Poesia

A Collection of Works by Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 1835 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

Edinburgh, Robert Cadell, 1835-1836. Leather. A collection of poetry from Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott, with six works bound into two volumes. Six works bound in two volumes. With two engraved title pages to volume one and three engraved title pages to volume two. Written ...

The Poetical Works of John Keats

John Keats; H. Buxton Forman · 1950 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London; Oxford, Geoffrey Cumberlege; Oxford University Press, 1950. Leather. A smartly bound volume collecting together the poetical works of Romantic author John Keats. The romantic poetry of John Keats. This volume includes the whole of his known works, such as 'Endymio...

A Little Book of Western Verse

Eugene Field · 1890 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890 . First edition. Leather. Attractively bound in half morocco, present here is the first trade edition of this delightful collection of verse from Eugene Field. The first trade edition of this work, which was first published as a lim...

Sonetti Di Anton Maria Salvini Accademico Della Crusca

Anton Maria Salvini · 1728 · Rooke Books

£590.00 (€707.21 | $779.47 | ¥124,472)

Firenze, Nella Stamperia di sua Altezza Reale, 1728. First edition. Vellum. The first edition of this anthology of the sonnets of Anton Maria Salvini, illustrated with a frontispiece. The first edition.In the original Italian.Half-title is present.Illustrated with a portrait f...

Selections from the Works of the British Classical Poets, from Shakespeare to Shelley

Maria Mary Marinack; Various · 1861 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, 1861. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce anthology of the best works of British poets across history, "from Shakespeare to Shelley". The first edition of this very scarce work.A lovely anthology collecting together the poeti...

Human Shows Far Phantasies, and Late Lyrics and Earlier

Thomas Hardy · 1922 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1922-5. First edition. Cloth. Two excellent first edition collections of poetry from the renowned Thomas Hardy. The first editions. A two volume set. Two collections of poetry from Thomas Hardy Thomas an English novelist and poet who wrote ...

The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman

A. E. Housman · 1966 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. Leather. A smartly bound anthology of the brilliant poetry of A. E. Housman. Illustrated with a frontispiece.An anthology of the collected poems of A. E. Housman, including his best known 'A Shropshire Lad&apos.'A Shropshir...

John Brown&Apos;S Body

Stephen Vincent Benet · 1929 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, William Heinemann LTD, 1929. Leather. The second edition of this important Pulitzer winning epic poem by Stephen Vincent Benet. The second, new and cheap edition.Stephen Vincent Benet won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1929 for this work. This poem covers the histor...

Italy, a Poem

Samuel Rogers · 1839 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Edward Moxon, 1839 . Leather. A handsomely bound example of this epic poem inspired by English poet Samuel Rogers's own tours of Italy, with vignette illustrations throughout. First published in 1882, this is a poem inspired by the author's own tours of Italy...

Place to Place

Richard Eyre · 2018 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Chestermead, 2018. First edition. Paperback. A lovely signed first edition of English director Richard Eyre's poetry, from the library of feminist publisher Carmen Callil, founder of Virago Press. Signed and dated by the author to the title page. In the publisher...

Emaux Et Camees

Theophile Gautier · 1910 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Paris , Petite Bibliotheque-Charpentier , 1910. Leather. A charming leather-bound pocket book edition of 'Emaux et Camees', the last poetical collection by Theophile Gautier. A pocket book edition of this collection of poetry by the French poet Theophile Gautier. Bo...

The Friendship Booklets

Robert Browning; Cardinal Newman · 1912 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London; Edinburgh, T. N. Foulis, 1912-13. Paperback. Four charming poetical works published in 'The Friendship Booklets' series, all colour illustrated. Four volumes of poems from T. N. Foulis' 'The Friendship Booklets' series.Each volume is bound in c...

All You Who Sleep Tonight

Vikram Seth · 1990 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Faber and Faber, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this resonant debut poetry collection by Vikram Seth, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This copy i...

Collected Poems 1967-2006

Anne Beresford · 2006 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Katabasis, 2006 . First edition. Paperback. Publisher Carmen Callil's copy of the scarce first edition of Beresford's poetry anthology, with a signed postcard from Beresford to Callil loosely inserted. A scarce first edition, first impression of this work, wh...

Poetry and Prose for the Midsummer Feast at Cannwood House

Seamus Heaney; Polly Devlin [ed.] · 2002 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)

Oldham, Incline Press, 2002 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this limited edition work by Seamus Heaney and his family, inscribed to publisher Carmen Callil, and with a loosely inserted signed photograph of the Heaney family. A signed association copy of t...

Poems of William Cowper

William Cowper · 1808 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, J. Johnson, 1808. Leather. A two-volume stereotype edition of this William Cowper anthology, bound in full mottled calf. The Stereotype Edition. Complete in two volumes.Uniformly bound in full mottled calf.Comprising the works of influential poet and hymnwriter, Willia...

Alfred, an Epic Poem

Henry James Pye · 1815 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Suttaby, Evance and Fox, 1815. Leather. A sound copy of this epic poem in six books from English poet Henry James Pye. With a frontispiece and engraved title page. An epic, long narrative poem focusing on the life and heroic deeds of King Alfred the Great, divided into...

Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality, to Which Is Added Paragraphs on the Book of Job and the Last Day, a Poem

Edward Young · 1812 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Suttaby, Evance and Fox, 1812. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this long philosophical poem from English writer Edward Young. With a frontispiece and engraved title page. A series of philosophical writings in blank verse, reflecting the author's state of mind fol...

Oeuvres de Alfred de Musset: Poesies 1833-1852

Alfred de Musset · 1833 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Par, Librairie Alphonse Lemerre, c1870. Leather. A smartly bound collection of the poetical works of Alfred de Musset between 1833 and 1852, in the original French. French. With a frontispiece. A collection of the poetical works of Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay, a Fren...

The Shipwreck and Other Poems

William Falconer · 1836 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Charles Tilt, 1836. Cloth. A smart copy of this collection of poetry from William Falconer, as part of Tilt's Miniature Classic Library. Tilt's Miniature Classic Library. With a frontispiece. The Shipwreck was inspired by the author's own experiences as ...