Pittura e disegno

An Architectural and Historical Account of Crosby Place, London

Edward L. Blackburn · 1834 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, John Williams, 1834. Leather. A particularly scarce description of Crosby Hall, London, written by Edward L. Blackburn and illustrated with plates. Crosby Hall, originally Crosby Place is located in Bishopsgate, London, with the Great Hall built in 1466. Although only ...

The Reminiscences of Thomas Dibdin

Thomas Dibdin · 1827 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Henry Colburn, 1827. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Thomas Dibdin's reminiscences of his time spent at various Theatres Royal in London, a wonderful look behind the scenes at Georgian theatre. The first edition of this work.Complete in two volumes.A ...

The Picture Gallery

1873 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle, 1873. Leather. A lovely collection of paintings by various prolific and popular artists. This collection contains photographs of the work of the likes of Sir Edwin Landseer, W. P Frith, J. M. W. Turner, F. M. Miller and Sir J. Reyn...

Clyde River-Steamers of the Last Fifty Years

Andrew McQueen · 1923 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

Glasgow and London, Gowans & Gray LTD, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed limited edition work discussing the steamers of the River Clyde, Scotland, illustrated with photographs throughout. A scarce limited edition of this work, limited to fifty copies made on hand-ma...

Beauties of Claude Lorraine

1825 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, W. B. Cooke, 1825. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this beautiful work looking into the landscape art of the French Baroque artist Claude Lorrain. The first edition of this work. A scarce work. An interesting collection of plates by the noted French pai...

Pierre-Paul Rubens Sa Vie Et Ses Oeuvres

Pierre-Paul Reubens · 1889 · Rooke Books

£1,350.00 (€1,618.19 | $1,783.54 | ¥284,808)

Paris, Librairie de L'Art , c1889. First edition. Leather. A very scarce work, reflecting on the life and works of the influential Flemish artist and diplomat, Sir Pierre-Paul Rubens. Rubens is noted for his contribution to the Flemish Baroque tradition. The first edition...

Le Vite de Piu Eccellenti Pittori, Scultori Et Architetti

Giorgio Vasari · 1647 · Rooke Books

£6,500.00 (€7,791.28 | $8,587.41 | ¥1,371,298)

Bologna, Heredi di Euangelista Dozza, 1647. Leather. An early edition of Giorgio Vasari's influential and important Renaissance work on Italian painters, being a collection of biographies, illustrated with detailed in-text engravings. In the original Italian. In the origi...

Blast War Issue Review of the Great English Vortex No 2 July 1915

Wyndham Lewis (Ed) · 1915 · Rooke Books

£3,850.00 (€4,614.84 | $5,086.39 | ¥812,230)

London, John Lane, 1915. Paperback. The second installment of Wyndham Lewis and Ezra Pound's very scarce, and pioneering literary magazine 'BLAST&apos. 'Blast' was the magazine for the Vorticist movement. The second and final installment of Blast Magazine. ...

Beautiful Children Immortalised by the Masters

Haldane Macfall · 1927 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1927. Cloth. An interesting look at famous artist's depictions of children in their paintings, illustrated with colour plates. A collection of historical paintings depicting children, looking at painters such as Rubens, Mabuse, Van Dyck, Rembra...

A History of English Furniture the Age of Oak the Age of Mahogany

Percy Macquoid · 1904 · Rooke Books

£99.00 (€118.67 | $130.79 | ¥20,886)

London, Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd, 1904-1906 . First edition. Cloth. Two first edition volumes from Percy Macquoid's monumental and prolific history of English furniture, the first major survey of the subject which is an authoritative work to this day. Percy Thomas MacQuoi...

Deutsches Kunstler-Album. Mit Beitragen Lebender Kunstler Und Nichter

Adolf Ebeling (Ed) · 1872 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Dusseldorf, Berlag von Breidebach & Comp, 1872. Cloth. A lavishly illustrated work of German literature featuring the artist talents of Emilie Preger, C. Arnolf and A. Kindler. A collection of poetry and short stories accompanied by numerous plates to the start of the volume. ...

Changing London a Book of Sketches by Hanslip Fletcher

Hanslip Fletcher; Frank Rutter · 1924 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Cassell and Company, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of these pen and ink illustrations of London by Fletcher Hanslip. Comprising of twenty-eight plates total, these illustrations have been reprinted from the Sunday Times. The first edition of the ...

The Dictionary of Victorian Painters

Christopher Wood · 1978 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Suffolk, Antique Collectors' Club, 1978. Cloth. A profusly illustrated work on Victorian painters, complied by the leading Victorian authority, Christopher Wood. The second, enlarged edition of this work, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. This work is generally consi...

Richard Parkes Bonington: His Life and Work

A. Dubuisson; C. E. Hughes (translator) · 1924 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. 1924. First edition. Cloth. A first limited edition of this fascinating study of the English Romantic landscape painter Richard Parkes Bonington. This monograph provides a coherent and fascinating introduction to Bonington's works, i...

Models of Propriety Occasional Caprices for the Edification of Ladies and the Delight of Gentlemen

W. Russell Flint · 1951 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London, Michael Joseph , 1951. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition copy of Sir William Russell Flint's 'Models of Propriety' complete with coloured prints of sketches by the author. Containing supposedly fictional anecdotes of artists models, this tex...

A History of Wood-Engraving

Douglas Percy Bliss · 1928 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an insightful history into wood-engraving, showcasing the masterful work of Hans Holbein, Durer and Thomas Bewick among others. The first edition of A History of Wood-Engraving by Scottish painter an...

Man Who Could Work Miracles: A Film Story Based on the Material Contained in His Short Story "Man Who Could Work Miracles

H. G. Wells · 1936 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London, The Cresset Press, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of H. G. Wells' "treatment" of the fantasy-comedy film developed from his short story of the same name, with the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. An uncommon first edition of this film "treatm...

A History of Painting Volume I, the Renaissance in Central Italy; Volume III, Later Italians and Genius of Spain; Volume IV, the Renaissance of the North; and the Flemish Genius; Volume V, the Dutch Genius; Volume VI, the French Genius.

Haldane Macfall · 1922 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, T C and E C Jack, 1922. Leather. Five of eight volumes of Macfall's work, illustrated throughout. With a preface by Frank Brangwyn. Volume I contains a colour Frontispiece; twenty-six colour plates; a map of Italy; and four charts, on the School of Siena, the Rena...

Impressionist Drawings

C H Lloyd; Richard Thomson · 1986 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London, Phaidon Press, 1986. Leather. A work on the history and progression of Impressionism. Written by C H Lloyd and Richard Thomson. Illustrated throughout, with numerous examples in colour as well as black and white of Impressionist art. This work gives a brief history of ...

British Military Prints

Ralph Nevill · 1909 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, The Connoisseur Publishing Company, 1909. Leather. A first edition of British Military Prints. By Ralph Nevill, Author of Old Sporting Prints, French Prints of the 18th Century, &c. With eighty-eight full page plates, many in colour. With a List of Military Prints and ...