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The Work-Table and Embroidery Frame Companion

1843 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, C. Mitchell , [1843]. Cloth. A bright pocket sized copy of this embroidery manual, a very scarce copy. A very scarce volume seen institutionally only at the University of Southampton Library and the University of Oxford Libraries, dated from the latter copy. A pocket ...

The Chromolithograph: A Journal of Art, Literature, Decoration, and Accomplishments

Various · 1867 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

[London] , [The Chromolithograph (Zorn & Co.)], 1867-8. Cloth. A scarce volume containing the consecutive numbers from November 1867 to February 1868 of 'The Chromolithograph', journal of art. Bound without title page. Vol. I of two, from November 1867 to February 18...

Records of Early English Drama, Oxford, 1, the Records; Records of Early English Drama, Oxford, 2, Editorial Apparatus

Various · 2004 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Toronto, University of Toronto Press; The British Library, 2004. Cloth. A new two volume set of this interesting historical research project about early english drama. New, in shrink wrap. Dated from the British Library. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Two ...

My Contributions to Punch

Anonymous · 1891 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

Not Stated, None, 1891-1896 . Leather. A wonderful full calf volume in a signed binding, consisting of one-hundred mounted illustrations taken from the pages of 'Punch&apos. An impressive selection of one-hundred mounted and hand numbered illustrations drawn from the page...

Illustrators of the Sixties

Forrest Reid · 1928 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London , Faber & Gwyer, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition collection of illustrations from the 1860. A first edition copy of this work, Illustrators of the Sixties. This volume describes and explores the illustrations and wood engravings of a movement in and ...

Charles Ricketts R. A Sixty-Five Illustrations

T. Sturge Moore · 1933 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London , Cassell and Company Limited, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful first edition volume of illustrations by Charles Ricketts. A lovely first edition copy of this volume of illustrations by Charles Ricketts.His work is introduced by T. Sturge Moore.Charles Ricketts w...

Addresses Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy by the Late Lord Leighton

Lord Leighton · 1896 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London , Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1896. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of addresses by the British painter Frederick Leighton to students at the Royal Academy. A first edition copy of this collection of addresses given by Lord Leighton to students at...

The Ancient Halls of the City Guilds Drawn in Lithography by Thos. R. Way with Some Account of the History of the Companies by Philip Norman, F.S. A.

Philip Norman · 1903 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1903. Cloth. A richly illustrated limited edition of this work concerning the halls of the city guilds of London, signed by the illustrator Thomas R. Way. In the publisher's original cloth binding. An account of the history and architecture o...

British Silhouette Artists and Their Work 1760-1860

Sue McKechnie · 1978 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Sotheby Parke Bernet , 1978. First edition. Cloth. Beautiful first edition of this study of British silhouette artists by Sue McKechnie. A history of the rise and development of silhouette art in Britain and Ireland by Sue McKechnie. Covering a period of one-hundred ye...

The Chippendale Period in English Furniture

K. Warren Clouston · 1897 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London , Debenham & Freebody and Edward Arnold , 1897. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated first edition copy of this work on the Chippendale Period in English Furniture. This volume describes the Chippendale Period in English furniture tracing the history of Thomas Chi...

The Follies & Fashions of Our Grandfathers (1807)

Andrew W. Tuer · 1886 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Field & Tuer, 1886-1887 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this wonderfully illustrated and hand coloured study of the fashions of 1807. The first edition of British publisher and printer Andrew White Tuer's wonderful work examining the popular fashion...

The New Book-Illustration in France

Leon Pichon; Herbert B. Grimsditch [translator] · 1924 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London , The Studio , 1924. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first English edition of The New Book- Illustration in France. This is a copy of the first English translation of this work, which considers French Illustration at the start of the twentieth century. The original Fr...

Painting Popularly Explained

Thomas John Gullick; John Timbs · 1864 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Lockwood & Co. 1864. Hardback. A second edition of this comprehensive study of painting, in the original publisher's morocco binding. A study of painting including fresco, oil, mosaic, water-colour, water-glass, tempera, painting on ivory, vellum, porcelain, &c. b...

Album of the Lakes of Killarney & Glengarriff

0 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Dublin, W. Lawrence , c1900. Cloth. A beautiful and decorative album of illustrations that depict the lakes of Killarney and Glengarriff. A decorative album of black and white illustrations of the scenic lakes of Killarney and Glengarriff in Southern Ireland. Intricately drawn...

The Legend of the Wandering Jew

Gustave Dore · 1866 · Rooke Books

£875.00 (€1,048.81 | $1,155.93 | ¥184,587)

London, Cassell Petter & Galpin, 1866. Cloth. A folio volume containing Gustave Dore's twelve engravings of the legend of the Wandering Jew, a striking example of the Frenchman's art. A series of twelve folio sized illustrations by Gustave Dore on the legend of the W...

The Falls Tracer: Six Pieces and Five Drawings

Glen Baxter · 1970 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Tetrad Press, 1970. First edition. Paperback. A limited edition proof copy of artist Glen Baxter's collection of absurdist drawings, with literary descriptions, in the publisher's original paper wraps with a sewn in dust wrapper. Scarce, Limited Edition, Proo...

Technique of Advertising Layout

Frank H. Young · 1947 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Partridge Publications Ltd, 1947. Cloth. Advertising man Frank H. Young's detailed and illustrated 1940s guide to advertising layouts. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. A brightly illustrated and impressively informative guide to layouts in advertising from ...

An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber

Colley Cibber · 1756 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, R. and J. Dodsley, 1756 . Leather. Jeffrey Amherst's copy of the fourth edition of Colley Cibber's fascinating autobiographical account of the 'rise and progress of the English stage' from the late seventeenth to early eighteenth century. Inscribed ...

The Cornhill Gallery, Containing One Hundred Engravings from Drawings on Wood (Being Designs for the Illustration of "the Cornhill Magazine")

Frederick Leighton; John Everett Millais; George du Maurier; W. M. Thackeray; et al. · 1865 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1865. Cloth. An uncommon copy of the Cornhill Gallery, featuring one hundred full page plates for the illustration of the magazine. The Cornhill Magazine was a monthly Victorian magazine and literary journal, edited by William Makepeace Thackeray. Un...

Burne-Jones Talking: His Conversations 1895-1898, Preserved by His Studio Assistant

Edward Burne-Jones; Mary Lago (ed) · 1982 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, John Murray, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A collection of conversations with artist Edward Burne-Jones, collected and preserved by his studio assistant, with illustrations to middle of text. First edition, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Review copy, with revie...