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The Amasis Painter

Semni Karouzou · 1956 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

Oxford , Clarendon Press, 1956. First edition. Cloth. 46pp [44pp] This first edition discusses the work of the Amasis Painter, an ancient Greek vase-painter who worked in the black-figure technique. His name comes from eleven vases and one fragment painted by the same hand tha...

Thomas Hennell Countryman, Artist and Writer

Thomas Hennell Countryman, Artist and Writer · 1988 · Rooke Books

£64.99 (€77.90 | $85.86 | ¥13,710)

Cambridge, New York, Sydney, Cambridge University Press, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A celebration of the life and work of Thomas Hennell, dedicated to Elizabeth Hennell. In original colour illustrated dustwrapper and with numerous illustrations throughout. First edition. Thom...

Vere Foster&Apos;S Painting for Beginners Second Stage, Teaching the Use of Seven Colors

Vere Foster · 0 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.22 | ¥7,381)

London , Blackie and Son, c1890. Cloth. A late Victorian guide to the art of painting from Vere Foster. Illustrated throughout with many tipped-in coloured plates from J. Callow, along with outline sketches of each painting. In a cloth binding. Externally, sound, though with s...

Monographs on Artists Durer

H. Knackfuss; Translated by Campbell Dodgson · 1900 · Rooke Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.06 | ¥4,641)

London , H. Grevel and Co. 1900. Cloth. A study of the engravings of Albrecht Durer. Illustrated with over one hundred pictures from woodcuts, engravings, and drawings. Albrecht Durer was a painter, printmaker and theorist of the German Renaissance. In a cloth binding with gil...

Early Islamic Ceramics Ninth to Late Twelfth Centuries

Helen Philon · 1980 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, slamic Art Publications, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the beautifully illustrated Early Islamic Ceramics: Ninth to Late Twelfth Centuries. As written in the synopsis, "This catalogue of early Islamic pottery in the Benaki Museum presents a comprehensi...

Suggestions in Floral Design

Frederick Edward Hulme · 1878 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.78 | $1,182.35 | ¥188,806)

London, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1878. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated guide to floral designs by Frederick Edward Hulme Frederick Edward Hulme (1841–1909) was known as a teacher and an amateur botanist. He was the Professor of Freehand and Geometrical Drawing at King&apo...

Water-Colour Painting in Britain I - the Eighteenth Century

Martin Hardie · 1975 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London , B. T. Batsford, 1975. Cloth. A third edition of the first volume of Hardie's Water-Colour Painting in Britain: I - The Eighteenth Century. With 242 black and white illustrations throughout. As written in the premise, "This work, the most comprehensive study of th...

Scent and Scent Bottles

Edmund Launert · 1974 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Barrie and Jenkins, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work by Edmund Launert. With 20 full colour plates. In a cloth binding in original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart with some rubbing at extremities. Dustwrapper smart with just some shelfw...

Memorial Catalogue of the Burns Exhibition

Anon · 1898 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)

London , William Hodge and Company, 1898. Cloth. A fascinating collection of images and descriptions from an exhibition held at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts. Limited Edition, of which four hundred copies were printed, this being no. 74. With numerous plates thr...

Twentieth Century Wildlife Artists

Nicholas Hammond · 1986 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

London , Croom Helm, 1986. First edition. Cloth. This lavishly illustrated and carefully researched work which explores over forty of the world's foremost twentieth century wildlife artists. First edition. With original unclipped dustwrapper. In original cloth binding wit...

Biographical Catalogue of the Pictures at Woburn Abbey

Adeline Marie Tavistock and Ela M S Russell · 1890 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.21 | ¥82,273)

London , Elliot Stock, 1890-1892. Cloth. A two volume set of this catalogue of pictures at Woburn Abbey. Scarce with both volumes. Signed by Ela M Russel and given as a Christmas gift. With 50 plates. A comprehensive description of paintings held at Woburn abbey, arranged by r...

A Survey of British Industrial Arts

Henry G. Dowling · 1935 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.88 | ¥18,984)

Benfleet , F. Lewis, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A study of the artwork of carpets, metalwork, pottery, interior decoration, and much more. First edition. With a frontispiece and one hundred photographic plates to the rear. In a red cloth binding. Externally, smart, with just ...

Glass in the Old World

[Madeline Anne Wallace-Dunlop · 1883 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.67 | ¥16,874)

London , Field and Tuer, 1883. Cloth. A guide to the use of glass as decoration during classical civilisation, covering the use of glass by the Greeks, the Romans, the Japanese, and many other cultures. With six plates, two of which are beautifully coloured. People have been u...

The George Alexander Birthday Book

George Alexander · 1903 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.67 | ¥16,874)

Vigo Street, London and New York, John Lane, 1903. Cloth. A delightfully charming birthday book, including quotes from a variety of plays featured on the day they were first performed. The book was produced as a souvenir of the 200th performance of "If I Were King", at the St ...

The Elegant Woman from the Rococo Period to Modern Times

Gertrude Aretz · 1932 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd. 1932. Cloth. A study of portrayals of elegant women in art throughout history. Illustrated throughout with many plates, including a coloured frontispiece. Translated by James Laver. Including chapters on Marie-Antoinette, Actresses and Cou...

Dyeing and Cleaning: A Practical Handbook

Frank Farell · 1908 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, Charles Griffin, 1908. Cloth. An informative work on the process of dyeing and cleaning. Includes chapters on the technology of textile fibres, dry cleaning and finishing. Includes 78 illustrations. Written by the assistant Lecturer in Dyeing, Royal Technical Institute...

Some Account of the Life and Works of Hans Holbein, Painter of Augsburg

Ralph Nicholson Wornum · 1867 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

London , Chapman and Hall, 1867. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this nineteenth-century work on Holbein by the famous art historian Wornum. First Edition. Featuring an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contains numerous illustrated plates. With a bookseller's labe...

Belleek: The Complete Collector&Apos;S Guide and Illustrated Reference

Richard K Degenhardt · 1993 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Radnor, Wallace Homestead Book Company, 1993. Cloth. A second edition on this work on Belleek Pottery. Belleek Pottery Ltd is a porcelain company that began trading in 1774. The factory produced porcelain that is characterised by thinness and slightly iridescent surfaces. In a...

Jean Clouet

Peter Mellen · 1971 · Rooke Books

£74.99 (€89.89 | $99.07 | ¥15,820)

Paris, Flammarion, 1971. Cloth. A lavishly-illustrated First Edition of this French translation of Mellen's monograph of Clouet. Bound in cloth with gilt lettering and unclipped dustwrapper. Translated from the English by Anne Roullet. With numerous full-page illustration...

Carnaval Perpetuel a Collection of Works by Heather Cooper

Heather Cooper · 1987 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.01 | ¥5,272)

Toronto , Le Carnaval Perpetuel, 1987. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated work on the Canadian artist Heather Cooper. The first edition of this work. Heather Cooper is a Canadian Artist noted for both her commerical art and her package design. The inspiration for this collec...