Pittura e disegno

Folding Nativity Scene

0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1950. Loose Pages, Articles. A scarce and lovely folding nativity scene. A lovely folding nativity scene showing baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph to the centre, the three wise Kings, the shepherds and various animals celebrating the birth of baby Jesus. Wit...

Tanks and How to Draw Them; Ships and How to Draw Them

Terence Cuneo; Peter Anson · 1943 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London & New York, The Studio, 1943-4. First edition. Cloth. First edition and fourth impression of these guides to drawing tanks and ships by Terence Cuneo and Peter F. Anson. The first edition of Cuneo's guide to drawing tanks and fourth impression of Peter Anson's...

Phil May&Apos;S ABC: Fifty-Two Original Designs Forming Two Humorous Alphabets from a to Z

Phil May · 1897 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, The Leadenhall Press , 1897. First edition. Cloth. One of a limited edition copy of this humorous alphabet illustrated by caricaturist Phil May. The first edition of this work. A series of fifty two caricatures illustrating two alphabets by caricaturist Phil May, pione...

The Growth of the English House, a Short History of Its Architectural Development from 1100 to 1800

J. Alfred Gotch · 1909 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, B. T. Batsford, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this architectural history of English houses with illustrations. First edition of The Growth of the English House, A Short History of its Architectural Development from 1100 to 1800 by J. Alfred Gotch. ...

The Followers of William Blake: Edward Calvert, Samuel Palmer, George Richmond

Laurence Binyon · 1925 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London; New York, Halton & Truscott Smith, LTD; Minton, Balch & Company, 1925. First edition. Leather. A striking signed limited edition copy of Laurence Binyon's important study on the Romantic followers of William Blake, complete with colour and monochrome plates. The f...

Advertising and British Art

Walter Shaw Sparrow · 1924 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this copiously illustrated work on the history of art and advertising in Great Britain, written by Walter Shaw Sparrow. A fascinating work on the relationship between art and advertising in Bri...

Art in Advertising: A Study of British and American Pictorial Publicity

Percy V. Bradshaw · 1925 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, The Press Art School, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A very smart copy of this brightly illustrated work on how art has been used in British and American advertising. An interesting study on the relationship between art and British and American publicity and advertising, ...

A Catalogue of Pictures, Sculpture & Models in the Collection of the Royal Artillery Mess Woolwich

Lieutenant-Colonel K. S. B. Wintle · 1977 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Not Stated, Privately printed, 1977. Paperback. A scarce catalogue of art in the collection of the Royal Artillery Mess, Woolwich. A catalogue in a quarter cloth binding and the original paper wraps. A catalogue of paintings, sculpture and models in the Royal Artillery Mess, W...

The Besom Maker & Other Country Folk Songs Collected and Illustrated

Heywood Sumner · 1888 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1888. First edition. Hardback. A first edition collection of country folk songs, collected and illustrated by Heywood Sumner. The scarce first edition. With copies held in twelve British libraries. In the original pictorial hardback binding. A col...

Art and the Beauty of the Earth. A Lecture Delivered by William Morris at Burslem Town Hall on October 13, 1881

William Morris · 1898 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, Longmans & Co, 1898. First edition. Cloth. The first edition copy of this notable art lecture delivered by the famous British designer and artist, William Morris. The first edition. Bound in the original paper boards with cloth spine. Printed at the Chiswick Press with...

Roman Sculptures from Eastern England

Janet Huskinson · 1994 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this catalogue of sculpture from Eastern England, with illustrations. A first edition copy of this work. This is a fascinating catalogue of Roman Britain sculpture, specifically from E...

Thyme and Bergamot

Christopher Sandeman · 1947 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, The Dropmore Press, 1947 . First edition. Cloth. The first limited edition of this beautifully described book inspired by nature with wood engravings throughout. First edition of Thyme and Bergamot by Christopher Sandeman in the original publisher's cloth binding....

Quest for Sita of Ravana the Dark Angel and His Paradise at Lanka

Maurice Collis · 1946 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, Faber and Faber, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A lovely, limited edition copy of this beautifully illustrated retelling of a section from the Sanskrit epic 'The Ramayana&apos. A beautifully illustrated retelling of this classic Sanskrit epic 'The Ramayana'...

Proof Impressions of Engravings Originally Published in the English Illustrated Magazine

1884 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1884. Disbound. A vanishingly scarce collection of proof impressions of engravings originally published in 'The English Illustrated Magazine', in the original cloth portfolio. A beautifully illustrated collection of proof impressions of engr...

Life and Labours of Hablot Knight Browne, "Phiz

David Croal Thomson · 1884 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1884. First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition biography of the life and work of famed Victorian era illustrator Hablot Knight Brown, better known as Phiz. Number eleven of two hundred limited edition copies produced, initialled by the author -...

The Decorative Art of Sir Edward Burne-Jones

Aymer Vallance · 1900 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, J. S. Virtue, 1900. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce Easter 1900 special number of The Art Journal, an issue celebrating the work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones. The very scarce first edition of this wonderfully illustrated biography of pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood artis...

A Descriptive Catalogue of Antiquities, Chiefly British, at Alnwick Castle

J. Collingwood Bruce · 1880 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Andrew Reid, 1880. Leather. A scarce privately printed volume of a catalogue of antiquities from the museum at Alnwick Castle, with colour plates. A scarce volume of a catalogue of British antiquities from Alnwick Castle. This volume was printed for privat...

Illustrations of Alnwick, Prudhoe and Warkworth

Charles Henry Hartshorne · 1857 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Not Stated , For Private Distribution, 1857. Leather. A scarce, signed and privately printed copy of this wonderful work of illustrations of castles in Northumberland. A scarce privately published copy of this book of illustrations of Alnwick, Prudhoe and Warkworth Castles in ...

Eighty-Two Illustrations on Steel, Stone, and Wood. By George Cruikshank with Letter-Press Description.

George Cruikshank · 1870 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, William Tegg, [1870]. Cloth. A smart collection of illustrations by the popular illustrator and satirist George Cruikshank. In the publisher's original cloth binding. All edges gilt. Bookplate to the front paste down. 70 illustrations and 12 plates. Collated compl...

Botticelli

Richard Davey · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, George Newnes Limited, c1903. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated book about the Renaissance painter, Sandro Botticelli. The first edition. Dated from the British Library. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding. With a frontis...