Pittura e disegno

The Country Life Book of Castles and Houses in Britain

Peter Furtado; Nathaniel Harris; Hazel Harrison; Paul Pettit · 1986 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Country Life Books, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this extensive volume on Britain's castles and stately homes. The first edition of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Organised into seven broad regional a...

Henri Matisse

Hans Purrmann · 1930 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Berlin; Luzern, Galerien Thannhauser, [1930]. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce catalogue for a 1930 exhibition on the works of Matisse in Munich, illustrated with examples of his work. The first edition of this very scarce catalogue.In the original German.A catalogue fo...

Motif: A Journal of the Visual Arts. Issue No. 1

Ruari McLean [ed]; James Mosley; Edward Ardizzone; Laurie Lee; et al. · 1958 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Shenval Press Ltd, 1958. First edition. Hardback. The first issue of the 'Motif' journal of the visual arts, with interesting articles on art and design, with contributions from the likes of Laurie Lee and Edward Ardizzone. The first edition. Issue No. 1, No...

Four Programmes for the Prince of Wales&Apos;S Royal Theatre

Miss Marie Wilton [Mrs. Bancroft] · 1874 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Prince of Wales's Royal Theatre, 1874-1878 . Unbound. Four very scarce programmes for performances given at the Prince of Wales's Royal Theatre in the 1870s. Four very scarce programmes for the Prince of Wales's Royal Theatre, all dating from the final d...

The Values of Old English Silver and Sheffield Plate from the Xvth to the Xixth Centuries

J. W. Caldicott; J. Starkie Gardner [ed.] · 1906 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Bemrose and Sons Limited , 1906. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition containing a comprehensive record of values for Old English Silver and Sheffield Plate. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. This containin...

Old English Colour-Prints

Malcolm C. Salaman; Charles Holme [ed.] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Offices of 'The Studio', 1909. First edition. Cloth. A collection of colour plates, depicting stipple-engravings and mezzotint-engravings of famous works by Angelica Kauffman, Sir Joshua Reynolds, George Romney and more. The first edition of this work in the ...

The Art of Walter Crane

P. G. Konody · 1902 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, George Bell and Sons , 1902. First edition. Cloth. A striking study of the art of Walter Crane, with an extensive selection of coloured and monochrome plates. The first edition. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding.Walter Crane is considered to be...

1200 Years of Italian Sculpture

Rossana Bossaglia; Enzo Carli; Franco Russoli; Valentino Martinelli; Carlo Pirovano · 1968 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1968. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this highly illustrated study of over a thousand years of Italian sculpture. First edition. Illustrated with two hundred and forty-four images, including sixty-four hand-tipped in plates in fu...

A Dictionary of Artists Who Have Exhibited Works in the Principal London Exhibitions from 1760 to 1893

Algernon Graves · 1895 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Henry Graves and Co, 1895. Leather. The second edition of this brilliant reference work by Algernon Graves, a detailed presentation of artists who had exhibited works in London from 1760 to 1893. The second edition.An impressive reference work, detailing all of the art...

The Great Centuries of Painting: Byzantine Painting

Andre Grabar · 1953 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New York, Skira Inc. Publishers , 1953. First edition. Cloth. An art history work from Andre Grabar devoted to Byzantine mosaics and paintings, richly illustrated throughout with tipped-in coloured plates. The first US edition of this work. With the publisher's original ...

A Series of Picturesque Views of the River Thames

Robert Havell · 1978 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Guildford , Charles W. Treylen, 1978 . Paperback. A wonderful collection of twelve bright and colourful views of the river Thames, from the drawings of William Havell, dedicated to the commissioners of the Thames Navigation. Dated using Jisc, from copies held at the University...

The Book of Samplers

Marguerite Fawdry; Deborah Brown · 1980 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Lutterworth Press, 1980. First edition. Cloth. This lovely first edition, first impression of a practical and historical survey of samplers filled with illustrations of samplers throughout time, with the original clipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impressio...

The Water-Colour Drawings of Thomas Bewick

David Croal Thomson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Barbizon House, 1930 . First edition. Leather. David Croal Thomson's limited edition celebration of the watercolours of English wood-engraver and natural historian Thomas Bewick. One of two-hundred copies of this work printed on hand-made paper, and numbered 326 t...

The Etchings, Drypoints and Lithographs by Sir Frank Short

Martin Hardie · 1940 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, The Print Collectors' Club, 1940. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition of this lecture on the artworks of British printmaker Sir Francis Job Short. First edition. Limited to four hundred copies, of which three hundred were presented to the Members of the ...

Sir Thomas Lawrence

Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower · 1900 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)

Paris; New York, Goupil & Co, 1900. Leather. A Maclehose bound limited edition volume looking at the beautiful portraits painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence. A limited edition of six hundred copies, of which this is numbered seventeen. Bound by Maclehose. Illustrated with hand-co...

Etchings

Frederick Wedmore · 1912 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1912. Cloth. The second edition of this collection of intricate etchings by noted artists such as Rembrandt, in a decorative cloth binding. The second edition. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, an engraving to the title page, and forty-thr...

Arthur Rackham: A Bibliography

Sarah Briggs Latimore; Grace Clark Haskell · 1970 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

New York , Burt Franklin, 1970. Cloth. A lovely copy of this bibliography for leading British book illustrator, Arthur Rackham. A new printing of this work, originally published in 1936. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Arthur Rackham was one of the leading figu...

Chats on English Earthenware & Chats on Old Clocks

Arthur Hayden · 1912 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1912-1920. Cloth. A collection of works from British antiquarian and author Arthur Hayden, with illustrations throughout. Two volumes. Written by Arthur Hayden, a British antiquarian and author. A practical guide for collectors from the 'Chats On&...

L&Apos;Art Flamand & Hollandais: Revue Mensuelle Illustree

P. Buschmann Jr. [editor] · 1904 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

Anvers, J.-E. Buschmann, 1904-1913. Cloth. A smart collection of nineteen volumes from French art magazine, L'Art Flamand & Hollandais. French. Nineteen volumes of a twenty-two volume set, lacking volumes nine, twenty-one, and twenty-two. An art magazine reviewing Belgian...

Dress Worn at His Majesty&Apos;S Court

Herbert A. P. Trendell · 1912 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Harrison & Sons, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce study of the dress of the court of George V in his early reign, with striking colour plates. The first edition of this scarce work.A detailed account of the dress worn at the court of George ...