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The Ladies Amusement

Robert Sayer · 1966 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Newport, Ceramic Book Company, 1966. Cloth. A facsimile edition of a design book on the art of Japanning from 1762, including over one thousands beautifully illustrated designs by Jean-Baptiste Pillement. The facsimile edition of The Ladies Amusement or The Whole Art of Japann...

Gems of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 at Philadelphia

Unknown · 1877 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1877. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an intriguing commentary on the world fair of 1887, America's first to host and one celebrated at the height of imperial competition. A signature from the wife of respected French architec...

Ikora-Edelmetall

Anonymous [WMF] · 1920 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Wurtemberg, WMF, c1925. Magazine. A scarce 1920s shopping catalogue from a German metalwork company that still thrives to this day, including vases, tins, and bowls. Ikora-Edelmetall, an uncommon shopping catalogue from the German metalwork company WMF. Published in c1925.In q...

British Silhouette Artists and Their Work 1760-1860

Sue McKechnie · 1978 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Sotheby Parke Bernet , 1978. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this impressive reference on British silhouette portraiture, richly illustrated throughout in monochrome and colour, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's origi...

Decorative Art

M. Louis Tremblay; G. Fraipont · 1856 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Paris, Belin Freres; Desloges , 1856-1909. Hardback. A lovely two volume set of very scarce French guides to drawing landscapes, portraits and decorative art. A two volume set of scarce works.Comprising of:(1856) L'ornement le Paysage et la Perspective Mis a la Portee de ...

The Brothers Dalziel; a Record of Fifty Years&Apos; Work in Conjunction with Many of the Most Distinguished Artists of the Period 1840-1890

Lord Leighton; Sir J.E. Millais; Sir E.J. Poynter et al. · 1901 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Methuen and Co. 1901 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce abundantly illustrated work featuring the most distinguished artists of the period 1840-1890. A scarce work.The first edition.In publisher's original blue cloth binding. A highly illustrated work, featuring po...

Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages: Volume II

Henry Shaw · 1858 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1858. Leather. A beautifully illustrated visual guide to late Medieval Britain and Western Europe, immersing the reader into the time period with engraved colour plates of kings and queens. An early edition of Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages: ...

Rex Whistler: The Konigsmark Drawings

Laurence Whistler · 1952 · Rooke Books

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

London, The Richards Press , 1952. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this limited edition work, in which Laurence Whistler presents reproductions of his brother Rex's drawings from A. E. W. Mason's novel, 'Konigsmark&apos. Signed presentation inscription by...

The Plays of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare; Alexander Chalmers [ed.] · 1826 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.86 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,324)

London, Printed for C. and J. Rivington; T Egerton; J. Cuthell; et al. 1826 . Leather. A neatly bound complete eight volume set of plays by William Shakespeare, in full brown morocco. A handsomely bound set of plays by William Shakespeare.William Shakespeare was an English pla...

George Morland&Apos;S Pictures: Their Present Possessors, with Details of the Collections

Ralph Richardson · 1897 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Elliot Stock, 1897. First edition. Cloth. The author's own copy of this George Morland bibliography, copiously inscribed throughout with his later notes and amendments. A desirable first edition copy of this uncommon Morland bibliography, previously owned by the a...

The Studies of Sir Edwin Landseer

W. Cosmo Monkhouse · 1877 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Virtue and Company, 1877 . First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated example of W. Cosmo Monkhouse's detailed study of Sir Edwin Landseer, including a discussion of Queen Victoria's collection of his works. The first edition of W. Cosmo Monkhouse's...

Memoirs of His Own Life

Tate Wilkinson · 1790 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

York, For the Author by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, 1790 . First edition. Leather. A handsome example of the first edition of the four volume autobiography of 18th century actor and theatre manager Tate Wilkinson. The first edition of this work, complete in four volumes.The au...

The History of the Merchant Taylors&Apos; Hall

Henry Lennox Hopkinson · 1931 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Cambridge, Cambridge Printed for Private Circulation at the University Press, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A lovely and uncommon copy of this illustrated London Guild history, first edition thus. The definitive history of the building which houses one of 12 historic London Guil...

The Etcher&Apos;S Handbook

P.G. Hamerton [Philip Gilbert Hamerton] · 1881 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Charles Roberson and Co. 1881. Cloth. The third revised and augmented edition of The Etcher's Handbook by P.G. Hamerton, a leading figure within the etching revival. The third revised and augmented edition of P.G. Hamerton's The Etcher's Handbook, publis...

Oxford Characters

William Rothenstein; F. Y. Powell · 1896 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London; New York, john Lane; R. H. Russell & Son, 1896 . Cloth. A limited edition of two hundred copies, the volume produces twenty-four lithographic portraits by Will Rothenstein, depicting some of Oxford"s most distinguished poets, dons, and aesthetes. In the publisher'...

Clouds: Biography of a Country House

Caroline Dakers · 1993 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Caroline Dakers"s richly detailed history of Clouds, the Arts and Crafts country house that became a centre of artistic and intellectual life in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain. In...

Landscape

Philip Gilbert Hamerton · 1885 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)

London, Seeley & Co. 1885. First edition. Leather. The first trade edition of Hamerton's study of landscape paintings and drawings, illustrated with etchings and reproductions from famous art pieces. A first trade edition of this work, in the publisher"s quarter morocco b...

Schwedische Mobel. Meubles Suedois. Swedish Furniture

Carl Malmsten · 1954 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Basel , Wepf & Co, 1954. First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of Carl Malmsten's study on Swedish furniture, in the original scarce dust wrapper and inscribed by the author to Ambrose Heal, a notable furniture designer. The first edition. The author&...

The Pilgrim on the Earth

Julian Green · 1929 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, The Blackamore Press; Harper and Brothers, 1929. Leather. A beautifully illustrated limited edition of Julian Green's mysterious tale, with colour wood engravings by Rene Ben Sussan, and being a very scarce edition published especially for the translator. A limite...

Louise Bourgeois: Pensees-Plumes

Louise Bourgeois; Deborah Wye; Marie-Laure Bernadac · 1995 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou Cabinet d'Art Graphique, 1995. First edition. Hardback. An elegant Centre Pompidou catalogue exhibiting the works of Louise Bourgeois, showcasing the artist"s intimate drawings and "feather-thoughts." First edition.In the publisher's or...