Pittura e disegno

Zoz: A Story of Glory

Norman Mommens · 1959 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Lion and Unicorn Press, 1959. First edition. Hardback. A limited edition from the Lion and Unicorn Press, offering this quirky illustrated series from Belgian artist Norman Mommens. Limited edition of 200 copies, this copy being number 95. In the publisher's lami...

Ornamental Homecrafts

Idalia B. Littlejohns · 1927 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Sir Isaac Pitman, 1927. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a charming work on crafts that can be done at home, with beautiful colour plates and an emphasis on dyes. The first edition of Ornamental Homecrafts: A Practical Description of Various Methods of Orname...

Modern Swedish Decorative Art

Nils Gustaf Wollin · 1931 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, The Architectural Press, 1931. Leather. A very charming showcase of Swedish artwork from the 1920s, a decade that saw avant-garde and glamour influence its expanding art scene. A translated edition of Modern Swedish Decorative Art, a showcase of Swedish art during the ...

The Romance of Design

Garnet Warren · 1926 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this highly illustrated account of art design and design from prehistoric to modern day. The first edition of the work, stated to the rear of the title page.In the original quarter cloth ...

Sir Alan Barlow: Address by Lady Sharp

Lady Sharp · 1968 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Cambridge, Rampant Lions Press, 1968 . First edition. Paperback. Very scarce limited first edition of the address given by Lady Sharp following the death of prominent civil servant and art collector, Sir Alan Barlow. First edition. Very scarce. Limited to 100 copies.In publish...

Paper Cutting; Paper Cutting for Young Children; Colour and Design in Paper Cutting; Cut Paper Work

Annye Allison; Margaret Grice; A. Turnbull; Christabel Russell Cox · 1924 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Leeds, Glasgow & Belfast; London; Leicester; Peoria, Illinois, The Bruce Publishing Company; E. J. Arnold & Son Limited; Winsor & Newton Ltd.; The Dryad Press; The Manual Arts Press, 1924 - [1939]. First edition. Cloth. Delightful collection of highly ill...

Annals of a Fortress

E. Violet-Le-Duc; Benjamin Bucknall [trans.] · 1875 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Simpson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1875 . First edition. Cloth. A first English edition of this heavily illustrated work of military history by architect Eugene Viollet-le-Duc. The first English edition of the work, originally published as Histoire d'une Fortr...

Wanderings by the Loire

Leitch Ritchie · 1833 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1833 . First edition. Leather. Smart morocco first-edition installment in William Turner's "Annual Tour" series, illustrated with 21 plates, with text from Leitch Ritchie. First edition.In full morocco binding. Binde...

The London Spectacle

D.B. Wyndham Lewis [Notes and Intro.] · 1935 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1935. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of The London Spectacle, a witty and entertaining showcase of Polish expressionist Feliks Topolski. The first edition of The London Spectacle, illustrated by Polish expressionist and draughtsma...

An Artist at the Zoo

Bertha Bennet Burleigh · 1934 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Collins, 1934 . First edition. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated observation of early-20th-century zoo life, blending humorous sketches with lively natural-history observations, complete with the very scarce original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original beige c...

A Second Book of Drawings

Edward Thomas · 1908 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Edinburgh, T. N. Foulis, 1908. Hardback. A very scarce volume of James Guthrie's illustrations, comprising thirty tipped-in plates. A very scarce collection of work from James Guthrie, a Scottish painter associated with the Glasgow Boys. In the original paper covered boa...

Memorials of the Lineage, Early Life, Education and Development of the Genius of James Watt

George Williamson · 1856 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, For the Watt Club by Thomas Constable, 1856 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated throughout with folding plates and maps, this is the first edition of George Williamson's impressively illustrated biography of the life of engineer James Watt. The first edition of ...

Ruined Abbeys and Castles of Great Britain

William and Mary Howitt · 1862 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London , A.W. Bennet, 1862. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this comprehensive collection of Britain's medieval architecture, with stunning photographs throughout. The scarce first edition of the work. In publisher's original decorative cloth bindin...

Modern London: Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis

Richard Phillips · 1804 · Rooke Books

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

London, Richard Phillips , 1804. First edition. Leather. Richard Phillips' very scarce illustrated account of the history of London, including the supplementary collection of brilliant sought after coloured plates depicting the 'traders of London', bound in cont...

Models of Propriety: Occasional Caprices for the Edification of Ladies and the Delight of Gentleman

W. Russell Flint · 1951 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Michael Joseph Ltd. 1951. Cloth. A pleasing early impression of this fictitious anecdotal series about models by Scottish artist William Russell Flint. Second impression. With the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper.This satirical volume offers a series of ...

Kate Greenaway Pictures

H. M. Cundall · 1921 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1921. First edition. Cloth. A bright fist edition of this study of Kate Greenaway's art, adorned with stunning colourful plates. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated with a monochrome portrait frontispiece an...

Toulouse-Lautrec: His Complete Lithographs and Drypoints

Jean Adhemar · 1970 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Thames and Hudson, 1970. Cloth. A pleasing later edition of this study of the lithographs and drypoints of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Later edition, first published in 1965. Illustrated with three hundred and seventy plates, some fifty of which are in col...

La Caricature Revolutionnaire & la Caricature Contre-Revolutionnaire

Antoine de Baecque; Claude Langlois · 1988 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Paris, Presses du CNRS, 1988. Cloth. A complete two volume set of this historical study of caricatures surrounding the French Revolution, in the original French. French. Complete in two volumes. Illustrated with hundreds of reproductions. A detailed and comprehensive study int...

Daly&Apos;S: The Biography of a Theatre

D. Forbes-Winslow · 1944 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, W. H. Allen & Co. Limited, 1944. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Forbes-Winslow"s richly illustrated history of Daly"s Theatre, the Leicester Square home of Edwardian musical comedy, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher&apo...

South Kensington Museum Art Handbooks: The Jones Collection

Various · 1884 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1884 . Cloth. A very scarce copy of this richly illustrated handbook, complete with 36 engraved plates, cataloguing John Jones"s donation of 18th-century French decorative art to the South Kensington Museum, now the V&A. In the publisher's origin...