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Shop Planning and Design

A. P. Hartnell · 1942 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London , George Parnall and Co. Ltd. 1942. Cloth. An illustrated guide to the planning and designing of shops, salons, and more. Illustrated with floor-plans and sections throughout. In a cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart, with just some slig...

The Price Guide to 18th Century English Pottery

Sally Mount · 1972 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,217)

Suffolk , Baron Publishing, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work on the prices you should have expected to pay for early English pottery in 1972. Featuring numerous photographic plates. An envelope and subsciption form to the Antique Collectors' Club a...

Scrutiny of Cinema

William Hunter · 1932 · Rooke Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London, Wishart & Co, 1932. First edition. Cloth. This is a first edition of this essay on cinema, the second volume of the Adelphi Quartos of artistic studies. This text includes illustrations comprising a collection of stills. This was intended to be part of a larger series ...

The Book in Italy

William Dana Orcutt · 1928 · Rooke Books

£239.99 (€287.66 | $317.04 | ¥50,628)

London, Bombay and Sydney, George G. Harrap & Company Limited, 1928. Vellum. A review copy of Orcutt's The Book in Italy. Bound in quarter vellum with unclipped dust wrapper. Limited edition, out of series. Review copy, with review request slip. With three tipped in colou...

Creating French Culture Treasures from the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie; Marie-Helene Tesniere; Prosser Gifford · 1995 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.46 | ¥14,765)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1995. Paperback. An illustrated work on French art. The exhibition described in this catalogue is the second in a series sponsored by the Library of Congress, designed to bring to the American public some of the highly valued - and often uniqu...

Engravers & Engraving

Francis Vacher · 1888 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Manchester, George Falkner, 1888. First edition. Hardback. A first edition of 'Engravers and Engraving', by Francis Vacher. First delivered as an Inaugural Address by the author at the commencement of the thirty-first session of the Birkenhead Literary and Scientific...

A Book of Facsimiles of Monumental Brasses on the Continent of Europe with Brief Descriptive Notes

Rev. W.F Creeny · 1884 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.42 | $561.45 | ¥89,657)

[Norwich] , [Rev. W.F.Creeny], 1884. First edition. Leather. A collection of illustrations and descriptions of European brasses. Scarce, first edition. Large folio with errata slip bound after contents. Collated, complete with 53 plates and an additional ornamental title page ...

Catalogue of Old Paintings Collected by the Late A.W. Mensing

A. W. Mensing · 1938 · Rooke Books

£570.00 (€683.23 | $753.00 | ¥120,245)

Amsterdam , Frederik Muller and Co, 1938. Paperback. A fascinating catalogue of the 'very valuable and important' library formed by the late Mensing, former art auctioneer, which was sold in auction by Frederik Muller & Co. of the Mensing Sale in 1938. 'Collecti...

Histoire de la Caricature Et Du Grotesque Dans la Litterature Et Dans L&Apos;Art

Thomas Wright; Octave Sachot [trans.] · 1875 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Paris, Adolphe Delahays, 1875. Leather. A second edition French translation of Thomas Wright's history of grotesque figures. A second edition French translation of Thomas Wright's history of grotesque figures. With 238 illustrations. As a corresponding member of the ...

Le Dictionnaire de L&Apos;Ornement

Albert Racinet · 1990 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Paris, Celiv, 1990. Cloth. A gorgeous edition loooking at ornamental designs. A gorgeous edition loooking at ornamental designs. Including Greco - Byzantin designs, Middle Ages designs and Russian designs. With 120 colour plates. Albert Racinet (1825- 1893) was an illustrator,...

Natures Mortes

Claus Grimm · 1996 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)

Paris, Herscher , 1996. Cloth. A scarce edition of this beautiful volume on still lifes of the 17th and 18th centuries in Holland and Germany. A scarce edition of this beautiful volume on still lifes of the 17th and 18th centuries in Holland and Germany. With a wide selection ...

Chr. Langaards Samlinger Av Malerkunst Og Kunsthaandverk Fra Fortiden

Harry Fett, H. Grosch, Emil Hannover, Karl Madsen and Jens Thiis · 1913 · Rooke Books

£299.99 (€359.58 | $396.31 | ¥63,285)

Christiania , Gyldendalske, 1913. First edition. Vellum. A scarce set of books on arts and crafts. First edition. Very scarce. Limited edition, number 44 of 130. In Danish. Two volumes complete. This book is about the collection of art owned by Christian Langaard. Knud Christi...

Ornamente Der Volkskunst Neue Folge Keramik Holz Metall

Helmuth Theodore Bossert · 1952 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.22 | ¥7,381)

Tubingen , Ernst Wasmuth, 1952. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated work on folk art. In German. With numerous full-colour plates and many black and white plates also. In a quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, sound with slight age-toning and shelfwear and...

Rafael&Apos;S Leben

None · 1483 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1880. Disbound. A collection of ten plates by the Italian artist Raphael Sanzio. Disbound volume with ten plates. Raphael Sanzio, usually known by his first name alone (in Italian Raffaello) (April 6 or March 28, 1483 April 6, 1520), was an Italian pai...

Illustrated Art Books

Agnes Husslein-Arco [ed.]; Thomas Zaunschirm [ed.]; Henry Adams; Mark McDonnell [ed.]; Germano Celant; Saeb Eigner · 1996 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Munich; Seattle; London, Hirmer; Chihuly Workshop; Thames and Hudson; Editions du Toucan, 1996-2016. Cloth. A very smart four volume set of profusely illustrated works on various artists and art periods, with coloured illustrations throughout. A brilliant four volume set of ar...

Nude: From Modigliani to Currin

Emily Florido [ed.]; Alison McDonald [ed.] · 2016 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

New York, Gagosian Gallery, 2016 . First edition. Paperback. A scarce copy of this copiously illustrated volume featuring artwork of the human form by the Gagosian Gallery. A scarce work. In the publisher's original card wraps.Illustrated with two frontispieces, a double ...

On Soap Sculpture

Lester Gaba · 1935 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1935. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an intriguing guide to the art of soap sculpture, written in witty and easy-to-follow fashion by American artist Lester Gaba. The first edition of On Soap Sculpture: Concerning its History, Tech...

Fine Imported Clocks: Harris & Harrington

Harris & Harrington · 1981 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

New York, Adams Brown Co. 1981. Magazine. A very scarce limited reprint of a catalogue of clocks designed to the highest of standards from J.J. Elliot and Harris & Harrington in 1915. A very scarce limited reprint of Fine Imported Clocks, a catalogue of finely made clocks by L...

Real Shetland Wool: Hand Frame Knitted

Anonymous · 1960 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Westaway and Westaway, c1955. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce little mail in-order pamphlet from Shetland wholesalers Westaway and Westaway, showing different examples of wool, published during the height of Scottish knitwear. Real Shetland Wool: Hand Frame Knitted, a...

The Sculptor Caught Napping

Jane Elizabeth Cook · 1895 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, The Autotype Company, 1895. Cloth. A scarce showcase of paper sculptures from a talented artist who wished to raise money for her husband's grammar school. The Sculptor Caught Napping: A Book for the Children's Hour, a showcase of beautifully crafted paper sc...