Pittura e disegno

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...

The Gas World Vol. XVI

1892 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, John Allan, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A scarce volume for 1892 of this weekly journal dedicated to industrial gas news, trade, companies, development. Volume XVI of this weekly journal concerning the industrial gas sector around the world, although major focus is giv...

Exhibition of English Embroidery Executed Prior to the Middle of the XVI Century

The Burlington Fine Arts Club; A.F. Kendrick · 1905 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, The Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1905. Cloth. A smart copy of this exhibition of English embroidery during the pre-Jacobean era, including numerous illustrated plates in colour. Published by the Burlington Fine Arts Club. Presenting this fascinating work on the history o...

Oeuvre de Raphael

Raphael · 1837 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

Paris, Audot , 1837. First edition. Vellum. The first edition of this very scarce volume reproducing one hundred and fifty two of High Renaissance Italian painter Raphael, in a charming full vellum binding. The first edition of this very scarce work reproducing one-hundred-fif...

Winkle&Apos;S Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales

Thomas Moule · 1838 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.43 | $647.47 | ¥103,404)

London, Effingham Wilson; Charles Tilt; Tilt and Bogue, 1838-42. Cloth. Three volumes completing Winkle's depiction of the cathedral churches of England and Wales, one early printing and two first editions. A set complete in three volumes, volume I an early printing of 18...

Graven Image an Autobiographical Textbook

John Farleigh · 1940 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1940. First edition. Hardback. The illustrated first edition of John Farleigh's autobiographical work, a wonderful memoir married with advice for wood engravers. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original unclipped ...

Tideline, the Ebb and Flow of Memory and Experience

Edward Seago · 1948 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Collins, 1948. Cloth. An illustrated work on the art of Edward Seago, signed and personalised by the author. A part analytical, part biographical work by Edward Seago that examines his paintings and art. Edward Seago (1910-1974) was an English artist who painted in oil...

English Woodcuts 1480-1535

Edward Hodnett · 1973 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.46 | $155.92 | ¥24,901)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1973. Cloth. An in-depth examination of early Tudor woodcut illustrations, illustrated with facsimiles and presented in a glassine wrapper. Describing English woodcut illustrations from the early Tudor period, covering artists such as William C...

The M.F. H. Who Ran Riot

H. M. Bateman · 1934 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Moss Bros & Co. 1934. Paperback. A witty booklet produced to promote the brand Moss Bros. with illustrations in colour by H. M. Bateman. This work was produced as advertising for Moss Bros. a menswear company started in 1851 at Covent Garden known for specialising in s...

A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel

George R. R. Martin; Daniel Abraham · 2012 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Harper Voyage, 2012-5. First edition. Cloth. A complete collection of the graphic novel adaptation of the first book in the popular historical fantasy series 'A Song of Ice and Fire' by George R. R. Martin. Some bright first editions. The complete hardcover c...

Papirove Divadelko

Jitka Bodlakova · 1960 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Praha [Prague], Statni Nakladatelstevi Detske Knihy, 1960. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce paper theatre, complete with folding scenes and characters, published in the Czech Republic in the 1960s. An extremely scarce toy theatre published in 1960 by the state publishing...

Cahier 5

Charlotte Sabroe · 1986 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.16 | $47.57 | ¥7,597)

Brussels, Internationaal Centrum Voor Structuuranalyse En Constructivisme, 1986. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce, excellent copy of this first edition, being the fifth issue of this art magazine, which deals with constructivism in some Nordic countries. Cahier is a mag...

Beautiful Women in History & Art

Mrs. Steuart Erskine · 1905 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1905. Leather. A delightful work depicting beautiful women, illustrated by Hallett Hyatt with splendid full plates and headpieces. With chapters on the women in the courts of Henry VIII, the contemporaries of Mary Stuart, Jacobite beauties, beautifu...

Engravings and Their Value a Guide for the Print Collector

J. Herbert Slater · 1912 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, L. Upcott Gill, 1912. Cloth. An extra illustrated edition of J. Herbert Slater's guide to art collecting, illustrated with many extra plates in this fourth edition. The fourth edition of this work, this being an extra illustrated edition.An important work guiding ...

Decorative Art

C. G. Holme · 1939 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, The Studio LTD, 1939. First edition. Cloth. The Studio's 1939 yearbook for decorative art, a beautiful guide to popular interior design at the time, illustrated in colour. The first edition of this work.In the original price-clipped dustwrapper.The 1939 yearbook o...

Some Famous Buildings and Their Story

Alfred W. Clapham; Walter H. Godfrey · 1913 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Technical Journals, 1913. Cloth. A smart copy of this history of important buildings in London and the surrounding areas, in an uncommon dust wrapper. Contains chapters on Abbot's Hospital, Guildford, the Tower of London, The Fortune Theatre, London, The Royal Pal...

Pewter Down the Ages

Howard Herschel Cotterell · 1932 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Hutchinson and Co. 1932. Cloth. A fascinating edition detailing the history of the use of pewter around Europe. A fascinating volume detailing the history of the use of pewter around Europe from early medieval to the twentieth century with typical examples of Pewterer ...