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The History and Description of Leeds Castle, Kent

Charles Wykeham Martin · 1869 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Nichols and Son, 1869 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Charles Wykeham Martin's detailed discussion of Leeds Castle, illustrated with mounted albumen prints. The first edition.The work of English Conservative Party politician Charles Wykeham Martin, wh...

Pre-Raphaelite to Arts and Crafts Jewellery

Charlotte Gere; Geoffrey C. Munn · 1996 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Woodbridge, Antique Collectors' Club, 1996. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated guide to the development of jewellery design, from the Pre-Raphaelite era to the Arts and Crafts Movement. A new edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the orig...

On Making & Collecting Etchings a Handbook for Etchers, Students and Col-Lectors, Written by Members of the Print Society and Put Together and Edited by E. Hesketh Hubbard, A.R. W.A. (Founder of the Print Society)

Members of the Print Society inc. E. H. Hubbard, Percy Smith, Hugh Paton, and Leslie M. Ward ; Ed. by Eric Hesketh Hubbard · 1920 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Ringwood, The Morland Press; The Print Society, 1920. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this detailed work on etching and its adjacent practices by members of The Print Society. The first edition of this work. Uncommon. With 10 monochrome plates incl...

Contributions to the Literature of the Fine Arts

Charles Lock Eastlake · 1848 · Rooke Books

£1,475.00 (€1,768.28 | $1,949.01 | ¥311,269)

London, John Murray, 1848 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this collection of essays on the arts by Sir Charles Lock Eastlake. Inscribed to cultural figure Pauline, Lady Trevelyan, by her husband. The very scarce first edition of this workA colle...

Madman&Apos;S Drum: A Novel in Woodcuts

Lynd Ward · 1930 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Lynd Ward's wordless novel, in which a chilling tale is relayed through a series of woodcuts. The first UK edition, first impression of this work.A wordless novel by American artist Lynd Ward, tell...

Gods&Apos; Man: A Novel in Woodcuts

Lynd Ward · 1931 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1931 . Cloth. The third impression of the first UK edition of Lynd Ward's wordless graphic novel, a Faustian tale told entirely in woodcuts. The third impression of the first UK edition of this work, which was first published in 1929.A wordless nove...

Three First Edition Works on George Romney

Alex Kidson; Patricia Jaffe · 1977 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, National Portrait Gallery; Narodna Gallerija; Cambridge University Press, 1977-2002. First edition. Paperback. London: National Portrait Gallery; Narodna Gallerija; Cambridge University Press, 1977-2002. First edition. Paperback. Very Good Indeed. 11" by 9.5"; 9.5" by ...

Official Illustrated Catalogue: Fine Arts Exhibit, United States of America, Paris Exposition of 1900

United States Commission · 1900 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Boston, Noyes, Platt & Company, 1900. First edition. Cloth. A scarce catalogue detailing the works on display from the U.S at the fine arts exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900. The first and only edition. Illustrated with forty-eight monochrome plates and two monochrome d...

English Books with Coloured Plates 1790 to 1860: A Bibliographical Account of the Most Important Books Illustrated by English Artists in Colour Aquatint and Colour Lithography

R. V. Tooley · 1954 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this comprehensive bibliography pertaining to English books with coloured plates. The first edition. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This reference offers an accurate...

The Unknown Warrior: A Tragedy in Three Acts

Paul Raynal; Cecil Lewis [trans.] · 1928 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Methuen and Co. Ltd. 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first English edition of this compelling play from French playwright, Paul Raynal, translated by Cecil Lewis. The first English edition.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper (not priced). 'T...

Sisson and Parker&Apos;S Recreative Drawing Book for Home or School: Book 2

Sisson and Parker · 1854 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Nottingham , Sisson and Parker, Educational Publishers, c1898. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce children's drawing book from Nottingham educational publishers, Sisson and Parker. The second edition. In the publisher's wraps, bound within a set of library card covers....

Passages from Modern English Poets

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, William Tegg, c1876. Cloth. A delightful and scarce collection of poems with beautiful illustrations by the Junior Etching Club. A scarce work.An anthology of beautiful English poems by a variety of contemporary writers.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and forty-four p...

Signature: A Quadrimestrial of Typography and Graphic Arts, 3 and 5: New Series

Oliver Simon [ed.] · 1947 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Signature , 1947-1948. Paperback. A delightful set of two issues from 'Signature', containing essays and reviews on typography and graphic arts, contained in a decorative binder. Two bright issues from Signature, a British magazine revolving around typography...

Blast

Wyndham Lewis · 1914 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1914. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of the first issue of Wyndham Lewis' Vorticist literary magazine, an example of the modernist movement before World War One. The first installment of 'Blast Magazine', the first...

The Art of England: Lectures Given in Oxford, Lectures I-IV

John Ruskin · 1883 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Orpington, George Allen, 1883. First edition. Vellum. A smart copy of the first four of Ruskin's lectures on art, given in Oxford, in a Japanese paper vellum binding. The first edition of this work in a Japanese paper vellum binding. All edges gilt. Four lectures on art, ...

The Cecil Aldin Book

Cecil Aldin; P. G. Wodehouse; Patrick R. Chambers et al · 1932 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A charming work dedicated to Cecil Aldin's beloved illustrations, paired with an array of humorous poems and commentaries, with colour plates. First edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth bi...

Aubrey Beardsley: The Man and His Work

Haldane Macfall · 1928 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition of this illustrated work on English artist Aubrey Beardsley. First edition. Limited to one hundred copies, of which this is number sixty-three. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece an...

Dogs of Character

Cecil Aldin · 1930 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1930. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated work on dogs from British artist Cecil Aldin, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Later edition. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with colour images throughout. A charming gui...

An Artist&Apos;S Models

Cecil Aldin · 1930 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, H.F. & G. Witherby, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Cecil Aldin's delightfully illustrated work on the dog models used in his artwork, in the original dust wrapper. The first trade edition, first impression of this work.In the publisher's or...

The Architectural Review

Various · 1891 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, The Architectural Press, 1891-2. Leather. Eight volumes of 'The Architectural Review' with numerous plates, bound into one volume in a faux crushed morocco binding. Eight volumes of the 'Architectural Review' bound into one. Includes November 1891, ...