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Sculptures of Jeddah: Twentieth-Century Sculpture in the Arabian Peninsula

Fady Jameel [ed]; et al. · 2015 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Edward Booth-Clibborn, 2015. Hardback. An abundantly illustrated copy of this work depicting the many sculptures found in the city of Jeddah. A scarce work.In the original bronze hardback binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Part of the Booth-Clibborn edit...

Miguel Chevalier

Jerome Neutres; David Rosenburg · 2018 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

France, Bernard Chauveau, 2018 . Hardback. A scarce copy of this strikingly illustrated volume on the French digital and virtual artist Miguel Chevalier. A scarce work. In the original black hardback binding.Copiously illustrated in colour throughout with an abundance of stri...

Hall-Marks on Gold and Silver Plate

William Chaffers · 1865 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, J. Davy & Sons, 1865. Cloth. The second edition of a volume looking at hall-marks used for confirming purity on silver and gold, collected since the reign of Henry VI, with the second edition touching upon French and Dutch hall-marks. The second edition of Hall-Marks o...

Polska Sztuka Ludowa

None Stated · 1955 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Warszawa, PanÃÂOestwowy Instytut Sztuki, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A 1955 issue of Poland"s leading folk-art journal, richly illustrating regional craft traditions and vernacular design. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Complete with the original uncli...

L&Apos;Art de Rocconnaitre Les Styles: Le Style Moderne

Emile-Bayard · 1919 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Paris, Librarie Garnier Freres, [1919]. Cloth. An abundantly illustrated work on modern art in multiple forms, by French illustrator Emile-Bayard. In a full brown cloth binding.With 170 in text engravings of artwork.By Emile-Bayard, a French illustrator and student of Léo...

Anthologie Du Livre Illustrãƒâ© Par Les Peintres Et Sculpteurs de L&Apos;ãƒâ©Cole de Paris

Claude Roger-Marx; Henri Matisse; Albert Skira · 1946 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Genève, Éditions Albert Skira, 1946 . First edition. Paperback. First edition of this comprehensive anthology of books illustrated by painters and sculptors of the School of Paris, featuring close to one hundred reproductions and text from Claude Roger-Marx and Henri Matisse...

Tvãƒâ¥ Gustavianska Mãƒâ¤Stare

Karl Asplund · 1925 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Stockholm, A.B. Wahlstrom & Widstrand , 1925. Leather. A scarce impressively illustrated volume on the two Swedish artists Niklas Lafrensen and Elias Martin, with 96 plates of their work. A scarce work.In the publisher's full black morocco binding. An impressive volume o...

Maple & Co: Illustrations of Furniture

Maple & Co · 1910 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Maple & Co, 1910 . Paperback. An uncommon catalogue of the extensive and highly decorative range of furniture sold by Maple & Co. in 1910. Illustrated throughout. An uncommon catalogue.Maple & Co. was a British furniture and upholstery manufacturer established in 1841,...

A History of English Furniture (the Age of Oak; the Age of Walnut; the Age of Mahogany; the Age of Satinwood)

Percy MacQuoid · 1904 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd, 1904-1908. First edition. Leather. The complete first edition of Percy Macquoid's influential history of English furniture, illustrated with colour plates throughout. This set offers the complete four-volume first edition of Percy Macquoi...

Ford Madox Brown: A Record of His Life and Work

Ford M. Hueffer · 1896 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1896. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a biography of the pre-Raphaelite artist, written by his grandson, the novelist and founder of the English Review Ford M. Heuffer. The first edition of the respected biography Ford Madox Brown: A...

The Legendary History of the Cross: A Series of Sixty-Four Woodcuts from a Dutch Book Published by Veldener, A.D. 1483.

William Caxton; John Ashton [Intro.]; S. Baring Gould [Preface] · 1887 · Rooke Books

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

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1887 . Hardback. A charming reproduction of the 1483 Veldener woodcuts illustrating the Legendary History of the Cross, with brass clasps. In the publisher's original pictorial paper vellum binding with brass clasps. A late-Victorian reproduction...

1897 Some Thoughts About Art an Inaugural Address Delivered Before the Birkenhead Literary and Scientific Society

H. Nazeby Harrinton · 1897 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Birkenhead, For the Society by Willmer Brothers and Co. Limited, 1897. First edition. Cloth. An incredibly scarce copy of art collector and doctor H. Nazeby Harrington's speech to his fellows at the Birkenhead Literary and Scientific Society. In lovely condition, H. Nazeb...

Pictures by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A.

Sir Edwin Landseer; W. Cosmo Monkhouse · 1873 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Virtue and Company, Limited, 1873 . Cloth. A smart late Victorian edition of this work showcasing the art of Sir Edwin Landseer, with text by W. Cosmo Monkhouse and illustrated with seventeen monochrome plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding with gilt a...

New Road Directions in European Art and Letters Number 4

Fred Marnau · 1946 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London , Grey Walls Press LTD. 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this issue of literary and art, with poetry and prose. Including numerous plates and the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of the work. In publisher's original cloth binding w...

Houses of the Gentry 1480-1680

Nicholas Cooper · 1999 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New Haven and London, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated architectural history of the houses of the gentry during the fifteenth century. First edition. Illustrated with c...

Royal Album of Arts and Industries of Great Britain

Anonymous · 1887 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Wyman & Sons, 1887 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated throughout, this is an impressive album celebrating British industry at the time of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The very scarce first edition of this work, in the publisher's original decorative mo...

The Private Palaces of London, Past and Present

E. Beresford Chancellor · 1909 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott , 1909 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first US edition of this richly illustrated architectural work on the important houses of London, by E. Beresford Chancellor. First published in London the year prior, this is the vanishingly scarce ...

Conversations of James Northcote, Esq. , R.A.

William Hazlitt · 1830 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,852)

London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of William Hazlitt's popular work describing his conversations with the British painter, James Northcote. First edition. With a portrait frontispiece, engraved by T Wrig...

A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840

Howard Colvin · 2008 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2008. Cloth. A very pleasing fourth edition of this classic authoritative work on the history of British architecture. Fourth edition, second impression. An authoritative and now classic work of reference on the history of British a...

An Account of Little Hampden Church

1933 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Stone & Cox, Ltd. 1933. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this delightful booklet on the church in Little Hampden, a civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. Very scarce work. An insightful historical study of the church at Little Hampden, a civil parish in Buckinghams...