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French Scenery from Drawings Made in 1819 by Captain Batty of the Grenadier Guards

Captain Robert Batty · 1822 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.23 | $759.66 | ¥121,307)

London, Rodwell & Martin, 1822. First edition. Leather. An uncommon first edition of Batty's French Scenery. First Edition. This work is in English and French. With armorial nameplates for Edward Langford and Richard Leir to the front endpapers. 64 Plates. Collated, compl...

Les Pastels de Maurice Quentin de la Tour Du Musee Lecuyer, a Saint Quentin

Henry Lapauze · 1919 · Rooke Books

£65.99 (€79.10 | $87.18 | ¥13,922)

Paris , Editions de la Renaissance de l'Art Francais, 1919. Paperback. A catalogue of 87 pastel drawings by this noted French Rococo portraitist, with accompanying descriptive text. There are several biographical chapters to the front. The verso of the title-page translat...

Sculpture Dã©Corative

Louis Hautecoeur · 1937 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Paris, Êditions d'Art Charles Moreau, 1937. First edition. Cloth. This oversized folio contains 32 striking heliogravure plates of Art Deco sculpture, compiled and edited by prominent curator and scholar, Louis Hautecoeur. A first edition, this attractive survey consists ...

Puffin Picture Book Series: Eight Attractive Works

Various [ed. by Noel Carrington] · 1942 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Puffin, 1942-1954. First edition. Paperback. Eight first editions within the Puffin Picture Book series, including scarce works, written during a period when the world was undergoing great change. Eight first editions within the charming Puffin Picture Book series, edi...

Aris Metal Furniture Catalogue

Ali Yasar Erseven [Preface] · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Istanbul , ARIS , c1950. Paperback. An exceptionally scarce copy of this survivals of mid-century Turkish furniture design, illustrated throughout. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps.Text in Turkish. Illustrated throughout with line drawings and graphic lay...

Contemporary Art Brazil

Hossein Amirsadeghi [Ed.]; Catherine Petitgras [Ed.]; Various · 2012 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Thames and Hudson in association with TransGlobe Publishing Limited, 2012 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this richly illustrated first edition survey of contemporary Brazilian art, signed by the executive editor and complete with the original unclipped dust w...

Degas&Apos; Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen: The Earlier Version That Helped Spark the Birth of Modern Art

Gregory Hedberg · 2016 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Stuttgart , Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2016 . First edition. Hardback. A copiously illustrated volume on the French impressionist artist Edgar Degas' sculpture Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, with a CD. A very smart copy.In the original white hardback binding, in the origina...

The Knitter&Apos;S Friend

Mrs. Hope [Margaret Hope] · 1847 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Ramsgate, Kent, I. Hope, 1847. Paperback. A rare copy of this little handbook on knitting, containing items and instructions, used by various working class women wishing to earn more money. A very scarce copy of The Knitter's Friend: Original Receipts in Knitting and Nett...

Chefs-D&Apos;Oevure of the Industrial Arts

Philippe Burty; W. Chaffers [ed.] · 1869 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1869. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this copiously illustrated work by French art critic Philippe Burty. The first edition of the work. In publisher's original green cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece, 51 plates, and in...

Signature; a Quadrimestrial of Typography and Graphic Arts New Series

Oliver SImon [ed.] · 1948 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Signature, 1948-1954. Paperback. A delightfully illustrated set of seven issues from 'Signature', containing essays and reviews on typography and graphic arts. Seven bright issues from Signature, a British magazine revolving around typography and the graphic ...

The British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Company

1932 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Stafford, BRC Reinforcements; The British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Company Ltd. 1932. Cloth. An incredibly scarce, illustrated handbook on the techniques and expertise of the British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Company. An incredibly scarce and informative handbook ...

Etablissements Marcel Ducrot, Autun: Velours, Laine, Mohair

Marcel Ducrot · 0 · Rooke Books

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

Autun, Marcel Ducrot, c1930 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce Marcel Ducrot fabric sample booklet, featuring ten samples of mohair, wool, and velvet. In the original French.A vanishingly scarce booklet of fabric samples from the Autun based comp...

The British Pre-Raphaelite Illustrators

Gregory R. Suriano · 2005 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

[New Castle, Del.]; London, Oak Knoll Press; The British Library, [2005]. Hardback. Pristine copy of this engaging reference work on the Pre-Raphaelite illustrators, featuring over five hundred illustrations. Second edition.Publisher's original hardback. Encased in origin...

An Enclyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture

J.C. Loudon · 1842 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 . Cloth. The scarce new revised edition of John Loudon's extensive architectural encyclopeadia, illustrated with thousands of engravings throughout. An immense encyclopaedia on the architecture and furniture found in cotta...

Toilettes Et Lavanos

Louis Poyen · 1909 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Paris, Not Stated , 1909 . Cloth. A beautifully illustrated and very scarce catalogue advertising the highly decorative sinks sold by Louis Poyen in France in the early 20th century. In the original French.A very scarce 1909 catalogue for the bathroom units and sinks sold by t...

Wonderland, or, Curiosities of Nature and Art

Wood Smith · 1901 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Edinburgh and New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1901. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated work on curiosities of nature and art from all over the world. In publisher's original decorative cloth binding.Featuring forty-two monochrome plates, including the frontispiece, ...

On a Glass Lightly

Simon Whistler · 2004 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Marlborough, Libanus Press, 2004 . First edition. Cloth. Signed limited first edition on the glass engravings of Simon Whistler, illustrated with over 100 photographs. First limited edition. No. 106 of 200 copies.Signed by the author to limitation page.In publisher's orig...

Hierros Artisticos

Luis Labarta · 0 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.62 | $376.52 | ¥60,126)

Barcelona, Francisco Seix , c1904. Cloth. An abundantly illustrated two volume set of works on the art of forging, each with 100 plates. A lovely illustrated two volume set of works by Luis Labarta.In quarter green cloth, with brown boards. Rebacked, with renewed endpapers.Wit...

The Laboratory; or, School of Arts

G. Smith · 1750 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Printed for James Hodges , 1750. Leather. A bright third edition of these fascinating hints and experiments for the 18th-century artist, adorned with copper plates. Third edition. In a full speckled calf binding, retaining the original blanks. Register: A4, B-Z8, Aa4. ...

An Enquiry Into Industrial Art in England

Nikolaus Pevsner · 1937 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1937. First edition. Cloth. Pevsner"s pioneering survey of British industrial design at the inception of modernism, illustrated with monochrome photographs. In the publisher's original cloth binding.First edition.With 25 monochrome p...