Poesia

Falling Awake

Alice Oswald · 2016 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, Cape Poetry; Jonathan Cape, 2016. First edition. Paperback. A lovely first edition copy of this award winning collection of poetry by Alice Oswald, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression with a complete numberline.Signed by the author to the title pa...

The Poetical Works of John Milton (Oxford Edition)

John Milton; Rev. H. C. Beeching [ed.] · 1912 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Henry Frowde Oxford University Press, 1912. Leather. A smartly bound Oxford Edition of John Milton's poetry, in a half calf prize binding. The Oxford Edition of this anthology of poetry from John Milton. Bound in a half calf prize binding, with cloth boards and t...

Die Nachte

Alfred de Musset · 1920 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Wien, Artur Wolf Verlag , 1920. Hardback. The very scarce first German edition of the poem 'Nights' by Alfred de Musset, also a limited edition. The first German edition of 'Nights', a landmark of French Romantic poetry by Alfred de Musset, which grew out o...

A Box of Paints

Geoffrey Scott · 1923 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Bookman's Journal, 1923. Cloth. A limited edition anthology of poems by Geoffrey Scott, beautifully illustrated by Albert Rutherston. A limited edition of one thousand copies.An anthology of the poems of Geoffrey Scott, this volume collecting together fifteen of h...

Labern&Apos;S Comic Song Books

John Labern · 1852 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.80 | $1,182.42 | ¥188,817)

London, John Duncombe & Co, [1852]. Cloth. Five very scarce volumes of comical songs by John Labern, each volume illustrated with hand-coloured folding plates. Five very scarce volumes of comical songs by John Labern bound in none.Labern was a prolific songwriter, whose writin...

Maan Ibn Zaida

J. H. Leopold · 1980 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Baarn, Arethusa Pers Herber Blokland , 1980. Paperback. A very scarce limited printing of this poem by J. H. Leopold. In the original Dutch. This is published as the seventeenth edition of this work in an edition of 75 numbered copies. This copy is number 64.With an etching b...

Tennyson&Apos;S Poems: Illustrated by Eminent Artists

Alfred, Lord Tennyson · 0 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London , Collins' Clear-Type Press , c1900. Leather. A charmingly illustrated pocket book of Alfred Tennyson's poems, bound in half crushed morocco. A charming illustrated anthology of poems by Alfred Tennyson, the celebrated Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victor...

The Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison · 1765 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, J. and R. Tonson, 1765. Leather. An illustrated edition of the collected works of Joseph Addison, comprising of a miscellaneous selection of his verse and prose. Complete in four volumes.The collected works of Joseph Addison.Addison was an essayist, poet, playwright, a...

Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance

Thomas Moore · 0 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Griffith, Farran and Co, c1817. Leather. An uncommon vignette edition of Thomas Moore's romantic poem, smartly bound in half calf by Palmer Howe. The vignette edition of this work.Bound in signed half calf by Palmer Howe and Co, with marbled boards and decorative ...

The Poetical Works of William Cowper (Lansdowne Poets)

William Cowper · 1872 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1872. Leather. An attractively bound anthology of William Cowper's poetry, with a memoir and illustrations throughout. Complete edition from the publisher's 'Lansdowne Poets' series. Bound in full gilt-decorated crushed moro...

The Century Reciter: Humorous, Serious, and Dramatic Selections

H. Savile Clarke; Leopold Wagner [ed.] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A superior copy of this uncommon compilation of poetry and prose encouraged for reciting. The presumed first edition of this uncommon work. Undated, dated from a copy held by the British Library. In the publisher&ap...

Lord Macaulay&Apos;S Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome (Popular Edition)

Lord Macaulay [Thomas Babington Macaulay] · 1905 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1905. Leather. A handsome popular edition of Lord Macaulay's essays and historical poems, in full calf prize binding by Riviere and Son. The popular edition of this work. In full calf prize binding by Riviere and Son. With the contemporar...

The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton; Sir Egerton Brydges [editor] · 1848 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, William Tegg and Co. 1848. Leather. A smart new edition of this illustrated collection of the poetical works of John Milton. New edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. The poetical works of John Milton, an English poet, polemicist...

The Poems of Robert Henryson

Robert Henryson · 1906 · Rooke Books

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

Edinburgh, William Blackwood, 1906-14. Leather. A complete three volume set featuring the collected poetry of the medieval Scottish poet Robert Henryson, bound in crushed quarter morocco. The 'Scottish Text Society' edition. Specially printed for the society by Willi...

Scottish Alliterative Poems in Riming Stanzas

F. J. Amours · 1897 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1897. Leather. A smartly bound collection of Scottish alliterative poetry, edited by Francis Joseph Amours. Scarce work. A collection of Scottish alliterative poetry, including verses such as: The Knightly Tale of Golagros and Gawane, The...

Moral Emblems and Other Poems

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1921 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Chatto and Windus , 1921. Cloth. A very smart illustrated collection of poems by Robert Louis Stevenson. The second edition of this illustrated poetical collection by Robert Louis Stevenson. First printed at the Davos Press. In the publisher's original cloth bind...

Le Poesie Di Giuseppe Giusti

Giuseppe Guisti · 1875 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Firenze, Successori Le Monnir, 1875. Leather. A smartly bound collection of the poetry of Italian writer Giuseppe Guisti, in the original Italian. Italian. New edition. With a folding facsimile poem frontispiece. A collection of poetry from Giuseppe Celestino Giusti, an Italia...

The Poems of Matthew Arnold 1840-1867

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

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Humphrey Milford , 1913. Leather. An attractive prize-bound copy of Matthew Arnold's poetry, with an introduction by A. T. Quiller-Couch. A new edition of this poetical collection. In a full tree calf prize binding, with the emblem of Derby Municipal Secondary Sc...

A Round of Days: Described in Original Poems and in Pictures

Various · 1866 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1866. Cloth. A charming collection of poetry and images from some of the most eminent writers and artists of the time. Illustrated with twenty plates and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of original poems and pictures re...

The Works of Alexander Pope, in One Volume, Complete. With Notes by Dr. Warburton, and Illustrations on Steel by Eminent Artists. From Designs by Weigall, Heath, & Others.

Alexander Pope; Dr. Warburton [ed.] · 1850 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Charles Daly, 1850. Cloth. An attractive volume of the poetical works of Alexander Pope, with illustrations throughout and a brief biography. An illustrated work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front board and spine. All edges...