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The Art of Biedermeier: Viennese Art and Design - 1815 to 1845

Dominic R. Stone · 1990 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, The Apple Press, 1990. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated study exploring the furniture and designs of the Biedermeier art period. The first edition, in the original unclipped dust wrapper.This work explores period of art in Central Europe between 1815 and 1848, whic...

The Headley Treasure of Bibelots and Boxes

George W. Headley · 1973 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Not Stated , A. Manca Editore Milano, 1973. Cloth. A wonderful work displaying the collection of bibelots and boxes belonging to American jeweler, George Headley, illustrated with colour plates of photographs of each item. A later edition of this work, with texts in English, I...

The Story of Westminster Abbey: Being Some Account of That Ancient Foundation, Its Builders and Those Who Sleep Therein

Violet Brooke-Hunt · 1904 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, James Nisbet & Co. 1904. Leather. A smart early copy of this illustrated history of Westminster Abbey, written by English social working Violet Brooke-Hunt. Sixth thousand. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-one plates. Collated complete. A comprehensive histor...

Sacred and Legendary Art, and, Legends of the Monastic Orders

Mrs. Jameson; Anna Brownell Jameson · 1863 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1863-66. Leather. A Hayday bound set of the religious artistic works of Anna Brownell Jameson, each volume is illustrated with plates and engravings. Two brilliant artistic works by Anna Brownell Jameson, uniformly bound.Bound by Hayday.'S...

Word and Image III: Mervyn Peake, 1911-1968

Maeve Gilmore · 1972 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,962)

Chatham, The National Book League, 1972. Brochure/Pamphlet. An illustrated catalogue to the Mervyn Peake Exhibition held at the National Book League in 1972, with a biography by Maeve Gilmore. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial paper wrap...

The Balcony

Jean Genet; Bernard Frechtman [trans.] · 1958 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Faber and Faber, 1958. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this play by Jean Genet, translated from the original French. The first UK edition. Translated from the original French by Bernard Frechtman.In the publisher's original cloth with the original un...

Travesties

Tom Stoppard · 1975 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Faber and Faber, 1975. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Tom Stoppard's play set during the First World War, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. Bound in full cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper.This play was writ...

The True Enjoyment of Angling

Henry Phillips · 1843 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, William Pickering, 1843 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming mid nineteenth century collection of poems about angling. The first edition of this work, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.A charming collection of songs and poems about angling,...

Die Raumkunst IM Kupferstich Des 17. Und 18. Jahrhunderts Wohnungskultur Und Mobel Der Italienischen Renaissance

Frida Schottmuller; Wilhelm Kurth · 1921 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Stuttgart, Julius Hoffmann Verlag, 1921-23 . First edition. Cloth. Two volumes of illustrated work on art, design and furniture in the home by Frida Schottmuller and Wilhelm Kurth. Two volumes. The first editions. Bound in the publisher's original cloth.Illustrated with v...

Finden&Apos;S Landscape and Portrait Illustrations to the Life and Works of Lord Byron

William Brockedon · 1833 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, John Murray , 1833-34. First edition. Leather. Three first edition volumes of work showcasing engravings made by William Finden of subjects relating to the life and works of Lord Byron, bound in full crushed morocco. Three volume complete set. The first edition of this...

Catalogue of the Third and Concluding Exhibition of National Portraits Commencing with the Fortieth Year of the Reign of George the Third and Ending with the Year Mdccclxvii. On Loan to the South Kensington Museum, April 13, 1868.

R. H. Soden Smith; F. Althaus; Samuel Redgrave · 1868 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Strangeways and Walden, 1868. First edition. Leather. An uncommon large paper copy of this catalogue to the third exhibition of National Portraits in the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1868. An uncommon work in a half calf binding, rebacked with contemporary morocco to ...

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England an Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford

None states · 1949 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1949. Cloth. A profusely illustrated work on historical monuments in the city of Oxford. A reprint of the original printed in 1939. In the original publisher's cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper.Profusely illustrat...

Masterpieces in Colour; Romney Leighton Greuze Turner Bernardino Luini Raphael Carlo Dolci Titian Rembrandt Hunt Holeman

Lewis Hind; Alice Eyre Macklin; James Mason; Paul Konody; George Hay; S. L. Bensusan; Josef Israels; Mary E. Coleridge; A. Lys Baldry · 0 · Rooke Books

£96.00 (€115.07 | $126.82 | ¥20,252)

New York, T. C. & E. C. Jack , c1910. Leather. Ten volumes of work from the 'Masterpieces in Colour' series bound in full morocco over 2 volumes with vibrant full colour plates. Ten volumes from the 'Masterpieces in Colour' series over two volumes.In full m...

Life of Thomas Stothard

Mrs Bray · 1851 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.40 | ¥39,027)

London, John Murray, 1851 . First edition. Leather. A decorative first edition presenting the life and work of British painter, Thomas Stothard, compiled by his daughter-in-law. A first edition of the work, in an attractive red, full calf binding, with gilt tooling to the boar...

Pictorial Records of Remarkable Events in the History of the World

Francis Watt [ed.] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, James Sangster and Co, 1887 . Cloth. A beautifully illustrated study of world history aimed at young readers, in the publisher's pictorial cloth binding, with gilt detailing. Illustrated with a chromolithograph frontispiece and title page, and six further vibrant ...

The British Home of to-Day: A Book of Modern Domestic Architecture & the Applied Arts

W Shar Sparrow [ed] · 1904 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, Hodder & Stoughton , 1904. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this architectural study of British homes. The first edition of this work, an uncommon copy. Dedicated to domestic architecture and the applied arts of the twentieth century. Edited by W Sha...

Mostra Storica Della Legatura Artistica in Palazzo Pitti

1922 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Florence, Not Stated, 1922. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this very scarce catalogue for an exhibition of artistic bookbinding held at the Palazzo Pitti. The first edition of this very scarce work, rebound in a full calf binding with the original paper wraps ...

De L&Apos;Organisation Des Bibliotheques Dans Paris

Le Comte de Laborde · 1845 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Paris, A. Franck, 1845. Leather. Three volumes bound into one, showing the plans of various libraries in Paris, in the original French language. French language. Scarce works. Contains volumes one, two, and eight only of twelve. Illustrated with fifteen plates. Collated comple...

Dictionnaire Des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs & Graveurs

E. Bénézit · 1924 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Paris, Ernest Grund, 1924. Leather. A complete set of the dictionary of artists from Benezit, in the original French language. French language. Three volumes. A dictionary of artists, painters, sculptors, draftsmen, and engravers, with extensive bibliographical information on ...

Moderne Malerei Vom Impressionismus Bis Zue Gegenwart

- · 1933 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Altona-Bahrenfeld, Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, 1933. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of this heavily illustrated survey of modern painting. Published in German. A first edition of this survey of modern painting from the early nineteenth century to the 1930s. Published i...