Pittura e disegno

Rex Whistler: The Konigsmark Drawings

Laurence Whistler · 1952 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, The Richards Press , 1952. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this limited edition work, in which Laurence Whistler presents reproductions of his brother Rex's drawings from A. E. W. Mason's novel, 'Konigsmark&apos. Signed presentation inscription by...

The Plays of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare; Alexander Chalmers [ed.] · 1826 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,019.01 | $1,123.16 | ¥179,375)

London, Printed for C. and J. Rivington; T Egerton; J. Cuthell; et al. 1826 . Leather. A neatly bound complete eight volume set of plays by William Shakespeare, in full brown morocco. A handsomely bound set of plays by William Shakespeare.William Shakespeare was an English pla...

George Morland&Apos;S Pictures: Their Present Possessors, with Details of the Collections

Ralph Richardson · 1897 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Elliot Stock, 1897. First edition. Cloth. The author's own copy of this George Morland bibliography, copiously inscribed throughout with his later notes and amendments. A desirable first edition copy of this uncommon Morland bibliography, previously owned by the a...

The Studies of Sir Edwin Landseer

W. Cosmo Monkhouse · 1877 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Virtue and Company, 1877 . First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated example of W. Cosmo Monkhouse's detailed study of Sir Edwin Landseer, including a discussion of Queen Victoria's collection of his works. The first edition of W. Cosmo Monkhouse's...

Memoirs of His Own Life

Tate Wilkinson · 1790 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

York, For the Author by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, 1790 . First edition. Leather. A handsome example of the first edition of the four volume autobiography of 18th century actor and theatre manager Tate Wilkinson. The first edition of this work, complete in four volumes.The au...

The History of the Merchant Taylors&Apos; Hall

Henry Lennox Hopkinson · 1931 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Cambridge, Cambridge Printed for Private Circulation at the University Press, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A lovely and uncommon copy of this illustrated London Guild history, first edition thus. The definitive history of the building which houses one of 12 historic London Guil...

Oxford Characters

William Rothenstein; F. Y. Powell · 1896 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London; New York, john Lane; R. H. Russell & Son, 1896 . Cloth. A limited edition of two hundred copies, the volume produces twenty-four lithographic portraits by Will Rothenstein, depicting some of Oxford"s most distinguished poets, dons, and aesthetes. In the publisher'...

Landscape

Philip Gilbert Hamerton · 1885 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.82 | $204.81 | ¥32,710)

London, Seeley & Co. 1885. First edition. Leather. The first trade edition of Hamerton's study of landscape paintings and drawings, illustrated with etchings and reproductions from famous art pieces. A first trade edition of this work, in the publisher"s quarter morocco b...

The Pilgrim on the Earth

Julian Green · 1929 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, The Blackamore Press; Harper and Brothers, 1929. Leather. A beautifully illustrated limited edition of Julian Green's mysterious tale, with colour wood engravings by Rene Ben Sussan, and being a very scarce edition published especially for the translator. A limite...

Louise Bourgeois: Pensees-Plumes

Louise Bourgeois; Deborah Wye; Marie-Laure Bernadac · 1995 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou Cabinet d'Art Graphique, 1995. First edition. Hardback. An elegant Centre Pompidou catalogue exhibiting the works of Louise Bourgeois, showcasing the artist"s intimate drawings and "feather-thoughts." First edition.In the publisher's or...

Pictures of Horses and English Life

A. J. Munnings; Lionel Lindsay · 1939 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited, 1939. Cloth. A pleasing second edition of this collection of country paintings and images from English artist Sir Alfred James Munnings. Second edition, revised. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, nineteen colour plates, and one hundre...

Documents D&Apos;Art Armeniens: Atlas

Frederic Macler · 1924 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Paris, Librairie Oientaliste Paul Geuthner , 1924 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the scarce Atlas volume of this striking 1920s celebration of Armenian art, edited by French linguist and orientalist Frederic Macler. In the original French. A scarce first edition....

Painter of Pedigree: Thomas Weaver of Shrewsbury

Lawrence Trevelyan Weaver · 2017 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Unicorn, 2017. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this exploration of the life and work of English painter Thomas Weaver, from a descendant of the artist. First edition. Illustrated throughout with colour reproductions. A detailed historical study into t...

A Descriptive Account of the Guildhall of the City of London: Its History and Associations

John Edward Price · 1886 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Blades, East & Blades, 1886 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout and including chromolithographic plates, this is the first edition of J. E. Price's impressive history of the City of London's Guildhall. The first edition of this work.An impressive h...

Quatre-Vingts Dessins de Zadkine

Helena Staub; Laure Barbizet · 1994 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Paris, Editions du Musee Rodin, 1994. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon first edition of this collection of eighty prints from Russian and French artist Ossip Zadkine, in the original French. French. Uncommon work. First edition. A collection of eighty reproductions of pri...

New Days-New Ways: The Arrangement of the House and Its Work, with Suggestions That Make for Greater Efficiency in the Kitchen and Greater Satisfaction in Cooking

Lucy H. Yates · 1924 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd , 1924. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated guide to household design and management, written by British suffragist and cookery author Lucy H. Yates. First edition. A very scarce volume. In the publisher's original cloth bi...

The Practical Mechanic&Apos;S Journal

Practical Mechanic's Journal · 1850 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Glasgow, Practical Mechanic's Journal and Patent Office, 1850. First edition. Leather. The second volume of the illustrated 'Practical Mechanic's Journal', an important periodical on the developments of mechanics in the first half of the twentieth century. ...

Notes on the Early British Engraved Royal Portraits

H. C. Levis · 1917 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, The Chiswick Press, 1917. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce study on the depictions of the British Royal Family though published engravings from the sixteenth to eighteenth century. The first edition of this very scarce work, limited to only...

Twede Map: Hans Orlowski (Collection of Prints)

Frank Van Den Wijngaert [Ed.] · 1954 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

Antwerp , De Antwerpsche Exlibriskring, 1954 . First edition. Paperback. A striking collection of fourteen examples of artwork from German painter Hans Orlowski, housed in the publisher's original portfolio, published in Antwerp with the textual accompaniment written in D...

The Stately Homes of England

Llewellynn Jewitt; S. C. Hall · 1881 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Reeves and Turner, 1881 . Leather. An impressively illustrated two volume study of the stately homes of England, charmingly illustrated throughout with vignette wood engravings. Complete in two volumes.First published in the 1870s, present here are later printings of t...