Poesia

New Poems

pseud. Rowland Thirlmere [John Walker] · 1920 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Selwyn and Blount, 1920. Cloth. A very scarce anthology with Romantic influence, signed and written by Lancashire poet Rowland Thirlmere, the pseudonym of John Walker. A very scarce anthology, written and signed by Lancashire poet and author Rowland Thirlmere, the pen ...

Poems by Father and Son

William Cryer, James Wilfred Cryer · 1923 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Bolton, Tillotson and Son, c.1923. Cloth. A very scarce and intimate anthology of poems by Lancashire poets William Cryer and his son James Wilfred, who has also signed the work. A very scarce poetic anthology Poems by Father and Son, by Lancashire William Cryer and James Wilf...

With Double Tongue: Verses in Scots and English

Stewart Alan Robertson · 1928 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, George G. Harrap and Co. 1928. First edition. Cloth. A signed anthology of both English and Scottish Verses by Stewart Alan Robertson, including poems on fallen friends, literary giants and natural beauty. The signed first edition of With Double Tongue: Verses in Scots...

Northern Numbers: Selections from Scottish Poets

C.M. Grieve [Hugh MacDiarmid], John Buchan, Violet Jacob, Neil Munro, Will Ogilvie, T.S. Cairncross, Joseph Lee, John Ferguson, A.G. Grieve, Donald A. Mackenzie and Roderick Watson Kerr. · 1920 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

Edinburgh, T.N. Fouls, 1920. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the first postwar Scottish verse anthology, signed by Scottish literary figure Hugh MacDiarmid. The signed first edition of Northern Numbers: Being Representative Selections From Certain Living Scottish Po...

The Island

Francis Brett Young · 1944 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1944. First edition. Cloth. The author"s personally given first copy of this late-war poetry collection, signed and dated to the recipient on Armistice month, 1944. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition. The first copy di...

Mid Light and Shade

John Langdon Jones · 1921 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)

New York, Duffield and Company, 1921 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this collection of verse, a presentation copy signed and inscribed by the author, John Langdon Jones. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. ...

Earthquake in Los Angeles and Other Poems

Clarence Winchester · 1938 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Cassell and Company, ltd. 1938 . First edition. Hardback. A very scarce first edition, inscribed by Clarence Winchester and containing his reflective wartime and transatlantic poems, including the striking title poem based on the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. In the publ...

Over There" Poems of Appreciation, Consolation and Indignation

Harvey M. Watts · 1917 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

Philadelphia , The John C. Winston Company, 1917 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this collection of patriotic First World War verse first issued in newspapers and "Vigilantes" publications, with the original unclipped dust wrapper affixed to boards. In t...

Rainbow Verse: A Book of Helpful Sunny Philosophy

W. Dayton Wegefarth · 1919 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Philadelphia , George W. Jacobs & Company, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce post-WWI collection of Wegefarth"s uplifting verse, the first edition, inscribed and signed by the author. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition. Signed an...

Songs of a Chartered Accountant

Arthur Bennett · 1930 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Gee & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. 1930 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this collection of verse by Alderman Arthur Bennett. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece caricature of the author, repri...

Sussex: At Peace and War

W. E. Harker · 1918 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Brighton, The Southern Publishing Co. Ltd, 1918 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this exceptionally scarce author"s presentation copy of W. E. Harker"s wartime poetic tribute to the Fourth Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. In the publisher's original paper ...

The Rising Tide and Other Poems

Charles Whitby · 1920 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Elkin Mathews, 1920 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Whitby"s thoughtful wartime and early poems. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards.First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endp...

The Song of the Scarlet Host and Other Poems

Joseph Bernard Rethy · 1915 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Portland, Maine, Smith & Sale , 1915. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this incendiary anti-war poetry volume, a vanishingly scarce copy of this work, with just two copies held institutionally. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with marbled paper c...

Songs of Sergeant Swanson

William F. Kirk · 1918 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Boston, Small, Maynard & Company, 1918. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this witty WWI poetry book, blending patriotic humour and camp life through the comic voice of "Sergeant Swanson." In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered ...

A Little Souvenir

J.C. Davis · 1921 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

California, Privately Printed, 1921 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce signed copy of this privately printed collection of Western themed poetry by J.C. Davis, with the author's ink correction. A very scarce work, with no copies held institutionally.Signed and insc...

Lake and War: African Land and Water Verses

Arthur Shearly Cripps · 1917 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Oxford, B.H. Blackwell , 1917. First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed presentation copy of this collection of poetry by Arthur Shearly Cripps, who spent most of his life in Southern Rhodesia.  The scarce first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the front...

Poems

J.M. Benson · 1919 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London , C.W. Daniel, Ltd. 1919 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of this collection of twentieth century poetry by J.M. Benson The very scarce first edition of the work, with only three copies being held institutionally. In publisher's original g...

War Songs, Ballads and Recitations by W.H. Stephens

W.H. Stephens · 1914 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Cairo, Whitehead, Morris & Co. (Egypt) Ltd. 1914-1915 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce two volume set of these collections of First World War poetry by W.H Stephens. The very scarce first editions of the work.A two volume set of these collections of war poetry by W.H....

City Songs and Others

Richard Rowley [Richard Valentine Williams] · 1918 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Dublin and London, Maunsel & Company, 1918 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition presentation copy of the Belfast author's second work, in the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. The very scarce first edition of the work.A presentation copy, inscribed by the au...

England&Apos;S Boys; a Woman&Apos;S War Poems

C.A. Renshaw · 1916 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London , Erskine Macdonald, 1916 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce signed first edition of this collection of poems by the female poets of the First World War Constance Ada Renshaw. The scarce first edition of the work.Signed by the author to the title page.In publisher'...