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Scottish and Jacobite Glass

Arnold Fleming · 1938 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Glasgow , Jackson, Son and Co, 1938. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon study of glass from Scotland and the Jacobite Period, with illustrations. The first edition, first impression. An uncommon work.  With the publisher's original unclipped dust w...

Twenty-Seven Illustrations, Designed for "the Cornhill Magazine

Frederick Walker · 1867 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co, 1867 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce collection of twenty-seven striking plates, drawn by British social realist painter, Frederick Walker. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with gutta percha binding. Very scarce...

An Entertainment for Lady-Dayes: Eikonokosmesis or the Dressing of Images

Anonymous · 1925 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Kensington, Philip Sainsbury; The Cayme Press, 1925 . First edition. Hardback. A publisher's presentation copy of this scarce limited edition work on idols, images, and the costumes of the clergy. Inscribed to the front free endpaper by the publisher, Philip Sainsbury: &a...

Jewellery

H. Clifford Smith · 1973 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, EP Publishing Limited, 1973. Cloth. H. Clifford Smith's profusely illustrated work on jewellery from around the world and its history. A later edition. First published in 1908 with this being a recreation of that original edition. Illustrated with a monochrome fro...

The Mercedes-Benz Club: Celebrating 60 Years of the Marque, Excellence and Style

Chris Bass · 2012 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Prior and Partners , 2012. First edition. Hardback. An uncommon anniversary book looking back on sixty years of the Mercedes-Benz Club, illustrated throughout with archival photography. First edition of this uncommon work. In the publisher's original boards. The...

Pictures and Royal Portraits Illustrative of English and Scottish History, from the Introduction of Christianity to the Present Time

Thomas Archer · 1880 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Blackie and Son , 1880. Leather. A smart half-calf bound set, comprising an array of steel engravings that provide a comprehensive history of England and Scotland. Complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in half calf, with gilt detailing to the spines. A pair of pro...

A Collection of Works on George Romney

George Paston [Emily Morse Symonds]; C. Lewis Hind; B. L. K. Henderson; S. C. Kaines Smith [editor] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Methuen & Co.; T. C. & E. C Jack Ltd; Philip Allen & Co. 1903-1922. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of illustrated works on English painter George Romney. Three volumes. First edition. A collection of works on the life and art of George Romney, an English port...

The Two Paths: Being Lectures on Art, and Its Application to Decoration and Manufacture, Delivered in 1858-9

John Ruskin · 1859 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Smith, Elder and Co, 1859. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of John Ruskin's collection of five lectures on the concepts and application of art. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. This work contains the five lectur...

A Collection of Songs and Ballads, Relative to the London Prentices and Trades; and to the Affairs of London Generally. During the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Centuries.

Charles MacKay · 1841 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, The Percy Society, 1841. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce work, compiling the historic songs and ballads of London, relating to apprentices and tradespeople. The first edition of this very scarce work, rebacked with the original cloth laid down to the boards and the...

An Address Delivered by William Morris at the Distribution of Prizes to Students of the Birmingham Municipal School of Art on Feb. 21, 1894

William Morris · 1898 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Chiswick Press; Longmans & Co, 1898. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Morris' address given to the students of Birmingham Municipal School of Art. The first edition of this inspiring addresse given by noted artist William Morris, at the prize cer...

English Goldsmiths and Their Marks: A History of the Goldsmiths and Plate Workers of England, Scotland, and Ireland with over Thirteen Thousand Marks Reproduced in Facsimile from Authentic Examples of Plate and Tables of Date-Letters and Other Hall-Marks Used in the Assay Offices of the United Kingdom

Sir Charles James Jackson · 1921 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1921. Leather. The second edition of this interesting work on English goldsmiths, with many facsimiles of their maker's marks and bound in a unique full crushed morocco binding. The second edition, revised and enlarged. In a unique crushed moroc...

Lectures on Architecture and Painting, Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853

John Ruskin · 1891 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, George Allen, 1891. Leather. A collection of lectures by John Ruskin on art and architecture, illustrated and bound by Mudie in a half morocco binding. The new edition. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and fourteen monochrome plates. Collated complete. This...

Botanical Prints with Excerpts from the Artist&Apos;S Notebooks

Henry Evans · 1977 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

San Francisco , W. H. Freeman and Company, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this beautifully curated series of botanical prints from Henry Evans. The first edition of this work.With a signed inscription by Henry Evans to the title page, "with warmest greetings". Da...

English Goldsmiths and Their Marks: A History of the Goldsmiths and Plate Workers of England, Scotland, and Ireland with over Thirteen Thousand Marks Reproduced in Facsimile from Authentic Examples of Plate and Tables of Date-Letters and Other Hall-Marks Used in the Assay Offices of the United Kingdom

Sir Charles James Jackson · 1921 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1921. Cloth. A very smart early edition of this historical work on English goldsmiths, alongside a plethora of marks reproduced in facsimile. The second edition, revised and enlarged. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A thoro...

The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs

Dr. G. Griffin Lewis · 1913 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1913. Cloth. A smart new edition of this illustrated guide to Oriental rugs. New edition, originally published 1911. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, nineteen colour plates, ninety-three doubleton plates, with numerous in-text designs, ...

English Furniture with Some Furniture of Other Countries in the Irwin Untermyer Collection

John Gloag; Yvonne Hackenbroch · 1958 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Thames and Hudson, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this vastly illustrated reference book to the furniture of the Irwin Untermyer Collection. First edition. Illustrated with three hundred and fifty-eight plates, many of which are in colour. Collate...

My Hunting Sketchbook

Lionel Edwards · 1928 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated work on hunting from British artist Lionel Edwards. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, fourteen colour plates, and many small sketches. Collated ...

An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford

1939 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this inventory of the historical monuments of Oxford. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, two hundred and sixteen plates, nine of which are folding, many in-text figu...

Italian Catalogue of Italian Artistic Movements

Anonymous · 1864 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Not Stated, None, 1864 . Hardback. A mid eighteenth century wooden binding containing faint ink and pencil notations from the contemporary owner, which identify a number of Italian artistic movements. A highly decorative binding, with carved wooden boards, metal clasps, and wa...

Etched Portraits of Celebrated Painters, with Biographical Notices

Anonymous · 1817 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)

London, Virtue and Company, c1877 . Leather. A vanishingly scarce volume featuring seventy-two engraved portraits of famous painters, accompanied by biographies of these notable individuals. A vanishingly scarce work.Illustrated with seventy-two plates of portraits of major pa...