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English Furniture Designers of the Eighteenth Century

Constance Simon · 1905 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, A. H. Bullen, 1905. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated and detailed edition of this work following the history of English furniture. Early edition. First published in 1904. This work follows the history of English furniture from the reign of William and Mary to the early...

Eighteenth Century Colour Prints: An Essay on Certain Stipple Engravers and Their Work in Colour

Julia Frankau · 1900 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)

London, Macmillan and Company, Limited, 1900. Cloth. A scarce limited edition of this beautifully illustrated and important work, compiled and edited by Julia Frankau. This edition is limited to 200 copies. Complete with 52 coloured plates with accompanying tissue guard. Colla...

Regional Architecture of the West of England

A. E. Richardson; C. Lovett Gill · 0 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Ernest Benn, Limited. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this study of architecture in the West of England. First edition. Highly illustrated throughout. Numerous black and white photographic plates in text. A neat study of the architecture of the West of England...

Luca & Andrea Della Robbia and Their Successors

Maud Cruttwell · 1902 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, J.M. Dent, 1902. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brightly illustrated work on the Renaissance Italian artists and sculptures, in particular Luca Della Robbia and Andrea Della Robbia. A beautifully illustrated work on the history and artistic techniques ...

Three Works from Bell&Apos;S Cathedral Series

Gleeson White, Edward F. Strange (eds.); Percy Dearmer; A. B. Clifton; H. J. L. J. Masse · 1900 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1900-1909 . Cloth. A collection of works from this architectural series on British Cathedrals with illustrations. Early editions of three works from Bell's Cathedral Series in the original publisher's cloth bindings. Edited by Gleeson Whi...

Adam Bede

George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans] · 1859 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London & Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, Limited , c1914 . Cloth. A lovely illustrated edition of Mary Ann Evans's debut novel first published in 1859 with colour plates by George Browne. Illustrated edition of Adam Bede by Mary Ann Evans in the original publisher's clo...

Linweave Limited Editions

The Linweave Association · 1931 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Springfield, The Linweave Association, 1931-1934 . First edition. Cloth. The 1931 and 1934 editions of the Linweave Association's publications of samples of works printed on their paper, illustrated throughout. Two first edition volumes of the Linweave Limited Editions, w...

Henry Alken

Walter Shaw Sparrow · 1927 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, Williams and Norgate, LTD, 1927. Cloth. A lavishly illustrated limited edition study on the sporting paintings of Henry Alken, a signed work complete with plates in colour and monochrome. The first limited edition, limited to 250 copies, this copy numbered 182. Signed...

The Cornhill Gallery, Containing One Hundred Engravings from Drawings on Wood

Frederick Leighton; John Everett Millais; George du Maurier; W. M. Thackeray; et al. · 1865 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1865. Cloth. An uncommon copy of the Cornhill Gallery, featuring one hundred full page plates for the illustration of the magazine. The Cornhill Magazine was a monthly Victorian magazine and literary journal, edited by William Makepeace Thackeray. Un...

Robes of Thespis, Costume Designs by Modern Artists

Rupert Mason; George Sheringham; R. Boyd Morrison · 1928 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, Ernest Benn, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this richly illustrated study of theatre costume, in the scarce publisher's original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original dust wrapper, price unclipped.Illustrated throughout, with a frontispi...

Albert Moore: His Life and Works

Alfred Lys Baldry · 1893 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this smart volume examining the life and work of Albert Joseph Moore, illustrated throughout with examples of his work. The first edition of art critic and painter Alfred Lys Baldry's account of...

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

Nathaniel Lloyd · 1949 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, The Architectural Press, 1949. Cloth. A very smart copy of this work on the history of English houses, richly illustrated with photographs and plans. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to the front paste down. 888 photographs and architectu...

Decorative Artists E. Burne-Jones William Morris Walter Crane

The Art Journal · 1900 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London , The Art Journal Office, 1900. Cloth. A smart volume that celebrates the decorative art of three artists, with colour plates. This scarce volume contains three essays, The Decorative Art of Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Bart, William Morris and His Art and The Work of Walter...

A Different World, Stories of Great Hotels

Christopher Matthew · 1976 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

United States, Paddington Press Ltd, 1976 . First edition. Leather. The first US edition of this study of hotels from around the world rebound in leather with illustrations. First edition of A Different World, Stories of Great Hotels by Christopher Matthew rebound in half moro...

Twenty Etchings Illustrating the Poems of Burns

W. B. Hole · 0 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, The Caxton Publishing Company, c1896. Cloth. A smart copy of this very scarce volume presenting twenty proof etchings of W. B. Hole's illustrations of the poems of Robert Burns. A very scarce work, displaying twenty of William Hole's etchings of the poetry of...

The Ladies; a Journal of the Court, Fashion and Society

Office of the Ladies · 1872 · Rooke Books

£2,900.00 (€3,476.06 | $3,831.08 | ¥611,775)

London, Office of the Ladies, 1872-1873. First edition. Leather. The first forty-one issues of the very scarce Victorian fashion periodical 'The Ladies&apos. Bound in three volumes, and illustrated throughout, with eighteen hand-coloured fashion plates. The complete 1872 ...

From Here to Obscurity the Comedy Magic of Val Andrews

Val Andrews · 1952 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Bideford , The Supreme Magic Company, c1960. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A smart and fascinating signed copy of a record of a comedy magic performance by Val Andrews. This is a fascinating volume of a record of one of Val Andrews' performances, containing various ac...

Laureate&Apos;S Progress

Quentin Blake · 2002 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

London, Jonathan Cape , 2002. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this first edition book by Quentin Blake illustrative of his time as Children's Laureate. First edition, first impression of this work, which provides an insight into the career of beloved cartoonist Que...

English Medieval Sculpture the Original Handbook Revised and Enlarged with 683 Photographs

Arthur Gardner · 1951 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.94 | ¥12,446)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1951. Cloth. Gardner's handbook to English Medieval sculpture, revised and enlarged with 683 photographs, in the original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original clipped dust wrapper. Bookplate...

Building in England Down to 1540, a Documentary History

F. E. Salzman · 1952 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1952 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of this illustrated historical study in the original dust wrapper. First edition, first printing of Building in England Down to 1540, A Documentary History by L. F. Salzman with illustratio...