Pittura e disegno

Kate Greenaway Pictures

H. M. Cundall · 1921 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.65 | $396.41 | ¥63,309)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1921. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautiful study of the art of Kate Greenaway, replete with wonderful colour plates showing Greenaway's popular art. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispi...

Kendal in the Nineteenth Century

Alfred Wainwright; James Marsh [ed.] · 1977 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Kendal, Westmorland Gazette, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of illustrations based on early photographs. A first edition, in the original imitation morocco cloth binding, with price unclipped dustwrapper.A celebration of Kendal, the small Lake District market...

The Book of Beauty

Cecil Beaton · 1930 · Rooke Books

£3,200.00 (€3,836.26 | $4,228.36 | ¥675,295)

London, Duckworth, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Cecil Beaton's first published photographical work, containing a variety of portraits of the beautiful women of the day. The first edition of this work.In the original torn dustwrapper, dustwrapper is ver...

Dictionnaire Des Peintre, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs Et Graveurs de Tous le Temps Et de Tous Les Pays Par Un Groupe D&Apos;ãƒâ‰Crivains Spãƒâ©Cialistes Franãƒâ§Ais Et ãƒâ‰Trangers

E Bénézit [ed.] · 1966 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)

France, Librairie Gründ , 1966. Cloth. A lovely new, revised edition of this thorough dictionary of painters, sculptors, designers and engravers from all over the world. Complete in eight volumes and copiously illustrated. The fourth edition, revised and corrected by E. BénÃ...

Pictures and Royal Portraits of British and Scottish History, from the Introduction of Christianity to the Present Time

Thomas Archer · 1880 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Blackie and Son , 1880. Cloth. A handsome illustrated set complete in two volumes comprising various steel engravings of English and Scottish historical design and descriptive historical notes. Undated. Dated from the same copies on Jisc [1880]Published exclusively by ...

A Short History of Engraving & Etching

A. M. Hind · 1908 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd. 1908. Cloth. A presentation copy of this history of engravings, illustrated throughout. Detailing the history of engraving from the fifteenth century, through the great masters, etching, portrait engraving, etching through the eighteenth ...

Les Maitres Humoristes Honore Daumier

1908 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Paris, Felix Juven, 1908. First edition. Leather. The first edition of three art journals looking into the artistic pieces by Honore Daumier, Henri Avelot, and Charles Leandre, in the original French. The first edition of these works.In the original French.Three issues of &apo...

The Little Blue Light: A Play in Three Acts

Edmund Wilson · 1951 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1951. First edition. Cloth. A superior first edition copy of this uncommon play by Edmund Wilson, in the original, unclipped dustwrapper. The first Uk edition of this work. A play in three acts by Edmund Wilson, American writer. His writings influe...

Nihonga: The Japanese Garden

Trilokesh Mukherjee · 1986 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Barbican Art Gallery, 1986. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. An excellent brochure introducing the Nihonga Exhibition held at the Barbican Art Gallery in London in 1985-86 and its complementary Japanese Garden. The first edition of this brochure introducing the exhibi...

Italian Maiolica Catalogue of the Collections

Catherine Hess · 1988 · Rooke Books

£99.00 (€118.68 | $130.81 | ¥20,892)

California, The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A fine catalogue of the Getty Museum's maiolica, illustrated with beautiful colour plates of the Italian pottery. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A catalogue of the Maio...

Representative Painters of the Xixth Century

Mrs. Arthur Bell (N. D'Anvers) · 1899 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London & New York, Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful and richly illustrated history of painters of the 1800s, including the likes of Constable, Holman Hunt, Rossetti and Turner. Written by Nancy Bell (1844-1933), a British translator and...

Die Kunst Der Primitiven

Herbert Kühn · 1923 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

München, Delphin-Verlag, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating study on the history of primitive, with colour plates and engravings. The first hardback edition. A fascinating copy on the study of primitive art, thoroughly illustrated throughout. First hardback edition. I...

The Garden of Earthly Delight

Judith Kazantzis; Carolyn Trant · 2008 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Parvenu Press, 2008. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce artist's book produced by Carolyn Trant, of the Art Workers' Guild. A fantastic concertina book, with Trant's striking images. The first edition of this work in the concertina form. Previously, &ap...

Songs & Lyrics from the Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher

Beaumont and Fletcher; E H Fellowes · 1928 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Oxford University Press, 1928. Cloth. A very smart copy of this limited edition work, comprising the songs featured in Beaumont and Fletcher's plays put to music. Engraved title page, Numbered 81 or 345 copies produced. Several leaves remain unopened to the top ...

Signs of the Zodiac

Hellmuth Weissenborn · 1978 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Gloucestershire, The Whittington Press, 1978. Paperback. A charmingly illustration collection of Zodiacs. Engraved throughout by Hellmuth Weissenborn. Comprising all twelve Zodiac signs. A limited edition work, comprising 900 copies hand set in Lutetia type & printed from th...

Old Sporting Prints

Ralph Nevill · 1908 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, The Connoisseur Magazine, 1908. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Ralph Nevill's curated collection of art prints showing various equestrian sport scenes, illustrated in colour. The first edition of this work.A selection of beautiful sporting prints showi...

Les Amours

Anon · 1834 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Paris, Chex Barba, 1834. First edition. Leather. A very scarce, beautifully bound, pocket sized collection of intimate songs. An almanac of the 'amours de venus&apos. A very scarce, first and possibly only edition of this work.No record of this publication on Worldcat or ...

The Monumental Effigies of Great Britain

C A Stothard · 1817 · Rooke Books

£12,500.00 (€14,985.40 | $16,517.02 | ¥2,637,869)

London, J M'Creery, 1817-1832. First edition. Leather. An exceptional association copy of C A Stothard's important twelve part work on British effigies. From the library of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, with an inscription from his supporter and admirer, John Ruskin. The f...

Synopsis of Ancient Costume

Thomas Dudley Fosbroke · 1825 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, John Nichols and Son, 1825. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this chronological overview to ancient costume. Being excerpts from Reverend Fosbroke's 'Encyclopedia of Antiquities&apos. The majority of pages remain unopened to the top edge.Uncommon fo...

Engravings and Their Value

J Herbert Slater · 1929 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, The Bazaar Exchange and Mart, 1929. Cloth. A smart, sixth edition copy of J Herbert Slater's detailed guide to collecting engravings and the history of engravings. In the publisher's original cloth.This sixth edition is extra illustrated compared to previous ...