Pittura e disegno

Giorgio Morandi: Etchings

Nicholas Serota [Foreword]; Jennifer Mundy; Christopher Le Brun · 1992 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)

London, Tate Gallery Publications, 1992 . First edition. Paperback. A scarce first edition catalogue of Giorgio Morandi"s etchings, featuring plate illustrations from his rare corpus of 133 works. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps, with French flaps. This...

Galoways of Balerno

1968 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Newman Neame, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this vanishingly scarce record of the John Galloway & Company Limited paper makers. First edition, privately published. Very scarce work. Illustrated with ten plates and numerous in-text images. A de...

Masters of American Design: Frederic Goudy

D. J. R. Bruckner · 1990 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1990. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this study on the life and work of American artist and designer Frederic Goudy, from the Masters of American Design series. First edition. From the Masters of American Design series. Illu...

Fifty Plates of Shipping and Craft

None · 1829 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

London, None, 1829. First edition. Leather. The fantastic scarce first edition collection of etched plates of ships from the renowned English artist Edward William Cooke, created when he was only eighteen. Bound in full straight grain morocco. The first edition.Beautifully ill...

Das Grosse Bruegel-Werk

Gustav Gluck · 1951 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Vienna , Anton Schroll and Co. 1951. First edition. Cloth. A large portfolio of the art of Pieter Bruegel, complete with eighty-two tipped-in colour plates and commentary from Gustav Glück. First edition. In the original German. A delightful tour through the works of Pieter ...

British Water-Colour Art

Marcus B. Huish · 1904 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated study of water-colour in Britain from English art dealer Marcus Bourne Huish. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and sixty-one colour plates. Collated complete. A...

Three Plates in Colour from Shakespeare&Apos;S Tragedy of Hamlet

William Shakespeare · 1910 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London , Hodder and Stoughton Ltd. 1910. First edition. Unbound. A first edition of this very scarce, beautifully produced folio of three colour plate illustrations from W. G. Simmonds, highlighting key dramatic moments from the play. In the publisher's original green pap...

By the King&Apos;S Patent. Tinned Copper Sheets and Pipes

Charles Wyatt; John Wyatt · 1792 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

None stated, None stated, [1792]. First edition. Disbound. A very scarce eighteenth century advertisement for the use of tinned copper sheets and pipes by their patentee's Charles and John Wyatt. The first edition of this very scarce advertisement, being the variant with ...

The Development of European Playing Cards (Graphis No. 59 Article)

Eberhard Pinder · 1955 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

New York , Graphis , 1955. Cloth. A handsomely bound article on European playing cards, extracted from Graphis magazine. This article, 'The Development of European Playing Cards', extracted and bound as a separate volume from Issue No. 59 of Graphis magazine. Bound ...

Art and Art Industries in Japan

Sir Rutherford Alcock · 1878 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Virtue and Co. 1878 . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, first edition of this beautifully illustrated exploration of Japanese art and the art industry in the mid nineteenth century. First edition. Uncommon work. Bound in the green variant of the publisher's origi...

Behind Appearance: A Study of the Relations between Painting and the Natural Sciences in This Century

C. H. Waddington · 1969 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1969. First edition. Cloth. An excellently presented first edition of this intriguing dissection of the relationship between science and art. First edition. Handsomely rebound in full tan cloth, with gilt stripe detailing and spine title...

The English Print 1688-1802

Timothy Clayton · 1997 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

New Haven & London, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this history of prints in England, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page, dated 30th ...

Second Report from Select Committee on Metropolis Improvement; with the Minutes of Evidence

Anonymous · 1840 · Rooke Books

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

London, Not Stated, 1840 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce work, detailing a meeting between the committee responsible for the development of London in the nineteenth century, illustrated with a folding plan for the construction of a new street in central London. A very sc...

Searching for Robert Johnson

Peter Guralnick · 1990 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1990. First edition. Hardback. The scarce first U.K. edition of this illustrated biography on Robert Johnson, in a unique binding. The scarce first U.K. edition.Rebound in a unique binding in a custom chemise, by Jeff Colombe of Peaslake, Surrey. A m...

The Outline of Literature; the Outline of Art

John Drinkwater; William Orpen · 1923 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, George Newnes Ltd, 1923-1924 . First edition. Leather. A handsomely bound collection of three volumes celebrating the history of art and literature, illustrated throughout with colour plates. A charming set of first edition volumes, in half morocco bindings.Present her...

Margarethe (Faust) Oper in Funf Akten

Jules Barbier; Michel Carre; Ch. Gounod · 0 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Berlin, Ed. Bote & G. Bock , c1870. Cloth. The musical and vocal score of this grand opera in five acts from French composer Charles-Francois Gounod, in German. German. New revised edition, with Italian text. A grand opera in five acts to a French libretto from the play Faust ...

The Ancient Sculptures in the Roof of Norwich Cathedral

Edward Meyrick Goulburn; Henry Symonds; Edward Hailstone · 1876 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, The Autotype Fine Art Company, 1876 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated work examining the impressive Middle Aged roof sculptures of Norwich Cathedral. A fascinating look at the impressive sculptures in the roof of Norwich Cathed...

Schoeller and Hoesch Gernsbach (50th Anniversary Portfolio of Etchings)

A. Kusche · 1930 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Gernsbach , Schoeller and Hoesch, 1930. Unbound. A vanishingly scarce portfolio of etching prints by Hermann Kupferschmid, commissioned for the 50th anniversary of German paper manufacturer, Schoeller & Hoesch. This very scarce collection of prints was commissioned by Schoelle...

Madman&Apos;S Drum, and, Gods&Apos; Man

Lynd Ward · 1930 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.63 | $422.84 | ¥67,529)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1930-31. First edition. Cloth. Two wordless novels told through woodcuts by Lynd Ward, precursors to the graphic novel. Two of Lynd Ward's novels told through woodcuts. These two wordless novels are considered to be precursors of the graphic novel.&...

The World of Edward Gorey

Clifford Ross; Karen Wilkin · 1996 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

New York, Harry N. Abrams , 1996. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of this brilliant guide through the works of American writer and artist, Edward Gorey. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Th...