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

Hamlin Garland · 1894 · Rooke Books

£108.00 (€129.46 | $142.68 | ¥22,785)

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 Isb...

London Recalled; Being a Topographical Description of the Collection of Water-Colour Drawings by W. Alister Macdonald in the Guildhall Art Gallery

E. Beresford Chancellor · 1937 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1937. First edition. Cloth. An exploration of London through the watercolour drawings of William Alister Macdonald, delightfully illustrated with plates throughout. The first edition of this scarce work in the publisher's original cloth binding. I...

Nativity Pop-Up Advent Calendar

0 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Printed in Sweden , E. O. & Co. c1950. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce advent calendar containing a lovely illustrated pop-up scene from the Nativity. A very scarce pop-up advent calendar containing charming illustrations of the barn and manger from the Nativity. With...

Song Time: A Book of Rhymes, Song, Games, Hymns and Other Music for All Occasions in a Child&Apos;S Life

Percy Dearmer; Martin Shaw · 1915 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, J. Curwen and Sons Ltd , 1915. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this plentiful book of children's verses and sheet music for piano and voice. The first edition. In the publisher's original wraps. A delightful collection of children's vers...

Splendours of the East: Temples, Tombs, Palaces and Fortresses of Asia

Mortimer Wheeler [ed.] · 1970 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd, 1970. Cloth. A bright second edition of this richly illustrated dive into the finest examples of Asian architecture and decorative arts. The second edition.A comprehensive work depicting some of the most marveled examples of architectur...

Oriental Lacquer: Art and Technique

K. Herberts · 1962 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Thames and Hudson, 1962. First edition. Cloth. The first English translated edition of this vastly illustrated work on Oriental lacquer art, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First translated edition. Illustrated with three hundred and twenty-four tipped in pla...

Historic Wall-Papers: From Their Inception to the Introduction of Machinery

Nancy McClelland; Henri Clouzot [intro.] · 1924 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated historical study of wallpapers, in the original dust wrapper and box, by an authority on the subject, Nancy McClelland. A limited edition first edition of this work in the publisher&a...

Old English Porcelain: The Lady Ludlow Collection

Arthur Hayden; W. Leslie Perkins [Intro.] · 1932 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)

London, John Murray, 1932 . First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound and scarce limited edition work celebrating the Lady Ludow porcelain collection, signed by Alice Ludlow herself, and illustrated in colour. The first edition of this scarce work.A limited edition, number 1...

English Domestic Clocks

Herbert Cescinsky; Malcolm R. Webster · 1914 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1914 . Leather. The second edition of this richly illustrated study of the history and design of English clocks throughout the centuries. The second edition of Cescinsky and Webster's work.'Illustrated from Drawings and Photographs by...

English and Other Silver in the Irwin Untermyer Collection

Yvonne Hackenbroch · 1963 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Thames and Hudson, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated historical study on silver in the Irwin Untermyer Collection. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, two hundred plates, and many figures in the text. Collated complete. A...

Liturgical Music Incunabula: A Descriptive Catalogue

Kathi Meyer-Baer · 1962 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, The Bibliographical Society, 1962 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Kathi Meyer-Baer's comparison of printed music in liturgical incunabula, in the very scarce original glassine. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with four double sided plates. ...

The Textile Industries: A Practical Guide to Fibres, Yarns & Fabrics in Every Branch of Textile Manufacture Including Preparation of Fibres, Spinning, Doubling, Designing, Weaving, Bleaching, Printing, Dyeing, and Finishing

William S. Murphy · 1910 · Rooke Books

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

London, The Gresham Publishing Company, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A smart complete first edition set of this detailed work on the textile industries with illustrations throughout. Complete in eight volumes. First edition. A detailed work on the manufacturing of yarns and fab...

Art Since 1950: American and International

1962 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Seattle, Seattle World's Fair, 1962. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this catalogue of American and International art featured in the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. First edition. Illustrated with six colour plates and many black-and-white images. Coll...

Frondes Agrestes. Readings in &Apos;Modern Painters&Apos; Chosen at Her Pleasure by the Author&Apos;S Friend, the Younger Lady of the Thwaite, Coniston

John Ruskin · 1889 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Kent, George Allen, 1889. Leather. A smart ninth edition of this critical work on modern painters and their work. Ninth edition. A critical work on modern painters, with chapters on the principles of art, the power of imagination, illustrating the sky, sea, mountains, stones, ...

Sportsmen in a Landscape

Aubrey Noakes · 1954 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Theodore Brun Limited, 1954. First edition. Leather. A very smart copy of this limited edition work on sports artists, with colour plates. First edition. Limited de Luxe edition of one hundred and fifty copies of which this is number forty-nine. Illustrated with a colo...

Flora of the British Isles Illustrations

A. R. Clapham; T. G. Tutin; E. F. Warburg · 1957 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

Cambridge, Cambridge at the University Press, 1957-1965. Cloth. A complete four volume set of this collection of illustrations of Flora from the British Isles, with the original dust wrappers. Complete in four volumes. Illustrated throughout with images one to five hundred and...

The Bauhaus

Uwe Westphal · 1991 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

New York, Gallery Books, 1991. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S edition of this heavily illustrated work showcasing artwork from the Bauhaus movement, written by Uwe Westphal. The first U.S edition of the work. The work was also published by Studio Editions the same year.In...

Xxth Century Drawings and Watercolours

Raymond Cogniat; Anne Ross [translator] · 1966 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New York, Crown Publishers Inc. 1966. Cloth. A very smart, bright copy of this collection of artwork from the twentieth century, translated from the original French. Dated from the University of Oxford Libraries. Illustrated throughout with one hundred and fourteen plates in c...

The Public Buildings of the City of London Described

1831 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, John Harris, 1831. First edition. Leather. An uncommon pocket-sized guide to the history and architecture of notable public buildings in London, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work in a quarter morocco binding. Ink inscriptions to the front paste dow...

Beruhmte Zeitgenossen Karikaturen

Olaf Gulbransson · 1905 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Munich, Albert Langen, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this collection of caricatures by Olaf Gulbransson, in the German language. First edition. Illustrated with thirty portrait plates in black, white, and yellow. Collated complete. A collection of c...