Arti decorative e design

Historic Wall-Papers: From Their Inception to the Introduction of Machinery

Nancy McClelland; Henri Clouzot · 1924 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.70 | $343.55 | ¥54,868)

Philadelphia and London, J B Lippincott, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated look at the history of wallpapers. Being the first edition of this work, which is adorned with coloured plates. Written by an authority on the subject, Nancy Vincent McClelland. A li...

Garden Ornament

Gertrude Jekyll; Christopher Hussey · 1927 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Country Life, 1927. Cloth. The second and popular revised edition of a copiously illustrated picture book on ideas for using ornaments to frame gardens, co-written by a leading figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement. The second and revised edition of Garden Ornament, a...

Joao Penalva: Works with Text and Images

Various [inc. Rachel Withers, Bruno Marchand, Joao Nisa] · 2011 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Lisbon/Odense, Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian Lisboa & Kunsthallen Brandts, 2011. First edition. Paperback. The signed first edition of an illustrated catalogue celebrating the work of award-winning Portuguese conceptual artist Joao Penalva, with his work often focusing on memor...

Sean Landers: 1990-1995 an Improbable History

Various [Eds. by Paul Ha, Cynthia Daignault, Michelle Reyes Landers] · 2011 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

New York, JRP-Ringier, 2011. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an illustrative catalogue of a humorous and confessional exhibition by American conceptual artist Sean Landers, displaying a variety of artistic mediums throughout. The first edition of Sean Landers: 1990-...

Maple & Co: Illustrations of Furniture

Maple & Co · 1910 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Maple & Co, 1910 . Paperback. An uncommon catalogue of the extensive and highly decorative range of furniture sold by Maple & Co. in 1910. Illustrated throughout. An uncommon catalogue.Maple & Co. was a British furniture and upholstery manufacturer established in 1841,...

A History of English Furniture (the Age of Oak; the Age of Walnut; the Age of Mahogany; the Age of Satinwood)

Percy MacQuoid · 1904 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd, 1904-1908. First edition. Leather. The complete first edition of Percy Macquoid's influential history of English furniture, illustrated with colour plates throughout. This set offers the complete four-volume first edition of Percy Macquoi...

Historic Wall-Papers: From Their Inception to the Introduction of Machinery

Nancy McClelland; Henri Clouzot [intro.] · 1924 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated historical study of wallpapers, in the original dust wrapper and box, by an authority on the subject, Nancy McClelland. A limited edition first edition of this work in the publisher&a...

English and Other Silver in the Irwin Untermyer Collection

Yvonne Hackenbroch · 1963 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Thames and Hudson, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated historical study on silver in the Irwin Untermyer Collection. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, two hundred plates, and many figures in the text. Collated complete. A...

The Textile Industries: A Practical Guide to Fibres, Yarns & Fabrics in Every Branch of Textile Manufacture Including Preparation of Fibres, Spinning, Doubling, Designing, Weaving, Bleaching, Printing, Dyeing, and Finishing

William S. Murphy · 1910 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, The Gresham Publishing Company, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A smart complete first edition set of this detailed work on the textile industries with illustrations throughout. Complete in eight volumes. First edition. A detailed work on the manufacturing of yarns and fab...

Modern Cabinet Work Furniture and Fitments

John Hooper · 1952 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London , B. T. Batsford, 1952 . Cloth. A sixth edition copy of this work on modern cabinet work and furniture, with plates. A sixth edition copy. This volume has been deemed the 'Cabinet Makers Bible' and is a treatise for dealing with the construction, design, and ...

The Watch Collection of Stanley H. Burton &Apos;Warts and All&Apos;

Stanley H. Burton · 1981 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London , B. T. Batsford, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this richly illustrated volume on watches. A first edition copy of this work. Stanley Burton was a avid collector of watches, this volume illustrates some nine hundred watches with detailed an...

The Toothache

Horace Mayhew · 1999 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London , Arts Council; Lund Humphries, 1999. Brochure/Pamphlet. A charming facsimile of The Toothache imagined by Horace Mayhew and realised by George Cuikshank. This is an accordion cartoon detailing a Victorian Gentleman's toothache with his torment described in forty-f...

The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs

Dr. G. Griffin Lewis · 1913 · Rooke Books

£54.00 (€64.74 | $71.35 | ¥11,396)

London, J.B. Lippincourt Company, 1913. Cloth. A third, new and enlarged edition of this fascinating early twentieth-century work on oriental rugs, fully illustrated with coloured plates. The third new and enlarged edition of this work, published in 1913. A fully comprehensiv...

English Rooms and Their Decoration at a Glance

Charles H Hayward · 1925 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, The Architectural Press, 1925. Fine Binding. A finely bound, two volume set of this work regarding the history of English home decor. From the library of socialite and patron of the arts, Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Two volumes bound as one. Being volume I 1066-1620 and ...

Russian Embroidery and Lace

L. Yefimova and R. Belogorskaya · 1987 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Thames and Hudson, 1987. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of the beautifully illustrated work of Russian embroidery and lace. Profusely illustrated with one hundred and ninety one illustrations, of which one hundred and twenty five are in colour. First UK edi...

Artistic Printing: A Supplement to the Author&Apos;S Work on "Practical Printing

John Southward · 1892 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, Printer's Register" Office, 1892. First edition. Cloth. The rare first edition of a supplement on printing intended for advanced learners, with colour plates. The rare Artistic printing: A Supplement to the Author's Work on "Practical Printing", written by au...

Progressive Architecture

Various · 1950 · Rooke Books

£6,800.00 (€8,152.06 | $8,985.26 | ¥1,435,001)

New York , Reinhold Publishing Co. 1950-73. Leather. A continuous 23 year run of selected sections from one of the 20th century's most significant architectural magazines, uniformly bound by Bayntun Riviere of Bath. The sections included from the magazine are those concer...

Hillston Crystal Gifts Catalogue No. 10

0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Birmingham , Hill-Ouston Co. Ltd. c1930. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated Hillston Crystal catalogue for glass and chinaware. A very scarce catalogue.In the original quarter cloth binding, with paper boards,With a numerical index, this catalogue depicts an abundance of product...

Meubles de Jardins Articles de Caves; Mobilier Menager Metallique

W. Paris · 1930 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Paris, W. Paris, c1930 . Paperback. A vanishingly scarce furniture catalogue from W. Paris, advertising an enormous range of metal furniture, for use in the home, garden and cellar. In the original French.A very scarce 1930s catalogue of French metalwork furniture, garden furn...

Rex Whistler: His Life and His Drawings

Laurence Whistler · 1948 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Art and Technics, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an intimate biography on the mural artist who was tragically killed at Normandy, written by his younger brother. The first edition of Rex Whistler: His Life and His Drawings, an intimate biography of th...