Pittura e disegno

Ceramique Orientale

[Rene Granjean] · 1922 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris, Ernst Henri, 1922. Cloth. A French portfolio highlighting the beauty of the ceramic pattern designs commonly seen in Islamic, Arabic, and Persian pottery. In French.Illustrated with thirty-eight hand-coloured plates.Bound without title page and introduction, and two pla...

Scrapbook of Watercolour Fabric Illustrations

Anonymous · 0 · Rooke Books

£1,600.00 (€1,917.85 | $2,113.82 | ¥337,550)

Paris, Not Stated, c1900 . Cloth. A unique and very scarce artist's sketch book, containing watercolour reproductions of eleven samples of fabrics used for upholstery. A very scarce and unusual collection of hand painted watercolour reproductions of upholstery fabric samp...

Hints on Light and Shadow, Composition, Etc. As Applicable to Landscape Painting

Samuel Prout · 1848 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London , M. A. Nattali, 1848. Cloth. A fascinating new edition copy of this work on the compositions of landscape paintings by watercolourist of Queen Victoria, Samuel Prout. A new edition, with additional examples, of Hints on Light and Shadow, Composition, etc. As Applicable...

Grayson Perry: Portrait of the Artist As a Young Girl

Wendy Jones · 2006 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London , Chatto & Winduss, 2006. First edition. Cloth. A mesmerising story of the artist Grayson Perry, written by his friend Wendy Jones. Wendy Jones, close friend to Grayson Perry, captures Perry's voice and story in this direct and imaginative portrait of the potter an...

Words and Pictures

Quentin Blake · 2000 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Jonathan Cape , 2000. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first impression of this insight into the work of Quentin Blake, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression of this work, which provides an insight into the career of beloved cartoonist Quent...

Mitsou Quarante Images

Rainer Maria Rilke · 1921 · Rooke Books

£3,750.00 (€4,494.97 | $4,954.27 | ¥791,134)

Erlenbach-Zurich; Leipzig, Rotapfel Verlag, 1921. First edition. Paperback. The scarce first edition of the first artistic work of Balthus, published when he was 13 years old, a lovely work showing forty of his lithographs. The first edition of this scarce work.Unrestored. Cle...

The Lost Villages of Britain

Richard Muir · 1982 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London , Michael Joseph, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A first edition illustrated volume on the fascinating history of the lost villages of Britain by Richard Muir. A smart volume that considers the lost villages of Britain, describing the first prehistoric Dark Age hamlets, me...

Musae Anglicanae Sive Poemata Quaedam Melioris

Anonymous · 1741 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Londini [London], J. & R. Tonson, & J. Watts, 1741 . Cloth. Volume I only of a two volume work of Latin language poetry. The fifth edition of this work, scarce in all editions. A scarce mid eighteenth century volume of poetry in Latin, in a full calf binding.This smart work co...

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Mit Einem Kritischen Katalog Samtlicher Gemalde

Donald E. Gordon · 1968 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Munchen , Prestel-Verlag , 1968. First edition. Cloth. Sweeping study of the art of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner in the original German, featuring lovely colour plates and other illustrations. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a German painter of the expressionist movement, one of the founde...

Denkschrift Zur Feier Der Einweihung Des Neuen Gebaudes Der Konigl. Polytechnischen

C. F. Leins · 1864 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Stuttgard, Not Stated, 1864 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce, illustrated celebration of the construction of the Stuttgart Polytechnic, celebrating also King Charles I of Wurttemberg's visit to the site. In the original German. Illustrated with seven lithographic...

Furniture in the Ancient World: Origins & Evolution 3100-475 B.C.

Hollis S. Baker; Sir Gordon Russell · 1966 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, The Connoisseur , 1966. First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated work on the furniture of the ancient world, written by Hollis S. Baker with an introduction by designer Gordon Russell, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition. In the original uncli...

Costume of the Ancients

Thomas Hope · 1841 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1841 . Leather. Illustrated with 155 plates, this is the first volume of a mid nineteenth century edition of designer Thomas Hope's impressive study of costume in the ancient world. The first volume only this two volume 'New Edition, Much Enlar...

Art Annual Biographies. Frederick Leighton; Sir John Everett Millais; Alma Tadema; Rosa Bonheur; James Clarke Hook; Meissonier

Art Annual · 1889 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, J. S. Virtue & Co. Limited, 1889. Leather. A beautiful collection of biographies on 6 of the most prominent artists from the late Victorian era; Frederick Leighton, Sir John Everett Millais, Alma Tadema, Rosa Bonheur, James Clarke Hook, and Meissonier A very scarce edi...

Sir Halewyn: Examples in Europe Balladry and Folk Song

Alexander Gray · 1949 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Edinburgh; London, Oliver and Boyd, 1949. First edition. Cloth. An interesting first edition copy on the history of European balladry, focusing upon the Dutch folk tale of Heer Halewijn, signed by the author with a letter from the author laid in to the front of text. First Edi...

Transformations: Critical and Speculative Essays on Art

Roger Fry · 1926 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A collection of essays concerning art by Bloomsbury Group member Roger Fry, an interesting association copy signed by Frances Partridge. A series of critical and speculative essays on art by Roger Fry, concerning the transmu...

Histoire D&Apos;Une Forteresse

Viollet-le-Duc · 1874 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Paris, J. Hetzel, [1874]. Leather. A sweeping work of architectural history by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc, in the original French. History of the fortification or a fortified fictional site called la Roche-Pont, from its earliest pre-Roman history to its siege by the Allied armies ...

A Christian

Paul Howard; Xavier de Vismes · 1991 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Hong Kong, Emphasis International, 1991. First edition. Cloth. An extensive and beautifully presented folio collection of the artistic works of Anthony Christian, replete with reproductions of his work in vivid colour and enclosed in the original slipcase. A beautifully presen...

Nordeuropãƒâ¤Ische Fayencen Auf Schierensee

Gerhard Wietek · 1972 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Hamburg, Ladstedter, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated first edition German work on faience pottery, a beautiful study by Gerhard Wietek. The first edition of this work, in the original slipcase.  Slipcase is in a very good indeed condition.In the original...

Ford Madox Brown and the Pre-Raphaelite Circle

Teresa Newman and Ray Watkinson · 1991 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1991. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this exploration of Ford Madox Brown and his role within the Pre-Raphaelites, illustrated in colour and monochrome. Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893) was a British painter, remembered in particular f...

Memoirs of the Life of the Late George Morland

John Hassell · 1806 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London, James Cundee, 1806. First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Hassel's beautifully engraved biography of painter George Morland, published only two years after his death. The first edition of landscape painter John Hassell's illustrated biography of h...