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Registrum Domus de Soltre, Necnon Ecclesie Collegiate S. Trinitatis Prope Edinburgh Etc. Charters of the Hospital of Soltre, of Trinity College, Edinburgh, and Other Collegiate Churches in Mid-Lothian

David Laing · 1861 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€591.99 | $655.38 | ¥104,734)

Edinburgh, The Bannatyne Club, 1861. Cloth. A publication from Sir Walter Scott's Bannatyne Club, examining old buildings in Edinburgh and the surrounding county Midlothian. With an engraved frontispiece and further plates, some coloured, some folding. With illustrations ...

L&Apos;Aretin D&Apos;Augustin Carrache Ou Recueil de Postures Erotiques

Augustin Carrache · 1798 · Rooke Books

£500.00 (€597.97 | $662.00 | ¥105,792)

Paris, A La Nouvelle Cythere, 1798. Leather. A French description of the series of erotic engraved plates. Containing the descriptions only, and bound in full calf. A French description of the series of erotic engraved plates, depicting pairs of lovers in different positions o...

La Revue de L&Apos;Art

Jules Comte · 1904 · Rooke Books

£92.99 (€111.21 | $123.12 | ¥19,675)

Paris, Not Stated, 1904. Leather. A smartly bound illustrated copy of this French art periodical. In the original French, French art periodical which is illustrated with numerous plates and in text illustrations including some mounted plates with titled tissue guards. Illustra...

Superworld Comics No I. April

Various · 1940 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,272.28 | $2,515.58 | ¥402,011)

New York, Komos Publications, Gernsback, 1940. First edition. Paperback. The first issue of Superworld Comics. Published in April 1940. With the first appearance of Buzz Allen the Invisible Avenger. Other characters featured include Little Nemo (in Dreamland), Mitey Powers, Hi...

Day Is Done

Mike Kelley, John Welchman · 2007 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€831.18 | $920.17 | ¥147,051)

New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press, 2007. First edition. Hardback. A highly original work on a performative exhibition from award-winning conceptual artist Mike Kelley, delving into performance types within Modern American society. A soundtrack CD is included. The s...

The Dying Swan

Vladimir Tretchikoff · 1952 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.09 | $297.90 | ¥47,607)

Cape Town, Timmins, 1952. Unbound. Signed by the artist Vladimir Tretchikoff, this is a beautiful signed print of his portrait of ballerina Alicia Markova, 'The Dying Swan&apos. A beautiful colour print by self-taught Russian artist Vladimir Tretchikoff, signed by Tretchi...

Old Glass: European and American

N. Hudson Moore · 1935 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.45 | $178.74 | ¥28,564)

New York, Tudor Publishing Co. 1935 . Cloth. A new edition of this copiously illustrated volume on European and American glass making. The new edition of the work, first published in 1924.In the publisher's original blue cloth binding, with a blue gilt to top edge. In the...

L&Apos;Art Decoratif Russe

G.K. Loukomski · 1928 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.63 | $119.16 | ¥19,043)

Paris, Vincent, Freal & Cie, 1928 . Paperback. An abundantly illustrated copy of this collection of Russian artwork in the form of sculpture, embroidery, metalwork and more. In the original paper wrap binding.An illustrated cover by S. Tchekhonine, a Russian graphic artist, ...

The Principles of Practical Perspective, or, Scenographic Projection

Richard Brown · 1836 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.21 | $258.18 | ¥41,259)

London, Leigh and Son, 1836 . Leather. A very scarce copy of this illustrated work on practical perspective, with a frontispiece and 48 plates. The very scarce second edition of the work.This is part I of two parts.In half green calf, with marbled boards.Includes a frontispiec...

George Morland&Apos;S Pictures: Their Present Possessors, with Details of the Collections

Ralph Richardson · 1897 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.86 | $46.34 | ¥7,405)

London, Elliot Stock, 1897. First edition. Cloth. The author's own copy of this George Morland bibliography, copiously inscribed throughout with his later notes and amendments. A desirable first edition copy of this uncommon Morland bibliography, previously owned by the a...

Architectural Sketches from the Continent

None · 1858 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.20 | $129.75 | ¥20,735)

London, Day & Son, 1858. First edition. Leather. A delightful architectural work from Richard Norman Shaw, complete with 100 engraved plates depicting views of France, Italy and Germany. First edition.Uncommon.Bound in half calf, with cloth-backed boards. A large work showcas...

The Studies of Sir Edwin Landseer

W. Cosmo Monkhouse · 1877 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.49 | $165.50 | ¥26,448)

London, Virtue and Company, 1877 . First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated example of W. Cosmo Monkhouse's detailed study of Sir Edwin Landseer, including a discussion of Queen Victoria's collection of his works. The first edition of W. Cosmo Monkhouse's...

The History of the Merchant Taylors&Apos; Hall

Henry Lennox Hopkinson · 1931 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.88 | $39.72 | ¥6,348)

Cambridge, Cambridge Printed for Private Circulation at the University Press, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A lovely and uncommon copy of this illustrated London Guild history, first edition thus. The definitive history of the building which houses one of 12 historic London Guil...

London Hidden Interiors

Philip Davies · 2017 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.82 | $59.58 | ¥9,521)

Hertfordshire, Atlantic Publishing, 2017 . Cloth. Vivid insight into the interiors of London's well-known and lesser-known historical landmarks, with 1700 colour photographs. In publisher's original red cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper.Profusely illustrated...

Landscape

Philip Gilbert Hamerton · 1885 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.37 | $205.22 | ¥32,796)

London, Seeley & Co. 1885. First edition. Leather. The first trade edition of Hamerton's study of landscape paintings and drawings, illustrated with etchings and reproductions from famous art pieces. A first trade edition of this work, in the publisher"s quarter morocco b...

The Pilgrim on the Earth

Julian Green · 1929 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.63 | $119.16 | ¥19,043)

London, The Blackamore Press; Harper and Brothers, 1929. Leather. A beautifully illustrated limited edition of Julian Green's mysterious tale, with colour wood engravings by Rene Ben Sussan, and being a very scarce edition published especially for the translator. A limite...

Louise Bourgeois: Pensees-Plumes

Louise Bourgeois; Deborah Wye; Marie-Laure Bernadac · 1995 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.74 | $86.06 | ¥13,753)

Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou Cabinet d'Art Graphique, 1995. First edition. Hardback. An elegant Centre Pompidou catalogue exhibiting the works of Louise Bourgeois, showcasing the artist"s intimate drawings and "feather-thoughts." First edition.In the publisher's or...

Documents D&Apos;Art Armeniens: Atlas

Frederic Macler · 1924 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.39 | $198.60 | ¥31,738)

Paris, Librairie Oientaliste Paul Geuthner , 1924 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the scarce Atlas volume of this striking 1920s celebration of Armenian art, edited by French linguist and orientalist Frederic Macler. In the original French. A scarce first edition....

Painter of Pedigree: Thomas Weaver of Shrewsbury

Lawrence Trevelyan Weaver · 2017 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.84 | $52.96 | ¥8,463)

London, Unicorn, 2017. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this exploration of the life and work of English painter Thomas Weaver, from a descendant of the artist. First edition. Illustrated throughout with colour reproductions. A detailed historical study into t...

A Descriptive Account of the Guildhall of the City of London: Its History and Associations

John Edward Price · 1886 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.55 | $145.64 | ¥23,274)

London, Blades, East & Blades, 1886 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout and including chromolithographic plates, this is the first edition of J. E. Price's impressive history of the City of London's Guildhall. The first edition of this work.An impressive h...