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Great Flower Books 1700-1900: A Bibliographical Record of Two Centuries of Finely-Illustrated Flower Books

Sacheverell Sitwell; Wilfrid Blunt · 1990 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, H. F. & G. Witherby, Ltd. 1990. Cloth. A smart illustrated edition of Great Flower Books recording two centuries of flower books with beautiful colour plates. Republished in 1990 to make the book available to private collectors in good condition. Illustrated with fifty...

A Fairy Tale of New York

J. P . Donleavy · 1973 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,861)

London, Eyre Methuen, 1973. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this work by J. P. Donleavy based of his play under the same title, in the original dust wrapper. The first UK edition. First published in the U.S in the same year by Delacorte Press.In the publisher&apo...

A Manual History of Historic Ornament

Richard Glazier · 1948 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1948. Cloth. A smart sixth edition of this illustrated history of ornament and the development of the tradition. Sixth edition, revised and enlarged. Illustrated with eighty-five plates, six of which are in colour, and numerous in-text images. Colla...

A Collection from the Print Collectors&Apos; Club

The Print Collectors' Club · 1921 · Rooke Books

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

London, The Print Collectors' Club, 1921-1946. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of eleven volumes from The Print Collectors' Club, with some of the original glassine wraps. Eleven volumes. First edition. A collection of publications from The Print Collectors ...

Britain Afloat and Ashore, and the Etchings and Drypoints of Sir D.Y. Cameron

Harold J. L. Wright; Captain Harry Parker · 1942 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, The Print Collectors' Club, 1942-7. Cloth. Two limited edition works featuring lectures on art and engravings, with numerous plates throughout. Limited editions. 'Etchings and Drypoints' is number 306 out of 400, of which 300 are for presentation to memb...

Blink Pause Within a Moment: A Photographic Essay

Paul Caffell; John Carder Bush · 1980 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Dick Boxby, 1980. First edition. Paperback. A very smart first edition of this very scarce photographic essay from British artist Paul Caffell. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with numerous black-and-white images and two folding plates. Collated complete. ...

Romney

Randall Davies · 1914 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1914. Cloth. with pleasing colour plates of some of his works. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with ___ colour plates.  In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with slight rubbing. Marks to the boards, inc...

Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonne of His Works

Humphry Ward; W. Roberts · 1904 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Thos. Agnew & Sons, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A complete first edition set of this illustrated study on the life and works of George Romney, inscribed by the author. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author, dated July 1905. With for...

Benjamin Britten: Eine Skizze Von Leben Und Werk

Eric Walter White · 1948 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Zurich, Atlantis Verlag, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first German edition of White's biography of Benjamin Britten, rebound with the original wraps bound in. The first German edition of this work, rebound in a cloth binding with the original paper wraps bound i...

Ivon Hitchens

Bernard Jacobson Galleries · 1989 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Bernard Jacobson Galleries, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A scarce art catalogue from Bernard Jacobson Galleries, featuring many colour reproductions of the work of Ivon Hitchens. The first edition of this scarce work in the publisher's original cloth binding. A sca...

A Bibliography of the Works of William Morris

Temple Scott · 1897 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Geo. Bell and Sons, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A bright bibliography of the works of William Morris, including his poems, art, translations and contributions to periodicals. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A pleasing b...

The Builder, an Illustrated Weekly Magazine

George Godwin · 1848 · Rooke Books

£5,500.00 (€6,592.62 | $7,266.27 | ¥1,160,329)

London, The Builder Publishing Office, 1848-67. Cloth. An impressive run of the incredibly popular 'Builder' magazine, an illustrated architectural monthly publication exploring all feats of design and architecture. An impressive set of seventeen volumes of the impor...

The Art of Botanical Illustration

Martyn Rix · 1989 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Bracken Books, 1989. Cloth. A smart copy of this vastly illustrated work on botanical illustrations from author Edward Martyn Rix. Illustrated with two hundred and fifty black-and-white images and sixty-four full colour plates. Collated complete. Exploring the developm...

Anecdotes of Painting in England; with Some Account of the Principal Artists

Horace Walpole; Ralph N. Wornum [editor] · 1888 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey and Co. 1888. Leather. A smart three volume new edition set of this collection of writings on painting in England. Complete in three volumes. New edition, revised. A collection of writings and anecdotes on painting in England, with commentary ...

Crumbling Idols: Twelve Essays on Art Dealing Chiefly with Literature, Painting and the Drama

Hamlin Garland · 1894 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Chicago and Cambridge, Stone and Kimball, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely example of the first edition of this collection of twelve essays by American literary figure Hamlin Garland. The first edition.The twelve essays in this collection include 'The Influence of Is...

Old English Songs and Dances

W. Graham Robertson · 1902 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1902 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of W. Graham Robertson's beautifully illustrated volume of old English songs and dances, in the scarce publisher's original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, in the scarce uncl...

Transformation: Or, the Romance of Monte Beni

Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1860 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Leipsig, Bernard Tauchnitz, 1860. Hardback. Nathaniel Hawthorn's romance set in Italy with numerous photographic plates and bound in full decorative paper vellum over two volumes. The copyright edition. Pagination varies, this volume contains a monochrome frontispiece an...

Fantocci No. 28: Turco, Arlecchino, Pierotto, Chinese

Anonymous · 1979 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Munchen, Franz-Josef Holler, 1979 . First edition. Hardback. A very scarce collection of four brightly illustrated 'hampelmanner', or jumping jacks, which can be assembled into puppets. In the original German.Five vibrantly illustrated sheets loosely inserted in the ...

Dimensional Mazes: An Entirely New Way of Losing Yourself in a Book

David Pelham · 1989 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

New York , Viking Penguin Inc. 1989. First edition. Hardback. A bright pop-up book containing a challenging series of dimensional mazes in bold colour. The first edition. This work contains six challenging dimensional puzzles in vibrant colour. With the answers to each of the...

Vollers Corset Jewel

Alwyn R Coates [photography] · 2005 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Not Stated, Yellowhead , c2005. First edition. Hardback. A bright series of captivating photographs showcasing the corsets of Vollers, one of the oldest corset manufacturers in the UK. A wonderfully vibrant series of photographs showcasing the corsets designed by Vollers. Wit...