Pittura e disegno

Paul Hogarth&Apos;S American Album Drawings 1962-65 with Notes from a Journal

Paul Hogarth · 1973 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Lion and Unicorn Press, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A fine, limited edition, collection of journal entries and illustrations by the popular artist, Paul Hogarth. The uncommon first edition. A limited edition, this copy being numbered at 212. In the original pictorial c...

Forty Drawings by Horace Brodzky

Horace Brodzky; James Laver · 1935 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this portfolio of life drawings by Brodzky in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Forty Drawings by Horace Brodzky in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust ...

A Note by Stopford Brooke on the Picture by Professor Giovanni Costa Entitled Twilight on the Campagna and on the Mezzotint Scraped from It by Frank Short

Stopford Brooke · 1922 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Robert Dunthorne , c1915. First edition. Leather. Very scarce first edition of this commentary on art pieces by Stopford Brooke. C1915, 'Robert Dunthorne' published with "& Son" from 1922-4. Containing Stopford Brooke's note on Giovanni Costa's &apo...

Drawing Blood Forty-Five Years of Scarfe Uncensored

Gerald Scarfe · 2005 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

Not stated, Little, Brown, 2005. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this art book about the work of Gerald Scarfe in the original publisher's dust wrapper. First UK edition of Drawing Blood, Forty-Five Years of Scarfe Uncensored by Gerald Scarfe in the original...

Diary of a War Artist

Edward Ardizzone · 1974 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, The Bodley Head, 1974 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of Edward Ardizzone's illustrated account of his life during the Second World War. In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated throughout with the vign...

The History and Antiquities of the Abbey and Cathedral Church of Gloucester

John Britton · 1836 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, M. A. Nattali, 1836 . Cloth. Illustrated throughout with detailed engraved plates, this is Joseph Britton's informative study of the architecture and history of Gloucester Cathedral. One part only of a five volume, fourteen part work. With this volume being antiqu...

Stories Arranged for Mime Number 2: Whuppity Stoorie

K. M. Briggs · 1937 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Dunkeld, Capricornus, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce one act play by folklorist K. M. Briggs, providing a brief plot and detailed mime stage directions. The very scarce first edition of this 'Story Arranged for Mime' by British folklorist and writer Kathar...

The Ground Beneath Her Feet

Salman Rushdie · 1999 · Rooke Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1999. First edition. Hardback. A first edition, second impression of this popular novel by Salman Rushdie, with the publisher's original binding. A first edition, second impression. Publisher's original cloth binding with unclipped dust wrapper...

The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare

William Shakespeare · 1815 · Rooke Books

£675.00 (€809.21 | $891.92 | ¥142,445)

London, Whittingham and Arliss, 1815. Leather. A scarce, early 19th century edition of the dramatic works of Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare, handsomely bound in full calf. A charming set of the dramatic works of William Shakespeare, including all of his comedies, h...

The Mistress Art

Reginald Blomfield · 1908 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.15 | $60.78 | ¥9,707)

London , Edward Arnold, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition volume of lectures on architecture given by the prolific architect, Reginald Blomfield. First edition of this scarce volume. This is a collection of lectures addressed to the student in the Royal Academ...

Fifty Caricatures by Max Beerbohm

Max Beerbohm · 1914 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, William Heinemann, 1914. Cloth. A series of fifty caricatures by Max Beerbohm, second impression. Second impression of this work, originally published in 1913. Max Beerbohm was an English essayist and parodist known as a dandy and humourist. His caricatures feature in ...

The Axe of Brandomar

George Graveley · 1928 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.35 | $55.50 | ¥8,863)

London , The Cayme Press, 1928. First edition. Hardback. An interesting copy of the fable play The Axe of Brandomere and the prose fable Fulfilment. This is a signed first edition copy of The Axe of Brandomar or The Death of the Woodman's Son  a fable play in three scenes...

Penrose&Apos;S Annual the Process Year Book & Review of the Graphic Arts

Various · 1921 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

London, Percy Lund Humphries & Co LTD, 1921-58. Cloth. A wondeful and uncommon to find set of the Penrose Annual, this set containing a total of 29 volumes from 1921 to 1958, replete with stunning colour plates throughout each volume. A run of twenty-nine volumes of 'Penr...

Old French Nursery Songs

Horace Mansion · 0 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.35 | $62.10 | ¥9,918)

London, George G. Harrap & Company, c1917. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated book of French nursery rhymes, compiled in the early twentieth-century by Horace Mansion. A work of charming French nursery songs, including 'Il Etait Une Bergere', 'Frere Jacques',...

Leonard de Vinci Ou L&Apos;Oeuvre D&Apos;Art

Leo Ferrero · 1929 · Rooke Books

£97.00 (€116.29 | $128.17 | ¥20,470)

Paris, KRA, 1929. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this study of Leonardo da Vinci and his work by Italian author Leo Ferrero, in the original French. A study of Leonardo da Vinci and his work, the first edition in the original French. Limited to one thousand and e...

A Pre-Raphaelite Friendship: The Correspondence of William Holman Hunt and John Lucas Tupper

William Holman Hunt; John Lucas Tupper; ed. James H. Coombs · 1986 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Michigan, UMI Research Press, 1986. Cloth. An excellent collection of the letters of William Holman Hunt and John Lucas Tupper, with illustrations. Lucas Tupper was an early Pre-Raphaelite, and maintained friendships with several original members of the Brotherhood; his work h...

Three Plays

Ugo Betti; Henry Reed (trans) · 1956 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltc, 1956. First edition. Leather. A nicely bound first edition copy of three of Ugo Betti's plays, including The Queen and the Rebels, The Burnt Flower-Bed, and Summertime. First Edition Thus, being the first time these plays were collated togethe...

The Waverley Album: Containing Fifty-One Line Engravings to Illustrated the Novels and Tales of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 1833 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, K. M'Cormick, 1833. Leather. An uncommon early edition of this volume illustrating tales and novels of Sir Walter Scott in a series of line engravings. A series of fifty line engravings to illustrated the work of Sir Walter Scott, engraved by C. Heath, Finden, C. ...

Chefs-D&Apos;Oeuvre de P. Corneille

M.D. Saucie · 1846 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Tours, Alfred Mame, 1846. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this collection of plays by 17th century French playwright Pierre Corneille. Handsomely rebound in quarter calf with decorative cloth boards. The first edition of this collection of the plays of noted 17...

L&Apos;Architecture de Ve Au Xviie Siecle Et Les Arts Que En Dependent

Jules Gailhabaud · 1890 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Paris, Librarie des Imprimeries Reunies, 1890. Disbound. A richly illustrated account of architecture from between the fifth and seventeenth century. Written by architectural author Jules Gailhabaud. In the original French language.Three volumes, being volumes I, III and IV. L...