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Carlo Gatti · 1941 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Milan, Garzanti, 1941. Paperback. A wonderful collection of illustrations and photographs that depict the life and work of Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, in German. This is a limited edition copy of this work on the life of the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi as expressed th...

The Era of the Photograph a Social History

Michel F. Braive · 1966 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London , Thames and Hudson , 1966. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful and comprehensive social history of photography that is richly illustrated throughout. A first English edition of this work, translated from the original French edition that was published in 1965. This volume...

The Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Allen Staley

Allen Staley · 2001 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 2001. Cloth. A stunning volume that celebrates that intricacy and beauty of landscape in Pre-Raphaelite paintings, richly illustrated in colour. The first edition of this book, published in 1973, ignited a revival of interest in the brilliant ...

The Songs of Charles Dibdin

Charles Dibdin; George Hogarth · 1847 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, G.H. Davidson, 1847-8. Leather. A comprehensive collection of the popular songs by Charles Dibdin, published posthumously, an early edition of this work complete in two volumes. A collection of the songs and poems of Charles Dibdin, the noted British composer and music...

A Directory of Antique Furniture, the Authentic Classification of European & American Designs for Professionals and Connoisseurs

F. Lewis Hinckley · 1953 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

New York , Bonanza Books , 1953. First edition. Cloth. A smart directory of European and American antique furniture, with numerous photographs throughout. The first edition. In the original quarter cloth binding with publisher's dust wrapper. A comprehensive directory of ...

Decorative Ornament

Owen Jones · 2006 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

New York, Tess Press, 2006. Hardback. A beautiful collection of decorative and ornamental design from around the world. The new folio edition. With the original text from Owen Jones' design classic, 'The Grammar of Ornament&apos. In a brightly illustrated hardcover b...

House and Cottage Construction

Harry Bryant Newbold; Guy Cadogan Rothery; Paul Willoughby; Various · 1923 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Caxon Publishing Company, Limited. 1923 . First edition. Cloth. Three volumes of the first edition, first printing of this book of houses and construction with colour plates. The first edition of House and Cottage Constructions by Harry Bryant Newbold in the original p...

Walks Through the Studj of the Sculptors at Rome with a Brief Historical and Critical Sketch of Sculpture. Volume II

Count Hawks Le Grace · 1841 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

Rome, Crispino Puccineili , 1841 . First edition. Vellum. The first edition of this interesting historical and contemporary study of sculptors in Rome from the mid nineteenth century. First edition of Volume II, in vellum binding, of this study of sculpture in Rome from 1841 b...

Little Books About Old Furniture

J. P. Blake; A. E. Reveirs-Hopkins · 1911 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London , William Heinemann , 1911-1912. Cloth. A scarce four volume set of Little Books About Old Furniture, with illustrations throughout. A four volume set of the Little Books About Old Furniture that aims to offer information and suggestion tot hose who find furniture inter...

The Buildings of England

Nikolaus Pevsner · 1979 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London , Penguin Books, 1979-1988. Leather. A smart four volume set of the series The Buildings of England, with illustrations throughout. Four volumes from The Buildings of England series. The first volumes of this series came out in 1951 and the founding editor of the series...

The Discourses of Joshua Reynolds to Which Are Added His Letters to &Apos;the Idler&Apos;

Joshua Reynolds; Austin Dobson · 1907 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Henry Frowde , [1907]. Cloth. World's Classics edition of the discourses on art by Joshua Reynolds, with an introduction by Austin Dobson. A series of lectures delivered by Sir Joshua Reynolds at the Royal Academy between 1769 and 1790, best remembered for their s...

In Sundry Places

C W R Winter · 1999 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

[Whitewell], Forget Me Not Books, [1999]. First edition. Cloth. Lovely copy of this scarce first edition study of Tregeare and Tregeare House by C. W. R. Winter. First edition of this work. A study of Tregeare in North Cornwall, consisting of a small village green and a farm h...

Three Men on a Raft, the Noble Art of Murder, and the Gunpowder Plot

1950 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, C. Arthur Pearson, c1958. Paperback. Three very scarce 1950s comic strips based on the television shows 'The New Adventures of Charlie Chan' and 'The Buccaneers&apos. Three 1950s comic strip picture stories based on hit television programmes, The New Adv...

Victorian Notebook Including Christmas Cards and Drawings

1881 · Rooke Books

£890.00 (€1,066.81 | $1,175.81 | ¥187,762)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1881. Leather. A unique half morocco-bound Victorian scrapbook, with many hand drawn cards and pages featuring Christmas cards and illustrations, with some blank pages to the rear. A Victorian scrapbook and notebook, with many pages featuring Christmas...

Cambridge Stone

Donovan Purcell · 1967 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London , Faber and Faber, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A charming history of the stone that built the beautiful buildings of Cambridge University with plates to the rear of the volume. A book that excavates the history of the stone that built the wonderful buildings of Cambridg...

Lectures and Lessons on Art

F. W. Moody · 1880 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1880. Leather. The third edition of Moody's uncommon illustrated and practical collection of lectures and lessons on art. The third edition of this uncommon work.Francis Wollaston Moody's important series of introductory lessons and lect...

Parts I Have Played Mr Martin Harvey

Anonymous · 0 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, The Abbey Press, c1910. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce illustrated biography of prominent British theatre actor Michael Martin Harvey. In the publisher's original wraps, and with an advertisement for the 'Electromobile&apos. A very scarce authorised ...

Birket Foster Sixteen Examples in Colour of the Artist&Apos;S Work

H. M. Cundall · 1910 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London , A & C Black , 1910. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition collection of Birket Foster's popular rural watercolours with an introduction by H. M. Cundall. A charming collection of the dainty watercolour paintings of Birket Foster who produced scenes from ...

The Glass Industry of the Weald

G. H. Kenyon · 1967 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Not Stated , Leicester University Press, 1967. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this authoritative study of the glass industry of the Weald, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. First edition of Kenyon's comprehensive study of glassmaking in the Weald of Sussex...

The Pelican History of Art Series

Various · 1954 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

Harmondsworth, Middlesex, Penguin Books , 1954-60. First edition. Cloth. First edition copies of these illustrated works on the history of art and architecture around the world, enclosed in original dust wrappers. A fascinating set of works about art history, architecture, pai...