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Furniture in the Ancient World: Origins & Evolution 3100-475 B.C.

Hollis S. Baker; Sir Gordon Russell · 1966 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, The Connoisseur , 1966. First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated work on the furniture of the ancient world, written by Hollis S. Baker with an introduction by designer Gordon Russell, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition. In the original uncli...

Costume of the Ancients

Thomas Hope · 1841 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1841 . Leather. Illustrated with 155 plates, this is the first volume of a mid nineteenth century edition of designer Thomas Hope's impressive study of costume in the ancient world. The first volume only this two volume 'New Edition, Much Enlar...

Art Annual Biographies. Frederick Leighton; Sir John Everett Millais; Alma Tadema; Rosa Bonheur; James Clarke Hook; Meissonier

Art Annual · 1889 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, J. S. Virtue & Co. Limited, 1889. Leather. A beautiful collection of biographies on 6 of the most prominent artists from the late Victorian era; Frederick Leighton, Sir John Everett Millais, Alma Tadema, Rosa Bonheur, James Clarke Hook, and Meissonier A very scarce edi...

Sir Halewyn: Examples in Europe Balladry and Folk Song

Alexander Gray · 1949 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Edinburgh; London, Oliver and Boyd, 1949. First edition. Cloth. An interesting first edition copy on the history of European balladry, focusing upon the Dutch folk tale of Heer Halewijn, signed by the author with a letter from the author laid in to the front of text. First Edi...

Transformations: Critical and Speculative Essays on Art

Roger Fry · 1926 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A collection of essays concerning art by Bloomsbury Group member Roger Fry, an interesting association copy signed by Frances Partridge. A series of critical and speculative essays on art by Roger Fry, concerning the transmu...

Histoire D&Apos;Une Forteresse

Viollet-le-Duc · 1874 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Paris, J. Hetzel, [1874]. Leather. A sweeping work of architectural history by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc, in the original French. History of the fortification or a fortified fictional site called la Roche-Pont, from its earliest pre-Roman history to its siege by the Allied armies ...

A Christian

Paul Howard; Xavier de Vismes · 1991 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Hong Kong, Emphasis International, 1991. First edition. Cloth. An extensive and beautifully presented folio collection of the artistic works of Anthony Christian, replete with reproductions of his work in vivid colour and enclosed in the original slipcase. A beautifully presen...

Nordeuropãƒâ¤Ische Fayencen Auf Schierensee

Gerhard Wietek · 1972 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Hamburg, Ladstedter, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated first edition German work on faience pottery, a beautiful study by Gerhard Wietek. The first edition of this work, in the original slipcase.  Slipcase is in a very good indeed condition.In the original...

Ford Madox Brown and the Pre-Raphaelite Circle

Teresa Newman and Ray Watkinson · 1991 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1991. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this exploration of Ford Madox Brown and his role within the Pre-Raphaelites, illustrated in colour and monochrome. Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893) was a British painter, remembered in particular f...

Memoirs of the Life of the Late George Morland

John Hassell · 1806 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London, James Cundee, 1806. First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Hassel's beautifully engraved biography of painter George Morland, published only two years after his death. The first edition of landscape painter John Hassell's illustrated biography of h...

William Dyce 1806-1864: A Critical Biography

Marcia Pointon · 1979 · Rooke Books

£77.00 (€92.30 | $101.73 | ¥16,245)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A biography on the Scottish painter William Dyce, with over one-hundred pages of illustrations to the rear of text. First edition, uncommon, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrations include a colour frontispiece...

The Film-Lovers&Apos; Annual

Various · 1932 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Dean & Son Ltd, 1932-34. Cloth. Two beautiful annuals from the Golden Age of Hollywood, detailing the releases and popular actors of the year, profusely illustrated throughout each volume. Two popular 'The Film-Lovers' annuals, being for the years 1932 and 19...

Doctor Who Monsters and Villains

Justin Richards · 2005 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, BBC Books, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A striking signed first edition guide to the popular monsters and villains of Doctor Who, illustrated profusely in colour throughout. The first edition first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.A thoroug...

Painting As a Pastime

Anonymous · 1998 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Sotheby's, 1998. First edition. Hardback. A fascinating insight into the life of Winston Churchill as an artist, printed by Sotheby's and illustrated in colour with examples of his work. This work was published to accompany Sotheby's exhibition of the ar...

The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale

Christopher Gilbert · 1978 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Studio Vista; Christie's, 1978. Cloth. A fascinating examination of Thomas Chippendale's world renowned furniture of the eighteenth century, illustrated with examples of his work throughout. Comprising a biography of Chippendale, his business, furniture desig...

The Beginning of the World

1902 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1902 . Cloth. The illustrated biblical story of the origin of the world, with twenty-five engravings by Edward Burne-Jones. The first edition thus reproducing twenty-five designs from the an illustrated edition of Mr. Mackail's 'Biblia I...

The Holy Carpet of the Mosque at Ardebil

Edward Stebbing · 1892 · Rooke Books

£3,900.00 (€4,674.77 | $5,152.45 | ¥822,779)

London, Robson & Sons, Limited, 1892. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition work by Edward Stebbing on the impressive Ardabil Carpet. The very scarce true first edition of this work. A folio limited edition of fifty copies was issued a year later, with colour i...

Un Art Fundamental le Tapis: A Fundamental Art the Rug

Albert Achdjian · 1949 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Paris, Editions Self, 1949. First edition. Magazine. A first edition study of oriental rugs, illustrated throughout and with numerous topped in colour plates. The first edition of this work, with all text present in both English and French.The work of Albert Achdjian, who work...

Too Naked for the Nazis

Alan Stafford · 2015 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Not Stated , Fantom Films , 2015 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this biography of legendary sand dance performers Wilson, Keppel and Betty, the first edition complete in its unclipped dust wrapper. Alan Stafford tells the story of sand dancing humorous legends Wilson...

Notes on the Ecclesiastical and Monumental Architecture and Sculpture of the Middle Ages in Bristol

George Pryce · 1850 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Houlston and Stoneman, 1850. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition work examining the ecclesiastical sculpture and monuments of Bristol. The first edition of this study of the history of middle ages architecture in Bristol. From historian George Pryce, aut...