Arti decorative e design

Gimson and the Barnsleys

Mary Comino · 1980 · Rooke Books

£57.00 (€68.32 | $75.30 | ¥12,025)

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. First edition, first impression. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white ...

British Bookbindings Presented by Kenneth H. Oldaker to the Chapter Library of Westminster Abbey

Howard M. Nixon · 1982 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Maggs Bros. Ltd. 1982. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this illustrated record of the book-bindings presented to the Chapter Library of Westminster Abbey by Kenneth H. Oldaker. First edition. Illustrated with seventy-one plates, three of which are i...

Our Homes and How to Beautify Them

H. J. Jennings · 1902 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Harrison and Sons, 1902. Vellum. A smart second edition of this early twentieth century interior design guide. Second edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, forty-six plates, and many in-text figures. Collated complete. A detailed guide to interior design with chapt...

English Church Screens: Being Great Roods Screenwork & Rood-Lofts of Parish Churches in England & Wales

Aymer Vallance · 1936 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.94 | ¥12,446)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd , 1936. First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated work on various rood screens of English and Welsh parish churches, from British interior and landscape designer, Aymer Vallance. The first edition of this work, in the publisher's original ...

A History of Jewellery 1100-1870

Joan Evans · 1970 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Faber and Faber, 1970. Cloth. A smart second, revised, edition of this highly illustrated history of jewellery from British art historian Joan Evans. Second edition, revised and reset. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, eleven colour plates, one hundred and ninety...

Eighteenth Century Architecture in South Africa; Eighteenth Century Furniture in South Africa

G. E. Pearse · 1957 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.48 | $502.00 | ¥80,164)

London; Pretoria, B. T. Batsford Ltd.; J. L. Van Schaik, Ltd. 1957-1960. First edition. Cloth. A very smart pair of works exploring architecture and design in South Africa in the Eighteenth Century, highly illustrated throughout. In the publisher's original cloth binding ...

American Design the Desert Southwest

Nora Burba · 1987 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

New York , Bantam , 1987. First edition. Hardback. A detailed work on American design in the Desert Southwest published in 1987. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. This book gives a detailed guide to interior design in the Southwest. The Southwest is uni...

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

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.14 | ¥146,615)

London, Lawrence & Bullen Ltd. 1904-1908. First edition. Leather. A smart four volume collection of these works on English furniture through the years, with colour plates. Complete in four volumes. First edition. Written by Percy MacQuoid, a British theatrical designer and col...

Household Elegancies: Suggestions in Household Art and Tasteful Home Decorations

C.S. Jones · 1877 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

New York, Henry T. Williams, 1877. Cloth. In this illustrated volume, C. S. Jones instructs readers on how to make their homes more ornamental. In this delightful illustrated volume, C. S. Jones advises readers on how to improve the home with ornaments and embellishments. With...

Designs of Fire-Places and Mantels from Teale Fire-Place Co.

None · 0 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Leeds, The Teale Fire-Place Co. c1900. Cloth. A scarce collection of beautiful designs for mantels and fire-places from The Teale, Fire-Place Co. Scarce work. Sales tool. Created and published by The Teale Fire-Place Company. A folio collection of fifty-five designs for mantel...

Stamperia Valdonega

2001 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,282)

Italy, Stamperia Valdonega, 2001. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce pamphlet advertising Stamperia Valdonega, a high quality printing press, with illustrations. First edition of Stamperia Valdonega, a pamphlet from this high quality private printing press ran by Giovannn...

A History of English Furniture

Percy MacQuoid · 1904 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London , Lawrence and Bullen, 1904-1908. First edition. Cloth. A complete four volume set of this richly illustrated and comprehensive history of English furniture. A complete four volume set of this richly illustrated account of the history of English furniture, by Percy Macq...

Old English Plate Ecclesiastical, Decorative and Domestic Its Makers and Marks

Wilfred Joseph Cripps · 1894 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London , John Murray , 1894. Leather. A lovely leather bound copy of Old English Plate, richly illustrated throughout. Beautifully rebound in half morocco by Hatchards. A copy of the fifth edition, revised and enlarged Old English Plate. The volume explores the decorative, do...

A Directory of Antique Furniture, the Authentic Classification of European & American Designs for Professionals and Connoisseurs

F. Lewis Hinckley · 1953 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

New York , Bonanza Books , 1953. First edition. Cloth. A smart directory of European and American antique furniture, with numerous photographs throughout. The first edition. In the original quarter cloth binding with publisher's dust wrapper. A comprehensive directory of ...

Little Books About Old Furniture

J. P. Blake; A. E. Reveirs-Hopkins · 1911 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London , William Heinemann , 1911-1912. Cloth. A scarce four volume set of Little Books About Old Furniture, with illustrations throughout. A four volume set of the Little Books About Old Furniture that aims to offer information and suggestion tot hose who find furniture inter...

Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe

A Kenneth Snowman · 1966 · Rooke Books

£112.00 (€134.25 | $147.96 | ¥23,627)

London, Faber and Faber , 1966. First edition. Cloth. A large paper first edition copy of this charming volume concerning the gold boxed of Europe in the eighteenth century. Gold boxes were some of the most luxurious items in eighteenth century Europe, presented as gifts to fr...

Alexander Koch&Apos;S Handbuch Neuzeitlicher Wohnungs-Kultur Das Vornehm-Burgerliche Heim

Alexander Koch · 1922 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Unamed, Unamed, 1922. Cloth. A wonderful example of this work of interior design, profusely illustrated throughout with examples of room designs. In the original German and the publisher's original cloth binding. A delightful work offering a look into early 20th century i...

Models of Buildings How to Make & Use Them

William Harvey · 1927 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, The Architectural Press, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of this uncommon work regarding the architecture of model buildings. With publisher's advertisements to the rear of the work. The first edition. Uncommon. Signed by the author to the ...

Interni Veneziani

Attilia Dorigato, Giuseppe Mazzariol · 1990 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

Padova, Biblos, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A look at the history of interior design and art of Venice. Mostly In Italian, with passages translated into English, German and French to the rear. Illustrated throughout, with beautiful photographs of interiors of various building ...

Furniture in England from 1660-1760; Decoration in England from 1660 to 1770

Francis Lenygon · 1914 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, B. T. Batsford, 1914-1927. First edition. Cloth. Two charming volumes educating readers on the grand decoration and furniture which flourished in the English Renaissance, profusely illustrated. Two smart volumes within the English Decoration and Furniture of the XVI-XI...