Poesia

Human Shows Far Phantasies

Thomas Hardy · 1925 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,852)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of Thomas Hardy"s penultimate collection of poems, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.In the original publisher"s unclipped dust wrapper.Thomas Hardy's penultimate p...

A Draft of XXX Cantos; Cantos LII-LXXI; a Draft of Cantos XXXI-XLI

Ezra Pound · 1933 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

London, Faber & Faber, 1933-1940 . First edition. Cloth. The first editions of three volumes of Ezra Pound"s lengthy modernist epic "The Cantos", retaining the original dust wrappers. The first edition, first impression of each of these three volumes, each in the publisher"s o...

Poems by T. Sturge Moore: The Rout of the Amazons; the Centaur&Apos;S Booty; Gazelles and Other Poems; Theseus, Medea and Lyrics

T. Sturge Moore · 1903 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Duckworth, 1903-1904 . First edition. Paperback. The first editions of four charming volumes of poetry by author, artist and poet Thomas Sturge Moore, housed in a slip case. Four first edition volumes from Thomas Sturge Moore. Two further volumes - 'Pan's Pro...

Phoenix Broadsheet No. 27: O Mistress Mine

William Shakespeare · 1973 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Leicester, Toni Savage and Zeta Alessandra, 1973. Loose Pages, Articles. A very scarce phoenix broadsheet featuring William Shakespeare's poem 'O Mistress Mine&apos. A single loose sheet. With a charming colour illustration to the head of the page. A very scarce wo...

The Whitsun Weddings

Philipp Larkin · 1989 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, The Camberwell Press, 1989. Paperback. A limited edition of Philipp Larkin's best known poem, beautifully illustrated by Robbie Burns. A limited edition, being one of only two hundred copies produced for the 'Wynkyn de Worde' society. In the publisher&a...

The Testament of Beauty: A Poem in Four Books

Robert Bridges · 1929 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1929. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition of this delightful poem from British poet laureate Robert Bridges, bound in leather. First edition, first impression. A long philosophical poem, in four books, for which Bridge's wa...

In Memoriam

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1864 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Edward Moxon & Co. 1864. Leather. A leatherbound fifteenth edition of this elegy by English poet Alfred Tennyson. Fifteenth edition. An elegy for the author's Cambridge friend Arthur Henry Hallam, who died of cerebral haemorrhage at the age of twenty-two years, in...

Californian Verses

Chas. Henry Phelps · 1882 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

San Francisco , The California Publishing Company , 1882 . First edition. Cloth. A very scare collection of poetry from Californian author Charles Henry Phelps, all of which surround his home state of California, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to "Mr...

Corn and Poppies

Cosmo Monkhouse · 1890 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Elkin Mathews , 1890 . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon collection of lyrical poetry from British poet and art critic, Cosmo Monkhouse, with a signed letter from the author bound in to the work. First edition. Small paper edition, in a limited run of 350 copies. Bound...

Analekten Oder Blumen Phantasien Und Gemaãƒâoeã‚âˆHlde Aus Griechenland

Karl Philipp Conz · 1793 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Leipzig, Paul Gotthelf Kummer, 1793 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce, first edition of Dr. Karl Conz's selection of writings inspired by Greek authors, bound in half calf. First edition. Very scarce work. Bound in half calf with paper-covered boards.A compilation o...

Songs and Ballads; Translated from Uhland, Korner, Burger, and Other German Lyric Poets

Charles T. Brooks; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Various · 1842 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Boston, James Munroe and Company, 1842. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce anthology of German lyric poems translated into English, including a translation by Longfellow. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work. Last seen at auction in 1924.An anthology of be...

Poetry Made Familiar and Easy to Young Gentlemen and Ladies

John Newbery · 1788 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Thomas Carnan; J. Newbery, 1788. Hardback. A very scarce treatise on poetry, an educational volume on the genre with examples by some of the best poets. A very scarce work.The fifth edition.A charming educational volume on poetry, containing examples of the "most shini...

Achilles in Scyros

Robert Bridges · 1892 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Geo. Bell & Sons, 1892. Hardback. The second edition of Robert Bridges' poem telling of Achilles time on Skyros. The second edition.One of one hundred and fifty six large paper copies. A poetical retelling of the episode of mythology where Achilles goes to Skyros...

In Clover and Heather

Wallace Bruce · 1890 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Edinburgh; London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1890. Vellum. A limited edition anthology of poems by Wallace Bruce, presented by the author to the Colonial Club of New York. Limited to two hundred and fifty copies printed on large paper, of which this is numbered one hundred a...

Poets & Their Art

Harriet Monroe · 1926 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work of literary criticism from Harriet Monroe, an editor and poet who played a major role in the development of modern poetry. In the very scare original dust wrapper. The first edition, f...

A London Garland, Selected from Five Centuries of English Verse

W. E. Henley · 1895 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1895. First edition. Hardback. A wonderful anthology of poems devoted to London and the city's surroundings, retaining the very scarce original dust wrapper, and illustrated throughout. The deluxe full paper vellum first edition of this work.In t...

The Earth for Sale and Other Poems

Harold Monro · 1928 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

New York, Lincoln Mac Veagh, The Dial Press, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first US edition of Harold Monro's striking collection of poetry, in the original dust wrapper. The very scarce first US edition, first printing. Published in the same year as...

The Works of Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling · 1904 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1904-12. First edition. Leather. Eight volumes of works by the renown author, Rudyard Kipling, including the first edition of 'Traffics and Recreations', all bound by Hatchards in half cloth. The first edition to "Traffics and Disco...

Lord Leclerq, and Other Poems

Henry Righton · 1865 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Hurst and Blackett, 1865. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Henry Righton's scarce collection of poetry, including his lengthy poem 'Lord Leclerg&apos. The first edition. A scarce volume. This volume features a collection of poetry written by Henry...

The Testament of Beauty: A Poem in Four Books

Robert Bridges · 1929 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Oxford , Clarendon Press, 1929. First edition. Hardback. A pleasing first edition of Poet Laureate Robert Bridges' last great work, complete with the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of 'The Testament of Beauty', a poem told in four "b...