Pittura e disegno

Wandering Shadows

Vera Röhm · 1998 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

Berlin, G & H, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A new, sealed copy of Vera Röhm's 'Wandering Shadows&apos. A first edition copy. In German and English Bound in cloth with unclipped dust wrapper Vera Rohm's name comes up in discussions of contemporary constructive ar...

Rockingham Ornamental Porcelain

D G Rice · 1938 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London , The Adam Publishing Company, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, second impression of this work by D G Rice. Signed by Rice to front free-endpaper. With 15 colour plates. In a cloth binding. Externally, smart with some light shelfwear and some marks to boards...

Nineteenth Century Cameo Glass.

Geoffrey W. Beard · 1956 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London , The Ceramic Book Company, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A limited first edition collection of the most notable pieces of cameo glass in the nineteenth century. This first edition is limited to seven hundred and fifty copies. Colour illustrated frontispiece of The Dennis...

The Gothick Taste

Terence Davis · 1974 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Newton Abbot, David and Charles, 1974. Cloth. An illustrated edition of this work on Gothick architecture. Gothick architecture was extremely popular in the eighteenth century and echoed the building heritage of the Middle Ages. In a cloth binding in original dustwrapper. Exte...

Baj Disegni

Dan Cameron · 1989 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London , Fabbri Editori, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work by Dan Cameron on Enrico Baj. Published in Italian alongside English. Enrico Baj was an Italian artist and artistic writer whose works show an obsession with nuclear war and an influence by the s...

Thirty Bindings

G.D. Hobson · 1926 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London , The First Edition Club, 1926. Cloth. A volume on bookbinding dating from 1926. Published by the First Edition Club, a collective of rare and antique book enthusiasts, the volumes deal with exceptional bindings from throughout the world and centuries, displayed in thir...

The Moderns Revisted.

Grosvenor Vadehra · 2006 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London , Grosvenor Vadehra, 2006. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition study of modern Indian art. The piece looks at the works of M F Hussain, S H Raza, Ram Kumar, V S Gaitonde, F N Souza, Tyed Mehta and Akbar Padamsee. Numerous colour illustrated plates and illustrat...

Seventeenth-Century English Miniatures

John Murdoch · 1997 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London , The Stationery Office, 1997. Cloth. An attractive copy of the first edition of this study of miniature portraits from the 1600s. Illustrated with many colour and monochrome reproductions. Including portraits of Catherine Howard, Charles I, James II, and many other nob...

Italian Art Statuary

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

N/A, N/A, c1900. Cloth. A very scarce catalogue of Italian art from the early twentieth century. Illustrated with many tinted plates of marble sculptures. In a cloth binding. Externally, sound, though with some marks and some bumping. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright...

The Story of Picture Printing in England During the Nineteenth Century or Forty Years of Wood and Stone

C. T. Courtney Lewis · 1928 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London , Sampson Low, Marston and Co. 1928. Cloth. A history of pictorial printing in England during the 1800s. Illustrated throughout with many coloured plates. With chapters including Charles Knight as a Printer, Chromolithography, Henry Richard Vizetelly and many others. In...

Book Binders of the United Kingdom (Outside London) 1780-1840

Charles Ramsden · 1987 · Rooke Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd. 1987. Cloth. Lists bookbinders in the United Kingdom from 1780-1840 Provides a list of the bookbinders in the United Kingdom working outside of London, during the period between 1780-1840. With sixteen black and white plates. In a cloth binding with...

A Grammar of Color Arrangements of the Strathmore Papers in a Variety of Printed Color Combinations According to the Munsell Coloe System

A. H. Munsell & T. M. Cleland. · 1921 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.03 | ¥80,168)

London, The Strathmore Paper Company, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of the Strathmore Paper Company's A Grammar of Color. "This book was arranged and prepared with the authority of the late A. H Munsell of Boston, who spent his life in the perfecting ...

The Amasis Painter

Semni Karouzou · 1956 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Oxford , Clarendon Press, 1956. First edition. Cloth. 46pp [44pp] This first edition discusses the work of the Amasis Painter, an ancient Greek vase-painter who worked in the black-figure technique. His name comes from eleven vases and one fragment painted by the same hand tha...

Thomas Hennell Countryman, Artist and Writer

Thomas Hennell Countryman, Artist and Writer · 1988 · Rooke Books

£64.99 (€77.90 | $85.86 | ¥13,711)

Cambridge, New York, Sydney, Cambridge University Press, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A celebration of the life and work of Thomas Hennell, dedicated to Elizabeth Hennell. In original colour illustrated dustwrapper and with numerous illustrations throughout. First edition. Thom...

Vere Foster&Apos;S Painting for Beginners Second Stage, Teaching the Use of Seven Colors

Vere Foster · 0 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.23 | ¥7,382)

London , Blackie and Son, c1890. Cloth. A late Victorian guide to the art of painting from Vere Foster. Illustrated throughout with many tipped-in coloured plates from J. Callow, along with outline sketches of each painting. In a cloth binding. Externally, sound, though with s...

Monographs on Artists Durer

H. Knackfuss; Translated by Campbell Dodgson · 1900 · Rooke Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

London , H. Grevel and Co. 1900. Cloth. A study of the engravings of Albrecht Durer. Illustrated with over one hundred pictures from woodcuts, engravings, and drawings. Albrecht Durer was a painter, printmaker and theorist of the German Renaissance. In a cloth binding with gil...

Early Islamic Ceramics Ninth to Late Twelfth Centuries

Helen Philon · 1980 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, slamic Art Publications, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the beautifully illustrated Early Islamic Ceramics: Ninth to Late Twelfth Centuries. As written in the synopsis, "This catalogue of early Islamic pottery in the Benaki Museum presents a comprehensi...

Water-Colour Painting in Britain I - the Eighteenth Century

Martin Hardie · 1975 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London , B. T. Batsford, 1975. Cloth. A third edition of the first volume of Hardie's Water-Colour Painting in Britain: I - The Eighteenth Century. With 242 black and white illustrations throughout. As written in the premise, "This work, the most comprehensive study of th...

Memorial Catalogue of the Burns Exhibition

Anon · 1898 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

London , William Hodge and Company, 1898. Cloth. A fascinating collection of images and descriptions from an exhibition held at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts. Limited Edition, of which four hundred copies were printed, this being no. 74. With numerous plates thr...

Twentieth Century Wildlife Artists

Nicholas Hammond · 1986 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London , Croom Helm, 1986. First edition. Cloth. This lavishly illustrated and carefully researched work which explores over forty of the world's foremost twentieth century wildlife artists. First edition. With original unclipped dustwrapper. In original cloth binding wit...