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John Glashan&Apos;S World

John Glashan · 1991 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.83 | ¥14,345)

London, Robinson Publishing , 1991. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition of this collection of John Glashan's illustrations, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work. Containing a series of painting and sketches reflective of John Glashan...

Literary Life

Posy Simmonds · 2003 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

London, Jonathan Cape , 2003. First edition. Hardback. Graphic novel by Posy Simmonds relating to the pretensions of the literary world, the first edition, first impression. Cartoons diving into the pretensions of literary world by Posy Simmonds, who addresses feminist issues,...

Magyar Parasztviselet

Kresz Maria; Janos Manga · 1956 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

Budapest, Akademiai Kiado, 1956. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated, scarce work on the history of Hungarian peasant dress by Kresz Maria, in the original Hungarian. A fascinating work on the history of Hungarian peasant clothing, in the original Hungarian. Complete in two volu...

Art in Medieval France 987-1498

Joan Evans · 1948 · Rooke Books

£62.00 (€74.32 | $81.91 | ¥13,079)

London , Oxford University Press , 1948. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive and fascinating volume on French Medieval Art, richly illustrated throughout. A first edition copy of this work. This volume shows that French Medieval art took the forms it did because of the need...

People of Importance

J. H. Dowd; Brenda E. Spender · 1936 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

New York , Country Life, 1936. Cloth. A charming collection of drawings and sketches by J. H. Dowd, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A charming Popular Edition of this work. People of Importance contains drawings by J.H. Dowd from sketch books of his life and children ...

Lying Figures

Francis Warner · 1972 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

Oxford, Oxford Theatre Texts, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first edition copy of Francis Warner's compelling play, Lying figures. A first edition copy of Lying Figures, a surrealist and experimental play. Lying Figures is the first part of Requiem, a trilog...

Goldsmiths&Apos; and Silversmiths&Apos; Work

Nelson Dawson · 1907 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Methuen and Co. 1907. First edition. Cloth. Uncommon first edition of this large paper volume dedicated to the work of goldsmiths and silversmiths by Nelson Dawson. The first edition of this work, an uncommon volume. Seen in the original publisher's cloth both red...

D. Wolff and the Glasses He Engraved

Wilfred Buckley · 1935 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

London, Methuen & Co. 1935. First edition. Cloth. One of 250 copies of this fascinating study of D. Wolff and his engraved glasses. Complete with price-clipped dust wrapper, A study of D. Wolff's life and engravings, with discussions on his techniques, and a classificatio...

Robert Adam and His Circle

John Fleming · 1962 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Cambridge Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1962 . First edition. Cloth. The first US edition, first printing of this illustrated historical study of Robert Adam in the original publisher's dust wrapper. First US edition, first printing of Robert Adam and His Circl...

Grandfather Clocks and Their Cases

Brian Loomes · 1985 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Bracken Books, 1985. Cloth. A richly illustrated edition of Loomes's study of grandfather clocks. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original clipped dust wrapper. 452 photographs and plans. Collated complete. Brian Loomes is internationally ...

White Dial Clocks the Complete Guide

Brian Loomes · 1981 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

Newton Abbot, David & Charles , 1981. Cloth. A stunning copy of this complete guide to White Dial Clocks, with photographs throughout. A second edition copy of this work. A wonderful and comprehensive volume on White Dial Clocks, of which much new information, research and ch...

Spode and His Successors a History of the Pottery Stoke-on-Trent 1765-1865

Arthur Hayden · 1925 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London , Cassell and Company, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A stunning volume on the beautiful pottery of Josiah Spode and his successors, with colour plates and illustrations throughout. This is a stunning volume on ceramic art, specifically focusing on the work of Josiah Spode...

Hogarth Illustrated

John Ireland · 1806 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.51 | $1,453.17 | ¥232,053)

London, J. N. Boydell and Co. 1806-12. Leather. A beautiful group complete in three uniform volumes of John Ireland's illustrated study of William Hogarth's work. A sweeping study of the work of William Hogarth, English painter in the eighteenth century best known fo...

The Stones of Venice

John Ruskin · 1858 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.14 | ¥146,615)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1858-67. Cloth. A very well preserved second edition of John Ruskin's important architectural and historical work, 'The Stones of Venice', beautifully illustrated throughout. Ruskin's important, hugely influential and detailed ar...

Hogarth Moralized; a Complete Edition of the All the Most Capital and Admired Works of William Hogarth

Rev. Dr. John Trusler · 1831 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press, by W. Nicol, for John Major, 1831 . Leather. A smart copy of Rev. Dr. Trusler's critical examination of the work of William Hogarth. First published shortly after Hogarth's death, this volume is illustrated throughout wi...

Modern Pen Drawings: European and American

Charles Holme [ed.] · 1901 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Offices of 'The Studio', 1901. First edition. Vellum. A beautifully bound edition of this collection of European and American modern pen drawings, one of three-hundred copies printed. A collection of typical and varied examples of pen-and-ink drawings of the ...

Forty-Four Leaves of Colourful Chromolithograph Adverts

None · 0 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.96 | $1,981.59 | ¥316,435)

None, None, c1912. Loose Pages, Articles. A collection of forty four beautifully preserved chromolithograph illustrations, originally labels from various cottons and silks. A collection of forty-four leaves of striking chromolithograph illustrations tipped-on to paper watermar...

Building Towers, Forming Gardens: Landscaping by Hamilton, Hoare and Beckford

Christopher Thacker · 2002 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, St Barnabas Press , 2002. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first limited edition of this study of landscape gardening by Christopher John Charles Thacker. A charming study of landscape gardening, focussing on the influence of garden enthusiast Charles Hamilton and garden...

Randolph Caldecott: A Personal Memoir of His Early Career

Henry Blackburn · 1886 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London , Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington , 1886. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition copy detailing the early art career of book illustrator Randolph Caldecott. A first edition illustrated copy, with one hundred and seventy-two illustrations. This memoir gi...

Trumpets from Montparnasse

Robert Gibbings · 1955 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London , J. M. Dent , 1955. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition copy of engraver and writer Robert Gibbings' travels to France. Robert Gibbings was an Irish artist and author who was most noted for his work as a wood engraver and sculptor and for his books on t...