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Blast War Issue Review of the Great English Vortex No 2 July 1915

Wyndham Lewis (Ed) · 1915 · Rooke Books

£3,850.00 (€4,614.84 | $5,086.39 | ¥812,230)

London, John Lane, 1915. Paperback. The second installment of Wyndham Lewis and Ezra Pound's very scarce, and pioneering literary magazine 'BLAST&apos. 'Blast' was the magazine for the Vorticist movement. The second and final installment of Blast Magazine. ...

Beautiful Children Immortalised by the Masters

Haldane Macfall · 1927 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1927. Cloth. An interesting look at famous artist's depictions of children in their paintings, illustrated with colour plates. A collection of historical paintings depicting children, looking at painters such as Rubens, Mabuse, Van Dyck, Rembra...

A History of English Furniture the Age of Oak the Age of Mahogany

Percy Macquoid · 1904 · Rooke Books

£99.00 (€118.67 | $130.79 | ¥20,886)

London, Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd, 1904-1906 . First edition. Cloth. Two first edition volumes from Percy Macquoid's monumental and prolific history of English furniture, the first major survey of the subject which is an authoritative work to this day. Percy Thomas MacQuoi...

Deutsches Kunstler-Album. Mit Beitragen Lebender Kunstler Und Nichter

Adolf Ebeling (Ed) · 1872 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Dusseldorf, Berlag von Breidebach & Comp, 1872. Cloth. A lavishly illustrated work of German literature featuring the artist talents of Emilie Preger, C. Arnolf and A. Kindler. A collection of poetry and short stories accompanied by numerous plates to the start of the volume. ...

[Silk Road: Fabrics from the Han to the T&Apos;Ang Dynasty]

Unknown · 1973 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Beijing, Unknown , 1973. Cloth. A lovely example of this work of Chinese textiles, written in the original Chinese. This work is in excellent condition and is held in the original slipcase. In the original Chinese. First edition, second printing. Handsomely bound in a full clo...

Changing London a Book of Sketches by Hanslip Fletcher

Hanslip Fletcher; Frank Rutter · 1924 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Cassell and Company, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of these pen and ink illustrations of London by Fletcher Hanslip. Comprising of twenty-eight plates total, these illustrations have been reprinted from the Sunday Times. The first edition of the ...

The Dictionary of Victorian Painters

Christopher Wood · 1978 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Suffolk, Antique Collectors' Club, 1978. Cloth. A profusly illustrated work on Victorian painters, complied by the leading Victorian authority, Christopher Wood. The second, enlarged edition of this work, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. This work is generally consi...

Richard Parkes Bonington: His Life and Work

A. Dubuisson; C. E. Hughes (translator) · 1924 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. 1924. First edition. Cloth. A first limited edition of this fascinating study of the English Romantic landscape painter Richard Parkes Bonington. This monograph provides a coherent and fascinating introduction to Bonington's works, i...

Models of Propriety Occasional Caprices for the Edification of Ladies and the Delight of Gentlemen

W. Russell Flint · 1951 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London, Michael Joseph , 1951. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition copy of Sir William Russell Flint's 'Models of Propriety' complete with coloured prints of sketches by the author. Containing supposedly fictional anecdotes of artists models, this tex...

A History of Wood-Engraving

Douglas Percy Bliss · 1928 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an insightful history into wood-engraving, showcasing the masterful work of Hans Holbein, Durer and Thomas Bewick among others. The first edition of A History of Wood-Engraving by Scottish painter an...

Man Who Could Work Miracles: A Film Story Based on the Material Contained in His Short Story "Man Who Could Work Miracles

H. G. Wells · 1936 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London, The Cresset Press, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of H. G. Wells' "treatment" of the fantasy-comedy film developed from his short story of the same name, with the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. An uncommon first edition of this film "treatm...

A History of Painting Volume I, the Renaissance in Central Italy; Volume III, Later Italians and Genius of Spain; Volume IV, the Renaissance of the North; and the Flemish Genius; Volume V, the Dutch Genius; Volume VI, the French Genius.

Haldane Macfall · 1922 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, T C and E C Jack, 1922. Leather. Five of eight volumes of Macfall's work, illustrated throughout. With a preface by Frank Brangwyn. Volume I contains a colour Frontispiece; twenty-six colour plates; a map of Italy; and four charts, on the School of Siena, the Rena...

Impressionist Drawings

C H Lloyd; Richard Thomson · 1986 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London, Phaidon Press, 1986. Leather. A work on the history and progression of Impressionism. Written by C H Lloyd and Richard Thomson. Illustrated throughout, with numerous examples in colour as well as black and white of Impressionist art. This work gives a brief history of ...

British Military Prints

Ralph Nevill · 1909 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, The Connoisseur Publishing Company, 1909. Leather. A first edition of British Military Prints. By Ralph Nevill, Author of Old Sporting Prints, French Prints of the 18th Century, &c. With eighty-eight full page plates, many in colour. With a List of Military Prints and ...

A Complete Course of Lithography

Alois Senefelder; Frederic von Schlichtegroll · 1819 · Rooke Books

£835.00 (€1,000.88 | $1,103.15 | ¥176,159)

London, R. Ackermann, 1819. First edition. Leather. The first edition in English of the first book on lithography, written by Alois Senefelder the inventor of lithography. Bound in half crushed morocco, with gilt lettering. Rebound with new endpapers. With frontis and three pl...

Eighty Sketches in Water Colour from Nature

Russell Stephenson · 1926 · Rooke Books

£499.99 (€599.32 | $660.56 | ¥105,482)

London, The Saint Catherine Press, 1926. Fine Binding. A superb copy of this sought after work. A full red leather hardback with gilt frame, lettering and decoration, with a slipcase. There are eighty tipped in illustrations. This is a beautiful limited edition; one of only 22...

The Thespian Dictionary; or, Dramatic Biography of the Present Age

Anonymous · 1805 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

London, James Cundee, 1805. Cloth. A scarce copy of this brilliant little compendium of the lives of English actors, playwrights, directors and managers throughout history up until the early 19th century. Second Edition. 'Containing sketches of the lives, lists of the pro...

Exhibition of English Embroidery Executed Prios to the Middle of the XVI Century

Burlington Fine Arts Club · 1905 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1905. Cloth. An exhibition of pre-Jacobean English embroidery from the Burlington Fine Arts Club. Illustrated with many coloured plates. The Burlington Fine Arts Club (established 1866; dissolved 1952) was a London gentlemen's club based...

The Nation&Apos;S Pictures

[Anonymous] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)

London; Paris; New York; Melbourne , Cassell and Company, Limited, 1903. Cloth. A lavishly illustrated two volume set, with bright and vibrant colour plates throughout. Volumes III and IV of a four volume set. Lacking volume I and II. A selection from the finest modern paintin...

Instructions in Wood-Carving for Amateurs with Hints on Design

A Lady · 0 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London , Crosby, Lockwood and Son, c1890. Cloth. A scarce collection of carpentry tips, 'by a lady&apos. Fourth edition. Illustrated with numerous folding plates to the rear. n paper-covered card wraps. Externally, sound, with just a few marks and some slight wear to the ...