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Mason Porcelain and Ironstone 1796-1853 Miles Mason and the Mason Manufactories

Reginald Haggar; Elizabeth Adams · 1977 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Faber and Faber , 1977. First edition. Cloth. Bright first edition of this illustrated history of Mason's Ironstone China in its unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work. A comprehensive study of the history of Miles Mason and the Mason Manufactories...

Master Drawings from the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts

Robert Flynn Johnson; Joseph R. Goldyne · 1985 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Geneva , The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco Richard Burton, S. A. [1985]. First edition. Cloth. An impressive illustrated catalogue of the master drawings from the Achenbach Foundation of Graphic Arts, limited edition enclosed in its original slipcase. No. 855 of an unspeci...

A Treatise on Wood Engraving Historical and Practical

John Jackson · 1861 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London , Henry G. Bohn, 1861. Cloth. An extensive volume on this history and practice of wood engraving, richly illustrated. A second edition copy of A Treatise on Wood Engraving Historical and Practical, with a new chapter on the artists of the day by Henry G. Bohn and 145 ad...

Design: An Exposition of the Principles and Practice of the Making of Patterns

Richard G Hatton · 1925 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)

London, Chapman and Hall , 1925. Cloth. Scarce third impression of this treatise on design by Richard G Hatton, rarely seen enclosed in its original dust wrapper. Richard G Hatton's study of the designer's making of patterns, the third impression. Scarce in all editi...

Conversations of James Northcote, Esq. , R.A.

William Hazlitt · 1830 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Hazlitt's popular work describing his conversations with the British painter, James Northcote. The first edition. In a full cloth binding. With a portrait frontispiece, eng...

The Dutch School 1600-1900

Neil MacLaren; Christopher Brown · 1991 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, National Gallery Publications Limited, 1991. Cloth. A complete two volume set of this richly illustrated catalogue of Dutch Paintings. A first edition copy of this complete two volume set of The Dutch School 1600-1900, housed in a cloth slipcase. This is a wonderful c...

Coalport and Coalbrookdale Porcelains

Geoffrey A. Godden · 1973 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Cirencester, The Collectors' Book Club , 1973. Cloth. A smart work on Coalport and Coalbrookdale porcelain, by the notable collector Geoffrey Godden. A scarce early edition. In the publisher's original, full cloth binding, with the original clipped dust wrapper. With...

Worcestershire Exhibition Catalogue

Not Staed · 1882 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Worcester, W. E. Tucker, 1882. Cloth. A second edition copy of the catalogue for the 1882 Worcestershire Exhibition. The second edition copy of the Worcestershire Exhibition Catalogue. The Worcestershire Exhibition was held at the Worcester Engine Works in line with the Great...

Memorials of Sir Francis Chantrey, Sculptor, in Hallamshire and Elsewhere

John Holland · 1851 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Sheffield, J. Pearce , 1851. First edition. Leather. A charming biography of Sir Francis Chantrey by John Holland. First edition. The life of Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey, an English sculptor who became the leading portrait sculptor in Regency era Britain, producing busts and ...

Sculptura-Historico-Technica: Or, the History and Art of Ingraving

Various · 1747 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

London, S. Harding, 1747. First edition. Leather. An uncommon treatise and history of the beautiful art of engraving, complete with ten plates. The first edition thus of this uncommon work, the preface describes this work as the second edition of 'Repertorium-Sculptile-Ty...

Dante Gabriel Rossetti an Illustrated Memorial of His Art and Life

H. C. Marillier · 1904 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London , George Bell & Sons , 1904. Leather. A marvellous and richly illustrated memorial of the art of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. A third edition, abridged and revised. This work expertly interweaves a brief sketch of the life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti with a detailed chronolog...

Lose Blatter Von Albert Hendschel

Albert Hendschel; Theodore Huth · 1882 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Frankfurt , Verlag von F. A. C. Prestel, 1882. Loose Pages, Articles. A smart folder of loose plates by German artist Albert Hendschel. A lovely folder of loose prints by German 19th Century Artist Albert Hendschel. Many of the plates show domestic scenes of children play and...

The Royal Arms: Its Graphic and Decorative Development

Charles Hasler · 1980 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Jupiter Books, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition copy of this brightly illustrated historical work on the British Royal Arms, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A comprehensive history of Great Britain's Royal Arms, with a particular focus on t...

La Galleria Di Palazzo Degli Alberti 100 Opere D&Apos;Arte

Giuseppe Marchini · 1985 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Prato, Cassa do Risparmi e Depositi di Prato, 1985. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated collection of art from the Palazzo degli Alberti. An Italian copy of this work on the gallery of the Palazzo degli Alberti. The Palazzo degli Alberti is a historic noble palace in Prato, Tusc...

Trier Augustusstadt Der Treverer

Various · 1984 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Mainz Am Rhein , Philipp Von Zabern, 1984. Cloth. A wonderful German copy of this volume exploring the urban and country of Roman times, with colour illustrations. In the original German. A second edition copy. This volume explores the urban and the countryside in pre and ear...

British Contemporary Artists

Cosmo Monkhouse · 1899 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, William Heinemann, 1899. First edition. Cloth. An interesting, first edition guide to the contemporary artists of the Victorian era, illustrated throughout. The scarce first UK edition. In the publisher's original, full cloth binding with gilt lettering. With a fr...

The House Beautiful and Useful, Being Practical Suggestions on Furnishing and Decoration

J. H. Elder-Duncan · 1907 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited , 1907. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this guide to furnishing and decorating a house. A scarce first edition. In the original soft cover cloth binding. With a colour frontispiece and numerous monochrome plates throughout. A...

Birket Foster&Apos;S Pictures of English Landscape

Tom Taylor; Birket Foster; Brothers Dalziel · 1881 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1881. First edition. Hardback. A lovely limited edition collection of the picturesque rural scenes of Myles Birket Foster, engraved on India proof paper by the Brothers Dalziel. A limited edition work, an India Proof Edition limited to one th...

Modern Painters

John Ruskin · 1897 · Rooke Books

£625.00 (€749.15 | $825.66 | ¥131,848)

London, George Allen, 1897. Vellum. A Bickers' bound set of one of John Ruskin's important and influential Victorian artistic works, a lovely set in a full vellum binding. Complete in six volumes.In a full vellum binding by Bickers & Son. Volume III illustrated with...

Ceramique Orientale

[Rene Granjean] · 1922 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Paris, Ernst Henri, 1922. Cloth. A French portfolio highlighting the beauty of the ceramic pattern designs commonly seen in Islamic, Arabic, and Persian pottery. In French.Illustrated with thirty-eight hand-coloured plates.Bound without title page and introduction, and two pla...