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Charing Cross: And Other Poems of the Period

Cecil Roberts · 1919 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Grant Richards, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first edition of Cecil Roberts' collection of poetry, signed by the author.  The first edition in the publisher's original cloth. Signed by the author to the first free endpaper. Cecil Rober...

A Fantasy of the Seasons and Other Verses

Arthur E. Giles · 1931 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

London, John & Edward Bumpus , 1931 . First edition. Cloth. A neat copy of the first edition of this collection of verse poetry by Arthur Giles, signed by the author to the title page. The first edition. Signed by the author to the title page, beneath a manuscript verse also ...

Lauds and Loves

Henry Simpson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Sach & Co. 1930. First edition. Cloth. A neat presentation copy of the first edition of this collection of poems by Simpson in the original cloth, signed by the author to the front endpaper. The first edition.A presentation copy in the publisher's original cloth, ...

Freedom: Poems

Geoffrey Winthrop Young · 1914 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1914. First edition. Cloth. A fine copy of the first edition of this collection of poetry by Geoffrey Winthrop Young in the publisher's original cloth. The first edition in the publisher's original cloth.Freedom is a collection of poems by...

Old-Fashioned Verses

William T. Hornaday · 1919 · Rooke Books

£77.00 (€92.31 | $101.74 | ¥16,249)

New York, Clark and Fritts, 1919. Cloth. A signed poetic anthology based on the fascinating thoughts and experiences of American pioneering wildlife conservationist William T. Hornaday. The signed edition of Old-Fashioned Verse, a poetic anthology written by American zoologist...

New Poems

pseud. Rowland Thirlmere [John Walker] · 1920 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Selwyn and Blount, 1920. Cloth. A very scarce anthology with Romantic influence, signed and written by Lancashire poet Rowland Thirlmere, the pseudonym of John Walker. A very scarce anthology, written and signed by Lancashire poet and author Rowland Thirlmere, the pen ...

With Double Tongue: Verses in Scots and English

Stewart Alan Robertson · 1928 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, George G. Harrap and Co. 1928. First edition. Cloth. A signed anthology of both English and Scottish Verses by Stewart Alan Robertson, including poems on fallen friends, literary giants and natural beauty. The signed first edition of With Double Tongue: Verses in Scots...

Northern Numbers: Selections from Scottish Poets

C.M. Grieve [Hugh MacDiarmid], John Buchan, Violet Jacob, Neil Munro, Will Ogilvie, T.S. Cairncross, Joseph Lee, John Ferguson, A.G. Grieve, Donald A. Mackenzie and Roderick Watson Kerr. · 1920 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

Edinburgh, T.N. Fouls, 1920. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the first postwar Scottish verse anthology, signed by Scottish literary figure Hugh MacDiarmid. The signed first edition of Northern Numbers: Being Representative Selections From Certain Living Scottish Po...

A Signed Set of American Poetry

Leonard Bacon; Irving S. Richter; David V. Bush; Scharmel Iris · 1920 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Stanford, California; Brooklyn, New York; St. Louis; Chicago, Stanford University; Irving S. Richter; Hicks Almanac and Publishing Company; Henry Regnery Company, 1920-1953. First edition. Cloth. A charming set of American poetry, all first editions signed by the authors, incl...

Yearnings

William Earl Phipps · 1916 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Boston, Gorham Press, 1916. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of a powerful poetic anthology written by William Estill Phipps, a copy previously belonging to fellow writer Clement Wood. The very scarce first edition of Yearnings, a poetic anthology, written b...

Songs and Portraits

Maxwell Struthers Burt · 1920 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of a charmingly personal poetic anthology written by Wyoming writer Maxwell Struthers Burt. Signed by a relative. The scarce first edition of Songs and Portraits, an intriguing poetic ...

The Island

Francis Brett Young · 1944 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1944. First edition. Cloth. The author"s personally given first copy of this late-war poetry collection, signed and dated to the recipient on Armistice month, 1944. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition. The first copy di...

Mid Light and Shade

John Langdon Jones · 1921 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)

New York, Duffield and Company, 1921 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this collection of verse, a presentation copy signed and inscribed by the author, John Langdon Jones. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. ...

Earthquake in Los Angeles and Other Poems

Clarence Winchester · 1938 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Cassell and Company, ltd. 1938 . First edition. Hardback. A very scarce first edition, inscribed by Clarence Winchester and containing his reflective wartime and transatlantic poems, including the striking title poem based on the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. In the publ...

Over There" Poems of Appreciation, Consolation and Indignation

Harvey M. Watts · 1917 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

Philadelphia , The John C. Winston Company, 1917 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this collection of patriotic First World War verse first issued in newspapers and "Vigilantes" publications, with the original unclipped dust wrapper affixed to boards. In t...

Rainbow Verse: A Book of Helpful Sunny Philosophy

W. Dayton Wegefarth · 1919 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Philadelphia , George W. Jacobs & Company, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce post-WWI collection of Wegefarth"s uplifting verse, the first edition, inscribed and signed by the author. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition. Signed an...

Songs of a Chartered Accountant

Arthur Bennett · 1930 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Gee & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. 1930 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this collection of verse by Alderman Arthur Bennett. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece caricature of the author, repri...

Sussex: At Peace and War

W. E. Harker · 1918 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Brighton, The Southern Publishing Co. Ltd, 1918 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this exceptionally scarce author"s presentation copy of W. E. Harker"s wartime poetic tribute to the Fourth Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. In the publisher's original paper ...

The Rising Tide and Other Poems

Charles Whitby · 1920 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Elkin Mathews, 1920 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Whitby"s thoughtful wartime and early poems. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards.First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endp...

The Song of the Scarlet Host and Other Poems

Joseph Bernard Rethy · 1915 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Portland, Maine, Smith & Sale , 1915. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this incendiary anti-war poetry volume, a vanishingly scarce copy of this work, with just two copies held institutionally. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with marbled paper c...