Pittura e disegno

English Domestic Clocks

Herbert Cescinsky; Malcolm R. Webster · 1914 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1914 . Leather. The second edition of this richly illustrated study of the history and design of English clocks throughout the centuries. The second edition of Cescinsky and Webster's work.'Illustrated from Drawings and Photographs by...

Liturgical Music Incunabula: A Descriptive Catalogue

Kathi Meyer-Baer · 1962 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, The Bibliographical Society, 1962 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Kathi Meyer-Baer's comparison of printed music in liturgical incunabula, in the very scarce original glassine. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with four double sided plates. ...

Art Since 1950: American and International

1962 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Seattle, Seattle World's Fair, 1962. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this catalogue of American and International art featured in the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. First edition. Illustrated with six colour plates and many black-and-white images. Coll...

Frondes Agrestes. Readings in &Apos;Modern Painters&Apos; Chosen at Her Pleasure by the Author&Apos;S Friend, the Younger Lady of the Thwaite, Coniston

John Ruskin · 1889 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Kent, George Allen, 1889. Leather. A smart ninth edition of this critical work on modern painters and their work. Ninth edition. A critical work on modern painters, with chapters on the principles of art, the power of imagination, illustrating the sky, sea, mountains, stones, ...

Sportsmen in a Landscape

Aubrey Noakes · 1954 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Theodore Brun Limited, 1954. First edition. Leather. A very smart copy of this limited edition work on sports artists, with colour plates. First edition. Limited de Luxe edition of one hundred and fifty copies of which this is number forty-nine. Illustrated with a colo...

Flora of the British Isles Illustrations

A. R. Clapham; T. G. Tutin; E. F. Warburg · 1957 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

Cambridge, Cambridge at the University Press, 1957-1965. Cloth. A complete four volume set of this collection of illustrations of Flora from the British Isles, with the original dust wrappers. Complete in four volumes. Illustrated throughout with images one to five hundred and...

The Bauhaus

Uwe Westphal · 1991 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

New York, Gallery Books, 1991. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S edition of this heavily illustrated work showcasing artwork from the Bauhaus movement, written by Uwe Westphal. The first U.S edition of the work. The work was also published by Studio Editions the same year.In...

Xxth Century Drawings and Watercolours

Raymond Cogniat; Anne Ross [translator] · 1966 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

New York, Crown Publishers Inc. 1966. Cloth. A very smart, bright copy of this collection of artwork from the twentieth century, translated from the original French. Dated from the University of Oxford Libraries. Illustrated throughout with one hundred and fourteen plates in c...

The Public Buildings of the City of London Described

1831 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, John Harris, 1831. First edition. Leather. An uncommon pocket-sized guide to the history and architecture of notable public buildings in London, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work in a quarter morocco binding. Ink inscriptions to the front paste dow...

Beruhmte Zeitgenossen Karikaturen

Olaf Gulbransson · 1905 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Munich, Albert Langen, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this collection of caricatures by Olaf Gulbransson, in the German language. First edition. Illustrated with thirty portrait plates in black, white, and yellow. Collated complete. A collection of c...

Photo Album Containing Plates Depicting Destouches Operas

- · 0 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

- , - , [c1811]. Leather. This unique leather bound photo album contains plates depicting scenes from André Cardinal Destouches operas. A photo album with eleven plates by Louis Lafitte depicting scenes from André Cardinal Destouches's operas tipped in, along with a por...

Min Far Og Jeg: Af Gamle Familiepapirer

Karl Mantzius · 1919 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Kobenhavn og Kristaiania, Gyldendalske Boghandel, 1919 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Karl Mantzius's autobiographical account of his life and that of his father, fellow Danish actor Kristian Mantzius. In the original Danish.The first edition of this very ...

Decorative Wood Work No. 3, Marqueterie Staining, Etc.

LV Fitzgerald · 0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, L Upcott Gill, c1911. Paperback. The second edition of this very scarce illustrated booklet concerned with decorative wood work, a bright copy. The second edition of this work. Very scarce in all editions. Dated via Jisc. Second edition can be found at the University o...

Les Inconnus

J. L Lovibond; G. T. Shoosmith · 1926 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Newcastle, R. Ward & Sons, 1926. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce collection of portraits from J. L Lovibond and G. T. Shoosmith. Scarce work. "The Unknown." Illustrated with twenty pages of portraits, the first of which is highlighted with colour. Illustrated by J. L Lovibond and ...

The Signatures of Three British Artists: Richard Redgrave, John Rogers and Sir Herbert Francis Grant

Richard Redgrave; John Rogers Herbert; Sir Francis Grant · 1864 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

None, None, c1864 . Loose Pages, Articles. The signatures of three notable figures in the nineteenth century British art world: painter Richard Redgrave, artist John Rogers Herbert, and portrait painter Sir Francis Grant. Three handwritten notes by these British figures.With t...

Signature of Solomon A. Hart

Solomon A. Hart · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Brunswick Square, None, c1860 . Loose Pages, Articles. A signed envelope from artist Solomon A. Hart. A signed by the artist. The front of the envelope reads Dr Maurice Davis 11 or 14 Brunswick Square S. A. Hart. With a London stamp to the front of the envelope.Solomon Al...

English Women&Apos;S Clothing in the Nineteenth Century

C. Willett Cunnington · 1937 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Faber and Faber LTD, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful illustrated study on women's fashion in the nineteenth century, complete with colour and collotype plate. First edition.A beautiful exploration of the history and trends of women's fashion in the ni...

The Amateur Pottery and Glass Painter, with Directions for Gilding, Chasing, Burnishing, Bronzing and Groundlaying

E. Campbell Hancock · 1879 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1879. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition copy of Edward Campbell Hancock's fascinating reference work on pottery and glass painting. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth bindin...

Three Tales

Gustave Flaubert; Arthur McDowall · 1923 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1923 . Cloth. A lovely illustrated edition of three short stories by Gustave Flaubert with colour plates. Three Tales by Gustave Flaubert, translated by Arthur McDowall, in the original publisher's cloth binding. Includes 'A Simple Heart&apo...

The Lithographs of Robert Riggs

Ben Basshham · 1986 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Philadelphia, The Art Alliance Press, 1986 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this study and biography of artist Robert Riggs in the original dust wrapper. First edition of The Lithographs of Robert Riggs by Ben Bassham in the original publisher's cloth binding ...