Pittura e disegno

Chinese Porcelain

W. G. Gulland · 1928 · Rooke Books

£460.00 (€551.38 | $607.72 | ¥97,046)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1928-1929 . Cloth. A wonderful example of the fifth edition of William Giuseppe Gulland's study of Chinese Porcelain. The two volume fifth edition of this work, which was first published in 1898.Illustrated with four-hundred and eleven vignette ill...

A Few Sketches by the Late Randolph Caldecott

None · 1886 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1886. Leather. A very scarce volume of eight plates by Randolph Caldecott, published as a Christmas greetings not long after the eminent artist's death. A vanishingly scarce work.Bound by Zaehnsdorf. Original red wraps bound in. This volume was d...

Hirschfeld&Apos;S Harlem

Al Hirschfeld; William Saroyan; Gail Lumet Buckley · 2004 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,894)

Not Stated, Glenn Young , 2004. First edition. Cloth. The first modern edition of this heavily illustrated work on Hirschfeld's Harlem. A first modern edition, first impression of the work with a complete numberline. First published in 1941 by Hyperion Press. In the orig...

The Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone from Judy&Apos;S Point of View, As Shewn in Her Cartoons During the Last Ten Years

Judy · 1878 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Judy" Office, 1878. First edition. Leather. A scarce and entertaining collection of cartoons from the satirical magazine Judy, centred around William Gladstone, from 1867 to 1878. The first edition of this work in a full limp morocco binding.Ink inscription to the engr...

The Art of Illumination: An Anthology of Manuscripts from the Sixth to the Sixteenth Century

P. D'Ancona; E. Aeschlimann · 1969 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Phaidon, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition of this comprehensive study of artwork from the sixth to the sixteenth century. First edition. Illustrated with twenty-four tipped in colour plates, and one hundred and forty-five full-page an...

Sam Francis

2004 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Amsterdam, Museum Jan van der Togt, 2004. First edition. Cloth. One of 1000 copies of this striking work dedicated to the art of Sam Francis. Print run of one-thousand copies. Dedicated to the life and work of Sam Francis, American painter and printmaker. Featuring a series o...

Anglo-Saxon Art to A.D. 900

T. D. Kendrick · 1938 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Methuen & Co. LTD. 1938. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this illustrated study on Anglo-Saxon art by the eminent art historian Sir Thomas Downing Kendrick. The first edition.Sir Thomas Downing Kendrick's detailed exploration of Anglo-Saxon art...

Jeanne D&Apos;Arc Racontãƒâ©E Par L&Apos;Image D&Apos;Aprãƒâ¨S Les Sculpteurs, Les Graveurs Et Les Peintres

Albert Le Nordez · 1898 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Paris, Hachette & Cie, 1898. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this uncommon study of Joan of Arc, as represented by sculptors, engravers and painters. The first edition of this work in a quarter morocco binding. All edges gilt. Illustrated with 35 plates and num...

Geschichte Der Griechischen Plastik

J. Overbeck · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Leipzig, Unknown, c1890. Cloth. The first volume of this illustrated study of Greek sculpture, in the original German language. German language. Volume one of two only. Illustrated with fifty-three figures, two of which are plated, with one folding plate. Collated complete. A ...

Historic and Picturesque Inns of Old England

Charles G. Harper; Harold W. Eley · 1927 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Ed. J. Burrow & Co. 1927. Cloth. An early edition of this charming history of picturesque English inns by travel writer Charles G. Harper. The first reprint of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. An evocative historical guide to old, picturesque E...

Die Kunst Der Antike Hellas Und Rom

Gerhart Rodenwaldt · 1927 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Berlin, Im Propylaen-Verlag, 1927. Leather. A beautifully illustrated fourth edition of this study of antiquities, in the original German language. German language. Fourth edition. Illustrated throughout with over four hundred plates, many of which are in colour, and forty-fiv...

George Barnwell. A Tragedy. Adapted for Theatrical Representation, As Performed at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden. Regulated from the Prompt-Books, by Permission of the Managers.

George Lillo · 1792 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, John Bell, British Library, 1792. Leather. A scarce copy of Lillo's tragic play George Barnwell, adapted for theatrical representation, as performed by London theatre troups. A scarce work in a quarter calf binding. Bookplate to the front paste down. George Lillo&...

British Sporting Artists from Barlow to Herring

Walter Shaw Sparrow · 1922 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London , John Lane The Bodley Head , 1922 . First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of British Sporting Artists from Barlow to Herring, with colour plates. A first edition copy. British Sporting Artists from Barlow to Herring is written by Walter Shaw Sparrow and wi...

The Benson Murder Case

S. S. Van Dine · 1939 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London , Daily Express Fiction Library, 1939. Cloth. A copy of S. S. Van Dine's mystery novel The Benson Murder Case. A reprint copy. S. S. Van Dine was the pseudonym used by American critic Willard Huntington Wright for his detective novels. Under this pseudonym he crea...

Architecture and How It Arose; with a Model for the Gothic

Charlotte A. Pound · 1880 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)

London, E. Marlborough & Co, 1880 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this very scarce late nineteenth century discussion of the origins of Gothic architecture. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work, by Charlotte A. Pound.Insc...

Winged Idyll

John Stone · 1936 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Birmingham, City of Birmingham School of Printing, Central School of Arts & Crafts, 1936. Paperback. A scarce booklet containing a charming tale by John Stone adorned with beautiful wood engravings by Ivy Anne Ellis. A charming tale by John Stone, reprinted from 'The Manc...

IL Libro de&Apos;Disegni Del Vasari

Licia Ragghianti Collobi · 1974 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Florence, Vallecchi, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A complete two volume, first edition set of Vasari's book of drawings. A complete two volume set of these volumes on the work by Giorgio Vasari. The first volume contains the text and the second volume contains the drawings...

British Military Prints

Ralph Nevill · 1909 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, The Connoisseur Publishing Company, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of military prints and artworks. First edition. A collection of military prints and artworks, with frontispiece and thirteen plates to the introduction. Followed by sixty...

Pictures of Life and Character. Fourth Series

John Leech · 1841 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. c1864. Cloth. A collection of over two hundred illustrations published in the popular nineteenth century satiric magazine, Punch. The fourth series of Pictures of Life and Character, containing a over two hundred illustrations and cartoons from P...

The Glyptic or Musee Phusee Glyptic

John W. Jarvis · 1875 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London , John Russell Smith , 1875. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this scrapbook of the Musee Phusee Glyptic, with illustrations. A first edition copy of The Glyptic or Musee Phusee Glyptic. This work is a scrap book of jottings from Stratford-On-Avon and else...