Poesia

The Music from Behind the Moon, an Epitome

James Branch Cabell · 1926 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

New York, The John Day Company, 1926 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this lovely illustrated work of short fiction by James Branch Cabell, limited to 3000 copies, and illustrated by Leon Underwood. A first edition, with this being one of 3000 copies produced.Wi...

The Oxen

Thomas Hardy · 1915 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Hove, [E. Williams], 1915 . First edition. Paperback. A lovely example of the first trade edition of this charming Christmas poem by celebrated poet and novelist Thomas Hardy. The first trade edition of this work, which was first published in 'The Times' on December ...

Judas

Ronald Duncan · 1960 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Anthony Blond, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated poem about Judas by Ronald Duncan, illustrated by John Piper. The first edition.Ronald Duncan's allegorical poem on Judas, and his relationship with Jesus, an intriguing exploration o...

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald [trans.] · 0 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.03 | ¥80,168)

London, Hodder & Stoughton , c1920. First edition. Cloth. Edward FitzGerald's translation of Omar Khayyam's collection of poetical quatrains, adorned with Edmund Dulac's fantastic colour plates, and in the very scarce original dust wrapper. The Edmund Dulac illu...

The Old Cryes of London

Sir Frederick Bridge · 1921 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Novello and Company, Limited , 1921. First edition. Paperback. A scarce volume exploring the origins and contexts of Old Cryes of London, charmingly illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original wraps. This fascinating work ...

Virgil the Georgics in English Hexameters

C. W. Brodribb · 1928 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Ernest Benn Limited , 1928. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this rendition of Virgil's 'Georgics', decorated with woodcuts by Maud Reed-Cooper. The uncommon first edition of this work. With the publisher's scarce unclipped dust wr...

Selections from the Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1911 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Chatto and Windus , 1911. Leather. A most charmingly bound collection of Algernon Charles Swinburne's poems. A new impression of this poetical collection. Bound in full tree calf, with decorative gilt to the boards, spine and dentelles. Offering the poems of Eng...

The Poetical Works of Robert Burns (Oxford Edition)

Robert Burns; J. Logie Robertson [ed.] · 1917 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press, 1917. Leather. An attractive Oxford Edition of this Robert Burns poetical collection, bound in full decorative tree calf. The Oxford Edition of this collection of poems, edited by literary scholar James Logie Robertson. In a ...

The Poetical Works of Robert Southey

Robert Southey · 1844 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844-47. Leather. An anthology of the collected poetical works of Romantic Poet Laureate Robert Southey. Complete in ten volumes.An anthology of the poetry of Robert Southey.Illustrated with a frontispiece and engraved title page to...

The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton; Sir Egerton Brydges [ed.] · 1876 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)

London, William Tegg, 1876 . Leather. A beautifully illustrated and handsomely bound volume of the poetry of John Milton, illustrated with engraved plates after J. M. W. Turner. A wonderful collection of the poetry of John Milton, including his celebrated best known works, &ap...

A Tarot Deal and Other Poems

Eric W. White · 1962 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Scorpion Press, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this scarce collection of poetry from British writer Eric W. White. First edition. Scarce work. A collection of poetry including a sequence of verses based on the symbolism of the Tarot cards, as...

There Is a Valley

John H. F. McEwen · 1950 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Edinburgh, C. J. Cousland and Sons, Ltd. 1950. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of poetry from British author John H. F. McEwen, signed by the author in presentation to a friend. First edition. Scarce work. Signed and inscribed by the author to th...

The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope · 1821 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, Thomas McLean, 1821. Leather. A smartly bound, large paper edition of the poetical works of Alexander Pope, complete in two volumes, uniformly bound in full diced calf. A limited large paper edition, of which only one-hundred copies were printed. Complete in two volume...

The Beauties of Shakespeare, Johnson, Goldsmith, Hume, and Swift

William Shakespeare; Samuel Johnson; Oliver Goldsmith; David Hume; Johnathan Swift · 1782 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)

London, G. Kearsley, 1782-83. Leather. Six volumes exploring the first-class poems of leading writers across the centuries. Six volumes of G. Kearsley's 'Beauties of' series, exploring the poetry of eminent British authors. Each volume provides examples of the b...

Enoch Arden

Alfred Tennyson · 1864 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Edward Moxon & Co, 1864. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this brilliant anthology of poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson. The first edition of this work. Bound without the adverts, so the issue is unclear.The titular poem concerns the principle in law that after...

The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton · 1898 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.03 | ¥80,168)

London, Frederick Warne & Co, 1898 . Leather. Beautifully bound in a full calf prize binding, this is a wonderful edition of the 'poetical works' of Milton, including 'Paradise Lost&apos. Illustrated with a frontispiece.In a handsome full calf prize binding with...

The Waverley Novels, Poetical Works and Life of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 1850 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.59 | $2,378.05 | ¥379,744)

Edinburgh , Robert Cadell; Adam and Charles Black, 1850-1868. Leather. An impressive uniformly bound collection of Sir Walter Scott's poetry, prose and Waverley novels. Uniformly bound in half crushed morocco, with marbled boards and endpapers. Each volume is complete wi...

An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard & the Pleasures of Memory

Thomas Gray; Samuel Rogers · 1742 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle, c1870. Cloth. Two illustrated copies of these important poems from English poets Thomas Gray and Samuel Rogers. Two volumes. Illustrated throughout with contributions from many great artists. This set contains: Elegy Written in a C...

The Pleasures of Memory, with Other Poems

Samuel Rogers · 1806 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806. Leather. A leatherbound new edition of this collection of poetry from English author Samuel Rogers. New edition. A collection of poetry from Samuel Rogers, an English poet who, during his lifetime, was one of the most celebrated. Containi...

Ganymede & Bacchus

Roden Noel · 2010 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Portsmouth, Callum James Books, 2010. First edition. Paperback. A very smart limited edition of these illustrated poems from English writer Roden Noel. First thus, reprinted from Noel's Collected Poems with illustrations. Limited to fifty copies of which this is number se...