Pittura e disegno

Eden Versus Whistler the Baronet and the Butterfly: A Valentine with a Verdict

[James McNeill Whistler] · 1899 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York, R. H. Russell, 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first edition in the publisher's original pictorial cloth, with many black and white illustrations by Whistler.  The first edition in the publisher's original pictorial cloth with gilt lettering to the front b...

Westminster Abbey: Its Memories and Its Message

Mary Sturgeon · 1921 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1921 . First edition. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated first edition of Sturgeon's historical view into Westminster Abbey. First edition.In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding.With a frontispiece and fifteen delicately c...

The Domestic Architecture of England During the Tudor Period

Thomas Garner; Arthur Stratton · 1911 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)

London, B. T. Batsford, 1911 . First edition. Leather. A wonderful example of the impressively illustrated two volume first edition of Garner and Stratton's study of Tudor architecture. The first edition in book form, complete in two volumes. This work was initially publi...

Walt Disney&Apos;S Fantasia

John Culhane · 1983 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1983 . First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of John Culhane's wonderful study of the creation of the 1940s classic animation 'Fantasia', featuring 130 colour illustrations. The first edition, first printing, in the publisher...

Aphrodite Against Artemis, a Tragedy

T. Sturge Moore [Thomas Sturge Moore] · 1901 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Sign of the Unicorn, 1901. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of prolific writer Thomas Sturge Moore's first play. Praised by W.B. Yeats. The first edition of Thomas Sturge Moore's play Aphrodite Against Artemis, a Tragedy, published by Sign of the Unico...

An Album of Drawings

James Guthrie · 1900 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

Shorne, Kent, The White Cottage, 1900. Paperback. A scarce book of beautiful illustrations by Scottish printmaker and illustrator James Guthrie, often holding a fantastical twist. A scarce, beautifully illustrated album of drawings from the Scottish printmaker and illustrator ...

La Passion de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ, Gravee Par Lucas de Leyde

Lucas de Leyde [Lucas van Leyden] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£1,550.00 (€1,857.92 | $2,047.77 | ¥327,002)

[Antwerp], EÃÂOeditions du MuseÃÂOee Plantin-Moretus, 1911. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this limited edition reproduction of Lucas de Leyde's 'La Passion de notre seigneur Jésus-Christ', printed from his original copperp...

The Communists of Paris 1871

Bertall · 1873 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

Paris , Buckingham and Co, 1873. First edition. Cloth. The first English edition of Bertall's heavily illustrated work depicting his observations of Parisian communists, with hand coloured plates throughout. The first English edition, first published in the original Frenc...

The Life of George Morland

George Dawe · 1904 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Dickinsons, 1904 . Cloth. George Dawe's limited edition biography on the life of the artist George Morland, with plates depicting the artist's works. A limited edition, 'Author's Edition', being number 63 out of 500.  Illustrated with a monoch...

Houses without Deposit: Being a New Way of Home-Building without Financial Anxiety

None Stated · 1927 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Iver , The Richings Park Estate Ltd. 1927. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce promotional survey of the Richings Park Estate, detailing plans and costs for planned freehold houses. First edition. Very scarce. In the original paper covered boards. Illustrated with a colou...

Seen from Behind: Perspectives on the Male Body and Renaissance Art

Patricia Lee Rubin · 2018 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2018. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing copy of this study of Renaissance bodies in art from American art historian Patricia Lee Rubin. Illustrated throughout with numerous colour images. An exploration of Renaissance bodies, bo...

Later Renaissance Architecture in England

John Belcher; Mervyn Macartney · 1901 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, B. T. Batsford, 1901. First edition. Cloth. Illustrated with one-hundred and seventy plates, this is the first two volume edition of this enormously impressive study of domestic Elizabethan era architecture. The first edition thus of this work following this work'...

Meister Der Schreibkunst Aust Drei Jahrhunderten

Peter Jessen · 1923 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Stuttgart, Julius Hoffmann, [1923]. Cloth. A limited edition of this study of artistic handwriting from Peter Jessen, with two hundred examples of beautiful handwriting, and previously owned by Ambrose Heal the noted furniture designer. A limited edition, being number 557. Wi...

Lives of the Engineers: Early Engineering, Vermuyden, Myddelton, Perry, James Brindley

Samuel Smiles · 1904 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, John Murray, 1904. Leather. The popular edition of Smiles"s work, chronicling the lives and undertakings of some of Britain"s greatest civil engineers, illustrated with plates and bound in a full green calf prize binding. Rebound in a full green calf prize binding for ...

The History of Wolfelee

Palliser Hudson · 1921 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Cassell and Company, 1921 . First edition. Leather. A lovely copy of the very scarce first edition of Palliser Hudson's posthumously published study of the history of Wolfelee House, a grand home his father bought for him. A vanishingly scarce first edition, in th...

The Riviera

A. Ansted · 1894 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Seeley and Co, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this large paper illustrated study of the Riviera, illustrated with signed proof etchings. No. 27 of 50 large paper copies of this work produced. A very scarce work.Illustrated with twenty sig...

A Joy for Ever"; (and Its Price in the Market): Being the Substance (with Additions) of Two Lectures on the Political Economy of Art

John Ruskin · 1889 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Kent, George Allen, 1889. Leather. A smart second edition of this volume of two lectures on the political economy of art from English polymath John Ruskin. Second edition. The substance of two lectures on the political economy of art, originally delivered at Manchester in July...

Thomas Tompion: His Life & Work

R. W. Symonds · 1951 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated study of the life and works of English clockmaker Thomas Tompion. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, four colour plates, two hundred and seventy-two black-and-white ...

A Collection of Fergus Booklets

Malcolm Haslam; Ambrose Bierce · 2006 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Glasgow, Fergus Booklets, 2006-2008. Paperback. Three very fine editions of the Fergus Booklets for the years 2006, 2007, and 2008, with letters from the author. Three volumes. A collection from the Fergus Booklet series, a series produced, printed, and bound by Haslam on occa...

London City Churches & London Churches: Ancient and Modern

A. E. Daniel; T. Francis Bumpus · 1895 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Archibald Constable & Co.; T. Werner Laurie, 1895-1906. Cloth. Two smart volumes of the churches of London, with histories of important buildings and illustrations throughout. Two volumes. This set contains: London City Churches, 1895. Illustrated with fourteen plates ...