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Songs of Sergeant Swanson

William F. Kirk · 1918 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Boston, Small, Maynard & Company, 1918. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this witty WWI poetry book, blending patriotic humour and camp life through the comic voice of "Sergeant Swanson." In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered ...

A Little Souvenir

J.C. Davis · 1921 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

California, Privately Printed, 1921 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce signed copy of this privately printed collection of Western themed poetry by J.C. Davis, with the author's ink correction. A very scarce work, with no copies held institutionally.Signed and insc...

Lake and War: African Land and Water Verses

Arthur Shearly Cripps · 1917 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Oxford, B.H. Blackwell , 1917. First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed presentation copy of this collection of poetry by Arthur Shearly Cripps, who spent most of his life in Southern Rhodesia.  The scarce first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the front...

Poems

J.M. Benson · 1919 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London , C.W. Daniel, Ltd. 1919 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of this collection of twentieth century poetry by J.M. Benson The very scarce first edition of the work, with only three copies being held institutionally. In publisher's original g...

War Songs, Ballads and Recitations by W.H. Stephens

W.H. Stephens · 1914 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Cairo, Whitehead, Morris & Co. (Egypt) Ltd. 1914-1915 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce two volume set of these collections of First World War poetry by W.H Stephens. The very scarce first editions of the work.A two volume set of these collections of war poetry by W.H....

City Songs and Others

Richard Rowley [Richard Valentine Williams] · 1918 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Dublin and London, Maunsel & Company, 1918 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition presentation copy of the Belfast author's second work, in the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. The very scarce first edition of the work.A presentation copy, inscribed by the au...

England&Apos;S Boys; a Woman&Apos;S War Poems

C.A. Renshaw · 1916 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London , Erskine Macdonald, 1916 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce signed first edition of this collection of poems by the female poets of the First World War Constance Ada Renshaw. The scarce first edition of the work.Signed by the author to the title page.In publisher'...

Selected Poems

Alfred Williams · 1926 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London , Erskine Macdonald, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce presentation copy of this collection of poetry by "The Hammerman Poet", Alfred Williams. The very scarce first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, 'To Jon...

The Cud; Being the Experimental Poems of Lancelot de Giberne Sieveking

Lancelot de Giberne Sieveking · 1922 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London , Mills & Boon Limited, 1922 . First edition. Leather. A limited edition presentation copy of this witty collection of work by Lancelot de Giberne Sieveking, in half morocco binding. A limited edition copy of the work, with only 500 copies being printed, of which 475 ar...

Flights a Series of Poems, Most of Them Illustrated, Some of Them Set to Music

Tom Powers · 1926 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

New York, Macy-Masius, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce presentation copy of this collection of illustrated poetry by World War One flight instructor Tom Powers. The scarce first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the half title page, 'To Tommy...

The Iron Age

Frank Betts · 1916 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Oxford, B.H. Blackwell , 1916 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition copy of this collection of poems by Frank Betts, with a preface by scholar Gilbert Murray. The very scarce first edition of the work.In publisher's original paper wraps, with an illustra...

Verses of Idle Hours

O. Chester Brodhay · 1917 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Chicago , Frederick C. Browne, 1917 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce presentation copy of this collection of poetry by O. Chester Brodhay, with an advertisement for the book laid inside. The very scarce first edition of the work. Signed and inscribed by the author to the...

The Phantom Caravan

Kendall Banning · 1920 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Chicago , The Bookfellows, 1920 . First edition. Hardback. a scarce presentation copy of this exclusive collection of poetry by Kendall Banning, inscribed for a member of the Bookfellows. The scarce first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free...

War Voices and Memories

Clinton Scollard · 1920 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

New York, James T. White and Company, 1920 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce presentation copy of this collection of war-time poetry by American poet and writer of fiction Clinton Scollard. The scarce first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the front fre...

Wayside Lyrics

George W. Bradford · 1921 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Boston, The Stratford Company, 1921 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed presentation copy of this collection of twentieth century poetry by George W. Bradford. The very scarce first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the rear of the front free e...

Collected Poems of Edgell Rickword

Edgell Rickword · 1947 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, The Bodley Head, 1947 . First edition. Cloth. With a number of signed postcards and letters from the author, this is a signed presentation copy of the first edition of Edgell Rickword's poetry collection, in the original dust wrapper. A signed presentation copy of...

Nehushtan: A Romance of Rome, Rule and Ruin

J. R. Roe · 1894 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Christian Publishing Company, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of J. R. Roe's very scarce melodramatic anti-Catholic novel. Set in small town America, the novel is dedicated to the American Protective Association. An exceptional example of the very s...

The Ballad of the "Royal Ann

Crosbie Garstin · 1922 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, William Heinemann, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful signed presentation copy of the first edition of Crosbie Garstin's volume of naval poems, in the original dust wrapper. The uncommon first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original uncli...

The Ballads of a Rookie

Leon D. Brooks · 1917 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

New York City, John R. Anderson, 1917 . First edition. Cloth. A charming and very scarce signed first edition of Leon D. Brooks's collection of poems based on his service in Camp Dix, New Jersey, during the First World War. A signed example of the vanishingly scarce first...

Kim

Rudyard Kipling; C. W. Parish · 1901 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1901 . First edition. Cloth. Holbrook Jackson's first edition copy of this classic spy novel by Rudyard Kipling, with a loosely inserted very scarce copy of Parish's account of Kipling's sister's visit to his home, 'Mrs. Flemi...