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Pictures of Life and Character. Fourth Series

John Leech · 1841 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.49 | $50.26 | ¥8,036)

London, Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. c1864. Cloth. A collection of over two hundred illustrations published in the popular nineteenth century satiric magazine, Punch. The fourth series of Pictures of Life and Character, containing a over two hundred illustrations and cartoons from P...

Lace Making and Collecting: An Elementary Handbook

A. Penderel Moody · 1909 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.75 | $119.05 | ¥19,032)

London, Cassell and Company Ltd, 1909. First edition. Paperback. A scarce illustrated work on lace making and collections of lace, first edition. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with twenty-six plates. Collated complete. A guide to collecting and making lace, with illu...

Master Drawings from the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts

Robert Flynn Johnson; Joseph R. Goldyne · 1985 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.66 | $64.81 | ¥10,362)

Geneva , The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco Richard Burton, S. A. [1985]. First edition. Cloth. An impressive illustrated catalogue of the master drawings from the Achenbach Foundation of Graphic Arts, limited edition enclosed in its original slipcase. No. 855 of an unspeci...

Conversations of James Northcote, Esq. , R.A.

William Hazlitt · 1830 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.79 | $99.21 | ¥15,860)

London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Hazlitt's popular work describing his conversations with the British painter, James Northcote. The first edition. In a full cloth binding. With a portrait frontispiece, eng...

Coalport and Coalbrookdale Porcelains

Geoffrey A. Godden · 1973 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.83 | $79.37 | ¥12,688)

Cirencester, The Collectors' Book Club , 1973. Cloth. A smart work on Coalport and Coalbrookdale porcelain, by the notable collector Geoffrey Godden. A scarce early edition. In the publisher's original, full cloth binding, with the original clipped dust wrapper. With...

A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the Five Orders of Architecture; Containing the Most Plain and Simple Rules for Drawing and Executing Them in the Purest Style

Peter Nicholson · 1837 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.02 | $462.96 | ¥74,013)

London, Thomas Kelly, 1837 . Cloth. The scarce 1837 edition of Peter Nicholson's illustrated study of the 'Five Orders of Architecture&apos. Collated, illustrated with ninety-eight plates, including four folding. Lacking two plates.The scarce 1837 edition of Nicholso...

Sketches of the Architectural Beauties of Wells & Glastonbury in Sixteen Plates

Edward S. Cole · 1851 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.62 | $178.57 | ¥28,548)

London , J. Masters, 1851. Cloth. A scarce volume of lovely drawings of the buildings on Wells and Glastonbury. A scarce volume of Sketches of the Architectural Beauties of Wells & Glastonbury in Sixteen Plates by Edward S. Cole. The buildings of the cities of Wells and Glast...

A Short History of Building Crafts

Martin S. Briggs · 1925 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.41 | $89.95 | ¥14,380)

Oxford, At the Clarendon Press , 1925. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition signed copy of this important work on building crafts, being architectural historian John Harvey's copy. A first edition copy. Signed by the author and dated 17th July 1925. With a previou...

Memorials of Sir Francis Chantrey, Sculptor, in Hallamshire and Elsewhere

John Holland · 1851 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.66 | $64.81 | ¥10,362)

Sheffield, J. Pearce , 1851. First edition. Leather. A charming biography of Sir Francis Chantrey by John Holland. First edition. The life of Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey, an English sculptor who became the leading portrait sculptor in Regency era Britain, producing busts and ...

Dante Gabriel Rossetti an Illustrated Memorial of His Art and Life

H. C. Marillier · 1904 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.78 | $105.82 | ¥16,917)

London , George Bell & Sons , 1904. Leather. A marvellous and richly illustrated memorial of the art of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. A third edition, abridged and revised. This work expertly interweaves a brief sketch of the life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti with a detailed chronolog...

The Royal Arms: Its Graphic and Decorative Development

Charles Hasler · 1980 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.82 | $85.98 | ¥13,745)

London, Jupiter Books, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition copy of this brightly illustrated historical work on the British Royal Arms, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A comprehensive history of Great Britain's Royal Arms, with a particular focus on t...

The Mason&Apos;S, Bricklayer&Apos;S, Plasterer&Apos;S and Decorator&Apos;S Practical Guide

Robert Robson [ed.] · 1859 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.09 | $429.89 | ¥68,726)

London, James Hagger, 1859-1862. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated mid nineteenth century guide to practical home design and decoration. The very scarce first edition of this comprehensive guide Victorian era guide to plastering, bricklaying, masonry and decorati...

Grayson Perry: Portrait of the Artist As a Young Girl

Wendy Jones · 2006 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.79 | $99.21 | ¥15,860)

London , Chatto & Winduss, 2006. First edition. Cloth. A mesmerising story of the artist Grayson Perry, written by his friend Wendy Jones. Wendy Jones, close friend to Grayson Perry, captures Perry's voice and story in this direct and imaginative portrait of the potter an...

Words and Pictures

Quentin Blake · 2000 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.80 | $92.59 | ¥14,803)

London, Jonathan Cape , 2000. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first impression of this insight into the work of Quentin Blake, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression of this work, which provides an insight into the career of beloved cartoonist Quent...

Mitsou Quarante Images

Rainer Maria Rilke · 1921 · Rooke Books

£3,750.00 (€4,489.51 | $4,960.32 | ¥792,996)

Erlenbach-Zurich; Leipzig, Rotapfel Verlag, 1921. First edition. Paperback. The scarce first edition of the first artistic work of Balthus, published when he was 13 years old, a lovely work showing forty of his lithographs. The first edition of this scarce work.Unrestored. Cle...

Regional Architecture of the West of England

A. E. Richardson; C. Lovett Gill · 1924 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.28 | $55.56 | ¥8,882)

London, Ernest Benn Limited , 1924. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this architectural study of the West of England by A. E. Richardson and C. Lovett Gill. The first edition of this work. A careful study of the architectural featuring of the West of England, looking at ...

The Lost Villages of Britain

Richard Muir · 1982 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.89 | $52.91 | ¥8,459)

London , Michael Joseph, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A first edition illustrated volume on the fascinating history of the lost villages of Britain by Richard Muir. A smart volume that considers the lost villages of Britain, describing the first prehistoric Dark Age hamlets, me...

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Mit Einem Kritischen Katalog Samtlicher Gemalde

Donald E. Gordon · 1968 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.75 | $119.05 | ¥19,032)

Munchen , Prestel-Verlag , 1968. First edition. Cloth. Sweeping study of the art of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner in the original German, featuring lovely colour plates and other illustrations. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a German painter of the expressionist movement, one of the founde...

Denkschrift Zur Feier Der Einweihung Des Neuen Gebaudes Der Konigl. Polytechnischen

C. F. Leins · 1864 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.75 | $119.05 | ¥19,032)

Stuttgard, Not Stated, 1864 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce, illustrated celebration of the construction of the Stuttgart Polytechnic, celebrating also King Charles I of Wurttemberg's visit to the site. In the original German. Illustrated with seven lithographic...

Costume of the Ancients

Thomas Hope · 1841 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.80 | $92.59 | ¥14,803)

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1841 . Leather. Illustrated with 155 plates, this is the first volume of a mid nineteenth century edition of designer Thomas Hope's impressive study of costume in the ancient world. The first volume only this two volume 'New Edition, Much Enlar...