Poesia

The Tale of Balen

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1896 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1896. First edition. Leather. A fine first edition of Algernon Charles Swinburne's Arthurian poem, in a fine morocco binding with a custom marbled paper slipcase. The first edition of this work. In a beautiful fine full morocco binding, in a cust...

A Scrapbook Relating to Emily Lawless and Edith Sichel

Emily Lawless; Edith Sichel; Evelyn de Vesci · 1913 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1914. Leather. A unique charming scrapbook commemorating the lives and poetry of Emily Lawless and Edith Sichel, compiled by the Viscountess Evelyn de Vesci. A delightful scrapbook containing typed poems by Emily Lawless and Edith Sichel. Two short bi...

Uncollected Verses

Francis Thompson · 1917 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)

London, Privately Printed, 1917. First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scared collected of previously unpublished poems by Francis Thompson, one of only twenty-five copies. A limited edition work, limited to only twenty-five copies, of which this numbered ten.A collection of...

The Poetical Works of Henry W. Longfellow

Henry W Longfellow · 0 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London, Ward Lock Bowden and Co, c1895. Leather. An attractively bound copy of the work of Henry Longfellow, illustrated throughout by Thomas Seccombe. Illustrated throughout, from drawings by Thomas Seccombe. Edited, with a critical memoir on Longfellow, by renowned scholar W...

Moortown

Ted Hughes · 1979 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)

London, Faber and Faber, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A near fine first edition of Ted Hughes' poetry diary on life and work on a farm. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'Moortown' is a poetical diary detailing everyday life liv...

The Voice of Liberty or a British Philippic a Poem in Miltonic Verse

Mark Akenside · 1738 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, J Chaney for A Dodd, 1738. First edition. Disbound. A very scarce, first edition copy of this poem by Mark Akenside under the pseudonym of 'Britannicus&apos. A very scarce first edition first state of this work. With 'lifts' spelled incorrectly as '...

A Poem on the Last Day

Edward Young · 1713 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Edward Whistler, 1713. Leather. A smartly bound, second edition copy of Edward Young's noted poem, which is dedicated to Queen Anne. In a quarter morocco binding, with paper covered boards. This is the second edition copy. ESTC reference no: T2350. With half-tit...

Es Taget Vor Dem Walde Stand Uf Katterlin

Otto von Greyerz · 1974 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

Not Stated, Aarau, Grafische Fachschule, 1974. Hardback. An exceptional crisp copy of this limited edition collection of these Swiss folk songs by the Swiss playwright Otto von Greyerz, illustrated in colour by Felix Hoffmann. A limited edition work, limited to one-thousand th...

Human Life a Poem

Samuel Rogers · 1819 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, John Murray, 1819. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Samuel Roger's Romantic and reflective poem. The first edition of this work. A charming reflective poem on the nature of human life. Written by Samuel Rogers, a Romantic poet who has sadly been eclipsed...

The Fables of Flora

Dr John Langhorn; F. Blagdon · 1804 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, B. Crosby and Co, 1804. Leather. A nicely illustrated collection of the fable poetry of Dr John Langhorne, illustrated with beautiful vignettes. In a signed binding by Bickers. A collection of Dr John Langhorne's fables, Illustrated with numerous vignettes. Writte...

Epithalamion a Poem

Ida Graves · 1980 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)

London, Gemini Press, 1980. First edition. Fine Binding. A scarce, limited edition of this poem by Ida Graves, beautifully illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton. This is the first work to be published by the Gemini Press. It has been designed, hand set and printed by hand by Bla...

An Election Ball, in Poetical Letters from Mr. Inkle at Bath, to His Wife at Glocester: With a Poetical Address to John Miller, Esq, at Batheaston Villa

[Christopher Anstey] · 1776 · Rooke Books

£775.00 (€928.96 | $1,023.88 | ¥163,501)

Bath; Bathoniae, S. Hazard, 1776. First edition. Disbound. The first and second editions of the Latin and English editions of Christopher Anstey's popular didactic satirical poem about society life in Bath in the eighteenth century, illustrated, including with the very sc...

The English Garden; a Poem. Book the First

William Mason · 1772 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, R. Horsefield, 1772. Disbound. A good second edition of this gardening poem, by the gardener William Mason, a long georgic poem that ponders on Whiggism and Anglicanism. The second edition of this work. Half-title and final leaf of publisher's adverts are present....

The Rosciad

Charles Churchill · 1761 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, W. Flexney, 1761. Paperback. A scarce second edition of Charles Churchill's popular satire work on the London stage, bound here in later wraps. The second edition of this work. A scarce work. ESTC citation number T74903. Bound without the half-title. Otherwise, co...

A Vision of Judgement

Robert Southey · 1821 · Rooke Books

£690.00 (€827.07 | $911.59 | ¥145,569)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Robert Southey's poem attacking the modern poets of his day, most especially targetting Lord Byron. The first edition of this work. Bound without the half-title and publisher...

Reverendissimi in Christo Patris, Patricii Adamsoni, Sancti-Andreãƒâ¦ in Scotia Archiepiscopi Dignissimi Ac Doctissimi, Poãƒâ«Mata Sacra, Cum Alijs Opusculis. Studio Ac Industria Tho. Volvseni I.C. Expolita & Recognita.

Patrick Adamson · 1618 · Rooke Books

£12,000.00 (€14,383.90 | $15,853.68 | ¥2,531,627)

London, Joannem Billium; John Bull, 1618. First edition. Fine Binding. The important and scarce large paper copy, of the first edition of Patrick Adamson's poetry, rebound in a sumptuous morocco binding at the National Library of Wales. A very scarce work. With the errata...

Sertum Carthusianum Floribus Trium Seculorum Contextum

Gulielmi Haig Brown [William Haig Brown} · 1870 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Cantabrigiae; Londini, Deighton, Bell, Et Sec; Bell et Daldy, 1870. Leather. A uncommon work of Latin and Greek poetry with an ink inscription by the author to the front blank. This copy is handsomely bound in Bickers and Son full calf binding. Uncommon. In a handsome full cal...

Poems: Historical and Miscellaneous

Rev. Richard Chester; Rev. William Bennet Chester · 1849 · Rooke Books

£215.00 (€257.71 | $284.05 | ¥45,358)

Dublin, Hodges and Smith, 1849. Leather. A scarce collection of poetry written by two members of the clergy Rev. Richard Chester and Rev. William Bennet Chester. Author's presentation copy with the inscription that reads 'Presentation Copy from the Authors' to t...

The True and Perfecte Nevves of the Woorthy and Valiaunt Exploytes, Performed and Doone by That Valiant Knight Syr Frauncis Drake: Not Onely at Sancto Domingo, and Carthagena, But Also at Cales and Vppon the Coast of Spayne, 1587

Thomas Greepe; David W. Waters · 1955 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Hartford , Printed for H. C. T. by C. P. R. 1955. First edition. Cloth. A lovely uncommon limited edition copy of this facsimile reproduction of Thomas Greepe's fascinating ballad narrating Francis Drake's 1585-86 raid on the coast of Spain. One of five hundred and s...

The Ever Green Being a Collection of Scots Poems Wrote by the Ingenious Before 1600

Allan Ramsay (Editor) · 1761 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Alexander Donaldson, 1761. Fine Binding. A collection of Scots poetry, mostly taken from the Bannatyne Manuscript by Allan Ramsay. Rebound in a beautiful morocco binding. A pocket sized volume, comprising of several poems pre 1600. Nearly all the pieces to this work we...