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Lecture on Sculpture

John Flaxman · 1881 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1881 . Leather. A scarce, new edition of John Flaxman's lectures on sculpture, as delivered before the Royal Academy. Bound in a full calf prize binding, with a gilt motif to the front cover. A new edition. These lectures on sculpture were deli...

Thornton&Apos;S Temple of Flora

Geoffrey Grigson; Handasyde Buchanan · 1951 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Collins, 1951 . Cloth. A beautiful reproduction of Robert John Thornton's important nineteenth century botanical volume, complete with the original striking colour plates. A striking botanical volume .When first published in 1807, this work was known for its impre...

Bird Pictures

Alice Whitby · 1901 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, George Allen, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this charmingly illustrated work on birds. First edition. Illustrated with a colour title page and nineteen colour plates. Collated complete. A charming collection of notes on different birds, including...

Le Visage de Matisse

Pierre Courthion · 1942 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Lausanne, Marguerat, 1942. Paperback. A smart copy of this critical study of the work of Matisse, from art critic Pierre Courthion. In the original French. French. Illustrated with four tipped in colour plates and twelve black-and-white plates. Collated complete. A detailed cr...

Nicola Bayley Cat Calendar for the Year 2003

Nicola Bayley · 2002 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Walker Books Ltd, 2002. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce calendar for the year 2003, illustrated with images of cats from Nicola Bayley. First edition. Very scarce. Illustrated with twelve colour images of cats. A calendar to delight cat lovers, taken from the a...

Fantastic Voyage

Isaac Asimov · 1966 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Dennis Dobson, 1966 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Isaac Asimov's novelisation of the 1966 science fiction adventure film 'Fantastic Voyage&apos. The first UK edition of Asimov's novelisation, based on the screenplay of Harry Kleiner, fr...

A Hundred Years of British Painting 1851-1951

Hesketh Hubbard · 1951 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1951. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this illustrated historical study of British painting. First edition. Illustrated with one hundred and twenty-six images over sixty-four plates. Collated complete. A detailed histor...

George Morland His Life and Works

Sir Walter Gilbey; E. D. Cumin · 1907 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1907. Cloth. A deluxe limited edition work on the life and work of George Morland, illustrated in colour and signed by the editor, Walter Gilbey. A limited edition de luxe, limited to two hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered two h...

Etchings by S.F. Every

S. F. Every [Simon Frederick Every] · 1832 · Rooke Books

£725.00 (€869.03 | $957.83 | ¥152,952)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1832-1834 . Cloth. A very scarce collection of seventeen etchings by Derbyshire artist and etcher Simon Frederick Every. A vanishingly scarce work from S. F. Every, Esq. a Darbyshire born artist who emigrated to New Zealand in 1856.This is the earliest ...

The Hairy Ape and Other Poems the Emperor Jones, the Straw and the Diff&Apos;Rent

Eugene O'Neill · 1924 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1924-25. Cloth. A collection of plays by Nobel Prize winning American playwright Eugene O'Neill, in their original cloth bindings. Reprints. First printed in 1922 to 'Emperor Jones' and 1923 to 'Hairy Ape&apos. Two Volumes. In the p...

Eighteenth Century Architecture in South Africa; Eighteenth Century Furniture in South Africa

G. E. Pearse · 1957 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.03 | ¥80,168)

London; Pretoria, B. T. Batsford Ltd.; J. L. Van Schaik, Ltd. 1957-1960. First edition. Cloth. A very smart pair of works exploring architecture and design in South Africa in the Eighteenth Century, highly illustrated throughout. In the publisher's original cloth binding ...

American Design the Desert Southwest

Nora Burba · 1987 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

New York , Bantam , 1987. First edition. Hardback. A detailed work on American design in the Desert Southwest published in 1987. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. This book gives a detailed guide to interior design in the Southwest. The Southwest is uni...

The Pictorial Gallery of Arts, Volume II: Fine Arts

Anonymous · 1847 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,565)

London, Charles Cox, 1847 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the second volume of 'The Pictorial Gallery of Arts', with this richly illustrated work examining fine art, sculpture, architecture and paintings. The second volume only of a two volume work.Volum...

A Sammelband of Eight Catalogues of 1870s Exhibitions in London

1872 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

London, John Strangeways; Eyre and Spottiswoode; W. M Thompson et al, 1872-1879 . Cloth. A collection of eight very scarce 1870s pamphlets, advertising and providing information about Exhibitions being held in London. Bound together in this sammelband are:The 1872 second editi...

The Church Plate of Hampshire

Rev. P. R. P. Braithwaite · 1909 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Simpkin & Co. Limited, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this illustrated work cataloguing religious artefacts from Hampshire churches. First edition in the publisher's original cloth binding. Written by Rev. Philip Richard Pipon Braithwait...

Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. The English Humourists in Art. A Catalogue of the Exhibition Containing 100 Pages of Illustrations.

Not Statetd · 1889 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, 1889. Leather. A very scarce catalogue detailing an 1889 exhibition of the works of noted English humorists, illustrated with examples of their works. A very scarce work.Sumptuously bound by Zaehnsdorf.Original wraps are bo...

Catalogue of a Loan Collection of the Works of Randolph Caldecott, Exhibited at the Brasenose Club, Manchester, March, 1888

1888 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.03 | ¥80,168)

Manchester, The Brasenose Club; John Heywood, 1888. First edition. Leather. A very scarce catalogue of an 1888 exhibition of the Works of Randolph Caldecott, hosted by the Manchester Brasenose Club. The first edition of this very scarce work.Printed for private circulation.Bou...

Galeries Historiques de Versailles

Charles Gavard; J. Janin · 1838 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Paris, Charles Gavard, 1838. Hardback. A lovely French work looking at the beauties of Versailles, lavishly illustrated throughout. In the original French.A beautiful work looking at the impressive architecture and art the Palace of Versailles.Illustrated with a frontispiece, ...

A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings

John Kay; Hugh Paton · 1837 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)

Edinburgh, Hugh Paton, Carver, and Gilder, 1837-38. First edition. Leather. A lavishly illustrated series of caricatures by the Scottish artist John Kay, illustrated with a total of three hundred and fifty eight plates. The first edition.Complete in two volumes.A lovely work e...

Love: A Celebration in Art and Literature

Jane Lahr [ed]; Lena Tabori [ed] · 1982 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

New York , Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A heavily illustrated first edition of this work celebrating love as seen in art and literature, edited by Jane Lahr and Lena Tabori. The first edition of the work. In the publisher's original cloth with the...