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Dress Worn at His Majesty&Apos;S Court

Herbert A. P. Trendell · 1912 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Harrison & Sons, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce study of the dress of the court of George V in his early reign, with striking colour plates. The first edition of this scarce work.A detailed account of the dress worn at the court of George ...

Pictures of Grecian History, in Miniature

1810 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, Darton, Harvey and Darton; J. Harris , 1810. First edition. Hardback. The very scarce first edition of this charming miniature, with illustrative depictions of Ancient Greece, with the publisher's boards. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's ve...

An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank

William Makepeace Thackeray; W. E. Church [ed.] · 1884 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, George Redway, 1884 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition edition in book form of Thackeray's essay on the talents of famed illustrator George Cruikshank, taken from the pages of the Westminster Review. The first edition of this work in book form. The text...

Printing to-Day

John C. Tarr · 1945 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Oxford University Press, 1945. First edition. Cloth. An attractive first edition of this history of printing, richly illustrated and with the very scarce unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. With the publisher's very scarce unclipped dust wrapper. A fascin...

Hymns Ancient and Modern for Use in the Services of the Church, with Accompanying Tunes

Church of England · 1940 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, William Clowes and Sons Limited, 1940. Leather. An attractive copy of this standard edition of hymns, with the accompanying tunes, in lovely condition. The Standard edition of this work in a full morocco binding. All edges gilt. Small stamp to the bottom of page 908. A...

Planes of the Great War 1914-1918: Fifty of Howard Leigh&Apos;S Popular Prints Reproduced by Collotype

Howard Leigh · 1934 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, John Hamilton, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A very smart work containing Howard Leigh's illustrations of some of the planes of the First World War. First edition. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This work contains fifty tipped-in illustra...

The Arts of Egypt

Irmgard Woldering · 1967 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Thames and Hudson, 1967. Cloth. A vibrantly illustrated survey of the Golden Age of Egyptian art, with the very smart unclipped dust wrapper. A new edition.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. An exhaustive account of Egyptian art and literature, c...

Scrapbook of Engravings

1792 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1791. Leather. A unique scrapbook comprising of a total of fifty-nine engravings, and two hand drawn pencil portraits. A unique scrapbook volume, containing engravings from various published works.Including various engraved title pages of 'Bells&a...

Blood on Paper

Elena Foster; Rowan Watson · 2008 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Victoria & Albert Museum; Ivory Press, 2008. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. The first edition of this impressive and unique catalogue of the Victoria and Albert Museum's exhibition, 'Blood on Paper&apos. The first edition of this work.A unique work pro...

Old English Walnut & Lacquer Furniture

R. W. Symonds; Percival D. Griffiths · 1923 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A lavishly illustrated guide to old English walnut and lacquer furniture for collectors and students. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. The Times Book Club label to the fr...

The Anti-Rationalists

J. M. Richards; Nikolaus Pevsner [edited] · 1973 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York, Architectural Press , 1973. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this architectural work focused on the rebellious new generation of Art Nouveau architects. The first edition of this work.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Profusel...

Old English Drinking Glasses: Their Chronology and Sequence

Grant R. Francis · 1926 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1926. First edition. Vellum. The limited Edition de Luxe of this unique study into eighteenth century drinking glasses, signed by the author. An Edition de Luxe copy of this work, number 17 out of 100 copies.Signed by the author to the collopho...

Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design: Catalogue of Wall-Papers

C. C. Oman · 1929 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Board of Education , 1929. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon catalogue of antique wall papers held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The first edition, first printing of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and twelve double sided plates. Collated complete.A ...

Ivories

Alfred Maskell · 1905 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Methuen and Co. 1905. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful overview of the topic of ivory sculpture and art through the ages, illustrated with 88 plates. The first edition of this work, part of the Connoisseur's Library. Illustrated with 88 monochrome plates of ivor...

Landscape-Historical Illustrations of the Waverley Novels; Nouvelles Illustrations Anglaises Des Romans de Sir Walter Scott.

Sir Walter Scott; M. C. Pelle · 0 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Fisher, Son & Co. c1840 . First edition. Leather. A wonderful collection of illustrations to accompany scenes from Sir Walter Scott's acclaimed Waverley novels, with descriptions in both English and French by M. C. Pelle. Bound in half crushed morocco with marbled...

Songs of Two Savoyards

W. S. Gilbert · 1892 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Lodnon, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, [1892]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of music and lyrics by Gilbert and Sullivan, with illustrations throughout. The first edition.In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking very scarce dust wrapper...

Fifteen Minutes

Andy Warhol · 2011 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

New York, Wu-Shan Inc. and Sony Music Entertainment, 2011. Hardback. A fine limited edition run of this multimedia homage to Andy Warhol, showcasing artists who knew and worked with him. "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes" - Andy Warhol, 1968. To coin...

Here, of All Places

Osbert Lancaster · 1959 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, John Murray, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this pictorial history of domestic architecture. First thus. Illustrated throughout with many full-page images. A revised and expanded omnibus version of Pillar to Post and Homes Sweet Homes, this e...

The First & Chief Groundes of Architecture

John Shute; Lawrence Weaver (ed.) · 1912 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Country Life Limited, 1912. Hardback. A limited edition copy of this facsimile of John Shute's important illustrated work on architecture. Limited edition. Number 223 out of one thousand.Illustrated with illuminated letters and monochrome facsimile reproductions o...

The Glass Industry of the Weald

G. H. Kenyon · 1967 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Leicester, Leicester University Press, 1967 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this comprehensive study of the glass industry in the Weald, with signed letters from the author. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding with the original, unc...