Arti decorative e design

Royal Festival Hall: The Official Record

Williams -Ellis Clough; Malcolm Sargent · 1951 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Max Parrish, 1951. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon record of the Royal Festival Hall in London and its design, with vibrant illustrations throughout and in the original dust wrapper. The first and only edition. Illustrated with a colour frontis...

Winegartens, Ltd. Catalogue of Cutlery: Spoons and Forks, Etc. , and Canteens

Winegartens, Ltd. · 0 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Winegartens, Ltd. c1900. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce catalogue of cutlery from Winegartens, watchmakers and manufacturers based in London, with the original supplementary catalogue of canteens. Very scarce work. A catalogue of cutlery produced by Winegartens, a fam...

A Collection of Illustrated Volumes from Sir Osbert Lancaster

Osbert Lancaster · 1943 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, John Murray, 1943-1978. First edition. Cloth. A charming collection of nine illustrated volumes from English cartoonist and architectural historian Sir Osbert Lancaster. Nine volumes. Illustrated throughout. With two double-page colour scenes to The Saracen's Head...

Cabinet Makers and Furniture Designers

Hugh Honour · 1969 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of makers and designers of furniture. First edition. Illustrated with thirty-two pages of colour images and two hundred and thirty black-and-white images. Collated com...

Decorative Plasterwork in Great Britian

Laurence Turner; Arthur T. Bolton · 1927 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Country Life Ltd. 1927. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this profusely illustrated study of British decorative plasterwork, written by Laurence Turner. The first edition. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and numerous vignette monochrome photographs...

Bookbinding for Schools

J. S. Hewitt-Bates · 1927 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Leicester, Dryad Handicrafts, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this interesting work on bookbinding, with illustrations. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding. Written by J. S. Hewitt-Bates, this work presents the art of bookbindi...

Grand Hotel: The Golden Age of Palace Hotels. An Architectural and Social History

David Watkin; Jean D'Ormesson; et al · 1984 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons LTD. 1984 . First edition. Cloth. A striking first edition on architectural and social history of palace hotels, with photographs throughout. First edition, in the publisher's original smart cloth binding, with the original dust wrapper. This wor...

House Decoration: Comprising Whitewashing, Paperhanging, Painting

Paul N. Hasluck [ed.] · 1894 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Cassell and Company Ltd, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this uncommon 19th century guide to interior decorating, illustrated with many diagrams. A first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Inscription to t...

The History of Needlework Tools and Accessories

Sylvia Groves · 1966 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Country Life Limited, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first edition of this history of needlework, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to title page, dated 1971. Illustrated throughout with 199 half-tone plates and 13 line drawings in the ...

The Design and Construction of Industrial Buildings

Moritz Kahn · 1917 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London , Technical Journals , 1917. First edition. Hardback. A scarce, illustrated first edition copy of Moritz Kahn's insightful detailing of the construction of industrial buildings. Moritz Kahn was a consulting engineer to architects who saw a lapse of knowledge on the...

Timber Building in England from Early Times to the End of the Seventeenth Century

Fred H. Crossley · 1951 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, B. T. Batsford LTD , 1951. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this celebration of carpentry in England, complete with its dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work, retracing the history of carpentry in England from the early seventeen...

The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs

Dr. G. Griffin Lewis · 1913 · Rooke Books

£62.00 (€74.33 | $81.92 | ¥13,084)

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

The Talbot J Taylor Collection Furniture, Wood-Carving and Other Branches of the Decorative Arts

1906 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

New York and London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1906. First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout and smartly bound, this work presents the decorative arts and furniture held in a remarkable Long Island home. The first edition of this work, illustrated with numerous full plate...

Ornaments Patterns for Interior Decoration

Natascha Kubisch; Pia Anna Seger · 2001 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Köln, Konemann, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A lovely work on interior decoration and historical ornamental designs by Kubisch and Seger, based on the earlier world-renowned collection on such a subject, George A. Audsley and Maurice A. Audsley's 'The Practical Decora...

On Some Early Domestic Decorative Wall-Paintings Recently Found in Essex

Miller Christy, Guy Maynard · 1911 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Braintree, Essex, The Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society, 1911. Brochure/Pamphlet. An uncommon article focusing on wall-paintings from the Tudor and Jacobean periods found in Essex, written by Miller Christy, an authority on local arcaheology. On Some Early Domes...

The Magic Lantern: Its Construction and Use

'A Fellow of the Chemical Society' · 1890 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.67 | $376.59 | ¥60,143)

London, Perken, Son, & Rayment, 1890 . Cloth. The very scarce second edition of Perken, Son and Rayment's guide to the magic lantern, which they produced and sold, under the brand name 'Optimus&apos. The second edition of this work, first published in 1888, and very ...

The Debate _ The Legendary Contest of Two Giants of Graphic Design

Crouwel, Wim ; Van Toorn, Jan ; Poynor, Rick (fore) ; Huygen, Frederike (essay) ; Van de Vrie, Dingenus (essay) · 2015 · San Francisco Book Company

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.83 | ¥35,206)

New York The Monacelli Press Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo orange cloth, black and silver lettering to front and spine, print to front cover, pasted summary to back, 174 pp. Very good

Alt-Berlin in Porzellan. Ein Kabinett aus der Staatlichen Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin.

MOUFANG, Nicola: · 1927 · Antiquariat Schwarz

€25.00 ($27.56 | £20.85 | ¥4,401)

Berlin: Stubenrauch. 1927. 2°. 49 S. 56 Tafeln. Original Leinwand mit Deckel- und Rückentitel. Ecken und Rücken etwas bestoßen. Vorsatz und Titel leicht stockfleckig, Vorsatzscharnier angebrochen, sonst gut erhalten. Die 56 teils farbigen Tafeln von brillanter Qualität zeigen ...

Beretning med Billeder 1926.

Jensen, Jens Møller. - Skolen for Dansk Kunst Haandvaerk (Editor): · 1926 · Antiquariat Schwarz

€48.00 ($52.91 | £40.04 | ¥8,449)

Kopenhagen: Chr. Cato. (1926). (ca. 27,5 x 21,2 cm). 85 p. (Danish Language). Original boards (softcover) with gilt stamped decorated title to front cover. Boards a bit margined and with some signs of use, inside well preserved. Appropriate to its age still in good condition. ...

Die Sammlung Wilhelm Gumprecht. I. und II. Teil (2 Bände). I. Teil: Verzeichnis Gemälde/Kunsthandwerk / II. Teil: Bildwerke Gemälde/Kunsthandwerk.

Sammlung Gumprecht. - CASSIRER, Paul / Hugo Helbing (Herausgeber): · 1918 · Antiquariat Schwarz

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,921)

Berlin: Cassirer Kunstsalon. 1918. (ca. 32,5 x 24,3 cm). 108, 90 S. und ca. 60 Tafeln. Original-Karton mit Deckeltitel / Original-Pappband mit Rücken- und Deckeltitel. Einbände etwas berieben und gerändert, mit Fehlstellen auf dem Rücken. Ehemalige Archivexemplare aus dem Ulls...