Pittura e disegno

Photograph Album of Renaissance Artwork and Bibliographical Clippings

James S. Dearden · 1980 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Not Stated, None, c1900 -1980. Leather. A handsome Birdsall half morocco binding housing photographic images of Renaissance artworks, and with further text leaves from James S. Dearden's bibliographical writings. An attractive half morocco signed binding by Birdsall, hous...

Westminster: Memorials of the City, Saint Peter&Apos;S College, the Parish Churches, Palaces, Streets, and Worthies

Rev. Mackenzie E.C. Walcott · 1849 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Westminster, Joseph Masters, 1849 . First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of this account of Westminster, with a frontispiece and six plates. The very scarce first edition of the work.In publisher's original green cloth binding.With a frontispiece and six pla...

The London Scene

Lewis Melville · 1926 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

London , Faber and Gwyer, 1926. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of this delightful collection of descriptions of London scenes, with 15 plates. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original brown cloth binding.Including descriptions of 15 scenes...

Modern British Water-Colour Drawings

A. L. Baldry [Ed.] · 1900 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.53 | ¥8,230)

London, The Studio, 1900. Disbound. A charming Studio "Special Number," richly illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, showcasing leading British watercolour artists and commentary by art critic Alfred Lys Baldry. In the publisher's original green cloth binding with gil...

A Description of a Series of Sixty Small Prints, Etched by William Green, of Ambleside, from Drawings Made by Himself

William Green · 1814 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London; Ambleside , William Green, 1814. Leather. A scarce collection of prints of Ambleside, etched by English artist William Green. A scarce volume containing a series of small prints etched by William Green, largely focusing on the views of Ambleside, a town in the civil pa...

Absalom, a Chronicle Play in Three Acts

T. Sturge Moore [Thomas Sturge Moore] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Sign of the Unicorn, 1903. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Thomas Sturge Moore's epic play concerning the famous biblical tale of Absalom's betrayal of his father, King David of Jerusalem. The first edition of Thomas Sturge Moore's play Absalo...

Eight Etched Views in Old Marylebone in the Xviiith Century from Old Drawings

None · 1912 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Not Stated , Not Stated , c1900. Unbound. A delightful portfolio containing eight hand-coloured etched prints of Marylebone in the 18th century. Vanishingly scarce. Vanishingly scarce, with only one record found on auction from 1912. Unbound, comprising eight hand-coloured etc...

Teapots and Tea

Frank Tilley · 1957 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

Newport, The Ceramic Book Company, 1957 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Frank Tilley's illustrated discussion of the history of teapots. The very scarce edition de luxe, one of only 25 of such copies produced. A limited edition, first edition work.This i...

Winslow Homer and the Illustrated Book & Winslow Homer and the Pictorial Press

David Tatham · 1992 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

New York, Syracuse University Press, 1992-2003. First edition. Cloth. Two excellent first edition volumes from Tatham's extensive study on American painter and illustrator Winslow Homer, signed by the author. Two volumes. First edition, first impression. Each volume is si...

Edward Gordon Craig: The Last Eight Years 1958-1966, Letters from Ellen Gordon Craig

Ellen Gordon Craig; Edward Craig · 1983 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Aldoversford, The Whittington Press, 1983. Cloth. A limited edition biographical work on Edward Gordon Craig, the noted theatre actor and director, told through letters from his daughter, and signed by his son Edward Craig. A limited edition, being number 4 out of 345 copies. ...

Nut-Cracker Suite Sheet Music Illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

Tschaikowsky · 1941 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Melbourne, Allan & Co. Pty Ltd, 1941. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce book of sheet music for the nut-cracker suite, beautifully illustrated in colour by the Australian illustrator, Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. The 'simplified Piano Edition' of the Nut-Cracker suit...

The Tradition of the New

2011 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Barcelona, Mayoral Galeria D'Art, 2011. First edition. Hardback. A multi-lingual guide to the exciting exhibition The Tradition of the New held at the Mayoral Galeria D'Art in Barcelona. English, Spanish, and Catalan. First edition. Illustrated throughout with numero...

Douglas Cooper: Und Die Meister Des Kubismus and the Masters of Cubism

Dorothy M. Kosinski; John Richardson; Caroline Brooke · 1987 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

Basel; London, Kunstmuseum; The Tate Gallery, 1987 . Paperback. A vibrant bilingual German–English catalogue from the 1987–88 Kunstmuseum Basel exhibition, showcasing Douglas Cooper"s renowned Cubist collection. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps with Frenc...

English Water-Colour

Charles Holme; Frederick Wedmore · 1902 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Offices of "The Studio, 1902. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of the Studio's monograph on English watercolour, presenting colour reproductions of some of the best examples of watercolours by English artists. The first edition.Complete in eight parts, ...

Gotthard de Beauclair: Buchgestalter, Lyriker, Verleger 1907-1992 Leben Und Werk

Gert Fischer; Heinz Richter [editors] · 1996 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Siegburg, Rheinlandia Verlag, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this study of the life and work of German publisher Gotthard de Beauclair, in the original German. German. First edition. Illustrated with five black-and-white photographic plates and sixty...

Gogmagog: Morris Cox & the Gogmagog Press

David Chambers; Colin Franklin; Alan Tucker · 1991 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Pinner, Private Libraries Association, 1991. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing first edition of this illustrated exploration of the life and work of Morris Cox and his Gogmagog Press. First edition. Limited to one thousand six hundred and fifty copies of which five hundred...

War Posters Issued by Belligerent and Neutral Nations 1914-1919

Martin Hardie; Arthur K. Sabin · 1920 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, A. & C. Black LTD, 1920. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated work showcasing examples of posters produced throughout the world during the First World War, the first edition. The first edition.An intriguing study on the posters produced by the belligerent and neutral n...

Vrs Graf

Emil Major; Erwin Gradmann · 1485 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Basel, Im Holbein, c1941. Cloth. A richly illustrated survey of Swiss Renaissance artist Urs Graf, this volume pairs 150 striking facsimiles with illuminating scholarly insight. In the publisher's original orange cloth.This volume is undated. Dated here using Jisc, from c...

Prism

W. G. Briggs · 1935 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, W. G. Briggs and Co, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce 1935 volume of the commercial art periodical 'Prism', signed by W. G. Briggs, and illustrated in colour throughout. The very scarce 1935 volume of this commercial art periodical, which celebrat...

Rowlandson the Caricaturist

Joseph Grego · 1880 · Rooke Books

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

London, Chatto and Windus, 1880. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated study on the caricatures of Thomas Rowlandson, inscribed by the author. The first edition.Inscribed by the author to the verso of the front endpaper of Volume I, "To the Honb.le Mich...