Pittura e disegno

Studies in Seven Arts

Arthur Symons · 1906 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Archibald Constable, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A neat first edition of this study in art, by Arthur Symons. First edition. A study in art from Rodin and Moreau to Beethoven and Duse. With commentary on the painting of the nineteenth century, the decay of craftsmanshi...

The Fine Arts of the English School; Illustrated by a Series of Engravings from Paintings, Sculpture, and Architecture, of Eminent English Artists

John Britton · 1812 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Printed at the Chiswick Press by C. Whittingham for Longman, Hurst et al, 1812. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this collection of essays about English artists, edited by John Britton and illustrated with twenty-four plates. The scarce first edition of thi...

The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts

Various · 1903 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

London , WM Clowes and Sons, 1903. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A smart pamphlet of a catalogue of the artworks for the 1903 Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts. A catalogue for the one hundred and thirty-fifth exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1903. This vo...

Studies for Pictures, a Medley

J. Moyr Smith · 1868 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Edward Moxon & Co , 1868. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition work containing numerous illustrations by J. Moyr Smith, with a bookplate for the Scottish writer, Compton Mackenzie. The very scarce first edition. Held institutionally in only five UK libraries. R...

The Harbours of England by J.M. W. Turner

John Ruskin · 1877 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London , Smith, Elder & Co. 1877. Cloth. A lovely new edition of this volume celebrating Turner's harbour paintings, with twelve plates. A New Edition of The Harbours of England, engraved by Thomas Lupton from the drawings of J. M. W. Turner. This work has illustrative te...

Heirlooms in Miniatures

Anne Hollingsworth Wharton · 1898 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

Philadelphia , J. B. Lippincott Company , 1898. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this collection of representative American portrait miniatures by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton. Containing a series of representative American miniatures accompanied with a record of ...

The Book of Lovat Claud Fraser

Haldane Macfall · 1923 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated biography of British artist Claud Lovat Fraser. First edition of The Book of Lovat Claud Fraser by Haldane Macfall in the original publisher's quarter cloth binding. This bio...

Modern Illustration

Joseph Pennell · 1895 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated first edition of this work on illustration by prolific American artist Joseph Pennell. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Top edge gilt. Bookplate to the fr...

Modern Publicity 1931; Modern Publicity the Annual of "Art and Industry

F. A. Mercer (ed.); W. Gaunt (ed.) · 1931 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, The Studio Limited , 1931-38. First edition. Paperback. Two first edition copies of the Modern Publicity annual, with numerous illustrations throughout. The first edition. In the original paper wraps. Two copies of the Modern Publicity annual, showcasing different adve...

C1952 the Treasure Doll Dressing Book and Story Book

1950 · Rooke Books

£97.00 (€116.27 | $128.15 | ¥20,464)

Not Stated, Purnell, c1952. Magazine. A very rare 1950s book of paper dolls for children, still in a wonderfully bright condition. A paper doll dressing up book in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. A very scarce and remarkably well-preserved children's ...

Poster Design

W. G. Raffe · 1932 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1932 . Cloth. The second edition of W. G. Raffe's impressive study of poster design and illustration in advertising, featuring over one-hundred and seventy illustrations. The 1932 reissued 'cheap edition' of this work, first published i...

The Work of Jacques le Moyne de Morgues a Huguenot Artist in France Florida and England

Paul Hulton; Various · 1977 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

London, British Museum Publications Limited, 1977. Cloth. A beautiful work of the pioneering art of Jacques le Moyne de Morgues, an important French artist of the sixteenth century, complete with almost 150 plates. Complete in two volumes.In the original slipcase, in a near fi...

Welsh Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil

Richard Lovett · 1892 · Rooke Books

£67.00 (€80.31 | $88.52 | ¥14,135)

London , The Religious Tract Society , 1892. Cloth. A charming collection of illustrations of the beautiful Welsh countryside. This volume celebrates the beautiful Welsh countryside and the lovely regions of Wales through beautiful illustrations by artists such as J.E. Lloyd, ...

1887 Architectural Studies in Yorkshire

George Bertram Bulmer · 1887 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London and Leeds, McCorquodale & Co. Limited, 1887 . Cloth. A lovely limited Jubilee edition of this study of architecture in Yorkshire with monochrome plates. Early edition of Architectural Studies in Yorkshire by George Bertram Bulmer in the original publisher's cloth b...

Giovanni Segantini, the Story of His Life

L Villari · 1901 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, T. Fisher Unwin , 1901. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this biographical work regarding the renowned Italian painter, Giovanni Segantini. A scarce first edition copy. Rebound in full cloth. With a frontispiece and seventy four reproductions of his ...

Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings

John Denison Champlin; Charles C. Perkins · 1888 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)

New York and London, Charles Scribner's Sons; Bernard Quaritch, 1888. Leather. A lovely bound complete four volume set of this comprehensive Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings. A complete four volume set of the Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings, edited by John Deniso...

The Barbizon School of Painters: Corot, Rousseau, Diaz, Millet, Daubigny, &C.

David Croal Thomson · 1890 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.65 | $2,311.99 | ¥369,196)

London, Chapman and Hall , 1890. First edition. Leather. Striking large paper study of Barbizon art and painters by David Croal Thomson in a sumptuous Hatchards binding. Number two-hundred and thirty one of two hundred and eighty copies issued, initialled by the author. An ext...

Aubrey Beardsley the Man and His Work

Haldane Macfall · 1935 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this biography of illustrator Aubrey Beardsley in the original publisher's binding. First edition of Aubrey Beardsley The Man and His Work by Haldane Macfall in the original publi...

Hall Marks of Gold and Silver Plate

William Chaffers · 1905 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Reeves and Turner, 1905 . Cloth. The uncommon ninth extended and enlarged edition of this book on hall marks on silver and gold with illustrations. The ninth edition of Hall Marks on Gold and Silver Plate by William Chaffers in the original publisher's cloth bindi...

Decorations Japonaises, Chinoises, Et de Gout Chinois

0 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Paris, Armand Guerinet, c1926. Cloth. An uncommon French study on the beautiful artistic patterns used in Japan and China, a nicely illustrated work complete with colour plates. In French.An uncommon work.Illustrated with thirty-two plates, eight of which are in colour.Collate...