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A Catalogue of Pictures by British Artists, in the Possession of Sir John Fleming Leicester

John Young · 1821 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, W. Bulmer and W. Nicol; et al, 1821. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce illustrated catalogue of the art held by Sir John Fleming Leicester at Tabley House. The very scarce first edition.A detailed catalogue of the art by British artists held...

The Slipper Orchids Selenipedium. Phragmipedium. Criosanthes. Cypripedium. Paphiopedilum.

Esme F. Hennessy; Tessa A. Hedge · 1989 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Randburg, Acorn Books, 1989. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated botanical work on slipper orchids by Esme F. Hennessy and Tessa A. Hedge. The first edition. Also published as collector's and sponsor's editions in the same year. I...

Art and Song a Series of Original Highly Finished Steel Engravings from Masterpieces of Art of the Nineteenth Century Accompanied by a Selection of the Choicest Poems in the English Language

Robert Bell [ed]; William Shakespeare; lord Byron etc · 1892 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, H. Virtue and Company Limited, [1892]. Leather. The new edition of this charming book of songs and artwork, bound in full crushed morocco. The new edition. Bound in full crushed morocco. Bound by Bumpus with their signature to the front pastedown. Illustrated with a...

The Art of England Lectures Given in Oxford

John Ruskin · 1893 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, George Allen , 1893. Cloth. The third edition of this collection of lectures by John Ruskin on English art. The third edition. In the publisher's original cloth. This work features six lectures by John Ruskin, given at Oxford during his second tenure of the Slad...

Crystal of a Hundred Dreams: A Portfolio by Stephen E. Fabian from the Works of Jack Vance

Stephen E. Fabian · 1979 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

San Francisco, Underwood/Miller, 1979 . First edition. Paperback. A limited edition collection of plates by Stephen E. Fabian, signed by the artist himself. The first edition of this limited edition work.Inscribed Stephen E. Fabian to the tail of Plate I, and numbered 269 of 5...

World&Apos;S Children

Dorothy Menpes · 1903 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this volume comprising beautiful illustrations of children across the world. First edition. Illustrated with one hundred colour plates. Collated complete. This book contains the author's ...

Kate Greenaway

M. H. Spielmann; G. S. Layard · 1905 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1905 . Cloth. M. H. Spielmann and G. S. Layard's biographical work on the popular Victorian artist Kate Greenaway, illustrated with full colour plates depicting the artist's work. Reprint with minor alterations. First printed the same ...

The Bab Ballads with Which Are Included Songs of a Savoyard

W. S. Gilbert · 1917 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1917. Leather. A smart copy of W. S. Gilbert's comic operas, illustrated throughout with charming drawings by the author. The sixth edition, seventh impression of this work rebound in 1919 in a half calf binding with gilt crests to the boards and...

The Pulbrook and Gould Book of Flower Arrangement

Frances Ann Hawkes [editor] · 1968 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, The Cresset Press, 1968. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated work on flower arrangement, bound by Asprey & Co. Ltd. First edition. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout. A study into the art of flower arranging with tips for the novic...

Rembrandt His Life, His Work, and His Time

Emile Michel; Florence Simmonds; Frederick Wedmore · 1903 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, William Heinemann, 1903. Cloth. A smart biography on the life and works of Rembrandt, lavishly illustrated throughout with examples of the Golden Age artist's works. The third edition.A brilliant work on the life and work of the important painter of the Dutch Gold...

The Life of William Blake

Alexander Gilchrist · 1880 · Rooke Books

£975.00 (€1,168.69 | $1,288.11 | ¥205,695)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1880 . Cloth. The preferred second edition of Alexander Gilchrist's richly illustrated biography of William Blake, in the publisher's wonderfully decorative original cloth. The two volume second edition of this work. First published in 1863,...

The Last Muster

Patrick R. Chalmers; Cecil Aldin · 1939 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1939 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this posthumously published celebration of the canine illustrations of Cecil Aldin. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.A ...

Angling in British Art Through Five Centuries: Prints, Pictures, Books

Walter Shaw Sparrow; H. T. Sheringham · 1923 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, John Lane, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this study of British art depicting angling through five centuries. First edition. Illustrated with two hundred images including thirty-nine colour plates, one hundred and thirty-three black-and-white plat...

The Poetry of Architecture

John Ruskin · 1893 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Orpington, George Allen, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. A highly illustrated collection of essays by John Ruskin on the subject of European architecture. In the publisher's original green cloth binding.Limited edition large paper edition. This work is comprised of a collec...

English Decorative Ironwork from Contemporary Source Books, 1610-1836

John Harris · 1960 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Alec Tiranti, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful collection of plates showcasing English decorative ironwork by the notable curator and architectural historian John Harris. The first edition of this uncommonly seen work in the publisher's original cloth bindi...

Sketching from Nature in Water-Colours

Aaron Penley · 1875 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Cassell Petter & Galpin, [1875]. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated topographical volume of landscapes by Aaron Penley, complete with chromolithographs. A charming topographical work showing a series of landscapes, depicted through colourful watercolours. Places shown i...

The Caricaturist&Apos;S Scrap Book

None · 1840 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

[London], [Charles Tilt], [1840]. Cloth. An uncommon series of fifty-nine caricatures by Henry Heath, a satirical work looking at society. An uncommon work.A collection of entertaining caricatures by Henry Heath, containing comical scenes of British society in the mid nineteen...

The Masked Man; Atomic Overdrive 1957; the Hammer: Uncle Alex; the Hanged Man

B. C. Boyer; Dave Darrigo; Kelley Jones; Alan Grant · 1987 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Forestville; Plymouth; Milwaukie, Eclipse Comics; Caliber Comics; Dark Horse Comics, 1987-1998 . First edition. Paperback. Six vibrantly illustrated issues of late twentieth century science fiction and fantasy comic books. The earliest works here are the very scarce nos. 10 an...

Works by Archibald Thorburn from the Thorburn Museum

Sotheby's · 1993 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Sotheby's, 1993. Cloth. An auction catalogue showcasing artwork by Archibald Thornburn, with full colour illustrations of the artwork with the original auction bidding slip booklet and price list. In the publisher's original cloth with the original dust wrapp...

Lamps, Shades, Mirrors

M. Landseer Mackenzie; Isobel Savory · 1927 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, The Bourlet Galleries, 1927. Brochure/Pamphlet. A copy of this unique very scarce illustrated catalogue of lamps with text on the psychology of colour by Isobel Savory. In the publisher's original paperback. Very Scarce.Illustrated with a tipped in full colour pl...