Pittura e disegno

Cambridge Stone

Donovan Purcell · 1967 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London , Faber and Faber, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A charming history of the stone that built the beautiful buildings of Cambridge University with plates to the rear of the volume. A book that excavates the history of the stone that built the wonderful buildings of Cambridg...

Lectures and Lessons on Art

F. W. Moody · 1880 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1880. Leather. The third edition of Moody's uncommon illustrated and practical collection of lectures and lessons on art. The third edition of this uncommon work.Francis Wollaston Moody's important series of introductory lessons and lect...

Parts I Have Played Mr Martin Harvey

Anonymous · 0 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, The Abbey Press, c1910. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce illustrated biography of prominent British theatre actor Michael Martin Harvey. In the publisher's original wraps, and with an advertisement for the 'Electromobile&apos. A very scarce authorised ...

Birket Foster Sixteen Examples in Colour of the Artist&Apos;S Work

H. M. Cundall · 1910 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London , A & C Black , 1910. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition collection of Birket Foster's popular rural watercolours with an introduction by H. M. Cundall. A charming collection of the dainty watercolour paintings of Birket Foster who produced scenes from ...

The Glass Industry of the Weald

G. H. Kenyon · 1967 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Not Stated , Leicester University Press, 1967. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this authoritative study of the glass industry of the Weald, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. First edition of Kenyon's comprehensive study of glassmaking in the Weald of Sussex...

The Pelican History of Art Series

Various · 1954 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

Harmondsworth, Middlesex, Penguin Books , 1954-60. First edition. Cloth. First edition copies of these illustrated works on the history of art and architecture around the world, enclosed in original dust wrappers. A fascinating set of works about art history, architecture, pai...

David Gentleman: Watercolours from Andalusia to Zanzibar

David Gentleman · 2004 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London , The Fine Art Society, 2004. First edition. Paperback. A beautiful first edition fifty year survey of artist David Gentleman's watercolours with a letter written by the artist included. David Gentleman's watercolours with a letter written by the artist includ...

A Hand-Book for Young Painters

C. R Leslie · 1855 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, John Murray , 1855. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this charming painting guide by British painter Charles Robert Leslie, with illustrations. The first edition of this work, a scarce edition to find. A complete and comprehensive hand-book for painter...

The Book of Wedding Days

K. E. J Reid, May Ross & Mabel Bamfield · 1889 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1889. Cloth. A delicately and thoughtfully illustrated collation of quotations and poems for each day of the year. A beautifully illustrated and decorated calendar of quotations for every day of the year.Each page is beautifully decorated in re...

Nature Into Art: English Landscape Watercolours

Lindsay Stainton · 1991 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

London, British Museum Press, 1991. Cloth. A richly illustrated volume showcasing English landscape watercolours from the British Museum collection, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A fascinating and comprehensive guide to English landscapes in watercolour, containing ov...

Gio Ponti: IL Disegno Industriale

1958 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.78 | $2,510.59 | ¥400,956)

Milano , La Rinascente , 1958. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce first edition study of Gio Ponti's work with industrial design, text both in Italian and English. The first edition of this work. A very scarce study of the career and work of Gio Ponti, Italian archite...

Autumn Sons with Music from "Flower Fairies of the Autumn

Cicely Mary Barker; Olive Linnell · 1927 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Blackie & Son, [1927]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this "Flower Fairies" song-book by Cicely Mary Barker, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. An undated work, dated from Jisc, first and only edition of this work. A charming song-book featuring lyri...

Frohe Kinderlieder

Anonymous · 1930 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

Verlag, Ohne Ort, c1930. Hardback. A scarce collection of German children's songs from the 1930s, colourfully illustrated throughout. An anthology of German children's songs, including 'Cuckoo, Cuckoo is Calling from the Forest', 'Sleep, Child, Sleep&a...

Victorian Novelists and Their Illustrations

J.R. Harvey · 1970 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1970. Paperback. A proof copy of this influential analysis of Victorian novelists and their illustrators, including many in-text examples of these artists' works. A fascinating and compelling analysis of Victorian novelists and their illustrato...

Some Modern Artists and Their Work

Wilfrid Meynell · 1883 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1883. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this heavily illustrated, compelling study of artists of the late Victorian era, compiled by Wilfrid Meynell. A first edition of this work. Compiled by Wilfrid Meynell, a detailed study of some ...

Musique Des Chansons de P.J. De Beranger

Pierre-Jean de Beranger · 1847 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Paris, Perrotin, 1847. Leather. A three volume edition of the songs and music of French chansonnier Pierre-Jean de Beranger, illustrated throughout. The complete three volume illustrated fourth edition of the music and songs of Pierre-Jean de Beranger, the prolific French poet...

Boy&Apos;S Cinema Annual

Various · 1938 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, The Fleetway House, 1938-40. Cloth. Two popular annuals of the 'Boy's Cinema' magazine, looking into the films of 1938 and 1940 alongside a wide variety of fascinating articles on the silver screen. Two years of the 'Boy's Cinema Annual', ...

Film Pictorial Annual

Various · 1934 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, The Amalgamated Press, 1934-36. Cloth. Two beautiful 'Film Pictorial' Annuals, profusely illustrated annuals showing the film news of the years, with plates of the stars of the day. Two volumes of 'Film Pictorial Annual', being the annuals for 1935 ...

The Fowler Architectural Collection of the John Hopkins University Catalogue

Laurence Hall Fowler (ed); Elizabeth Baer (ed) · 1991 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Baltimore, The Evergreen House Foundation, 1991. Cloth. A unique proof copy of the 1991 facsimile for the Fowler Architectural Collection at John Hopkins University, with 30 plates and folding tables to rear. A unique proof copy of the 1991 facsimile for The Fowler Architectur...

Glynn Thomas East Anglia: A Different Perspective

Alan Marshall · 2013 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Norfolk , Mascot Media , 2013. Hardback. A lovely copy of this volume exploring East Anglia through the remarkable etchings of Glynn Thomas, the second revised edition. The second revised edition of this work. Celebrating the remarkable etchings of Glynn Thomas, inspired by th...