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Stories Arranged for Mime Number 2: Whuppity Stoorie

K. M. Briggs · 1937 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Dunkeld, Capricornus, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce one act play by folklorist K. M. Briggs, providing a brief plot and detailed mime stage directions. The very scarce first edition of this 'Story Arranged for Mime' by British folklorist and writer Kathar...

The Ground Beneath Her Feet

Salman Rushdie · 1999 · Rooke Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1999. First edition. Hardback. A first edition, second impression of this popular novel by Salman Rushdie, with the publisher's original binding. A first edition, second impression. Publisher's original cloth binding with unclipped dust wrapper...

The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare

William Shakespeare · 1815 · Rooke Books

£675.00 (€809.09 | $891.77 | ¥142,404)

London, Whittingham and Arliss, 1815. Leather. A scarce, early 19th century edition of the dramatic works of Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare, handsomely bound in full calf. A charming set of the dramatic works of William Shakespeare, including all of his comedies, h...

The Mistress Art

Reginald Blomfield · 1908 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,705)

London , Edward Arnold, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition volume of lectures on architecture given by the prolific architect, Reginald Blomfield. First edition of this scarce volume. This is a collection of lectures addressed to the student in the Royal Academ...

Fifty Caricatures by Max Beerbohm

Max Beerbohm · 1914 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, William Heinemann, 1914. Cloth. A series of fifty caricatures by Max Beerbohm, second impression. Second impression of this work, originally published in 1913. Max Beerbohm was an English essayist and parodist known as a dandy and humourist. His caricatures feature in ...

The Axe of Brandomar

George Graveley · 1928 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,861)

London , The Cayme Press, 1928. First edition. Hardback. An interesting copy of the fable play The Axe of Brandomere and the prose fable Fulfilment. This is a signed first edition copy of The Axe of Brandomar or The Death of the Woodman's Son  a fable play in three scenes...

The Design and Construction of Industrial Buildings

Moritz Kahn · 1917 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London , Technical Journals , 1917. First edition. Hardback. A scarce, illustrated first edition copy of Moritz Kahn's insightful detailing of the construction of industrial buildings. Moritz Kahn was a consulting engineer to architects who saw a lapse of knowledge on the...

Penrose&Apos;S Annual the Process Year Book & Review of the Graphic Arts

Various · 1921 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)

London, Percy Lund Humphries & Co LTD, 1921-58. Cloth. A wondeful and uncommon to find set of the Penrose Annual, this set containing a total of 29 volumes from 1921 to 1958, replete with stunning colour plates throughout each volume. A run of twenty-nine volumes of 'Penr...

Old French Nursery Songs

Horace Mansion · 0 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)

London, George G. Harrap & Company, c1917. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated book of French nursery rhymes, compiled in the early twentieth-century by Horace Mansion. A work of charming French nursery songs, including 'Il Etait Une Bergere', 'Frere Jacques',...

Leonard de Vinci Ou L&Apos;Oeuvre D&Apos;Art

Leo Ferrero · 1929 · Rooke Books

£97.00 (€116.27 | $128.15 | ¥20,464)

Paris, KRA, 1929. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this study of Leonardo da Vinci and his work by Italian author Leo Ferrero, in the original French. A study of Leonardo da Vinci and his work, the first edition in the original French. Limited to one thousand and e...

A Pre-Raphaelite Friendship: The Correspondence of William Holman Hunt and John Lucas Tupper

William Holman Hunt; John Lucas Tupper; ed. James H. Coombs · 1986 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Michigan, UMI Research Press, 1986. Cloth. An excellent collection of the letters of William Holman Hunt and John Lucas Tupper, with illustrations. Lucas Tupper was an early Pre-Raphaelite, and maintained friendships with several original members of the Brotherhood; his work h...

Three Plays

Ugo Betti; Henry Reed (trans) · 1956 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltc, 1956. First edition. Leather. A nicely bound first edition copy of three of Ugo Betti's plays, including The Queen and the Rebels, The Burnt Flower-Bed, and Summertime. First Edition Thus, being the first time these plays were collated togethe...

The Waverley Album: Containing Fifty-One Line Engravings to Illustrated the Novels and Tales of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 1833 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, K. M'Cormick, 1833. Leather. An uncommon early edition of this volume illustrating tales and novels of Sir Walter Scott in a series of line engravings. A series of fifty line engravings to illustrated the work of Sir Walter Scott, engraved by C. Heath, Finden, C. ...

Timber Building in England from Early Times to the End of the Seventeenth Century

Fred H. Crossley · 1951 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, B. T. Batsford LTD , 1951. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this celebration of carpentry in England, complete with its dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work, retracing the history of carpentry in England from the early seventeen...

Chefs-D&Apos;Oeuvre de P. Corneille

M.D. Saucie · 1846 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Tours, Alfred Mame, 1846. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this collection of plays by 17th century French playwright Pierre Corneille. Handsomely rebound in quarter calf with decorative cloth boards. The first edition of this collection of the plays of noted 17...

The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs

Dr. G. Griffin Lewis · 1913 · Rooke Books

£62.00 (€74.32 | $81.91 | ¥13,080)

London, J.B. Lippincourt Company, 1913. Cloth. A fourth, new and enlarged edition of this fascinating early twentieth-century work on oriental rugs, fully illustrated with coloured plates. The fourth new and enlarged edition of this work, published in 1913. A fully comprehensi...

L&Apos;Architecture de Ve Au Xviie Siecle Et Les Arts Que En Dependent

Jules Gailhabaud · 1890 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

Paris, Librarie des Imprimeries Reunies, 1890. Disbound. A richly illustrated account of architecture from between the fifth and seventeenth century. Written by architectural author Jules Gailhabaud. In the original French language.Three volumes, being volumes I, III and IV. L...

The Gas World Vol. XVI

1892 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, John Allan, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A scarce volume for 1892 of this weekly journal dedicated to industrial gas news, trade, companies, development. Volume XVI of this weekly journal concerning the industrial gas sector around the world, although major focus is giv...

Exhibition of English Embroidery Executed Prior to the Middle of the XVI Century

The Burlington Fine Arts Club; A.F. Kendrick · 1905 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, The Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1905. Cloth. A smart copy of this exhibition of English embroidery during the pre-Jacobean era, including numerous illustrated plates in colour. Published by the Burlington Fine Arts Club. Presenting this fascinating work on the history o...

Oeuvre de Raphael

Raphael · 1837 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

Paris, Audot , 1837. First edition. Vellum. The first edition of this very scarce volume reproducing one hundred and fifty two of High Renaissance Italian painter Raphael, in a charming full vellum binding. The first edition of this very scarce work reproducing one-hundred-fif...