collection of poems by James Ridpath dedicated to the th...

Human Life a Poem

Samuel Rogers · 1920 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, John Murray, 1920. Leather. A reflective poem by a celebrated but largely forgotten poet of the Romantic Period. A smart copy in full calf of the 1820 second edition of Samuel Rogers's reflective poem 'Human Life&apos. His literary output was notoriously slow...

The Adventures of Johnny Newcombe in the Navy

Alfred Burton · 1904 · Rooke Books

£56.00 (€67.12 | $73.98 | ¥11,814)

London, Methuen and Co. 1904. Cloth. A reprint of this charming poem written by John Mitford under the pen name of Alfred Burton, illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson including colour plates. A poem written in four cantos, with Johnny Newcome being a general term used to refer to ...

Dog Show Days

B. A. R. · 1931 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Alexander Moring Limited at the De La More Press, 1931. Hardback. A very scarce volume with verses describing the events and breeds of dog at a dog show at Agricultural Hall in 1931. A very scarce little book containing some lovely verses describing the events and bree...

Selected Poems of Matthew Prior

Matthew Prior; Austin Dobson · 1889 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. 1889. Paperback. A charming poetry collection by Matthew Prior, presented in the publisher's original boards. Matthew Prior (1664-1721) was an English poet. His poetry is varied and often ambitious, such as 'Solomon', or humorous...

A Pepysian Garland

ed. Hyder E. Rollins · 1922 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1922. Cloth. A volume compiling eighty ballads, most of which come from Samuel Pepys' collection, in a dust wrapper. This work consists of eighty seventeenth century ballads, many from Samuel Pepys' collection and the remainder ...

Probationary Odes for the Laureatship

Sir John Hawkins; [Richard Tickell] · 1785 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, James Ridgway, 1785. First edition. Leather. An uncommon first edition of Richard Tickell's satirical poems purporting to be in competition for the laureateship. The uncommon first edition of this work.ESTC citation number T126547.Half-title is present.A collectio...

Atropos and Other Poems

John Buxton · 1946 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Macmillan & Co. LTD, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A superior first edition copy of this selection of poems by John Buxton, in the original, unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this uncommon title. A selection of poems by John Buxton, complementary to the earlier...

Sharp Scorpions: Poems

Wrey Gardiner · 1941 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Grey Walls Press, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A scarce and excellent first edition copy in its unclipped dustwrapper of this collection of poems by Wrey Gardiner. The first edition of this work in the scarce, unclipped dustwrapper. Comprising a selection of sixty one p...

Palmyra and Other Poems

Thomas Love Peacock · 1806 · Rooke Books

£1,300.00 (€1,558.26 | $1,717.48 | ¥274,260)

London, T. Bensley; W. J. and J. Richardson, 1806. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of Thomas Love Peacock's poetry collection, illustrated here with a romantic frontispiece. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.'Palmyra' is a col...

The Genius of the Thames

Thomas Love Peacock · 1810 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.46 | ¥84,388)

London, T. Hookham, 1810. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Peacock's poetical study of the River Thames, a loving poem on the central river of England. The first edition of this work.Half-title is present.'The Genius of the Thames' is an ode to the ...

Sir Hornbook; or, Childe Lancelot&Apos;S Expedition

[Thomas Love Peacock] · 1843 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London, John Cundall, 1843. Hardback. A very scarce reprint of this satirical Thomas Love Peacock poem about Lancelot, illustrated beautifully throughout. Very scarce illustrated edition.A new edition of this work, published thirty years after the equally scarce first edition....

The Nurse, a Poem

Luigi Tansillo; William Roscoe · 1804 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Liverpool, Cadell and Davies, 1804. Leather. An English translation of Luigi Tansillo's nursing-themed poem, illustrated with engravings. The third edition of this translation.'The Nurse, a Poem' is an intriguing poem, written to encourage women to breastfeed th...

The Task

William Cowper · 1817 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, John Sharpe, 1817. Leather. A finely bound early edition of William Cowper's noted blank verse poem 'The Task&apos. With an illustrated title page, and engraved title page to each of the six books of this poem.In a more recent binding. The six books are call...

The Shepherd&Apos;S Calendar

Edmund Spenser; ed. W. L. Renwick · 1930 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, The Scholartis Press, 1930. Cloth. A pastoral verse by early English poet Edmund Spenser, with a rare dust wrapper. 'The Shepheardes Calender' was first published in 1579, and emulates ancient poet Virgil's 'Eclogues&apos. It contains the first use ...

Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold · 1890 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1890. Leather. A Bumpus bound collection of Matthew Arnold's sage poetry, illustrated with a frontispiece, in a morocco binding. In a Bumpus binding.A collection of Matthew Arnold's poetry, containing his early poems, narrative poems, sonnet...

The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1917 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Humphrey Milford, 1917. Leather. A lovely collection of poetry by this popular American poet. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was an American writer and teacher, known for 'Paul Revere's Ride' and 'Evangeline', as well as being the first...

Nimphidia the Court of Fayrie [with] the Nutbrown Maid

Michael Drayton et al · 1924 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Stratford Upon Avon, The Shakespeare Head, 1924-1925. First edition. Paperback. Two very smart poetry collections produced on a hand-press for the Shakespeare Head. First edition thus. Comprising Nimphidia by Michael Drayton (1924) and The Nutbrown Maid (1925). 'Nimphid...

Select Beauties of Ancient English Poetry

Henry Headley · 1787 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, T. Cadell, 1787. First edition. Leather. A smartly rebound first edition of Henry Headley's anthology of Ancient English poetry, a renowned work. The first edition of this work.Two volumes bound in one.List of subscribers to the front of Volume I.Errata slip to th...