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Home Decoration (Hall&Apos;S Distemper Catalogue)

0 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

Hull, Sissons Brothers & Co. Ltd, c1910. Brochure/Pamphlet. A brightly illustrated and very scarce catalogue promoting Hall's Distemper paint, offering examples of various colour schemes for the home. A very scarce home decoration catalogue. Bound in the publisher's ...

Encyclopedia of Needlework

Therese de Dillmont · 0 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

Mulhouse, Th. De Dillmont, c1900. Cloth. A new edition of this popular twentieth century encyclopaedia of needlework by Therese de Dillmont, with coloured plates. New, revised and enlarged edition. The D.M.C. Library series, this edition published in English, French, Italian, ...

Plates for a Sentimental Journey

Laurence Sterne · 0 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

None, None, c1945. Leather. A very scarce series of plates by Richard Dreyer, simple pen and ink drawings depicting scenes from Sterne's famous novel. A very scarce and unique volume of plates, depicting Laurence Sterne's 'A Sentimental Journey Through France an...

Architectural Notices of the Churches of the Archdeaconry of Northampton

Architectural Society of the Archdeaconry of Northampton · 1849 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Lonon, John Henry Parker, 1849. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated architectural study of the churches of Northampton, bound in full morocco. The first edition in book form of this work, which was initially issued in parts between 1846 an...

The English Interior a Review of the Decoration of English Homes from Tudor Times to the Xixth Century

Arthur Stratton · 1920 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, B. T. Batsford , 1920. First edition. Cloth. A lavishly illustrated study of English interior design from the Tudor period to the 19th century. First edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Richly illustrated throughout the text, including a frontispi...

The Ornamentation of the Transitional Period of British Architecture. A.D. 1145 - A.D. 1190

Edmund Sharpe · 1871 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, E. & F. N. Spon , 1871. First edition. Leather. The first edition Part I of this very scarce and richly illustrated study of twelfth century British ecclesiastical architecture, written and illustrated by architectural historian Edmund Sharpe. The first edition of this...

The Magazine of Art

Various · 1895 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.90 | ¥59,068)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited , 1895-1898. Leather. A lavishly illustrated set of four volumes from 'The Magazine of Art', a monthly British journal devoted to the visual arts. Four smart volumes from The Magazine of Art, comprising the years 1895-1898. This ...

The Architecture of Ancient Greece

William J. Anderson; R. Phene Spiers; William Bell Dinsmoor · 1927 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1927. Cloth. A smart new edition of this illustrated account of the important architecture of the Ancient Greek world. New edition. Being the first part of 'The Architecture of Greece and Rome&apos. Illustrated with a frontispiece, sixty-three ...

Dinanderie: A History and Description of Mediaeval Art Work in Copper Brass and Bronze

J. Tavenor-Perry · 1910 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, George Allen and Sons, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this lavishly illustrated study of medieval art, furniture and decorations. First edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece, forty-eight monochrome pl...

Ancient Cotswold Churches

Ulric Daubeny · 1921 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Ed. J. Burrow and Co. Ltd , 1921. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this charmingly illustrated survey of Cotswold Churches. First edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A delightful illustrated exploration of the ancient churches of th...

Pictures and Royal Portraits Illustrative of English and Scottish History, from the Introduction of Christianity to the Present Time

Thomas Archer · 1883 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1883. Leather. A smartly bound set of this detailed historical study of royal pictures and portraits. Complete in two volumes. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title, and thirty-four plates. Volume two is illustrated with a...

The Stones of Venice; Modern Painters (Everyman&Apos;S Library: Essays and Belles Lettres

John Ruskin · 1906 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.55 | $435.95 | ¥69,616)

London, J. M. Dent and Co. 1906-1907. Cloth. An excellent set from the Everyman's Library, comprising two complete collections of John Ruskin's essays on art and architecture. The first Everyman's Library editions of these works. 'Stones of Venice' com...

Blotter (Blotting Book from Claud Campbell & Co Limited)

None · 1954 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Claud Campbell and Co Limited , 1954. Paperback. A charming blotting book from Claud Campbell & Co, with a lovely iridescent illustration to the front. A very scarce 1950s blotting book, decorated with a beautiful iridescent illustration to the front cover and a calend...

The Franco-British Exhibition Official Souvenir

None · 1908 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Hudson and Kearns, Ltd , 1908. First edition. Paperback. A lovely copy of this uncommon souvenir booklet issued for the 1908 Franco-British Exhibition. An official souvenir pamphlet for the 1908 Franco-British Exhibition, a large public fair held in London which attrac...

Dylan Thomas Reading Fern Hill and Other Poems

Dylan Thomas · 1957 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,227)

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...

The Glasgow Boys: The Glasgow School of Painting 1875-1895

Roger Billcliffe · 1985 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, John Murray , 1985. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this lovely biographical and artistic study of the 'Glasgow Boys&apos. The first edition, first impression. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. The Glasgow Boys consist...

Our Living Painters: Their Lives and Works

1859 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, James Blackwood, 1859. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce collection of essays on important artists of the nineteenth century. First edition. Very scarce. A collection of just over one hundred short essays on artists of the nineteenth centu...

Eighteenth Century Vignettes

Austin Dobson · 1892 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1892. Leather. A signed limited edition study on the art of the eighteenth century, an illustrated work by Austin Dobson. Limited to two-hundred and fifty copies of this specially illustrated large paper edition, of which this is numbered two-hundred a...

Catalogue of William Blake&Apos;S Drawings and Paintings in the Huntington Library

C. H. Collins Baker · 1938 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

California , San Marino , 1938. First edition. Hardback. A very smart reference of William Blake's works held in the Huntington Library, from the library of American diplomat and art collector, Robert Woods Bliss. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's o...

To John Piper on His Eightieth Birthday: Essays Presented by His Friends

Geoffrey Elborn [ed.] · 1983 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, The Stourton Press, 1983 . First edition. Hardback. An association copy of this charming volume celebrating the artist John Piper, inscribed and with annotations from an unnamed friend of Piper. An association copy of this limited edition work, of which only 900 copies...