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The Transmutation of Ling

Ernest Bramah · 1911 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, Grant Richards, 1911 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated Ernest Bramah 'Kai Lung' work, signed by the illustrator, Ilbery Lynch. The first edition of this work, one of only five hundred copies produced.With the inscriptio...

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 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

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...

The Charm of Gardens

Dion Clayton Calthrop · 1910 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.35 | $62.10 | ¥9,918)

London , Adam & Charles Black, [1910]. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition copy of this work by artist Dion Clayton Calthrop. A first edition of the work.In the publisher's original cloth with gilt details and text.With a frontispiece and 31 colour plates. Coll...

The Romance of a Tudor House: Restoration and the Discovery of Its Hidden Treasures, with Some Account of the Time in Which It Was Built

Colonel J. C. B. Statham · 1929 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, George Routledge & Sons, Limited, 1929. Cloth. A very scarce work from Colonel Statham on the restoration of a Tudor house, with illustrations. Very scarce work. Illustrated with frontispiece and thirty-four figures over eighteen plates. Collated complete. A detailed a...

Kidnapped the Graphic Novel

Robert Louis Stevenson; Alan Grant · 2008 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

New Lanark, Waverley Books, 2008. Cloth. A very smart limited edition graphic novel of Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure novel, signed by the artist and actor of the graphic novel. A scarce to see limited edition graphic novel of 'Kidnapped', one of 500 copies,...

The Follies & Fashions of Our Grandfathers (1807)

Andrew W. Tuer · 1886 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Field & Tuer, 1886-1887. First edition. Leather. A smart copy of this fragile original binding. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated and hand coloured study of fashions in 1807. First edition. Three editions simultaneously published, this is the demy octav...

Florenze Studija Is Maklas Wehstures Un Maklas Teorijas

Dr. M. Walters · 1909 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Riga, D. Seltina, 1909. Paperback. A very scarce early 20th century study of art in Florence in the original Latvian, written in blackletter type. A very scarce work in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. Ink inscription to the title page. A study of art and a...

Italian Book Illustration: Chiefly of the Fifteenth Century

Alfred W. Pollard · 1894 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Seeley & Co. Limited, 1894. Leather. A charming exploration of Italian book illustrations from the fifteenth century, with examples of the work. Illustrated with frontispiece and eight plates, with many in-text images. Collated complete. A comprehensive study of Italia...

Early English Water-Colour Drawings by the Great Masters

A. J. Finberg · 1919 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, The Studio Ltd, 1919. Leather. A beautifully illustrated edition of this commentary on watercolours by great artists. Illustrated with twelve tipped-in colour plates, and thirty-two monochrome plates. Collated complete. A comprehensive work on the watercolours created ...

Art Pictures: Selections from the Burlington Magazine

Various · 1908 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

None, The Burlington Magazine Publications, 1908. Cloth. A scarce selection of works from the Burlington Magazine on art and artists, with many illustrations. Scarce work. Illustrated with tipped-in colour frontispiece, four tipped-in plates, and twenty-four plates. With many ...

Roodscreens and Roodlofts

Frederick Bligh Bond; Dom Bede Camm · 1909 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.46 | $155.92 | ¥24,901)

London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, LTD. 1909. First edition. Cloth. An extensive two volume set exploring the architectural significance of roodscreen's in late medieval church architecture. The first edition of this works. Two volume set in original publisher's cloth ...

The Works of William Hogarth

Rev. John Trusler; J. Hogarth; J. Nichols · 0 · Rooke Books

£89.00 (€106.70 | $117.60 | ¥18,782)

London, E. T. Brain & Co, c1833. Leather. A lavishly illustrated collection of the works of William Hogarth, containing over one-hundred of his original detailed engravings. Complete in two volumes.A beautiful study on the works of William Hogarth, with an introductory essay b...

Indiennes-Perses Toiles de Jouy & de Genes

Armand Guerinet · 0 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Paris, Armand Guerinet, c1910. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce study on the textile industry around the world, beautifully illustrated with eleven colour plates. A vanishingly scarce work.Illustrated with eleven colour plates, and twenty-two monochrome plates.Collated, lacking one...

Critical Description of the Procession of Chaucer&Apos;S Pilgrims to Canterbury, Painted by Thomas Stothard

William Carey · 1818 · Rooke Books

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

London, 35, Mary-la-Bonne Street, 1818 . Paperback. A signed presentation copy of this very scarce work from art critic William Carey, inscribed to American painter Washington Allston. The second edition of this very scarce work, first published in 1808. Inscribed by the autho...

Francis Davison

Andrew Lambirth · 2013 · Rooke Books

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

Bristol, Sansom & Company, 2013. First edition. Cloth. A superb example of this scarce exploration of the art of Francis Davison, a first edition signed by the author. The first edition of this scarce work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust w...

The Beauties of the Court of King Charles the Second; a Series of Portraits, Illustrating the Diaries of Pepys, Evelyn, Clarendon, and Other Contemporary Writers. With Memoirs Biographical and Critical.

Mrs. Jameson; Anna Brownell Murphy · 1833 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Henry Colburn; Richard Bentley, 1833. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this richly illustrated study on the beautiful women who were at the court of King Charles II, including some of his mistresses. The first edition.A striking series of portraits showing ...

Ancient English Houses 1240-1612

Christopher Simon Sykes · 1988 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

London, Chatto & Windus , 1988. First edition. Cloth. Christopher Simons Sykes's chronicle of English architecture from the thirteenth century, bright first edition. Study of English homes from 1240 to 1612 by Christopher Simon Sykes. The first edition of this work. Lavis...

The Work of Grinling Gibbons

Geoffrey Beard · 1989 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, John Murray, 1989. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Geoffrey Beard's book dedicated to the career of Grinling Gibbons, a bright copy. The first edition of this work. A pictorial study of the work of Grinling Gibbons, an Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood car...

Milton Avery: The Late Paintings

Robert Hobbs · 2001 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Not Stated , Harry N Abrams, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this book dedicated to the late paintings of Milton Avery. Celebrative of American modern painter Milton Avery's art, particularly his late paintings from 1947 to 1963 which stand at the "c...

A Book of Porcelain Fine Examples in the Victoria & Albert Museum

Bernard Rackham · 1910 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London , Adam and Charles Black , 1910. First edition. Cloth. A smart book of fine porcelain examples, with colour illustrations. A first edition copy. This volume details fine examples of porcelain from the Victorian and Albert museum collection, with examples of Chinese, Ja...