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Homecrafts in Sweden

Maj Sterner; Alice Stael Con Holstein · 1939 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Leigh-On-Sea, F. Lewis (Publishers) Limited, 1939 . Cloth. The scarce first English edition of this illustrated work on Swedish home crafts. First English edition of Homecrafts in Sweden by Maj Sterner, in the original publisher's cloth binding.Translated from the Swedish...

Staffordshire Porcelain

Geoffrey Godden · 1983 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Granada, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this illustrated work on Staffordshire porcelain. First edition. Illustrated throughout with over 730 black and white photographs and 24 colour plates. Collated complete. A study of Staffordshire porcel...

William Morris: Arts and Crafts Designs Brooklyn Museum, 2007 Calendar

William Morris · 1984 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London; , Pomegranate; William Morris Society; Communist Party Publication , 1984-06. Paperback. A collection of works dedicated to the arts and crafts of prominent Victorian artist William Morris. Morris was a famous textile designer, poet and artist, associated with the Brit...

Alphabets, Numerals and Devices of the Middle Ages

Henry Shaw · 1845 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, Bernard Quaritch, 1845 . Cloth. An early edition of this beautifully illustrated collection of alphabets and typefaces of the middle ages in England. Early edition of Alphabets, Numerals and Devices of the Middle Ages by Henry Shaw rebound in quarter cloth binding. Pu...

Art in Ornament and Dress

Charles Blanc · 1976 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1976. Cloth. A translated edition of Blanc's illustrated work on the art of ornaments and dressing. Scarce work. Illustrated with eighty-four drawings and diagrams. Translated from the French. Dated from the British Library. An educational ...

A Text-Book of Elementary Design

Richard G Hatton · 1894 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1894. First edition. Cloth. Scarce first edition of this book on decorative art by Richard G Hatton. The first edition of this work. Written by Richard G Hatton. A study of decorative art and design, with chapters descriptive of the various techniques, ...

Lectures on Sculpture

John Flaxman · 1829 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, John Murray, 1829 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this collection of lectures on sculpture by the Neoclassic sculpture John Flaxman with illustrations. First edition of Lectures on Sculpture by John Flaxman in half calf binding and cloth boards. A dense...

Studies in Seven Arts

Arthur Symons · 1906 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Archibald Constable, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A neat first edition of this study in art, by Arthur Symons. First edition. A study in art from Rodin and Moreau to Beethoven and Duse. With commentary on the painting of the nineteenth century, the decay of craftsmanshi...

The Fine Arts of the English School; Illustrated by a Series of Engravings from Paintings, Sculpture, and Architecture, of Eminent English Artists

John Britton · 1812 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Printed at the Chiswick Press by C. Whittingham for Longman, Hurst et al, 1812. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this collection of essays about English artists, edited by John Britton and illustrated with twenty-four plates. The scarce first edition of thi...

The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts

Various · 1903 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

London , WM Clowes and Sons, 1903. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A smart pamphlet of a catalogue of the artworks for the 1903 Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts. A catalogue for the one hundred and thirty-fifth exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1903. This vo...

Studies for Pictures, a Medley

J. Moyr Smith · 1868 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Edward Moxon & Co , 1868. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition work containing numerous illustrations by J. Moyr Smith, with a bookplate for the Scottish writer, Compton Mackenzie. The very scarce first edition. Held institutionally in only five UK libraries. R...

The Harbours of England by J.M. W. Turner

John Ruskin · 1877 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London , Smith, Elder & Co. 1877. Cloth. A lovely new edition of this volume celebrating Turner's harbour paintings, with twelve plates. A New Edition of The Harbours of England, engraved by Thomas Lupton from the drawings of J. M. W. Turner. This work has illustrative te...

Heirlooms in Miniatures

Anne Hollingsworth Wharton · 1898 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

Philadelphia , J. B. Lippincott Company , 1898. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this collection of representative American portrait miniatures by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton. Containing a series of representative American miniatures accompanied with a record of ...

The Book of Lovat Claud Fraser

Haldane Macfall · 1923 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated biography of British artist Claud Lovat Fraser. First edition of The Book of Lovat Claud Fraser by Haldane Macfall in the original publisher's quarter cloth binding. This bio...

Modern Illustration

Joseph Pennell · 1895 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated first edition of this work on illustration by prolific American artist Joseph Pennell. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Top edge gilt. Bookplate to the fr...

Modern Publicity 1931; Modern Publicity the Annual of "Art and Industry

F. A. Mercer (ed.); W. Gaunt (ed.) · 1931 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, The Studio Limited , 1931-38. First edition. Paperback. Two first edition copies of the Modern Publicity annual, with numerous illustrations throughout. The first edition. In the original paper wraps. Two copies of the Modern Publicity annual, showcasing different adve...

Embroidery and Design in the New Stitchery

Elizabeth Glasier Foster · 1926 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons , 1926. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition volume of embroidery and design, with colour plates. This volume is part of the Needlecraft series and is number four within the series. This volume aims to inspire people to take up embro...

C1952 the Treasure Doll Dressing Book and Story Book

1950 · Rooke Books

£97.00 (€116.27 | $128.15 | ¥20,464)

Not Stated, Purnell, c1952. Magazine. A very rare 1950s book of paper dolls for children, still in a wonderfully bright condition. A paper doll dressing up book in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. A very scarce and remarkably well-preserved children's ...

English Ironwork of the Xviith & Xviiith Centuries

J. Starke Gardner · 1911 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, B. T. Batsford, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this history of Renaissance English Ironwork, which is richly illustrated. A first edition copy of English Ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth Centuries. This volume is a historical and analytical...

Poster Design

W. G. Raffe · 1932 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1932 . Cloth. The second edition of W. G. Raffe's impressive study of poster design and illustration in advertising, featuring over one-hundred and seventy illustrations. The 1932 reissued 'cheap edition' of this work, first published i...