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Birket Foster His Life and Work

Marcus B. Huish · 1890 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Art Journal Office, 1890. Cloth. A highly illustrated look at the life and work of Myles Birket Foster, published only one year after his death. A study on the life and work of Birket Foster, published as part of a series of artistic biographies by the 'Art Annual...

Arthur Boyd Houghton a Selection from His Work in Black and White, Printed for the Most Part from the Original Wood-Blocks

Laurence Housman · 1896 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. Limited, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition volume looking at the art of Arthur Boyd Houghton, an extensively illustrated work with almost one-hundred plates. The first edition.An artistic study on Arthur Boyd Houghto...

The Poetry of Architecture or, the Architecture of the Nations of Europe Considered in Its Association with Natural Scenery and National Character

John Ruskin · 1893 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.82 | ¥78,059)

London, George Allen, 1893. Leather. The uncommon limited large paper edition of this work on architecture by the hugely influential John Ruskin. The first edition limited large paper edition in a half paper vellum binding. Colour frontispiece. 22 plates, 14 of which are photo...

British Water-Colour Painting & Painters of to-Day

J. Littlejohns · 1931 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

New York, Isaac Pitman & Sons , 1931. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated, first edition, copy of this book about British watercolour painting. The first edition. Dated from the British library. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with gilt letterin...

The Renaissance Art in France

Mrs Mark Pattison · 1879 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London , C. Kegan Paul & CO, 1879. First edition. Leather. A lovely complete two volume set of The Renaissance Art in France, with illustrations throughout. A lovely complete two volume set of The Renaissance Art in France, first edition copies. The French Renaissance was the...

Flowers of Paradise

Reginald Francis Hallward · 1889 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1889. First edition. Hardback. A beautifully illustrated first edition copy of this collection of music and verse by Reginald Hallward. A first edition copy of this decorative musical work from Reginald Francis Hallward. Hallward was a British artist...

General Statement Explaining the Nature and Purposes of St George&Apos;S Guild

John Ruskin · 1882 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, George Allen, 1882. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition pamphlet concerning John Ruskin's Education Trust of St. George's Guild. A very scarce first edition pamphlet by English writer John Ruskin, concerning his charitable Education Trust of...

Country Sketches for City Dwellers

Mrs. Wellingham Rawnsley · 1908 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of sketches of the English countryside with descriptions and studies with colour plates. First edition of Country Sketches for City Dwellers by Mrs. Willingham Rawnsley in the ori...

The Duenna, a Comic Opera in Three Acts

Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1925 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Constable & Co, Ltd. 1925. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated copy of this classic comic opera by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. A new edition. In the original full cloth binding with gilt lettering. Illustrated with the designs for costumes and scenery used i...

Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Ornaments

A. Welby Pugin · 1904 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Edinburgh, John Grant, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful study of the ornamental decorations of the fifteenth and sixteenth century from Augustus Pugin, illustrated with one hundred and one plates. The first edition of this volume of plates from famed Gothic Revival styl...

The Wood Engravings of John Farleigh

Monica Poole · 1985 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

Oxfordshire, Gresham books, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this art study of the engravings of John Farleigh in the original dust wrapper. First edition of The Wood Engravings of John Farleigh by Monica Poole in the original publisher's binding and uncl...

Just Among Friends, Pages from My Sketch Book

Cecil Aldin · 1935 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1935. Cloth. The scarce second edition of this collection of beautiful sketches of dogs by Cecil Aldin. The second edition of Just Among Friends, Pages From My Sketch Book by Cecil Aldin in cloth binding. Includes an introduction by the author a...

The Virginia Journals of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1795-1798

Benjamin Henry Latrobe; Edward C. Carter II [ed.] · 1977 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1977. First edition. Cloth. Signed by the editor, present here are the illustrated first edition of the journals of prominent late eighteenth century American architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe. The first edition, first impression of the first t...

All Souls an Oxford College and Its Buildings

Howard Colvin; J. S. G. Simmons · 1989 · Rooke Books

£96.00 (€115.07 | $126.83 | ¥20,253)

Oxford, Oxford University Press , 1989. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful first edition volume of a series of lectures given on the history of the Oxford College All Souls, with illustrations. A first edition copy of this volume on the history of All Souls An Oxford College an...

The White Puppy Book

Cecil Aldin · 1909 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Humphrey Milford, [1909]. First edition. Hardback. Bright first edition of this delightful puppy tale with charming illustrations by Cecil Aldin, a scarce copy. The first edition of this work, dated from Jisc first and only edition. A scarce copy.Charming personal diar...

John Glashan&Apos;S World

John Glashan · 1991 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London, Robinson Publishing , 1991. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition of this collection of John Glashan's illustrations, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work. Containing a series of painting and sketches reflective of John Glashan...

Literary Life

Posy Simmonds · 2003 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Jonathan Cape , 2003. First edition. Hardback. Graphic novel by Posy Simmonds relating to the pretensions of the literary world, the first edition, first impression. Cartoons diving into the pretensions of literary world by Posy Simmonds, who addresses feminist issues,...

Magyar Parasztviselet

Kresz Maria; Janos Manga · 1956 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Budapest, Akademiai Kiado, 1956. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated, scarce work on the history of Hungarian peasant dress by Kresz Maria, in the original Hungarian. A fascinating work on the history of Hungarian peasant clothing, in the original Hungarian. Complete in two volu...

Art in Medieval France 987-1498

Joan Evans · 1948 · Rooke Books

£62.00 (€74.32 | $81.91 | ¥13,080)

London , Oxford University Press , 1948. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive and fascinating volume on French Medieval Art, richly illustrated throughout. A first edition copy of this work. This volume shows that French Medieval art took the forms it did because of the need...

People of Importance

J. H. Dowd; Brenda E. Spender · 1936 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

New York , Country Life, 1936. Cloth. A charming collection of drawings and sketches by J. H. Dowd, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A charming Popular Edition of this work. People of Importance contains drawings by J.H. Dowd from sketch books of his life and children ...