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Four Modern Masterpieces: Impressionist and Modern Art

Christie's · 2010 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

New York, Christie's , 2010. Paperback. A very smart guide of the auction of four modern masterpieces from Christie's Auction House, November 2010. Very scarce work. Illustrated in colour. The original guide for an auction held by Christie's, a British auction h...

Klimt Schiele: Drawings

Elizabeth Clegg ; Marian Bisanz-Prakken; Jane Kallir; Desiree de Chair; Rhiannon Hope · 2018 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Royal Academy of Arts, 2018. First edition. Paperback. A first edition exhibition catalogue of the works of Klimt and Schiele, showcasing illustrations of rarely seen works from the Albertina, curated by Marian Bisanz-Prakken with contributions by Clegg and Kallir. In ...

Paris: Capital of the Arts 1900-1968

Sarah Wilson et al. · 2002 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Royal Academy of Arts, 2002. First edition. Paperback. A pleasing first softcover edition of this highly illustrated study published to accompany an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. First softcover edition. Illustrated in colour throughout. Published ...

Typography, Typographie, Typographie

Friedrich Friedl; Nicolaus Ott; Bernard Stein · 1998 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Koln, Konemann, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this study of typography, with text in English, German, and French. Text in English, German, and French throughout. Illustrated with over two thousand in-text images, many of which are in colour. A compreh...

A Collection of Maggs Bros Catalogues

Maggs Brothers · 1911 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Maggs Bros, 1911-14 . First edition. Cloth. A collection of eight Maggs Bros catalogues from 1911-1914 bound together, with the original wraps and illustrations bound in. A collection of eight catalogues published by Maggs Bros, bound together in cloth with the origina...

The Oxford History of Western Art

Martin Kemp [Editor] · 2000 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2000. First edition. Cloth. An innovative, richly illustrated survey of 2,700 years of Western art, edited by Martin Kemp. In the publisher's original cloth binding, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.This volume is a first ...

Ben Nicholson

Jeremy Lewison; Virginia Button · 1993 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Tate Gallery Publications, 1993. First edition. Paperback. A lovely first edition centenary retrospective catalogue of Modernist painter Ben Nicholson. In the publisher's original glossy pictorial paper binding with French flaps.This volume is a first edition.This...

A Canvas to Cover

Edward Seago · 1947 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Collins , 1947. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of this beautifully illustrated survey of the British countryside by Edward Seago. The uncommon first edition of this work. With the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper.A lovely homage to the Bri...

Aspects of British Art

Michael Ayrton; W. J. Turner; Various · 1947 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Collins, 1947 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this study on the varying aspects of British art, complete with colour plates and the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, complete with the publisher's orig...

Brush and Pencil Notes in Landscape

Edwin Bale · 1914 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Cassell and Company Limited, 1914. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this celebration of Sir Alfred East's artwork, featuring a series of his watercolour paintings and pencil sketches, and a short biography on the artist's life by Edwin Bale. The fir...

Sixty Five Plates of Shipping and Craft

None · 1831 · Rooke Books

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

London, None, 1831. First edition. Leather. The first extended edition of Cooke's fantastic collection of etchings depicting ships, featuring fifteen additional plates, and smartly bound in crushed half morocco. The first extended edition, featuring the fifty original pla...

Royal Palaces and Gardens

Mima Nixon · 1916 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, A. & C. Black Ltd, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated history of European palaces and gardens by Mima Nixon, complete with sixty colour plates The first trade edition of this charming work dedicated to palaces and gardens around Europe. In the origi...

Kendal in the Nineteenth Century: A Book of Drawings

John Marsh · 1977 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Kendal, Westmorland Gazette, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of illustrations based on early photographs of the market town Kendal, Westmorland and Furness. First edition. Illustrated with one hundred and thirty numbered drawings based on histori...

Schonste Bucher Aus Aller Welt Sonderschau

1975 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Leipzig, Not Stated, 1975. Cloth. A smartly bound award from the Schonste Bucher Aus Aller Welt competition and exhibition for the year 1975, signed by two of the judges. German. Signed by Dr. Karl-Heinz Muller, Lord Mayor of the city of Leipzig and Hoffman, chairman of the Ge...

Weiss-Fraktur Die Schrift Des Tempel-Verlags

E. R. Weiss · 1913 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Frankfurt, Bauersche Foundry, 1913. Hardback. A detailed artistic study of the Tempel-Verlag typeface, designed by Emil Rudolf Weiss. In the original German. German. Illustrated with numerous examples of the typeface of Tempel-Verlag. A typographic specimen book printed in col...

The Idea; Story without Words

Frans Masereel · 1986 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, The Redstone Press, 1986 . First edition. Cloth. A striking first UK edition, binding two of Frans Masereel"s pioneering wordless novels as one, with striking, expressionist woodcuts. In the publisher's original dark cloth binding.Complete with the original unclip...

Drawn Direct to the Plate: Noel Carrington and the Puffin Picture Book

Joe Pearson · 2010 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Penguin Collectors Society, 2010. First edition. Hardback. An excellent first edition of this study of the work of English book designer Noel Carrington for the Puffin Picture Books, signed by the author. First edition. Limited to an edition of one thousand one hundred...

A Typographic Journey: The History of the Greenwood Press and Bibliography, 1934-2000

Jack Werner Stauffacher; Glenn Humphreys · 1999 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

California , The Book Club of California , 1999. First edition. Cloth. A very smart limited edition of this typographic history of The Greenwood Press, signed and inscribed by the author. First edition. Limited to four hundred and fifty copies. This copy is signed and inscribe...

The Nude, a Study of Ideal Art

Kenneth Clark · 1960 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Penguin Books, 1960. Leather. A smartly bound copy of Kenneth Clark's study of how the nude has been used in art throughout the centuries. Strikingly bound in quarter calf with paper to the boards.An ode to the nude in art, exploring the history of art and how nud...

Only Yesterday: Times of My Life

Richard Baldwyn · 2008 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Berkshire, Kendal & Dean, 2008. First edition. Paperback. A scarce signed presentation copy of actor Richard Baldwyn's autobiography, presented to the publisher and writer Carmen Callil, with letters from and to the author. The first edition, first impression. The author...