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A Series of Picturesque Views of the River Thames

Robert Havell · 1978 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.20 | $129.75 | ¥20,735)

Guildford , Charles W. Treylen, 1978 . Paperback. A wonderful collection of twelve bright and colourful views of the river Thames, from the drawings of William Havell, dedicated to the commissioners of the Thames Navigation. Dated using Jisc, from copies held at the University...

The Water-Colour Drawings of Thomas Bewick

David Croal Thomson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.39 | $198.60 | ¥31,738)

London, Barbizon House, 1930 . First edition. Leather. David Croal Thomson's limited edition celebration of the watercolours of English wood-engraver and natural historian Thomas Bewick. One of two-hundred copies of this work printed on hand-made paper, and numbered 326 t...

Sir Thomas Lawrence

Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower · 1900 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€568.07 | $628.90 | ¥100,503)

Paris; New York, Goupil & Co, 1900. Leather. A Maclehose bound limited edition volume looking at the beautiful portraits painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence. A limited edition of six hundred copies, of which this is numbered seventeen. Bound by Maclehose. Illustrated with hand-co...

Arthur Rackham: A Bibliography

Sarah Briggs Latimore; Grace Clark Haskell · 1970 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.88 | $39.72 | ¥6,348)

New York , Burt Franklin, 1970. Cloth. A lovely copy of this bibliography for leading British book illustrator, Arthur Rackham. A new printing of this work, originally published in 1936. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Arthur Rackham was one of the leading figu...

Dress Worn at His Majesty&Apos;S Court

Herbert A. P. Trendell · 1912 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€418.58 | $463.40 | ¥74,055)

London, Harrison & Sons, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce study of the dress of the court of George V in his early reign, with striking colour plates. The first edition of this scarce work.A detailed account of the dress worn at the court of George ...

Pictures of Grecian History, in Miniature

1810 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€657.77 | $728.19 | ¥116,372)

London, Darton, Harvey and Darton; J. Harris , 1810. First edition. Hardback. The very scarce first edition of this charming miniature, with illustrative depictions of Ancient Greece, with the publisher's boards. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's ve...

An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank

William Makepeace Thackeray; W. E. Church [ed.] · 1884 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.80 | $66.20 | ¥10,579)

London, George Redway, 1884 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition edition in book form of Thackeray's essay on the talents of famed illustrator George Cruikshank, taken from the pages of the Westminster Review. The first edition of this work in book form. The text...

First and Last Loves

John Betjeman · 1952 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.63 | $119.16 | ¥19,043)

London, John Murray, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of essays on architecture, from English writer John Betjeman. First edition. Illustrated with a folding plate and numerous in-text illustrations. Collated complete. A collecti...

The Arts of Egypt

Irmgard Woldering · 1967 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.74 | $86.06 | ¥13,753)

London, Thames and Hudson, 1967. Cloth. A vibrantly illustrated survey of the Golden Age of Egyptian art, with the very smart unclipped dust wrapper. A new edition.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. An exhaustive account of Egyptian art and literature, c...

Old English Walnut & Lacquer Furniture

R. W. Symonds; Percival D. Griffiths · 1923 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.63 | $119.16 | ¥19,043)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A lavishly illustrated guide to old English walnut and lacquer furniture for collectors and students. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. The Times Book Club label to the fr...

Gimson and the Barnsleys: &Apos;Wonderful Furniture of a Commonplace Kind&Apos;

Mary Comino · 1980 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.78 | $72.82 | ¥11,637)

London, Evans Brothers Limited, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of Mary Comino's study of the Arts and Crafts architects and furniture designers Gimson and the Barnsleys. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's orig...

Old English Drinking Glasses: Their Chronology and Sequence

Grant R. Francis · 1926 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€328.88 | $364.10 | ¥58,186)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1926. First edition. Vellum. The limited Edition de Luxe of this unique study into eighteenth century drinking glasses, signed by the author. An Edition de Luxe copy of this work, number 17 out of 100 copies.Signed by the author to the collopho...

Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design: Catalogue of Wall-Papers

C. C. Oman · 1929 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.82 | $59.58 | ¥9,521)

London, Board of Education , 1929. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon catalogue of antique wall papers held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The first edition, first printing of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and twelve double sided plates. Collated complete.A ...

Utopian Craftsmen: The Arts and Crafts Movement from the Cotswolds to Chicago

Lionel Lambourne · 1980 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.70 | $99.30 | ¥15,869)

London, Astragal Books, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A superb copy of this beautifully illustrated guide to the Arts and Crafts Movement, by Lionel Lambourne, who was Head of Paintings for the V&A Museum. The first UK edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth ...

Landscape-Historical Illustrations of the Waverley Novels; Nouvelles Illustrations Anglaises Des Romans de Sir Walter Scott.

Sir Walter Scott; M. C. Pelle · 0 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.41 | $191.98 | ¥30,680)

London, Fisher, Son & Co. c1840 . First edition. Leather. A wonderful collection of illustrations to accompany scenes from Sir Walter Scott's acclaimed Waverley novels, with descriptions in both English and French by M. C. Pelle. Bound in half crushed morocco with marbled...

Fifteen Minutes

Andy Warhol · 2011 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€591.99 | $655.38 | ¥104,734)

New York, Wu-Shan Inc. and Sony Music Entertainment, 2011. Hardback. A fine limited edition run of this multimedia homage to Andy Warhol, showcasing artists who knew and worked with him. "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes" - Andy Warhol, 1968. To coin...

Here, of All Places

Osbert Lancaster · 1959 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.84 | $52.96 | ¥8,463)

London, John Murray, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this pictorial history of domestic architecture. First thus. Illustrated throughout with many full-page images. A revised and expanded omnibus version of Pillar to Post and Homes Sweet Homes, this e...

The Glass Industry of the Weald

G. H. Kenyon · 1967 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.61 | $125.78 | ¥20,101)

Leicester, Leicester University Press, 1967 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this comprehensive study of the glass industry in the Weald, with signed letters from the author. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding with the original, unc...

The Windmills of Surrey and Inner London

K. G. Farries; M. T. Mason · 1966 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€418.58 | $463.40 | ¥74,055)

London, Charles Skilton LTD, 1966 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming study of British windmills. Illustrated throughout. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.K. G. Farries and M....

Rural Houses of West Yorkshire 1400-1830 Rural Houses of the Lancashire Pennines 1560-1760

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of England · 1985 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.20 | $129.75 | ¥20,735)

London, Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1985-86. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition illustrated volumes on rural houses of Lancashire Pennines and West Yorkshire. Two volumes. The first editions. Supplementary series: 8 (Yorkshire) and 10 (Lancashire).In the origin...