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Amalgamated Society of Engineers &C Monthly Reports

1873 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Kenny & Co. 1873-80. Leather. A very scarce group of three volumes containing reports from the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, spanning 1861 to 1880. The Amalgamated Society of Engineers was a major British trade union representing factory workers and mechanics.The...

The Art of Botticelli: An Essay in Pictorial Criticism

Laurence Binyon · 1913 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1913. First edition. Vellum. The scarce limited edition of Laurence Binyon's comprehensive essay on the work of Early Renaissance painted Sandro Botticelli. Large paper copy. The first limited edition of this work, one of two hundred and seventy ...

An Artist&Apos;S Reminiscences

Walter Crane · 1907 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1907 . Cloth. The first US edition of this densely illustrated autobiography of Walter Crane. First US edition of An Artist's Reminiscences by Walter Crane in the original publisher's cloth binding. Uncommon to find in this edition.Â...

Eleven Volumes of Drawings and Verses by Simon Drew

Simon Drew · 1987 · Rooke Books

£470.00 (€563.45 | $621.04 | ¥99,184)

Suffolk, Antique Collectors' Club, 1987-2009. First edition. Hardback. Eleven first and early edition works by Simon Drew, all signed by the author. Eleven works by Simon Drew, an English illustrator and cartoonist. He is best known for his quirky captions, and animal ill...

Charles George Harper&Apos;S Original Sketchbook

Charles George Harper · 1886 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.90 | $2,378.45 | ¥379,853)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1886. Leather. A charming unique sketchbook by the topographical author Charles George Harper, containing twenty-seven leaves of his original ink sketches mostly showing topographical scenes. A unique sketchbook by Charles George Harper, containing his ...

The Liverpool School of Painters

H. C. Marillier · 1904 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, John Murray, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Henry Currie Marillier's work on the Liverpool Academy and between 1810and 1867. In this first edition of the Liverpool School of Painters Henry Currie Marillier provides an interesting introduction to th...

Vision and Design

Roger Fry · 1937 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Harmondsworth, Penguin Books Limited, 1937 . Leather. The first Pelican edition of a collection of Roger Fry's essays on art rebound in leather. Early edition of Vision and Design by Roger Fry, rebound in quarter calf with marbled boards. The first Pelican edition. This ...

John Martin Visionary Printmaker

Michael J. Campbell · 1992 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

York, Campbell Fine Art; York City Art Gallery, 1992 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this uncommon catalogue from the 1992 exhibition at York City Art Gallery. First edition of John Martin Visionary Printmaker by Michael J. Campbell in the original publisher&a...

Household Elegancies: Suggestions in Household Art and Tasteful Home Decorations

C.S. Jones · 1877 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

New York, Henry T. Williams, 1877. Cloth. In this illustrated volume, C. S. Jones instructs readers on how to make their homes more ornamental. In this delightful illustrated volume, C. S. Jones advises readers on how to improve the home with ornaments and embellishments. With...

Le Drapeau

Jules Claretie · 1886 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.43 | $647.47 | ¥103,404)

Paris, Calmann Levy, 1886 . Leather. A lovely limited edition copy of this work displaying the artwork shown at the French Academy. Limited to twenty-five copies on Japon, in a full morocco binding. Limited to twenty-five copies printed on Japon, with this copy out of series.T...

Regency Furniture 1795-1820

Margaret Jpiu · 1948 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London and New York, Country Life Ltd.; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948 . Cloth. The second enlarged edition of this work on regency furniture with illustrations and in the original dust wrapper. Second edition of Regency Furniture 1795-1820 by Margaret Jourdain in the orig...

Sir Christopher Wren A.D. 1632-1723

Rudolf Dirks · 1923 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this fascinating work on the life and work of Sir Christopher Wren. With over one hundred illustrations, including his designs of St. Paul's Cathedral. Published on the bicentenary of his death, th...

A History of the English House from Primitive Times to the Victorian Present

Nathaniel Lloyd · 1931 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, The Architectural Press, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Nathaniel Lloyd's study of the architecture of English houses, from the Norman Conquest to the early 19th century. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth bi...

The Twelve Months of Flowers

Jacob Van Huysum; Maurice Harold Grant [ed.] · 1950 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, F. Lewis Publishers Limited, 1950. Cloth. A beautiful collection of floral artwork as the twelve months of the year. Edition De Luxe is limited to five hundred copies of which this is number 23. Illustrated with twelve coloured plates. Collated complete. A collection o...

Designs of Fire-Places and Mantels from Teale Fire-Place Co.

None · 0 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Leeds, The Teale Fire-Place Co. c1900. Cloth. A scarce collection of beautiful designs for mantels and fire-places from The Teale, Fire-Place Co. Scarce work. Sales tool. Created and published by The Teale Fire-Place Company. A folio collection of fifty-five designs for mantel...

Revue Illustree

F. G. Dumas · 1886 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

Paris, Ludovic Baschet, 1886-1893. Leather. Nine volumes of Revue Illustree, richly illustrated and in the original French. Nine volumes of Revue Illustree from 1886 to 1893. Revue Illustree was a French language biweekly arts magazine which was published between 1885 and 191...

The Journal of Hellenic Studies

Various · 1923 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London , The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies , 1923-1975. Paperback. Eight volumes of The Journal of Hellenic Studies, with illustrations. Eight volumes of The Journal of Hellenic Studies, volumes XLIII 1923, Vol LV, 1935 and from volumes XC-XCV, 1970-1975. The ...

The Origin, Progress, and Present Condition of the Fine Arts in Great Britain and Ireland

William Benjamin Sarsfield Taylor · 1841 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Whittaker & Co. 1841 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this two volume work on the fine arts in Britain and Ireland. First edition of The Origin, Progress, and Present Condition of the Fine Arts in Great Britain and Ireland in the original publisher...

Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus John Flaxman

John Flaxman · 1795 · Rooke Books

£3,200.00 (€3,836.26 | $4,228.36 | ¥675,295)

London, J. Matthews, 1795 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this collection of illustrations by John Flaxman and signed by the artist. First edition of Compositions From the Tragedies of Aeschylus John Flaxman. Rebound in modern cloth. Engraved by Thomas ...

The National Drawing Master on a New Principle

W. A. Nicholls · 1858 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Reeves and Sons; National Drawing Master Office, 1858. Cloth. The scarce second edition of this art instruction book by W. A. Nicholls with many demonstrative illustrations. Second edition of The National Drawing Master on a New Principle by W. A. Nicholls in the origi...