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Ivon Hitchens

Bernard Jacobson Galleries · 1989 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Bernard Jacobson Galleries, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A scarce art catalogue from Bernard Jacobson Galleries, featuring many colour reproductions of the work of Ivon Hitchens. The first edition of this scarce work in the publisher's original cloth binding. A sca...

A Bibliography of the Works of William Morris

Temple Scott · 1897 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Geo. Bell and Sons, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A bright bibliography of the works of William Morris, including his poems, art, translations and contributions to periodicals. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A pleasing b...

The Builder, an Illustrated Weekly Magazine

George Godwin · 1848 · Rooke Books

£5,500.00 (€6,592.53 | $7,265.83 | ¥1,160,263)

London, The Builder Publishing Office, 1848-67. Cloth. An impressive run of the incredibly popular 'Builder' magazine, an illustrated architectural monthly publication exploring all feats of design and architecture. An impressive set of seventeen volumes of the impor...

The Art of Botanical Illustration

Martyn Rix · 1989 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Bracken Books, 1989. Cloth. A smart copy of this vastly illustrated work on botanical illustrations from author Edward Martyn Rix. Illustrated with two hundred and fifty black-and-white images and sixty-four full colour plates. Collated complete. Exploring the developm...

Anecdotes of Painting in England; with Some Account of the Principal Artists

Horace Walpole; Ralph N. Wornum [editor] · 1888 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey and Co. 1888. Leather. A smart three volume new edition set of this collection of writings on painting in England. Complete in three volumes. New edition, revised. A collection of writings and anecdotes on painting in England, with commentary ...

Crumbling Idols: Twelve Essays on Art Dealing Chiefly with Literature, Painting and the Drama

Hamlin Garland · 1894 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Chicago and Cambridge, Stone and Kimball, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely example of the first edition of this collection of twelve essays by American literary figure Hamlin Garland. The first edition.The twelve essays in this collection include 'The Influence of Is...

Old English Songs and Dances

W. Graham Robertson · 1902 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1902 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of W. Graham Robertson's beautifully illustrated volume of old English songs and dances, in the scarce publisher's original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, in the scarce uncl...

Transformation: Or, the Romance of Monte Beni

Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1860 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

Leipsig, Bernard Tauchnitz, 1860. Hardback. Nathaniel Hawthorn's romance set in Italy with numerous photographic plates and bound in full decorative paper vellum over two volumes. The copyright edition. Pagination varies, this volume contains a monochrome frontispiece an...

Fantocci No. 28: Turco, Arlecchino, Pierotto, Chinese

Anonymous · 1979 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Munchen, Franz-Josef Holler, 1979 . First edition. Hardback. A very scarce collection of four brightly illustrated 'hampelmanner', or jumping jacks, which can be assembled into puppets. In the original German.Five vibrantly illustrated sheets loosely inserted in the ...

Dimensional Mazes: An Entirely New Way of Losing Yourself in a Book

David Pelham · 1989 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

New York , Viking Penguin Inc. 1989. First edition. Hardback. A bright pop-up book containing a challenging series of dimensional mazes in bold colour. The first edition. This work contains six challenging dimensional puzzles in vibrant colour. With the answers to each of the...

Vollers Corset Jewel

Alwyn R Coates [photography] · 2005 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Not Stated, Yellowhead , c2005. First edition. Hardback. A bright series of captivating photographs showcasing the corsets of Vollers, one of the oldest corset manufacturers in the UK. A wonderfully vibrant series of photographs showcasing the corsets designed by Vollers. Wit...

Dublin Decorative Plasterwork of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

C. P. Curran · 1967 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Alec Tiranti, 1967. First edition. Cloth. An attractive first edition exploration of Dublin stucco art from an authoritative figure on the subject, adorned with four tipped in colour plates. The first edition of this work.In the original clipped dust wrapper. C. P Cur...

Form and Decoration: Innovation in the Decorative Arts 1470-1870

Peter Thornton · 1998 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this profusely illustrated text exploring the history of decorative styles, from the High Renaissance to the pioneers of the modern movement. The first edition. With the original unclip...

The Art-Journal. New Series. Volume I.

Samuel Carter Hall [ed.] · 1862 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London; New York, James S. Virtue; John Street, 1862. First edition. Leather. A leather-bound first edition of Volume I of the new series of The Art Journal, recording the 1862 International Exhibition. The first edition of this work in a full calf binding, with gilt detailing...

Dictionnaire Pratique de Cãƒâ©Ramique Ancienne

Lacour-Bréval; Gaston Édinger · 1925 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Paris, Albin Michel, Editeur, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this collector's guide to antique ceramics by the journal editor Lacour-Bréval and the art critic Gaston Édinger. The first edition of this work in a cloth binding. A comprehensive d...

Painting in the Far East: An Introduction to the History of Pictorial Art in Asia, Especially China and Japan

Laurence Binyon · 1923 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Edward Arnold & Co , 1923. Cloth. A smart third edition of this charming historical study of art across Asia, adorned with plates throughout. The third edition of this work, revised throughout. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with a colour...

Gallery to Shakspeare&Apos;S Dramatic Works

Shakspeare; William Shakespeare · 1847 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

Leipsig; London, Ernest Fleischer; Dulau & Co, 1847. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this series of plates by Moritz Retzsch, showcasing eight of Shakespeare's plates. The first edition.An uncommon work.In German and English.A series of plates, depicting pivo...

Eton College Portraits

Lionel Cust · 1910 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, Spottiswoode and Co. Ltd. 1910. First edition. Leather. An impressive limited edition work comprising of portraits of past Eton College students from the institution's gallery, bound in full crushed morocco. The first edition and a limited copy of one of the five ...

Modern Decorative Art in England: Its Development & Characteristics

W. G. Paulson Townsend · 1922 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.84 | ¥31,433)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1922. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated work surrounding modern decorative art in England, from English artist and designer, William George Paulson Townsend. The first edition of this work. In the original clipped dust wrap...

Illuminated Manuscripts

J. A. Herbert · 1912 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1912. Cloth. A smart second edition of this illustrated history of the illumination of manuscripts. Second edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and fifty plates. Collated complete. A history of the illumination of vellum manuscripts from c...