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Snaffles [Charles "Snaffles" Johnson Payne] · 1936 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.69 | $350.16 | ¥55,923)

London, Collins, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition work of sketches of sporting life in 1930s India by Snaffles, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Illus...

Impressions That Remained: Memoirs

Ethel Smyth · 1920 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1920. Cloth. A presentation copy of the second half of Ethel Smyth's memoir, the celebrated English composer and member of the women's suffrage movement, inscribed by the Smyth. The third edition. The author's presentation copy ...

Pages from the Glossies: Facsimiles 1956-1998

Helmut Newton; June Newton [editor]; Walter Keller [editor] · 1998 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Zurich, Berlin, New York, Scalo, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this bright collection of photographs from German-Australian photographer Helmut Newton used in magazines. First edition. Illustrated with over five hundred photographs, most of which are in ...

Das Imaginare Portrat, Imaginary Portraits, le Portrait Imaginaire

Vladimir Fuka; Emanuel Frynta · 1965 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Prague, Artia, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this trilingual collection of portraits from Czechoslovakian‐born artist Vladimir Fuka. Trilingual, with text in German, English, and French. Illustrated throughout with sixty-eight full-page colour portr...

E. Mcknight Kauffer: A Designer and His Public

Mark Haworth-Booth · 1979 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Gordon Fraser, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of the works of American artist and graphic designer Edward McKnight Kauffer. First edition. Illustrated with seventy-five images, many of which are in colour. A detailed study o...

Bibliophilie Musicale: Les Bibliotheques Portugaises: Essai de Classification: Les Livres D&Apos;Un Amateur: Cabinet Iconographique

Michel Angelo Lambertini · 1918 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Praca dos Restauradores , Typographia do Annuario Commercial, 1918. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition musical bibliography from pianist and composer, Michel Angelo Lambertini. Signed by the author to the limitation page. A very scarce limited edition, this copy b...

Naval Ballads and Sea Songs

Cecil C. P. Lawson [ed.] · 1933 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Peter Davies , 1933. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon anthology of naval and sea ballads, selected and strikingly illustrated by Cecil Gordon Lawson. First edition.With the very scarce dust wrapper, price-clipped. A charming anthology of historical sea songs and ball...

An Historical and Descriptive Guide to York Cathedral and Its Antiquities

Geo. Ayliffe Poole; J. W. Hugall · 1850 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

York , R. Sunter , 1850. First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated monograph on York Minster, written by Gothic Revival specialists George Ayliffe Poole and J. W. Hugall. First edition. Rebound in full brown cloth. This comprehensive guide describes the measurements, m...

Bookbinding: A Step-by-Step Guide

Kathy Abbott · 2010 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Wiltshire, The Crowood Press, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this guide to bookbinding, signed and inscribed by the author. First edition. Author's presentation copy, signed with an inscription to the front endpaper that reads: "To Hamish with very b...

The Works of William Hogarth

John Trusler · 1821 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

London, J. Sharpe; R. Griffin & Co, 1821. Leather. A brilliant study of the work of Hogarth, faithfully reproduced here across one hundred and fifty nine plates. Complete in two volumes.A beautiful study on the works of William Hogarth, including a biography and anecdotes on t...

Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain

Edmund Lodge · 1823 · Rooke Books

£875.00 (€1,048.98 | $1,156.19 | ¥184,651)

London, Harding and Lepard , 1823-1834. Leather. The complete set of Edmund Lodge's illustrated series, offering portraits and memoirs of illustrious figures of Great Britain. The first Harding and Lepard edition. Complete in twelve volumes.Uniformly bound in half morocco...

Elias Oratorium Nach Worten Des Alten Testaments Op. 70

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy · 1846 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Leipzig, C. F. Peters, c1920. Leather. A smartly bound scarce copy of this oratoria from German composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, in the original German. German. Scarce edition. From Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's Complete Works. Elijah, Op. 70, is an oratorio depictin...

Opera Singers: A Pictorial Souvenir with Biographies of Some of the Most Famous Singers of the Day

Gustav Kobbe · 1900 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

New York, R. H. Russell, 19001. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this pictorial souvenir, being a collection of biographies of some of the most famous contemporary opera singers. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout with costume and portraits of great A...

The Continental Annual, and Romantic Cabinet, for 1832.

William Kennedy · 1832 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1832 . First edition. Leather. A brilliant association copy of this poetic annual, inscribed by the artist of the work Samuel Prout to his first-born child Rebecca Elizabeth. The first edition. Inscribed by the artist to his daughter, Rebecca Elizab...

Westminster Abbey: The Church, Convent Cathedral and College of St. Peter, Westminster

Herbert Francis Westlake · 1923 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Philip Allan and Company, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the scarce two volume limited edition of H. F. Westlake's illustrated study of the history and architecture of Westminster Abbey. Complete in two volumes.No. 6 of 25 copies printe...

Little Songs for Me to Sing

Henry Leslie [music] · 1865 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1865. Cloth. A scarce collection of children's songs, put to music by Henry Leslie, the first edition of this work illustrated by Millais. The first edition of this scarce work in the publisher's original green cloth variant bindi...

Dylan Thomas Reading Fern Hill and Other Poems

Dylan Thomas · 1957 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Caedmon Records, 1957. Paperback. A smart copy of this uncommon vinyl record of Dylan Thomas reading a selection of his poetry. Scarce work. From Caedmon Literary Series. A recording of Dylan Marlais Thomas, a Welsh poet and writer who became widely popular in his life...

Pen Drawing and Pen Draughtsmen

Joseph Pennell · 1889 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London & New York, Macmillan and Co. 1889 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Joseph Pennell's popular illustrated volume on the art of pen drawing, with the vanishingly scarce dust wrapper and housed in the original box. The first edition. With the vanishing...

French Line Engravings of the Late XVIII Century

H. W. Lawrence; B. L. Dighton · 1910 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)

London, Lawrence and Jellicoe LTD, 1910. Leather. A Bayntun-Riviere limited edition volume on line engravings produced in France during the eighteenth century, complete with plates. A limited edition of 151 copies, of which this is numbered 106.Bound by Bayntun-Riviere.An impr...

Les ãƒâ‰Bãƒâ©Nistes Du Xviiie Siãƒâ¨Cle

Comte Francois de Salverte · 1927 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Paris, Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire, 1927. Leather. An illustrated French study on cabinet makers of the eighteenth century, by Francois de Salverte. A revised and expanded edition.'Les Ébénistes du XVIIIe Siècle' is the first work ever published on Fre...