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Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. The English Humourists in Art. A Catalogue of the Exhibition Containing 100 Pages of Illustrations.

Not Statetd · 1889 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.07 | $594.45 | ¥94,939)

London, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, 1889. Leather. A very scarce catalogue detailing an 1889 exhibition of the works of noted English humorists, illustrated with examples of their works. A very scarce work.Sumptuously bound by Zaehnsdorf.Original wraps are bo...

Catalogue of a Loan Collection of the Works of Randolph Caldecott, Exhibited at the Brasenose Club, Manchester, March, 1888

1888 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.21 | $501.98 | ¥80,171)

Manchester, The Brasenose Club; John Heywood, 1888. First edition. Leather. A very scarce catalogue of an 1888 exhibition of the Works of Randolph Caldecott, hosted by the Manchester Brasenose Club. The first edition of this very scarce work.Printed for private circulation.Bou...

Galeries Historiques de Versailles

Charles Gavard; J. Janin · 1838 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.81 | $118.89 | ¥18,988)

Paris, Charles Gavard, 1838. Hardback. A lovely French work looking at the beauties of Versailles, lavishly illustrated throughout. In the original French.A beautiful work looking at the impressive architecture and art the Palace of Versailles.Illustrated with a frontispiece, ...

Love: A Celebration in Art and Literature

Jane Lahr [ed]; Lena Tabori [ed] · 1982 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.32 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

New York , Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A heavily illustrated first edition of this work celebrating love as seen in art and literature, edited by Jane Lahr and Lena Tabori. The first edition of the work. In the publisher's original cloth with the...

Notre-Dame de Reims

Prosper Tarbe · 1852 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.87 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Reims, Quentin-Dailly, 1852 . Leather. The scarce second edition of this beautifully illustrated study of Reims cathedral. In the original French.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, and six engraved plates, and one plan, alongside further vignette illustrations. Collate...

The Transmutation of Ling

Ernest Bramah · 1911 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€592.98 | $653.90 | ¥104,433)

London, Grant Richards, 1911 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated Ernest Bramah 'Kai Lung' work, signed by the illustrator, Ilbery Lynch. The first edition of this work, one of only five hundred copies produced.With the inscriptio...

The Charm of Gardens

Dion Clayton Calthrop · 1910 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.30 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)

London , Adam & Charles Black, [1910]. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition copy of this work by artist Dion Clayton Calthrop. A first edition of the work.In the publisher's original cloth with gilt details and text.With a frontispiece and 31 colour plates. Coll...

The Romance of a Tudor House: Restoration and the Discovery of Its Hidden Treasures, with Some Account of the Time in Which It Was Built

Colonel J. C. B. Statham · 1929 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.80 | $125.50 | ¥20,043)

London, George Routledge & Sons, Limited, 1929. Cloth. A very scarce work from Colonel Statham on the restoration of a Tudor house, with illustrations. Very scarce work. Illustrated with frontispiece and thirty-four figures over eighteen plates. Collated complete. A detailed a...

Kidnapped the Graphic Novel

Robert Louis Stevenson; Alan Grant · 2008 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.53 | $297.23 | ¥47,470)

New Lanark, Waverley Books, 2008. Cloth. A very smart limited edition graphic novel of Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure novel, signed by the artist and actor of the graphic novel. A scarce to see limited edition graphic novel of 'Kidnapped', one of 500 copies,...

The Follies & Fashions of Our Grandfathers (1807)

Andrew W. Tuer · 1886 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.53 | $297.23 | ¥47,470)

London, Field & Tuer, 1886-1887. First edition. Leather. A smart copy of this fragile original binding. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated and hand coloured study of fashions in 1807. First edition. Three editions simultaneously published, this is the demy octav...

Roodscreens and Roodlofts

Frederick Bligh Bond; Dom Bede Camm · 1909 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.36 | $155.88 | ¥24,895)

London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, LTD. 1909. First edition. Cloth. An extensive two volume set exploring the architectural significance of roodscreen's in late medieval church architecture. The first edition of this works. Two volume set in original publisher's cloth ...

The Works of William Hogarth

Rev. John Trusler; J. Hogarth; J. Nichols · 0 · Rooke Books

£89.00 (€106.62 | $117.57 | ¥18,777)

London, E. T. Brain & Co, c1833. Leather. A lavishly illustrated collection of the works of William Hogarth, containing over one-hundred of his original detailed engravings. Complete in two volumes.A beautiful study on the works of William Hogarth, with an introductory essay b...

Critical Description of the Procession of Chaucer&Apos;S Pilgrims to Canterbury, Painted by Thomas Stothard

William Carey · 1818 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€658.86 | $726.55 | ¥116,037)

London, 35, Mary-la-Bonne Street, 1818 . Paperback. A signed presentation copy of this very scarce work from art critic William Carey, inscribed to American painter Washington Allston. The second edition of this very scarce work, first published in 1808. Inscribed by the autho...

The Beauties of the Court of King Charles the Second; a Series of Portraits, Illustrating the Diaries of Pepys, Evelyn, Clarendon, and Other Contemporary Writers. With Memoirs Biographical and Critical.

Mrs. Jameson; Anna Brownell Murphy · 1833 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.86 | $92.47 | ¥14,768)

London, Henry Colburn; Richard Bentley, 1833. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this richly illustrated study on the beautiful women who were at the court of King Charles II, including some of his mistresses. The first edition.A striking series of portraits showing ...

An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford

The Royal Commission On Historical Monuments · 1939 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.69 | $198.15 | ¥31,646)

London, His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive volume that expertly records the historical monuments of Oxford, with a large folding map of Oxford and illustrations. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original clot...

The Manor Houses of England

P. H. Ditchfield · 1910 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , B. T. Batsford, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this celebration of old manor houses of England. Written by P. H. Ditchfield and illustrated by Sydney R. Jones, this work is a charming collection of old country manor houses of England. A celebratio...

Episcopal Palaces of England

Edmund Venables · 1895 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.89 | $72.66 | ¥11,604)

London , Isbister and Company, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this interesting work on the architecture and history of English palaces, with illustrations. A first edition copy. Edmund Venables was an English cleric and antiquarian. An episcopal palace is...

Ancient English Houses 1240-1612

Christopher Simon Sykes · 1988 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.32 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London, Chatto & Windus , 1988. First edition. Cloth. Christopher Simons Sykes's chronicle of English architecture from the thirteenth century, bright first edition. Study of English homes from 1240 to 1612 by Christopher Simon Sykes. The first edition of this work. Lavis...

The Work of Grinling Gibbons

Geoffrey Beard · 1989 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.92 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London, John Murray, 1989. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Geoffrey Beard's book dedicated to the career of Grinling Gibbons, a bright copy. The first edition of this work. A pictorial study of the work of Grinling Gibbons, an Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood car...

Edward Steichen: Lives in Photography

Todd Brandow; William A. Ewing · 2007 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.83 | $105.68 | ¥16,878)

Minneapolis; Lausanne, FEP [Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography]; Musee de I'Elysee, 2007 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful celebration of one of the most influential names in the history of photography, with hundreds of Edward Steichen's photographs repro...