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Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840

Geoffrey Beard; Christopher Gilbert [editors] · 1986 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Furniture History Society: W. S. Maney and Son Ltd. 1986. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated dictionary of English furniture makers, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated with forty-three images across sixteen...

Masters of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting

Peter C. Sutton · 1984 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1984. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated catalogue of seventeenth-century Dutch painting in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. First edition. Illustrated with one hundred and twenty-seven colour p...

An Introduction to a History of Woodcut with a Detailed Survey of Work Done in the Fifteenth Century

Arthur M. Hind · 1935 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

London, Constable and Company Ltd. 1935. First edition. Cloth. A complete two volume set of An Introduction to a History of Woodcut which is richly illustrated throughout. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece to volume one, with over four hun...

The Complete Works of William Hogarth, Including the Analysis of Beauty

William Hogarth · 1838 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, S. Cornish and Co. 1838 . First edition. Cloth. A three volume first edition thus displaying the illustrations of prominent painter and pictorial satirist William Hogarth. A first edition thus, being the first three volume edition of Hogarth's complete works.A sca...

Painted Tapestry and Its Application to Interior Decoration

Julien Godon · 1879 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Lechertier, Barbe, and Co, 1879. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this informative history and guide to the application of painted tapestry. The first edition of this work.In the publisher's original cloth binding. With notes on the history, application...

A Brief History of Old English Porcelain and Its Manufactories: With an Artistic, Industrial, and Critical Appreciation of Their Productions

M. L. Solon · 1903 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Bemrose and Sons, Ltd, 1903. Cloth. A lavishly illustrated limited edition history of old English porcelain, written by French artist and ceramist, M. L. Solon. This edition is limited to 1,250 copies. This copy is unnumbered. In the publisher's original cloth bi...

Curiosities and Wonders of Nature, Science and Art; or, the Intellectual Observer

0 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,805)

London, Groombridge and Sons, c1864. Cloth. A smart copy of this scarce work on the wonders of the natural world, with illustrations. Scarce work. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seven colour plates, four tinted plates, and numerous engravings throughout. Collated comp...

Delle Notizie de&Apos;Professori Del Disegno Da Cimabue in Qua

Filippo Baldinucci · 1683 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Firenze [Florence], Piero Matini, 1683 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Volume II only of Filippo Baldinucci's seminal biographical dictionary and historical account of Italian artists, primarily focusing on the period from the 13th century through to t...

Since Spindletop: A Human Story of Gulf&Apos;S First Half-Century

Craig Thompson · 1951 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Pittsburgh, Gulf Oil Limited , 1951. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing presentation copy of Gulf Oil's 50th-anniversary publication, celebrating and highlighting the company's development. A presentation copy of this work, with a tipped in letter from Gulf Oil Limited...

Twenty-Four Portraits

William Rothenstein · 1920 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

London, George Allen and Unwin Ltd; Chatto and Windus , 1920-1923. First edition. Hardback. Two limited first editions of William Rothenstein's first and second series of portraits. The first editions of the first and second series.With the first series being limited to 2...

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Sybil Grafin Schonfeldt · 1972 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

Braunschweig, Galerie Schmucking, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition volume on the art of Otmar Alt, colourfully illustrated with nine plates of Alt's works. A scarce limited edition, limited to five hundred copies, of which this is numbered four hundred...

Great Flower Books 1700-1900: A Bibliographical Record of Two Centuries of Finely-Illustrated Flower Books

Sacheverell Sitwell; Wilfrid Blunt · 1990 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, H. F. & G. Witherby, Ltd. 1990. Cloth. A smart illustrated edition of Great Flower Books recording two centuries of flower books with beautiful colour plates. Republished in 1990 to make the book available to private collectors in good condition. Illustrated with fifty...

A Fairy Tale of New York

J. P . Donleavy · 1973 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.48 | ¥8,860)

London, Eyre Methuen, 1973. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this work by J. P. Donleavy based of his play under the same title, in the original dust wrapper. The first UK edition. First published in the U.S in the same year by Delacorte Press.In the publisher&apo...

A Manual History of Historic Ornament

Richard Glazier · 1948 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1948. Cloth. A smart sixth edition of this illustrated history of ornament and the development of the tradition. Sixth edition, revised and enlarged. Illustrated with eighty-five plates, six of which are in colour, and numerous in-text images. Colla...

A Collection from the Print Collectors&Apos; Club

The Print Collectors' Club · 1921 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

London, The Print Collectors' Club, 1921-1946. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of eleven volumes from The Print Collectors' Club, with some of the original glassine wraps. Eleven volumes. First edition. A collection of publications from The Print Collectors ...

Britain Afloat and Ashore, and the Etchings and Drypoints of Sir D.Y. Cameron

Harold J. L. Wright; Captain Harry Parker · 1942 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, The Print Collectors' Club, 1942-7. Cloth. Two limited edition works featuring lectures on art and engravings, with numerous plates throughout. Limited editions. 'Etchings and Drypoints' is number 306 out of 400, of which 300 are for presentation to memb...

Blink Pause Within a Moment: A Photographic Essay

Paul Caffell; John Carder Bush · 1980 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Dick Boxby, 1980. First edition. Paperback. A very smart first edition of this very scarce photographic essay from British artist Paul Caffell. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with numerous black-and-white images and two folding plates. Collated complete. ...

Romney

Randall Davies · 1914 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1914. Cloth. with pleasing colour plates of some of his works. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with ___ colour plates.  In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with slight rubbing. Marks to the boards, inc...

Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonne of His Works

Humphry Ward; W. Roberts · 1904 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Thos. Agnew & Sons, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A complete first edition set of this illustrated study on the life and works of George Romney, inscribed by the author. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author, dated July 1905. With for...

Benjamin Britten: Eine Skizze Von Leben Und Werk

Eric Walter White · 1948 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Zurich, Atlantis Verlag, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first German edition of White's biography of Benjamin Britten, rebound with the original wraps bound in. The first German edition of this work, rebound in a cloth binding with the original paper wraps bound i...