Letteratura

Occasional Verse

A. Stodart-Walker · 1920 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Glasgow, Maclehose, Jackson and Co. 1920 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed presentation copy of this collection of poems written during the author's five years of service in the Great War. The very scarce first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the au...

Buddy Ballads: Songs of the A.E. F

Berton Braley · 1919 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

New York, George H. Doran Company, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce presentation copy of this collection of twentieth century poetry by Berton Braley, signed and inscribed by the author. The very scarce first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to ...

Vision D&Apos;Un Age D&Apos;Acier

Raymond Schwab · 1920 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

Paris, Georges Cres & Cie, 1920 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce limited edition presentation copy of poetry written by Raymond Schwab. A limited edition copy, with this work being 144/330.Written by Raymond Schwab, a French writer and senior civil servant.Signed and ...

Bookman&Apos;S Pleasure, a Recreation for Book Lovers

Holbrook Jackson · 1947 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

New York, Farrar, Straus and Company, 1947 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first US edition of Holbrook Jackson's compilation of famous writers talking about famous writers, inscribed to his own brother. The first US edition of this work, which h...

Things As They Are: Ballads

Berton Braley · 1916 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

New York, George H. Doran Company, 1916 . First edition. Hardback. Very scarce signed first-edition poetry collection from Berton Braley, author of "The Will to Win". Very scarce first edition.Publisher's original hardback.Presentation copy. Signed by the author with an i...

In Praise of War

Don C. Seitz · 1917 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

New York and London, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1917 . First edition. Hardback. Scarce first-edition volume of war poetry by Don C. Seitz. Signed presentation copy to the dedicatee. Scarce first edition.Publisher's original hardback. In quarter cloth binding.Presentati...

French Soldier: Home from Being a War Prisoner

Haniel Long · 1942 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Santa Fe, New Mexico, The Santa Fe Press, Inc. 1942 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. Very scarce first-edition presentation copy of Haniel Long's war poetry pamphlet. Very scarce first edition.Publisher's original pamphlet.Presentation copy. Inscription and author...

Italy in Arms and Other Poems

Clinton Scollard · 1915 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

New York, Gomme & Marshall, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. Scarce signed first-edition poetry collection on Clinton Schollard's love and fear for Italy at their joining of the First World War. Scarce first edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Signed by the aut...

All Clear!

John Oxenham · 1919 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Methuen, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. Uncommon signed first-edition poetry collection commemorating the end of the First World War from prominent writer William Arthur Dunkerly. Uncommon first edition. One of 25,000 copies.In publisher's original quarter-cloth bin...

Youth: A Song

Leslie Phillips Jones · 1915 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

Nottingham, J & J Vice Ltd. [1915]. First edition. Cloth. Very scarce first edition of Leslie Philips Jones' posthumous poetry collection. Author's relative's copy with signature, letter and author's bookplate. Very scarce first edition.In publisher's ...

Old Sussex and Other Poems

G. D. Martineau · 1924 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Cambridge, W. Heffer & Sons, 1924 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce compilation of poetry on the sentiments of a Sussex man, signed by the author to the half title page. The first edition in the publisher's original orange paper wraps. Sign...

The Passing Days and Other Verses

Thomas McWilliam · 1917 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Aberdeen, William Smith and Sons, 1917. Cloth. A signed and scarce collection of poetry from a loving father who recently lost his son to the First World War. The signed Passing Days and Other Verses, a scarce poetry collection written by Thomas McWilliam, the minister of Fove...

A Cornish Chorus

Bernard Moore · 1919 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd. 1919. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this spirited post-war celebration of Cornish life, folklore and dialect verse, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First editi...

L&Apos;Urne Des Cendres

Charles Moulie [Thierry Sandre] · 1918 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

Paris, Le Divan, 1918 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce limited edition presentation copy of this collection of poetry by Charles Moulie, a pen name for Thierry Sandre. A very scarce limited edition, with only ten numbered copies being printed on Japanese paper.Signed ...

Christmas in the Woods and Other Poems

M. Cordelia Leigh · 1919 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London , Offices of "Country Life, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce presentation copy of this collection of poetry by M. Cordelia Leigh, inscribed to her sister Margaret. The very scarce first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the rear of the ...

Visions and Songs

Charles H. Pinnell · 1919 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London , Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd. 1919. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed and inscribed first edition of this collection of twentieth century poetry by Charles H. Pinnell. The very scarce first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author...

There Is a Valley

John H.F. McEwen · 1950 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Edinburgh, C.J. Cousland and Sons, Ltd. 1950 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely inscribed first edition of this collection of poetry from John H. F. McEwen, in the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original yellow clot...

Pipes of Pan: Poems by Leslie A. Paul

Leslie A. Paul · 1927 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London , The C.W. Daniel Company, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed and inscribed first edition of this collection of poems by Anglo-Irish writer Leslie Allen Paul. The very scarce first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author.In publisher's...

Mirror Mirror

Harriet Waugh · 1973 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1973. First edition. Cloth. The signed first edition of Harriet Waugh's first novel, a brilliant black comedy with a fairytale twist. The signed first edition of Mirror Mirror by English author Harriet Waugh, daughter of Evelyn Waugh. Publ...

The Sonnets of William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth · 1838 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Edward Moxon, 1838 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this collected volume of sonnets by William Wordsworth, a wonderful anthology of poems by the Poet Laureate. The scarce first edition of this anthology, including twelve new pieces which were compos...