Letteratura

Songs of a Chartered Accountant

Arthur Bennett · 1930 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

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 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

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 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

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 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

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...

Songs of Sergeant Swanson

William F. Kirk · 1918 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

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 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

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 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

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 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

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 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

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 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

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 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

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 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

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 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

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...

The Minstrelsy of Peace

J. Bruce Glasier · 1919 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Manchester and London, National Labour Press Limited , c1919 . Cloth. A scarce presentation copy of this collection of notable verse by Scottish socialist John Bruce Glasier. A scarce presentation copy of the work. Signed and inscribed by the author to the half title page, &a...

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

Tom Powers · 1926 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

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 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

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 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

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 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

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 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

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 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

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...