Pittura e disegno

The Art and Craft of Home-Making

Edward W. Gregory · 1913 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Thomas Murby & Co. 1913. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated guide to home design and management, adorned with colour plates. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, sixteen monochrome plates, and numerous in-text figures. Collate...

Flemish Drawings of the Seventeenth Century from the Collection of Frits Lugt Institut Neerlandais Paris

Various · 1972 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Gent, Erasmus Ltd. 1972. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing copy of this catalogue of a collection of exhibitions of Flemish drawings from the seventeenth century, from the collection of Dutch art historian Frits Lugt. First edition. Illustrated with ten full-page colour im...

Richard Hamilton

Richard Hamilton; Richard Morphet; David Mellor; Sarat Maharaj; Stephen Snoddy · 1992 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Tate Gallery Publications, 1992. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of the Tate Gallery's retrospective catalogue of Richard Hamilton, with 106 works reproduced in double-sided colour plates and essays from leading critics and scholars. In the publisher&a...

The Royal Gallery of Hampton Court

Ernest Law · 1898 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1898 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this impressively illustrated descriptive account of the picture galleries at Hampton Court Palace. A first edition.Ernest Law surveys the principal paintings, tapestries, and decorative works hous...

Elements of Perspective

John Ruskin · 1859 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Smith, Elder and Co, 1859. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this treatise on drawing perspective, by John Ruskin. The first edition.An educational treatise by John Ruskin, presenting a written code of accurate perspective law. In this work, Ruskin offers so...

Jones of Colorado

Ralph Steadman · 1995 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Ebury Press, 1995. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this collection of sketches and stories about Jones the cat, by Ralph Steadman, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the half title. While visiting his friend, Hunter S. Thomps...

Cruikshank&Apos;S Water Colours

John Grego · 1903 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, A. & C. Black, Ltd. 1903. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of illustrations from the work of George Cruikshank. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and sixty-eight colour plates. Collated complete. A collection of water c...

The Arts and Crafts Movement in the Cotswolds

Mary Greensted · 1993 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Stroud, Alan Sutton, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of Mary Greensted's exploration of the Arts and Crafts Movement in the Cotswolds, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. Illustrated throughout. A fascinatin...

Histoire de la Peinture En Italie: Guide de L&Apos;Amateur Des Beaux-Arts

John Coindet · 1849 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.71 | $104.39 | ¥16,671)

Geneve, Joel Cherbuliez, 1849. Leather. A smartly bound two volume set of this historical study of art and painting in Italy from Swiss painter Jean-Jacques Francois Coindet. In the original French. French. Complete in two volumes. A detailed historical study of painting in It...

The Book and Periodical Illustrations of Arthur Hughes &Apos;a Spark of Genius&Apos; 1832-1915

Maroussia Oakley · 2016 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Middlesex & Delaware, Private Libraries Association: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition copy of this illustrated study of the illustrations of English artist Arthur Hughes. First edition. Illustrated with eight colour plates and one hundred a...

Anecdotes of Painting in England

Mr. George Vertue; Mr. Horace Vertue · 1782 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, J. Dodsley, 1782 . Leather. The first two volumes of the third edition of George Vertue and Horace Walpole's study of the history of painting in England. Volumes I and II only of the five volume third edition of this work.'Anecdotes of Painting in England&apo...

The Gothic Revival: An Essay in the History of Taste

Kenneth Clark · 1929 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of this illustrated study into the Gothic Revival from British art historian Kenneth Clark. First US edition. Very scarce edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and nineteen plates. ...

The Sketcher&Apos;S Colour Manual ("Water Colour Technique")

Charles Wallis · 0 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Winsor and Newton, Limited , c1900. Cloth. A scarce guide to watercolour painting, offering palette breakdowns and colour techniques. Eleventh thousand edition of this scarce artists' manual from Winsor & Newton. In the publisher's original yellow limp cloth ...

Opera: Composers, Works, Performers

Andras Batta; Sigrid Neef [editors] · 2000 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Cologne, Konemann, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A smart first English edition of this intensive work on opera from experts Andras Batta and Sigrid Neef. First English edition. Illustrated throughout with over one thousand five hundred beautiful images, many of which are in colo...

An Historical & Descriptive Guide to York Cathedral and Its Antiquities

Geo. Ayliffe Poole; J. W. Hugall · 1850 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Stonegate, R. Sunter, 1850. First edition. Hardback. A wonderfully illustrated monograph on York Minster, written by Gothic Revival specialists George Ayliffe Poole and J. W. Hugall. First edition. Illustrated with thirty-five engraved plates, with one hand coloured and one du...

The History of Westminster Abbey

John Flete; J. Armitage Robinson [editor] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Cambridge, Cambridge at the University Press, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this fascinating history of London's iconic and important abbey church. First edition. Notes and Documents Relating to Westminster Abbey No. 2. With the compliments of the D...

Sir Edward Burne-Jones: A Record and Review

Malcolm Bell · 1899 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1899 . Leather. The fourth edition of this richly illustrated study of the works of Edward Burne-Jones, in a handsome full calf prize binding. The fourth edition of Malcolm Bell's biography of the life and work of Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, ...

On the Theory of Painting, and, Synopsis of Practical Perspective

T. H. Fielding · 1835 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, W. H. Allen & Co; Smith, Elder & Co, 1835. Leather. A volume of two scarce second edition treatises on painting by T. H. Fielding, both signed by the author, complete with hand-coloured plates. Two volumes bound in one.Signed by the author to the recto of the front fre...

Home Journal Royal Embroidery Gift Book

None · 1937 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Paisley , J. & P. Coats Ltd, 1937. Paperback. A very scarce and charming gift book of embroidery transfers relating to the coronation of King George VI. A vanishingly scarce gift memento of the coronation of King George VI, offering a series of embroidery patterns printed on t...

A Sketch-Book of R. Caldecott&Apos;S

R. Caldecott; Edmund Evans · 1883 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1883. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of sketches from Caldecott, with many images printed in colour. First edition. With twenty-two full colour pages and many monochromatic images in-text. A collection of sketche...