Poesia

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...

Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold · 1907 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1907 . Fine Binding. An elegantly bound collection of poetry from English poet and professor, Matthew Arnold, in a signed binding by Spottiswoode & Co. Bound by Spottiswoode & Co. in half crushed morocco with cloth boards.Illustrated with a f...

The Works of Richard Savage, Esq. Son of the Earl Rivers. Volume II Only.

Richard Savage; Samuel Johnson · 1775 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, T. Evans, 1775 . Leather. A rather uncommon collection of poetry from seventeenth-century poet, Richard Savage, the second volume only out of a two-volume set. Volume II only, lacking volume I. Bound in full tree calf.A collection of poetry from English poet, Richard S...

Fulbeck: A Pastoral

J. Walter West · 1901 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, H. Wilford Bell, 1901. Vellum. A very scarce pastoral poem on Fulbeck, Lincolnshire, written and illustrated by Joseph Walter West. Very scarce.A charming ode to the Lincolnshire village Fulbeck, a pastoral poem discussing the important sites of the village.Illustrated...

Poems by William Cowper

William Cowper · 1815 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

Edinburgh; London, W. M'William and P. Brown; F. C. and J. Rivington; et al, 1815-17. Leather. A pocket-sized three volume set collecting together the works of Romantic poet William Cowper. Complete in three volumes; Volumes I and II published in 1817, Volume III in 1815....

Satan. A Poem

Robert Montgomery · 1837 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Saunders and Otley, 1837. Leather. An early edition of one of the best known poems of Bath-born minister and poet Robert Montgomery. The fourth edition of this scarce work in a half calf binding with marbled boards.Previous ink inscription to the front paste down and t...

The Poems of Matthew Arnold 1840-1867

Matthew Arnold; A. T. Quiller-Couch [ed.] · 1913 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Humphrey Milford, 1913 . Leather. A handsomely bound volume of the poetry of Matthew Arnold, with an introduction from literary critic and writer A. T. Quiller-Couch. In a signed half morocco binding by Riviere. The poetical works of Matthew Arnold, the son of English ...

The Order of Chance

Tom Pickard · 1971 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Fulcrum Press , 1971. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed limited edition of this poetry collection by Tom Pickard. Of this first edition, 75 copies were specially bound, numbered and signed by the author. This copy is number 62. Signed by the author to the limitation...

Proverbial Philosophy

Martin F. Tupper · 1858 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, T. Hatchard, 1858. Leather. A smartly bound thirty-second edition of this collection of poetry from English writer Martin Farquhar Tupper. Thirty-second edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A bestseller in the United Kingdom and North America for several decades, thi...

High Island, and, the Price of Stone

Richard Murphy · 1974 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York; Winston-Salem, Harper & Row; Wake Forest University Press, 1974-85. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of two anthologies of poems by Richard Murphy, smart copies containing his selected works. Two first U.S. edition anthologies of poems by the Anglo-Irish ...

The Great Cloak

John Montague · 1978 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Dublin, The Dolmen Press, 1978 . First edition. Paperback. A signed presentation copy of the first trade edition of this highly personal collection of verses from Irish poet John Montague. Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper with 'for Lee & Edith; this dial...

Poems, 1912-1944

Eugene O'Neill; Donald Gallup [ed.] · 1980 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

New Haven, Ticknor and Fields, 1980 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of the poetry of Eugene O'Neill. Inscribed by the editor, Donald Gallup, to the publisher Chester Kerr. The first edition, first printing. In the publisher's original unc...

Mirrors for Small Beasts

Ursule Molinaro · 1960 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

New York, The Noonday Press, 1960 . First edition. Paperback. A signed presentation copy of this uncommon collection of poems from artist and writer Ursule Molinaro, charmingly illustrated with woodcuts. Signed by the author, with the inscription 'for Walter, Ursule'...

Proems

Ruthven Todd; Patrick Evans; Rayner Heppenstall; Edgar Foxall; Lawrence Durrell; Oswell Blakeston · 1938 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, The Fortune Press, 1938. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this impressive collection of heretofore unpublished poems by living writers, including examples of the poems of individuals including Lawrence Durrell and Patrick Evans. The first edition, first impre...

West Midland Poets

J. G. F. Potter [ed]; Brian Parvin; et al. · 1957 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Avoncroft, Avoncroft Arts Society Publication, 1957. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce collection of poetry from the West Midlands, with the original wrap-around band. The first edition. In the publisher's original paper covers with the original wrap-around band.In...

Elegies and Camille

Andre Chenier; Levi Robert Lind [trans] · 1978 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Washington, University Press of America, 1978. Paperback. A bilingual edition of Andre Chenier's elegies, in both French and English, with an inscription from the translator L. R. Lind. The bilingual edition. The translator's presentation copy with an inscription by...

Carmina Priapeia

Alexander Von Bernus; Adolf Dannegger · 1905 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Berlin and Leipzig, Schuster & Loeffler, 1905. Leather. A limited edition collection of erotic poems about the god Priapus, bound in full straight grain morocco. A limited edition, being number 167 out of 530 copies, with no other editions being printed. Bound in full straigh...

Andre Chenier: Elegies and Camille

Andre Chenier; Levi Robert Lind [trans] · 1978 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Washington, University Press of America, 1978. Paperback. A bilingual edition of Andre Chenier's elegies, in both French and English, with an inscription from the translator L. R. Lind. The bilingual edition. The translator's presentation copy with an inscription by...

Ode Occasion&Apos;D by the Death of Mr. Thomson

William Collins · 1927 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Oxford , Clarendon Press; Humphrey Milford , 1927. Paperback. A scarce limited printing facsimile of this commemorative ode to the poet James Thomson, written by William Collins. Limited to 550 copies, of which 500 are for sale. In the publisher's original marbled wraps....