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Calf Binding with Decorative Gilt Detailing

Anonymus · 0 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Not Stated, None, c1800 . Leather. An attractive calf binding with extensive gilt detailing and blind tooling, bearing a ducal crest to the centre of the front and rear boards. A decorative calf binding, measuring 35cm by 22cm.With blind tooling to board perimeters, and with g...

Antique Brassfoundry

R. M. Coy · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Not Stated, R. M. Coy , c1930. Disbound. A very scarce illustrated catalogue containing a wide array of antique brass pieces. A very scarce catalogue of antique brass pieces from a foundry.Internally, pages are disbound, but are displayed in the publisher's original wraps...

A Victorian Christmas Card: "for Old Times&Apos; Sake

May Byron · 0 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, W. McKenzie & Co. c1890 . Paperback. A charming pictorial Victorian christmas card depicting two kittens by a fireplace, painted by Frederick Leighton. A charming pictorial Christmas card, published by W. McKenzie & Co. who were a prominent seller of Christmas cards du...

The Art of Beatrix Potter

Anne Carroll Moore · 1964 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1964. Cloth. A smart third edition of this delightful collection of the artwork of English writer and illustrator Beatrix Potter. Third edition. Illustrated throughout with colour images and black-and-white photographs. A collection of beautiful...

Portrait of a Village

Francis Brett Young · 1937 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fictional history of a village by Francis Brett Young, with illustrations by Joan Hassall. The first edition. Illustrated by Joan Hassall with twenty-nine monochrome engravings, including two...

Star Trek Giant Poster Book: Voyage One

1977 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Not Stated, H. Bunch Associates/ Paradise Press, 1977 . First edition. Paperback. The first UK edition of the first issue of this 1970s Star Trek poster magazine, featuring a 17" by 23" poster of the Enterprise. The first UK edition of the first issue of this publication.Featu...

Birket Foster

H. M. Cundall · 1906 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1906 . First edition. Cloth. A signed Edition de Luxe of Cundall's richly illustrated celebration of the work of Birket Foster. Number four-hundred and eighty-nine of five hundred Edition de Luxe copies produced, and signed by the publisher...

Plates by George Morland

George Morland · 1792 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, Edward Orme, 1792-1807 . Paperback. A very scarce collection of thirty-two plates of the work of English painter George Morland. Georgian Era painter George Morland established his reputation in the late 1780s as a painter of sentimental genre and of childhood subjects...

Historical Traces of Saltwood Castle, Kent

Harry Enterprise · 1841 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

Boulogne, Le Roy-Mabille, 1841 [1840]. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this pamphlet on Saltwood Castle in Kent, England, with illustrations. Very scarce work. This text is dated 1841 to the front paper wrap, dated 1840 to the title page. British Library details the date of publi...

The May Pole Illustrated, or Come, Lasses and Lads

G. A. Macfarren · 1882 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Thos. De La Rue & Co. 1882. Paperback. An early illustrated edition of this old English ballad, harmonized by G. A. Macfarren; illustrated throughout. An early edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. Illustrated with eight full-page...

An Analysis of the Picture of the Transfiguration of Raffaello Sanzio D&Apos;Urbino

Benito Pardo di Figueroa; S.C. Croze-Magnan · 1833 · Rooke Books

£385.00 (€461.48 | $508.61 | ¥81,218)

London, Robert Bowyer and M. Parkes, 1833 . Leather. A very scarce critical examination of Raphael's 'Transiguration', illustrated with nineteen engraved proof plates. A very scarce work.First published in English in 1817, this work initially appeared in the ori...

The Children&Apos;S Musical Cinderella: Told in Familiar Words to Familiar Tunes

William Routledge; Louis N. Parker · 1879 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1879. Paperback. A scarce volume of music and lyrics for the children's musical Cinderella, illustrated in colour by Walter Crane. A scarce work in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. Illustrated with six colour plates a...

New Art in America Fifty Painters of the Twentieth Century

John I. H. Baur [ed]; Lloyd Goodrich; Dorophy C. Miller; James Thrall Soby; Frederick S. Wight · 1957 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,282)

New York, New York Graphic Society , 1957. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this profusely illustrated work with full colour plates on American painters from the twentieth century. The first edition of the work. In the publisher's original cloth with the origina...

Vienna 1890-1920

Robert Waissenberger · 1984 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

New Jersey, Wellfleet Press, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this historical commentary on Vienna between 1890 and 1920, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Illustrated throughout, with many colour images. A detailed history of the city of V...

The Life and Habits of Wild Animals

Daniel Giraud Elliot · 1874 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, Alexander Macmillan, 1874 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of American zoologist Daniel Giraud Elliot's beautifully illustrated study of wild animals. The first edition of this work from the prominent zoologist, the founder of the American Ornithologist U...

The English Interior : 1500 to 1900

Ralph Dutton · 1948 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, B. T. Batsford LTD, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated guide to English interior design and its many influences between the years 1500 and 1900. This work is in original publisher's binding and original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition of th...

The Royal Lady&Apos;S Magazine and Archives of the Court of St James

1833 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

London, W. Sams; S. Robinson, 1833 . First edition. Leather. A single volume of this very scarce late Georgian era periodical, beautifully illustrated with hand coloured plates of the prevailing costumes of the period. The fifth and final volume of this very scarce periodical,...

Paul Housley: Music from the Studio

2013 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Belmacz & the Artist, 2013. First edition. Cloth. Handsome first edition of this scarce publication dedicated to the work of Paul Housley. The first edition of this work. A scarce copy. Featuring an essay by Martin Herbert 'The River' and a series f thirty-ei...

William Morris in Private Press and Limited Editions: A Descriptive Bibliography of Books by and About William Morris

John J. Walsdorf · 1983 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Phoenix, Oryx Press, 1983. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this comprehensive bibliography concerning works associated with the artist William Morris. The first edition of this work, in the publisher's original slipcase.John Walsdorf's extensive bibliograp...

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Musee des Arts Decoratifs · 0 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Paris, Armand Guerinet , c1900. Cloth. An interesting folder of decorative arts. A folder of loose sheets. The Museum of Decorative Arts is based in Paris and has the largest collection of decorative arts in continental Europe. This volume details the collections of Central U...