Poesia

The Farmer&Apos;S Boy; a Rural Poem

Robert Bloomfield · 1800 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Vernor and Hood; T. Bensley, 1800. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this incredibly popular pastoral poem by Robert Bloomfield. The first edition, large paper issue.Half-title is present.Two pages of adverts to the rear.With engravings throughout. Collated,...

Gray&Apos;S Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard

Thomas Grey; Christopher Sandford [foreword.] · 1946 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1946. Cloth. A lovely, limited edition of this cornerstone of 18th-century English poetry, reflecting on death, obscurity, and rural life, with engravings throughout. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with marbled paper b...

The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior

Matthew Prior · 1779 · Rooke Books

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

London, W. Strahan, T. Payne, J. Rivington et al, 1779 . First edition. Leather. Shakespearean scholar Isaac Reed's personal copy of the two volume first edition of this collected edition of Matthew Prior's poetry, with tipped in notes from Reed throughout. The first...

The Poems of Nizami

Laurence Binyon · 1928 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, The Studio Ltd, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this description of the poems of twelfth-century poet Nizami Ganjavi, with colour plates. First edition. Illustrated with sixteen colour plates. Collated complete. A description of five of the poems o...

Shakespeare to Hardy: An Anthology of English Lyrics

A. Methuen; Robert Lynd · 1922 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1922. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this anthology of English poetry. First edition. An anthology of English poetry and verse from Shakespeare to Hardy, with selections from authors including: Matthew Arnold, Walter De La M...

The Poetical Works of George Crabbe with a Life of the Author

George Crabbe · 1858 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,667)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1858. Leather. A smart calf-bound volume of George Crabbe's poems, adorned with engraved plates by Birket Foster. A bright anthology of poetry from George Crabbe, together with a biographical sketch. Bound in half calf with marbled boar...

A Book of Original Toasts and Greetings for Banquets, Feasts, and Social Meetings

Allan Junior · 1914 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Lenzie, John Allan , 1914. Paperback. A very scarce 'Loose Leaf Booklet' comprising original toasts and greetings for various gatherings. A very scarce copy of this volume, being No. 1 of the "Loose Leaf Booklets" series. In the publisher's wraps with string bi...

The Bab Ballads

W. S. Gilbert · 1922 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1922. Leather. A leather-bound copy of W. S. Gilbert's entertaining comic operas, illustrated throughout with charming vignettes from the author. Bound in full calf. The tenth impression of the sixth edition. A collection of ballads from...

The Testament of Beauty

Robert Bridges · 1929 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1929. First edition. Leather. Robert Bridges' popular long philosophical poem, a smartly bound sixth impression. The first edition, sixth impression, published in the same year as the first impression.An incredibly popular poem by Robert Bridges, ...

The Mask of Comus

John Milton; Henry Lawes; E. H. Visiak; Hubert J. Foss; Earl of Ellesmere · 1937 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1937. Hardback. A lovely Nonesuch limited edition copy of John Milton's comical masque, complete with colourful plates. A Nonesuch limited edition of nine hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered eighteen.In the original slipcase, in...

A Stitch in Time

James Laver · 1927 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1927. Hardback. A limited Nonesuch edition of James Laver's poem 'A Stitch in Time', in the original glassine. A limited edition of 1,525 copies, of which this is numbered 142.In the original glassine.'A Stitch in Time' is J...

Selections from the Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1896 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1896. Leather. A lovely anthology of the poetry of Algernon Charles Swinburne, charmingly presented in signed calf by Bumpus. The sixth edition of this collection. In full signed calf by Bumpus, with handsome decorative gilt to the boards and spine....

Rhymes on the Road, Fables, Etc.

Thomas Brown, the Younger · 1823 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Paris , A. and W. Galignani, 1823. First edition. Leather. The vanishingly scarce first French edition of this poetical collection from Thomas Brown, the Younger. The first French edition of these rhymes published by A. and W. Galignani. In the original English text.  Bound ...

Pick-Me-Up

A. N. Other · 1933 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, The Centaur Press, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this uncommon collection of rhyming recipes with colour illustrations by Ian Fenwick. First edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated with thirteen colour images and borders to each page. Collated comple...

The Poems of Bishop Henry King

Bishop Henry King; John Sparrow [ed.] · 1925 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1925 . Hardback. An understated limited edition collection of the poems of Henry King by The Nonesuch Press, edited by John Sparrow. In the original publisher's full paper Vellum binding. This volume is a limited edition being copy number seven...

Select Poems Divine and Humane

Thomas Beedome · 1928 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Bloomsbury, The Nonesuch Press, 1928. Hardback. A limited edition of a selection of verse by Thomas Beedome, with original slipcase. In the publisher's original white paper Vellum binding. With the original slipcase. This is a limited edition of this work, being copy numb...

The Posthumous Works of Mr Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler · 1732 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Richard Baldwin, 1732 . Leather. A bright example of the illustrated fourth edition of the posthumously published collected works of Samuel Butler. The fourth edition of this work.Including Butler's most famous and renowned work, 'Hudibras&apos.Illustrated wi...

The Best of Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker; Mervyn Horder · 2009 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, The Folio Society, 2009. Hardback. A very smart collection of the greatest works from American poet and fiction writer Dorothy Parker. Twelfth printing of the first edition of this collection with the addition of 'Big Blonde&apos. Illustrated with eight plates. Co...

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald [translator] · 1902 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Alexander Moring: The De La More Press, 1902. Cloth. A later edition of this classic work, translated by Edward Fitzgerald with twelve illustrations from Blanche McManus. Illustrated with twelve plates. Collated complete. A collection of quatrains attributed to Omar Kh...

City, Sea & Countryside

Arthur L. Salmon · 1925 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this charming collection of poetry, in the scarce original 1925 dust wrapper. The uncommon first edition of this work, inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper ...