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The Bruce; or, the Book of the Most Excellent and Noble Prince, Robert de Broyss, King of Scots
John Barbour; Rev. Walter W. Skeat [Ed.] · 1870 · Rooke Books
£265.00 (€317.69 | $350.16 | ¥55,923)
London, N. Trubner & Co. for the Early English Text Society, 1870 . Leather. An compelling copy of Skeat"s critical edition of Barbour"s "The Bruce," smartly rebound in full red calf. Rebound in full red calf. Endpapers renewed. Walter W. Skeat"s important Early English Text S…
The Escorial a Prize Poem Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 20, 1860
J. A. Symonds [Joseph Addington Symonds] · 1860 · Rooke Books
£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)
Oxford , T. and G. Shrimpton, 1860. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of John Addington Symonds' first book 'The Escorial', the winner of Oxford's Newdigate prize. First edition of J. A. Symonds' prize-winning poem [Babington, I. 1]. Recite…
The Escorial. A Prize Poem Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 20, 1860
J. A. Symonds [John Addington Symonds] · 1860 · Rooke Books
£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)
Oxford , T. and G. Shrimpton, 1860. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of John Addington Symond's prize-winning poem, 'The Escorial&apos. First edition of J. A. Symonds' prize-winning poem [Babington, I. 1]. Recited in the Oxford Theatre, June 20, 186…
The Family Fairy Tales; or, a Faggot of Sticks for the Christmas Fire
Cholmondeley Pennell [ed.] · 1864 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)
London, John Camden Hotten, 1864. First edition. Cloth. A rare first edition of this charming collection of fairy tales, with hand-coloured illustrations by Mary Ellen Edwards. The first edition of this scarce work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, with g…
The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 0 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, c1900. Leather. The complete poetical works of Fireside poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Illustrated throughout, with numerous designs. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the first American to translate Dante's 'Divine Comedy&apos. …
Daughter of the Revolution and Other Stories
John Reed · 1927 · Rooke Books
£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)
New York, Vanguard Press, 1927. First edition. Cloth. The first edition collection of stories from the point of view of a young revolutionary, written by John Reed. The first edition, first printing. In the publisher's original cloth. This volume features a collection of …
Personae: The Collected Poems of Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound · 1927 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
New York, Boni and Liveright, 1927. Cloth. A smart second printing of this collection of poetry from American writer Ezra Pound. Second printing February 1927, originally published December 1926. With frontispiece. The collected poetry of Ezra Weston Loomis Pound, an expatriate …
Notes on the Parables of Our Lord
Richard Chenevix Trench · 1855 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)
London, John W. Parker and Son, 1855. Leather. A smart sixth edition of this collection of notes on parables from the Bible. Sixth edition. A collection of notes on biblical parables, including: The Mustard Seed, The Two Sons, The Good Samaritan, The Rich Fool, The Barren Fig Tr…
All the Collected Short Poems 1956-1964
Louis Zukofsky · 1967 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Jonathan Cape , 1967. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this collection of short poems by Louis Zukofsky. The first edition of this work. A poetry anthology by Louis Zukofsky, American poet known main initiator of the 'Objectivist' poets, an influ…
The Life and Letters of Washington Allston
Flagg, Jared B. · 1892 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,069)
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. Hardbound. Tan buckram, gilt letters on spine, gilt decoration on front cover, gilt top edges. xvii, 435 pp. 18 repros. Considers the life, work, and correspondence of American painter and poet Washington Allston (1779-1843). Includes 17 …
The Whole Motion: Collected Poems, 1945-1992
Dickey, James · 1992 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books
$52.00 (€47.18 | £39.35 | ¥8,305)
Hanover, New Hampshire, Wesleyan University Press, by the University Presses of New England, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. . Another fine contribution to the Wesleyan Poetry Series, and this copy is SIGNED by the author (1923-1997) and inscribed warmly to one of his finest stu…
The Works of Sir John Suckling, Containing His Poems, Letters and Plays
Sir John Suckling · 1770 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)
London, T. Davies, 1770. Leather. A two volume edition of the works of this significant seventeenth century poet and dramatist, in full calf bindings. The complete two volume 1770 edition of the works of English poet John Suckling, a Cavalier poet best remembered as the inventor…
A VICTORIAN ANTHOLOGY 1837 - 1895.; Selections Illustrating the Editor's Critical Review of British Poetry in the Reign of Victoria
Stedman, Edmund Clarence [1833 - 1908] - Editor. Sharp, William [aka Mcleod, Fiona. 1855 - 1905] - Contributor & Recipient · 1895 · Tavistock Books, ABAA
$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.44 | ¥13,176)
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1895. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED by the editor to William Sharp, a poet represented in the volume. Original publisher's tan buckram cloth binding with gilt stamping. xl, 744, [4] pp. Frontispiece of a mature Victoria. 8vo. 8-1/2" x …
The Poetical Works of Bridges, Shelley, and Keats
John Keats; Robert Bridges; Percy Bysshe Shelley · 1914 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
London, Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press, 1914-29. Fine Binding. A uniformly bound set of the poetical works of Robert Bridges, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats. Handsomely bound in half contemporary morocco with gilt detailing. Three beautifully and uniformly bound…
A Collection of the Works of Alfred Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson · 1866 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)
London, Strahan and Co. Publishers; Edward Moxon; C. Kegan Paul & Co.; Macmillan and Co. 1866-1893. Cloth. A smart uniformly bound collection of works from English Poet Laureate, Alfred Tennyson. Sixteen volumes. Written by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, an English poet wh…
The Nurse, a Poem. Translated from the Italian of Luigi Tansillo.
Luigi Tansillo; William Roscoe · 1800 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
Liverpool, J. M'Creery for Cadell and Davies, 1800 . Leather. The second edition in English of Luigi Tansillo's poem 'The Nurse', written to encourage women to nurse their own children. Second edition. First English translation published in 1798. Bound in ful…
Prefaces, Biographical and Critical to the Works of the English Poets
Samuel Johnson · 1779 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, Printed by J. Nichols for C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan et. al. 1779-1781. First edition. Leather. A set of four first edition volumes from Samuel Johnson's landmark collection of literary criticism and biographies. Comprising Volumes II, III, VIII, and IX of…
The Literary Chatelaine: A Souvenir of the Launceston Mechanics Institute Bazaar
Various · 1858 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
Launceston , Charles Wilson, 1858 . First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce first edition copy of this collection of literature published as a souvenir of the Launceston Mechanics Institute Bazaar, from 1858. The first edition of this exceptionally scarce work. Bound in the p…
The Poetical Works of Dr. Tho Parnell, Containing Those Published by Mr. Pope, Together with His Posthumous Pieces. With the Life of the Author
Thomas Parnell · 1796 · Rooke Books
£78.00 (€93.51 | $103.07 | ¥16,460)
London, C. Cooke, c1796. Leather. A collection of poems, songs, hymns, letters and more by the well-known English poet Thomas Parnell. Parnell was a friend and contemporary of both Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift. The collection includes a small section on 'The Life of Pa…
Flowers of France the Renaissance Period: From Ronsard to Saint-Amant the Sixteenth Century Rendered Into English Verse in Accordance with the Original Forms
John Payne · 1907 · Rooke Books
£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)
London, The Villion Society, 1907. Leather. A scarce copy of this anthology of sixteenth-century French poetry, collected and edited by John Payne. John Payne (23 August 1842 Â 11 February 1916) was an English poet and translator. Initially he pursued a legal career, and associ…