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Claude Roger-Marx; Henri Matisse; Albert Skira · 1946 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Genève, Éditions Albert Skira, 1946 . First edition. Paperback. First edition of this comprehensive anthology of books illustrated by painters and sculptors of the School of Paris, featuring close to one hundred reproductions and text from Claude Roger-Marx and Henri Matisse...

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Karl Asplund · 1925 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Stockholm, A.B. Wahlstrom & Widstrand , 1925. Leather. A scarce impressively illustrated volume on the two Swedish artists Niklas Lafrensen and Elias Martin, with 96 plates of their work. A scarce work.In the publisher's full black morocco binding. An impressive volume o...

Ford Madox Brown: A Record of His Life and Work

Ford M. Hueffer · 1896 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1896. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a biography of the pre-Raphaelite artist, written by his grandson, the novelist and founder of the English Review Ford M. Heuffer. The first edition of the respected biography Ford Madox Brown: A...

The Legendary History of the Cross: A Series of Sixty-Four Woodcuts from a Dutch Book Published by Veldener, A.D. 1483.

William Caxton; John Ashton [Intro.]; S. Baring Gould [Preface] · 1887 · Rooke Books

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

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1887 . Hardback. A charming reproduction of the 1483 Veldener woodcuts illustrating the Legendary History of the Cross, with brass clasps. In the publisher's original pictorial paper vellum binding with brass clasps. A late-Victorian reproduction...

1897 Some Thoughts About Art an Inaugural Address Delivered Before the Birkenhead Literary and Scientific Society

H. Nazeby Harrinton · 1897 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Birkenhead, For the Society by Willmer Brothers and Co. Limited, 1897. First edition. Cloth. An incredibly scarce copy of art collector and doctor H. Nazeby Harrington's speech to his fellows at the Birkenhead Literary and Scientific Society. In lovely condition, H. Nazeb...

Pictures by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A.

Sir Edwin Landseer; W. Cosmo Monkhouse · 1873 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Virtue and Company, Limited, 1873 . Cloth. A smart late Victorian edition of this work showcasing the art of Sir Edwin Landseer, with text by W. Cosmo Monkhouse and illustrated with seventeen monochrome plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding with gilt a...

New Road Directions in European Art and Letters Number 4

Fred Marnau · 1946 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London , Grey Walls Press LTD. 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this issue of literary and art, with poetry and prose. Including numerous plates and the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of the work. In publisher's original cloth binding w...

Houses of the Gentry 1480-1680

Nicholas Cooper · 1999 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

New Haven and London, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated architectural history of the houses of the gentry during the fifteenth century. First edition. Illustrated with c...

Royal Album of Arts and Industries of Great Britain

Anonymous · 1887 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Wyman & Sons, 1887 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated throughout, this is an impressive album celebrating British industry at the time of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The very scarce first edition of this work, in the publisher's original decorative mo...

The Private Palaces of London, Past and Present

E. Beresford Chancellor · 1909 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott , 1909 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first US edition of this richly illustrated architectural work on the important houses of London, by E. Beresford Chancellor. First published in London the year prior, this is the vanishingly scarce ...

Conversations of James Northcote, Esq. , R.A.

William Hazlitt · 1830 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.70 | $343.55 | ¥54,868)

London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of William Hazlitt's popular work describing his conversations with the British painter, James Northcote. First edition. With a portrait frontispiece, engraved by T Wrig...

A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840

Howard Colvin · 2008 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2008. Cloth. A very pleasing fourth edition of this classic authoritative work on the history of British architecture. Fourth edition, second impression. An authoritative and now classic work of reference on the history of British a...

An Account of Little Hampden Church

1933 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Stone & Cox, Ltd. 1933. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this delightful booklet on the church in Little Hampden, a civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. Very scarce work. An insightful historical study of the church at Little Hampden, a civil parish in Buckinghams...

London Cries: With Six Charming Children

Andrew Tuer · 1883 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, Field & Tuer, [1883]. Cloth. A limited edition work from Andrew Tuer, featuring a collection of fantastic illustrations from the likes of Bartolozzi, Cruikshank and Rowlandson, depicting the people and venders in London, with proof prints. A limited edition. Being an u...

Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love

Haruki Murakami; Philip Gabriel [translator] · 2021 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Harvill Secker, 2021. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first UK edition, first impression of this collection of images and essays about t-shirts from Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. First UK edition, first impression. Illustrated throughout. Originally serialized in P...

Greenwich Palace: A History of What Is Now the Royal Naval College and the National Maritime Museum, from Earliest Times to 1939

1939 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, E. G. Berryman & Sons Ltd. 1939. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of this very scarce history of the Royal Naval College and National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London, with illustrations. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and...

The Story of the Site of Regis House, King William Street, London E.C. 4

Quintin Waddington · 1931 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Published by the Freeholder, Rudolph Palumbo , 1931. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce copy of this privately printed history of the site of Regis House in London, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Very scarce work. Privately published. Illustrated wit...

Impressionist Prints: Lithographs, Etchings, Drypoints, Aquatints, Woodcuts

Roger Passerson · 1974 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Phaidon, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this celebration of Impressionist prints from French art historian Roger Passeron. First edition. Illustrated with ninety-nine images, twenty-three of which are in colour. A celebration of Impressionist...

Renaissance Painting from Leonardo to Durer

Lionello Venturi · 1979 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1979. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this study of Renaissance painting from Italian art historian and critic Lionello Venturi. First standalone edition, previously published as part of the Great Centuries of Painting Series created by Al...

Botticelli

Andre Chastel · 1958 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, George Rainbird & Oldbourne Press, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this study of the life and works of Italian Early Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli, with examples of his works. First UK edition. Illustrated with a tipped in colour frontis...