Pittura e disegno

General Statement Explaining the Nature and Purposes of St George&Apos;S Guild

John Ruskin · 1882 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, George Allen, 1882. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition pamphlet concerning John Ruskin's Education Trust of St. George's Guild. A very scarce first edition pamphlet by English writer John Ruskin, concerning his charitable Education Trust of...

Country Sketches for City Dwellers

Mrs. Wellingham Rawnsley · 1908 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of sketches of the English countryside with descriptions and studies with colour plates. First edition of Country Sketches for City Dwellers by Mrs. Willingham Rawnsley in the ori...

The Duenna, a Comic Opera in Three Acts

Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1925 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Constable & Co, Ltd. 1925. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated copy of this classic comic opera by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. A new edition. In the original full cloth binding with gilt lettering. Illustrated with the designs for costumes and scenery used i...

Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Ornaments

A. Welby Pugin · 1904 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Edinburgh, John Grant, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful study of the ornamental decorations of the fifteenth and sixteenth century from Augustus Pugin, illustrated with one hundred and one plates. The first edition of this volume of plates from famed Gothic Revival styl...

The Wood Engravings of John Farleigh

Monica Poole · 1985 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

Oxfordshire, Gresham books, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this art study of the engravings of John Farleigh in the original dust wrapper. First edition of The Wood Engravings of John Farleigh by Monica Poole in the original publisher's binding and uncl...

Just Among Friends, Pages from My Sketch Book

Cecil Aldin · 1935 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1935. Cloth. The scarce second edition of this collection of beautiful sketches of dogs by Cecil Aldin. The second edition of Just Among Friends, Pages From My Sketch Book by Cecil Aldin in cloth binding. Includes an introduction by the author a...

The Virginia Journals of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1795-1798

Benjamin Henry Latrobe; Edward C. Carter II [ed.] · 1977 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1977. First edition. Cloth. Signed by the editor, present here are the illustrated first edition of the journals of prominent late eighteenth century American architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe. The first edition, first impression of the first t...

All Souls an Oxford College and Its Buildings

Howard Colvin; J. S. G. Simmons · 1989 · Rooke Books

£96.00 (€115.09 | $126.85 | ¥20,259)

Oxford, Oxford University Press , 1989. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful first edition volume of a series of lectures given on the history of the Oxford College All Souls, with illustrations. A first edition copy of this volume on the history of All Souls An Oxford College an...

The White Puppy Book

Cecil Aldin · 1909 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Humphrey Milford, [1909]. First edition. Hardback. Bright first edition of this delightful puppy tale with charming illustrations by Cecil Aldin, a scarce copy. The first edition of this work, dated from Jisc first and only edition. A scarce copy.Charming personal diar...

John Glashan&Apos;S World

John Glashan · 1991 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

London, Robinson Publishing , 1991. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition of this collection of John Glashan's illustrations, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work. Containing a series of painting and sketches reflective of John Glashan...

Literary Life

Posy Simmonds · 2003 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Jonathan Cape , 2003. First edition. Hardback. Graphic novel by Posy Simmonds relating to the pretensions of the literary world, the first edition, first impression. Cartoons diving into the pretensions of literary world by Posy Simmonds, who addresses feminist issues,...

Magyar Parasztviselet

Kresz Maria; Janos Manga · 1956 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Budapest, Akademiai Kiado, 1956. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated, scarce work on the history of Hungarian peasant dress by Kresz Maria, in the original Hungarian. A fascinating work on the history of Hungarian peasant clothing, in the original Hungarian. Complete in two volu...

Art in Medieval France 987-1498

Joan Evans · 1948 · Rooke Books

£62.00 (€74.33 | $81.92 | ¥13,084)

London , Oxford University Press , 1948. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive and fascinating volume on French Medieval Art, richly illustrated throughout. A first edition copy of this work. This volume shows that French Medieval art took the forms it did because of the need...

People of Importance

J. H. Dowd; Brenda E. Spender · 1936 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

New York , Country Life, 1936. Cloth. A charming collection of drawings and sketches by J. H. Dowd, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A charming Popular Edition of this work. People of Importance contains drawings by J.H. Dowd from sketch books of his life and children ...

Lying Figures

Francis Warner · 1972 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Oxford, Oxford Theatre Texts, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first edition copy of Francis Warner's compelling play, Lying figures. A first edition copy of Lying Figures, a surrealist and experimental play. Lying Figures is the first part of Requiem, a trilog...

Goldsmiths&Apos; and Silversmiths&Apos; Work

Nelson Dawson · 1907 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Methuen and Co. 1907. First edition. Cloth. Uncommon first edition of this large paper volume dedicated to the work of goldsmiths and silversmiths by Nelson Dawson. The first edition of this work, an uncommon volume. Seen in the original publisher's cloth both red...

D. Wolff and the Glasses He Engraved

Wilfred Buckley · 1935 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, Methuen & Co. 1935. First edition. Cloth. One of 250 copies of this fascinating study of D. Wolff and his engraved glasses. Complete with price-clipped dust wrapper, A study of D. Wolff's life and engravings, with discussions on his techniques, and a classificatio...

Robert Adam and His Circle

John Fleming · 1962 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Cambridge Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1962 . First edition. Cloth. The first US edition, first printing of this illustrated historical study of Robert Adam in the original publisher's dust wrapper. First US edition, first printing of Robert Adam and His Circl...

Hogarth Illustrated

John Ireland · 1806 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.72 | $1,453.50 | ¥232,133)

London, J. N. Boydell and Co. 1806-12. Leather. A beautiful group complete in three uniform volumes of John Ireland's illustrated study of William Hogarth's work. A sweeping study of the work of William Hogarth, English painter in the eighteenth century best known fo...

The Stones of Venice

John Ruskin · 1858 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1858-67. Cloth. A very well preserved second edition of John Ruskin's important architectural and historical work, 'The Stones of Venice', beautifully illustrated throughout. Ruskin's important, hugely influential and detailed ar...