Pittura e disegno

Birds Drawn from Nature

Mrs. Hugh Blackburn; Jemima Blackburn · 1862 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

Edinburgh, Edmonston & Douglas, 1862. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition volume of plates depicting birds of Britain, all drawn from nature by Jemima Blackburn. The first edition of this very scarce work. This copy is the issue with lithographs, another issue wa...

The Incredible Mizners

Alva Johnston · 1953 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. First edition. Cloth. This uncommon first edition, first impression of the first biography recounting the life of the architect Addison Mizner, in the original unclipped pictorial dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of the work, w...

Spirals of Flight

David Rogers · 1979 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Leicester, The Cog Press, 1979. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce work on the art of Hans Erni, published for the opening of the Hans Erni museum. The first edition. Also published as a limited edition in the same year. Published on the occasion of the opening of the Han...

The Art of Englishmen and Other Writings of Roger Oldham

Roger Oldham · 1917 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, The Complete Press, 1917. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of writings from Roger Oldham. First edition. Printed for private circulation. Illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates. Collated complete. A collection of writings on the art ...

Some Drawings of the English School: Being a Lecture

Campbell Dodgson · 1946 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, The Print Collectors' Club, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A very smart limited edition copy of this lecture from British art historian Campbell Dodgson. First edition. Limited to four hundred copies, of which this is number one hundred and ninety-six. Illustrated wi...

The Liber Studiorum Mezzotints of Sir Frank Short After J.M. W. Turner

Martin Hardie · 1938 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, The Print Collectors' Club, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition collection of the mezzotints of Sir Frank Short after J. M. W. Turner, with the original glassine wrap. First edition. Limited to five hundred and ten copies, of which this is number four hu...

International Arts and Crafts

Karen Livingstone; Linda Parry [editors] · 2005 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Victoria & Albert Museum (V & A Publications), 2005. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this highly illustrated work on international arts and crafts from the Victoria and Albert Museum. First edition. Illustrated with three hundred and twenty colour i...

The Pre-Raphaelite Landscape

Allen Staley · 2001 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.35 | $62.10 | ¥9,918)

New Haven, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, 2001. Cloth. A smart volume that celebrates that intricacy and beauty of landscape in Pre-Raphaelite paintings, richly illustrated in colour. The first edition of this book, published in 1973, i...

The History of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers & Engravers 1880-1930

Sir Francis Newbolt · 1930 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, The Print Collectors' Club, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first, limited edition of this illustrated History of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers & Engravers 1880-1930 by Sir Francis Newbolt. The first edition of the work.Uncommon. Collated complete. A Limite...

Emma, Lady Hamilton: A Biographical Essay with a Catalogue of Her Published Portraits

J. T. Herbert Baily · 1905 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,964)

London, W. G. Menzies , 1905. First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated biography on Lady Hamilton, the artistic muse of George Romney and famed mistress of Lord Nelson. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with coloured illustration to the ...

George Romney

Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower · 1904 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Duckworth & Co. 1904. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this highly illustrated work on the art of George Romney. First edition. Illustrated with sixteen photogravure plates and seventy-three half-tone engravings to the rear. Collated complete. A detailed commen...

The Drawings of George Romney: An Exhibition Held from May to September 1962 at the Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton Mass

1962 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Northampton, Metcalf, 1962. First edition. Paperback. A smart copy of this guide to the drawings of George Romney exhibition at the Smith College Museum of Arts. First edition. Illustrated with thirty-none plates. Collated complete. A catalogue and guide to the exhibition held...

Wyndham Lewis: Redfern Gallery Exhibition Catalogue

Michael Ayrton; Wyndham Lewis · 1949 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Redfern Gallery , 1949. Paperback. A very scarce catalogue published a Wyndham Lewis exhibition held at Redfern Gallery, with introductions from Lewis and Michael Ayrton. A very scarce booklet detailing the artworks of Wyndham Lewis being exhibited at the Redfern Galle...

Transactions of the Royal Institute of British Architects of London

R. Willis et al. · 1836 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, John Weale, 1836-42. First edition. Cloth. Two interesting and beautifully illustrated volumes featuring articles on architecture, with details on the projects and transactions of 'The Royal Institute of Architects of London&apos. Previously owned by Sir Joseph Ra...

Alfred Hitchcock: The Master of Suspense a Pop-Up Book

Cindy Eng · 2006 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

New York, Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2006. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression collectable pop-up book about the celebrated director, Alfred Hitchcock. The first edition, first impression with a complete numberline. Illustrated throughout with colour illustratio...

Memoirs of Early Italian Painters and of the Progress of Painting in Italy. Cimabue to Bassano

Mrs. Jameson [Anna Brownell Jameson] · 1891 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, John Murray, 1891. Vellum. A pleasing vellum-bound series of memoirs concerning the painters of the Italian renaissance, illustrated with portraits for each. A new edition of this work. In full vellum binding with decorative gilt to the boards and spine. A delightful c...

Olympia

0 · Rooke Books

£1,275.00 (€1,528.51 | $1,684.74 | ¥269,063)

Germany, W. H. S. Thompson, H. Burnett, & Others, c1890. Leather. A very scarce Victorian German photo album and music box, an exceptional and unique work. A very scarce and unique German made photo album, complete with a music box. The album is highlighted throughout with viv...

Life in England in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860: Architecture, Drawing Books, Art Collections, Magazines, Navy and Army, Panoramas Etc.

J. R. Abbey · 1953 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Privately Printed at the Curwen Press , 1953. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this bibliographical catalogue containing vibrant artwork depicting life in England, from the library of William Foyle. Limited to five hundred copies of which this is number fifty-fiv...

Wood Sculpture

Alfred Maskell · 1911 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Methuen and Co. Ltd, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive work on the art of wood sculptures The uncommon first edition of this work.Illustrated with fifty nine monochrome plates. Collated complete. A fascinating overview of the history of wood sculpture, from a...

Rothmans of Pall Mall Diamond Jubilee

None · 1950 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Rothmans Limited, 1950. Unbound. A unique work issued to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of the tobacco company Rothmans, complete with six colourful plates by Rex Whistler. A unique work issued for the Diamond Jubilee of Rothmans, a tobacco manufacturer based on Pall Ma...