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The Twelve Months of Flowers

Jacob Van Huysum; Colonel Maurice Harold Grant · 1950 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Leigh-on-Sea, F. Lewis, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated limited edition copy of this collection of the paintings of Jacob Van Huysum, in the very scarce original dust wrapper. No. 393 of 500 Edition de Luxe copies produced.In the very scarce original uncl...

Rex Whistler&Apos;S War 1939-July 1944 Artist Into Tank Commander: Catalogue to the Special Exhibition at the National Army Museum, London

Jenny Spencer-Smith; Laurence Whistler · 1994 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, National Army Museum, 1994. First edition. Paperback. An excellent first edition of this detailed catalogue, created for a special exhibition for British painter and muralist, Rex Whistler. The first edition of this catalogue. In the publisher's card covers.Rex W...

Selected Essays on Books and Printing

A. F. Johnson; Percy H. Muir [ed] · 1970 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Amsterdam, Van Gendt & Co, 1970 [1971]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of interesting essays on the history of printing and typography from an expert in the field, Alfred F. Johnson. The first edition. Illustrated with throughout with monochrome fu...

In English Homes: The Internal Character, Furniture and Adornments of Some of the Most Notable Houses of England

Charles Latham · 1907 · Rooke Books

£64.00 (€76.71 | $84.55 | ¥13,502)

London, The Offices of Country Life , 1907. Cloth. A lavishly illustrated celebration of great English homes and their furnishings, with specially taken photographs from Charles Latham. The second edition of this volume, being the first out of three published for this series.Â...

A Series of Seventy Original Illustrations to Captain Sir R.F. Burton&Apos;S "Arabian Nights": Choice Edition de Luxe

Captain Sir R. F. Burton · 1897 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.52 | $1,453.25 | ¥232,066)

London, H. S. Nichols Ltd. 1897 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce portfolio containing seventy-one striking illustrations reproduced from Albert Letchford's accompanying oil paintings to "Arabian Nights", this being the large-paper Choice Edition de Luxe. The Choice E...

Rossetti and His Circle

Max Beerbohm · 1922 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, William Heinemann, 1922. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of Max Beerbohm's humorous caricaturist series concerning the life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his peers. The first edition. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding.This volume ...

Doodaaa: The Balletic Art of Gavin Twinge, a Triography

Ralph Steadman · 2002 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Bloomsbury, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, first impression of this amusing tale of art history from British illustrator Ralph Steadman. First edition, first impression. Illustrated with forty-eight plates. Collated complete. The life of Steadm...

Introduction to Typography

Simon Oliver · 1945 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Faber and Faber, 1945 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of Oliver Simon's guide to book production and typography, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. A &apo...

The Bird Picture-Book

0 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, George Routledge & Sons, c1870. Cloth. A smart copy of this very scarce picture book of birds, from the Illustrated Natural History. Very scarce. Illustrated with nine hand-coloured plates. Collated complete. From The Illustrated Natural History by John George Wood, an...

The Drawings of John Ruskin

Paul H. Walton · 1972 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this uncommon study of the drawings of John Ruskin, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original u...

School of Paris: The Painters and Artistic Climate of Paris Since 1910

Raymond Nacenta · 1960 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Oldbourne Press, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated first edition of this study on the painters of Paris since 1910, by Raymond Nacenta. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped dust wr...

A Critical Account of the Drawings of Michel Angelo and Raffaello in the University Galleries, Oxford

J. C. Robinson · 1870 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1870. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of the artwork of Michelangelo and Raphael in the University Galleries at Oxford. First edition. Illustrated with a collection of paper-marks to the rear of the t...

Bookbindings and Rubbings of Bindings in the National Art Library South Kensington Museum

W. H. James Weale · 1898 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office; Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1898. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition illustrated pamphlet on beautiful book bindings by William H. Weale, bound in crushed quarter morocco. The first edition. Bound in crushed quarter morocco...

How to Draw Planes; How to Draw Horses; How to Draw Hands

Frank A. A. Wootton; John Skeaping; Oliver Senior · 1941 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, The Studio , 1941-1944. Cloth. A delightful set of three 'How to Draw' books, offering step-by-step guides and visual aids throughout. Containing the second impression of 'Planes', the fifth impression of 'Horses' and the first impression ...

Steel and Ships: The History of John Brown&Apos;S

Sir Allan Grant · 1950 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

London, Michael Joseph, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition, first impression of this historical record, detailing the impressive growth of the ship-building industry. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original unclippe...

International Exhibition, Glasgow 1888: Fine Arts Section, Official Catalogue

Anonymous · 1888 · Rooke Books

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

Glasgow, T. & A. Constable, 1888 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this limited edition guide to the fine art exhibited at the 1888 International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art in Glasgow. One of only 370 copies of this Large Paper Copy printed....

Modern Scottish Portrait Painters

Percy Bate [intro.] · 1910 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)

Edinburgh, Otto Schulze & Company, 1910 . First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound full vellum example of Percy Bate's study of Scottish portrait painters, one of only twenty-five very scarce copies printed on Japanese vellum. A very scarce work.375 copies of this work...

The Saturday Book: The Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Annual Issues

Leonard Russell [ed.] · 1945 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Hutchinson, 1945-1947. First edition. Cloth. Bright first editions of the fifth, sixth and seventh annual issues of Leonard Russell's miscellany 'The Saturday Book', illustrated throughout. The first edition, first impression of each of these volumes.The...

Mornings in Florence Being Simple Studies of Christian Art for English Travellers.

John Ruskin · 1875 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, c1925. First edition. Paperback. The uncommon Tauchnitz Edition of this immersive guide to the art of Florence, Italy by the English polymath John Ruskin. Mornings in Florence was first published c.1875, and first published by Tauchnitz Editions in...

Birds&Apos; Eggs of the British Isles

Arthur G. Butler · 0 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Brumby and Clarke, Limited , c1907. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated study of British birds' eggs, with engaging commentaries from Arthur Gardiner Butler. A scarce large edition of this study of birds' eggs found in the British Isles. In the publisher's...