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New Days-New Ways: The Arrangement of the House and Its Work, with Suggestions That Make for Greater Efficiency in the Kitchen and Greater Satisfaction in Cooking

Lucy H. Yates · 1924 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.88 | $79.26 | ¥12,659)

London, W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd , 1924. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated guide to household design and management, written by British suffragist and cookery author Lucy H. Yates. First edition. A very scarce volume. In the publisher's original cloth bi...

The Practical Mechanic&Apos;S Journal

Practical Mechanic's Journal · 1850 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.74 | $165.13 | ¥26,372)

Glasgow, Practical Mechanic's Journal and Patent Office, 1850. First edition. Leather. The second volume of the illustrated 'Practical Mechanic's Journal', an important periodical on the developments of mechanics in the first half of the twentieth century. ...

Notes on the Early British Engraved Royal Portraits

H. C. Levis · 1917 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.39 | $389.70 | ¥62,238)

London, The Chiswick Press, 1917. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce study on the depictions of the British Royal Family though published engravings from the sixteenth to eighteenth century. The first edition of this very scarce work, limited to only...

The Stately Homes of England

Llewellynn Jewitt; S. C. Hall · 1881 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.83 | $105.68 | ¥16,878)

London, Reeves and Turner, 1881 . Leather. An impressively illustrated two volume study of the stately homes of England, charmingly illustrated throughout with vignette wood engravings. Complete in two volumes.First published in the 1870s, present here are later printings of t...

Budding Life: A Book of Drawings

Jessie M. King · 1906 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.68 | $204.76 | ¥32,701)

London, Gowans and Gray Ltd, 1906. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated work from Jessie M. King, being a collection of art nouveau style drawings of plants, bound in half calf. The first edition. A collection of fourteen monochrome line d...

Black Figures: 105 Reproductions with an Unpublished Essay

Edward Gordon Craig; L. M. Newman · 1989 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.39 | $389.70 | ¥62,238)

Wellingborough , Christopher Skelton, 1989. Cloth. A signed limited edition volume of Edward Gordon Craig's stage figures, previously owned by book designer Gerald Cinamon, an acquaintance of the publisher. A limited edition of 500 copies. This copy is signed by the publi...

2 Vols the Dome: A Quarterly Containing Examples of All the Arts

Various · 1898 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.82 | $112.29 | ¥17,933)

London, The Unicorn Press, 1898 . First edition. Hardback. A scarce, two volume set of an exquisitely curated quarterly celebrating the unity of the arts, featuring selected poetry, art, music scores, and architectural masterworks, one of which retains the very scarce, origina...

Monumental Brasses and Slabs

Charles Boutell · 1847 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.84 | $99.08 | ¥15,823)

London, G. Bell, 1847. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Charles Boutell's illustrated study on monumental brasses and slabs of the Middle Ages. The first edition.A monograph on the brasses, slabs, and memorials of the Middle Ages which have been discovered, most...

The Sitwells and the Arts of the 1920s and the 1930s

Various; Joanna Skipwith [ed.] · 1994 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.90 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)

London, National Portrait Gallery Publications , 1994. First edition. Hardback. An excellent first edition of this richly illustrated study of the Sitwell family. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Thi...

Le Message

John Crombie · 2006 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.48 | $330.25 | ¥52,744)

Paris , Kickshaws, 2006. First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce book from the unique French private press Kickshaws, this being one of just twenty-six copies. A vanishingly scarce book from the French private press, Kickshaws, founded and ran by John Crombie and Sheil...

Rex Whistler&Apos;S War 1939-July 1944 Artist Into Tank Commander: Catalogue to the Special Exhibition at the National Army Museum, London

Jenny Spencer-Smith; Laurence Whistler · 1994 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.94 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, National Army Museum, 1994. First edition. Paperback. An excellent first edition of this detailed catalogue, created for a special exhibition for British painter and muralist, Rex Whistler. The first edition of this catalogue. In the publisher's card covers.Rex W...

English Homes Period IV - Vol. II: The Work of Sir John Vanbrugh and His School, 1699-1736

H. Avray Tipping; Christopher Hussey · 1928 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€712.77 | $786.00 | ¥125,531)

London, The Offices of Country Life , 1928. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this volume on English architect John Vanbrugh, complete with the very scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition. Complete with the very scarce unclipped dust wrapper. A comprehen...

Selected Essays on Books and Printing

A. F. Johnson; Percy H. Muir [ed] · 1970 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.75 | $158.52 | ¥25,317)

Amsterdam, Van Gendt & Co, 1970 [1971]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of interesting essays on the history of printing and typography from an expert in the field, Alfred F. Johnson. The first edition. Illustrated with throughout with monochrome fu...

Cheshire Country Houses

Peter de Figueiredo; Julian Treuherz · 1988 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.40 | $129.46 | ¥20,676)

Chichester, Phillimore, 1988. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this heavily illustrated work on the grand country houses of Cheshire, signed by both of the authors, with vibrant photographic colour plates. The first edition, first impression. Signed by both of the a...

A Series of Seventy Original Illustrations to Captain Sir R.F. Burton&Apos;S "Arabian Nights": Choice Edition de Luxe

Captain Sir R. F. Burton · 1897 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,317.72 | $1,453.11 | ¥232,074)

London, H. S. Nichols Ltd. 1897 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce portfolio containing seventy-one striking illustrations reproduced from Albert Letchford's accompanying oil paintings to "Arabian Nights", this being the large-paper Choice Edition de Luxe. The Choice E...

Doodaaa: The Balletic Art of Gavin Twinge, a Triography

Ralph Steadman · 2002 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.93 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Bloomsbury, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, first impression of this amusing tale of art history from British illustrator Ralph Steadman. First edition, first impression. Illustrated with forty-eight plates. Collated complete. The life of Steadm...

Historic Buildings of North Wales: A Map & Guide Illustrating 400 Buildings

John Betjeman · 1958 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.88 | $79.26 | ¥12,659)

Stafford, Architectural Maps , 1958. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce and beautifully illustrated large folding colour map depicting historic buildings of North Wales, by John Betjeman and D. B. Peace. The first edition. Illustrated by D. B. Pea...

School of Paris: The Painters and Artistic Climate of Paris Since 1910

Raymond Nacenta · 1960 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Oldbourne Press, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated first edition of this study on the painters of Paris since 1910, by Raymond Nacenta. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped dust wr...

The Architecture of Shops

A. Trystan Edwards · 1933 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.93 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Chapman & Hall LTD, 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated study on the architecture of shops throughout history. The first edition.An interesting monograph looking into the architecture of shops, and how the styles has changed over the years...

Steel and Ships: The History of John Brown&Apos;S

Sir Allan Grant · 1950 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.13 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

London, Michael Joseph, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition, first impression of this historical record, detailing the impressive growth of the ship-building industry. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original unclippe...