Pittura e disegno

The Knitter&Apos;S Friend

Mrs. Hope [Margaret Hope] · 1847 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Ramsgate, Kent, I. Hope, 1847. Paperback. A rare copy of this little handbook on knitting, containing items and instructions, used by various working class women wishing to earn more money. A very scarce copy of The Knitter's Friend: Original Receipts in Knitting and Nett...

Chefs-D&Apos;Oevure of the Industrial Arts

Philippe Burty; W. Chaffers [ed.] · 1869 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1869. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this copiously illustrated work by French art critic Philippe Burty. The first edition of the work. In publisher's original green cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece, 51 plates, and in...

Signature; a Quadrimestrial of Typography and Graphic Arts New Series

Oliver SImon [ed.] · 1948 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Signature, 1948-1954. Paperback. A delightfully illustrated set of seven issues from 'Signature', containing essays and reviews on typography and graphic arts. Seven bright issues from Signature, a British magazine revolving around typography and the graphic ...

The British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Company

1932 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Stafford, BRC Reinforcements; The British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Company Ltd. 1932. Cloth. An incredibly scarce, illustrated handbook on the techniques and expertise of the British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Company. An incredibly scarce and informative handbook ...

Etablissements Marcel Ducrot, Autun: Velours, Laine, Mohair

Marcel Ducrot · 0 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

Autun, Marcel Ducrot, c1930 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce Marcel Ducrot fabric sample booklet, featuring ten samples of mohair, wool, and velvet. In the original French.A vanishingly scarce booklet of fabric samples from the Autun based comp...

The British Pre-Raphaelite Illustrators

Gregory R. Suriano · 2005 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

[New Castle, Del.]; London, Oak Knoll Press; The British Library, [2005]. Hardback. Pristine copy of this engaging reference work on the Pre-Raphaelite illustrators, featuring over five hundred illustrations. Second edition.Publisher's original hardback. Encased in origin...

An Enclyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture

J.C. Loudon · 1842 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 . Cloth. The scarce new revised edition of John Loudon's extensive architectural encyclopeadia, illustrated with thousands of engravings throughout. An immense encyclopaedia on the architecture and furniture found in cotta...

Wonderland, or, Curiosities of Nature and Art

Wood Smith · 1901 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Edinburgh and New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1901. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated work on curiosities of nature and art from all over the world. In publisher's original decorative cloth binding.Featuring forty-two monochrome plates, including the frontispiece, ...

On a Glass Lightly

Simon Whistler · 2004 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Marlborough, Libanus Press, 2004 . First edition. Cloth. Signed limited first edition on the glass engravings of Simon Whistler, illustrated with over 100 photographs. First limited edition. No. 106 of 200 copies.Signed by the author to limitation page.In publisher's orig...

Hierros Artisticos

Luis Labarta · 0 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.67 | $376.59 | ¥60,143)

Barcelona, Francisco Seix , c1904. Cloth. An abundantly illustrated two volume set of works on the art of forging, each with 100 plates. A lovely illustrated two volume set of works by Luis Labarta.In quarter green cloth, with brown boards. Rebacked, with renewed endpapers.Wit...

The Laboratory; or, School of Arts

G. Smith · 1750 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Printed for James Hodges , 1750. Leather. A bright third edition of these fascinating hints and experiments for the 18th-century artist, adorned with copper plates. Third edition. In a full speckled calf binding, retaining the original blanks. Register: A4, B-Z8, Aa4. ...

An Enquiry Into Industrial Art in England

Nikolaus Pevsner · 1937 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1937. First edition. Cloth. Pevsner"s pioneering survey of British industrial design at the inception of modernism, illustrated with monochrome photographs. In the publisher's original cloth binding.First edition.With 25 monochrome p...

A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and Art

Thomas Wright · 1865 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Virtue Brothers, 1865. Leather. An insightful and illustrated history into comic satire from ancient Europe to Georgian Britain, offering valuable contemporary perspectives of significant transformations across Europe. A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literatur...

A Collection of Thirty-Nine Fac-Similes of Rare Etchings by Celebrated Painters

William Young Ottley · 1828 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, Not Stated, 1828 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated with forty-two engraved plates, this is the first edition of William Young Ottley's very scarce volume of rare etchings from famous European artists. The very scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with a...

The Cryes of London

Richard Luckett; Samuel Pepys · 1994 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

Leeds, Old Hall Press, 1994 . First edition. Leather. Beautiful quarter-calf limited first edition of Samuel Pepy's "cryes" collection in 81 plates. First edition. Scarce. Limited to 425 copies.Bound in the publisher's original quarter calf with decorative cloth boar...

Caravan

Edward Seago · 1937 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Collins, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this collection of sketches from Edward Seago, featuring an original illustration from Seago, and with the publisher"s original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's...

Illustrated Periodicals of the 1860s: Contexts and Collaborations

Simon Cooke · 2010 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Private Libraries Association: The British Library, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this vastly illustrated study on periodicals from the 1860s. First edition. One of 1300 copies, of which only 600 were for sale. Illustrated with one hundred and tw...

Picasso/Matisse Works on Paper

Pablo Picasso; Henri Matisse · 1997 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Waddington Galleries, 1997. First edition. Paperback. A smart, first edition of this exhibition catalogue, issued by Waddington Galleries, illustrated with 19 plates of works by Picasso and Matisse. In the publisher's original stiff card wrappers. This volume is a...

The Blue Four Collection at the Norton Simon Museum

Vivian Endicott Barnett · 2002 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

New Haven, Yale University Press , 2002. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this large art book illustrated with almost five hundred items from the 'Blue Four Collection&apos. First edition. With the original unclipped dust wrapper.The 'Blue Four' refers to ...

Portraits

John Hedgecoe · 2000 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Collins & Brown, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of this portrait collection from British photographer John Hedgecoe, with the original glassine wrapper. First edition, first impression. With the vanishingly scarce original glassine wrappe...