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The Forget Me Not: A Selection of Simple Songs, for Thinking Hearts

1853 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co. 1853 . Cloth. A very scarce copy of this collection of poems from notable authors such as Byron. A very scarce work.The second edition.In blue cloth binding, with gilt to fore edge.A collection of poetry from various authors, containing works fro...

Two Original Sketches by Joseph Simpson

Joseph Simpson R.B.A.; Holbrook Jackson · 1911 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)

Not Stated, None, 1911. First edition. Unbound. Two striking and accomplished original sketches from artist Joseph Simpson, presented by bibliophile Holbrook Jackson in a signed letter to his brother, Charlie. Two original unsigned sketches from British painter and etcher Jose...

Umrisse Zu Goethe&Apos;S Faust

Moritz Retzsch · 1837 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Stuttgart und TuÃÂOeˆbingen, J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1837 . Cloth. An early edition of Moritz Retzsch's collection of forty plates illustrating Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's tragic play, 'Faust&apos. In the original German.An early edition of thi...

Catalogue of Specimens in the Museum of Practical Geology

Trenham Reeks; F. W. Rudler · 1871 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1871 . Cloth. Descriptive llustrated catalogue of the Museum of Practical Geology's vast collection of Roman-era British pottery and porcelain. Second edition.In brown cloth binding.With a frontispiece and numerous in-text ill...

Historical and Descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray

Thomas Wright; R. H. Evans · 1851 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

London, Henry G. Bohn , 1851 . First edition. Leather. A first edition catalogue of James Gillray"s major political caricatures, issued to accompany Bohn"s engravings with historical commentary, bound in half morocco. In a smart red half morocco binding with marbled paper boar...

Tennyson and His Pre-Raphaelite Illustrators

George Somes Layard · 1894 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Elliot Stock, 1894. First edition. Leather. The first edition of a loving and scholarly analysis of Tennyson and his relationship with the pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, signed and written by George Somes Layard. The signed first edition of Tennyson and his Pre-Raphaelite...

Handsome Straight Grain Morocco Sketch Book

Anonymous · 0 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)

Not Stated, None, c1820 . Leather. A delightful sketch book of pencil landscape illustrations, beautifully bound in full straight grain morocco, with a metal clasp. Including a depiction of Lake Windermere. A wonderful illustrated anonymously produced early 19th century sketch...

Graphite and Red Chalk Pencil Sketch Book

I.-I. · 1863 · Rooke Books

£2,250.00 (€2,696.98 | $2,972.56 | ¥474,680)

Not Stated, None, 1863 . Leather. A truly impressive illustrated sketch book, featuring nineteen beautiful red chalk and graphite pencil illustrations of landscapes. A wonderful illustrated 19th century sketch book, apparently the work of 'I.-I.', whose initials appe...

Rhythmic Studies of the Word: Volume Two

J. M. Cavaness · 1916 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

New York, The Abingdon Press, 1916 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of the second volume of Cavaness"s devotional verse, praised by Bishop Shepard as the work of "the Poet Laureate of Kansas." In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper cove...

Details of Elizabethan Architecture

Henry Shaw · 1834 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London, Willm. Pickering, 1834 . First edition. Leather. A wonderful collection of twenty engraved plates celebrating Elizabethan architecture, taken from the first edition of Henry Shaw's work. The first edition of this study of Elizabethan architecture from antiquarian ...

Notes on the Sarum Hymni Cum Notis: Antwerp, 1541

E. Gordon Duff · 1912 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Chiswick Press by C. Whittingham, 1912 . First edition. Leather. A bright example of the very scarce limited edition first edition of E. Gordon Duff's bibliographical study of a rare 1541 Sarum hymnal. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this limited edition w...

Art by Eric Gill Art and a Changing Civilisation by Eric Gill the Necessity of Belief by Eric Gill in a Strange Land by Eric Gill Last Essays by Eric Gill Art Nonsense and Other Essays by Eric Gill Eric Gill: Workman by Donald Attwater Twenty-Five Nudes Engraved by Eric Gill First Nudes by Eric Gill

Eric Gill; Donald Attwater · 1934 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, The Bodley Head; Faber and Faber; Jonathon Cape; Cassell & Company, Ltd.; James Clarke; J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd; Neville Spearman, 1934; 1935; 1936; [1941]; 1942. Hardback. London: The Bodley Head; Faber and Faber; Jonathon Cape; Cassell & Company, Ltd.; James Clarke; J....

An Introduction to the Language of Drawing and Painting Vol I: The Painter&Apos;S Terms Vol II: The Painter&Apos;S Modes of Expression

Arthur Pope · 1929 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Cambridge , Harvard University Press, 1929-1931. Cloth. A complete two volume set of these abundantly illustrated comprehensive introductions to the language of drawing and painting. A complete two volume set of these comprehensive introductions to the language of drawing and ...

Everyman&Apos;S Dictionary of Pictorial Art in Two Volumes

William Gaunt · 1962 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London , J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1962. First edition. Cloth. A complete 2 volume set of dictionaries of pictorial art, highly illustrated in colour and black and white. A complete 2 volume set of dictionaries of pictorial art.The first editions of the works. In publisher's...

The Art of Rearing Silk-Worms

Count Dandolo [Dandolo Vincenzo] · 1825 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, John Murray, 1825 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptional example of the scarce first English language edition of Count Dandolo's illustrated guide to raising silk-worms. The scarce first English language translation of this work.Illustrated with one engraved plate...

Travels in South Kensington

Moncure Daniel Conway · 1882 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Trübner & Co. 1882 . First edition. Cloth. First edition of significant 19th-century figure Moncure Daniel Conway's engaging illustrated exploration of art and architecture at the now Victoria and Albert Museum. First edition.In publisher's original cloth bi...

Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times

[Anthony Ashley Cooper] Third Earl of Shaftesbury; Douglas Den Uyl · 2001 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Indianapolis , Liberty Fund, 2001. Paperback. A fantastic three volume set of works by the 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury on a wide range of topics, in the original slip case. A fantastic three volume set of works by Anthony Ashley Cooper, the 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, originally publ...

Folio of Songs from Walt Disney&Apos;S Famous Pictures: Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphony

Anonymous · 1929 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

New York, Irving Berlin, Inc, c1934 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of this charmingly illustrated publication of sheet music accompanying Disney's charming Silly Symphony animations. A first edition.Featuring the music to accompany songs includi...

Things New and Old

None · 1923 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, William Heinemann Ltd , 1923. Cloth. A pleasing signed limited edition of Max Beerbohm's book of caricatures. A signed limited edition of 380 copies, of which this is number 161. Signed by Beerbohm to the limitation page.With the additional signed colour plate loo...

The Peacock Room: Painted for Mr. F.R. Leyland by James Mcneill Whistler, Removed in Its Entirety from the Late Owner&Apos;S Residence and Exhibited at Messrs. Obach&Apos;S Galleries at 168 New Bond Street, London, W.

Sir Charles John Holmes · 1904 · Rooke Books

£1,550.00 (€1,857.92 | $2,047.77 | ¥327,002)

London, Obach's Galleries, 1904. Paperback. A scarce copy of this illustrated and descriptive catalogue of the Peacock Room, painted by James McNeill Whistler. A scarce catalogue depicting the Peacock Room, a striking work of interior decorative art created by James McNei...