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Du Goãƒâ»T Et Des Couleurs

1942 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Anvers, V. Van Dieren & Co, 1942. Paperback. A very scarce French work containing eleven colour portrait woodcuts by Nelly Degouy. A very scarce work. Only held in three institutions; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Universiteit Antwerpen, and the Royal Library of Belgium.I...

An Artist&Apos;S Models

Cecil Aldin · 1930 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)

London; New York, H. F. & G. Witherby; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. Vellum. A lovely work by Cecil Aldin on dog, complete with his original illustrations, a smart signed limited edition. A limited edition of three hundred and ten copies, of which this is numbered one hu...

La Comãƒâ©Die de Notre Temps: ãƒâ©Tudes Au Crayon Et ãƒâ  la Plume, Volume III, la Vie Hors de Chez Soi

Bertall [Charles Albert d'Arnoux] · 1876 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

Paris, E. Plon et Cie, 1876. Leather. The second edition of Volume III of Bertall's 'La Comédie de Notre Temps', illustrated throughout by the author. The second edition of Volume III of a three-volume set in a quarter morocco binding, with gilt detailing to th...

Autobiography by Louis Zukofsky

Louis Zukofsky; Celia Zukofsky · 1970 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

New York, Grossman Publishers, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first printing of Louis Zukofsky's autobiographical collection of poems set to music by Celia Zukofsky. The first edition, first printing of this work in the publisher's original board...

Bound Plate Book of Illustrations

Anonymous · 0 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London , J. Dickinson; Rodwell & Martin , c1828. Cloth. A beautiful collection of illustrations depicting various countryside landscapes. A collection of plates featuring charming drawings of landscapes. With 58 plates in total. The illustrations have various artist signatur...

Millais&Apos;S Illustrations: A Collection of Drawings on Wood

None · 1866 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Alexander Strahan , 1866. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of wood engravings by John Everett Millais. The first edition. Illustrated with 80 plates. Collated complete. This work features a collection of illustrations by the noted Painter an...

Modern Painters

John Ruskin · 1897 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

London, George Allen, 1897 . Leather. A smart late nineteenth century edition of John Ruskin's illustrated work on the painters emerging from the picturesque tradition. A complete six volume edition of this work, which was first published between 1843 and 1860, and begun ...

Send Me Down

Henry Steig · 1941 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. First edition. Paperback. The advanced reading copy of Henry Steig's novel about two brothers with a talent for music. A scarce advanced reading copy. With 'first edition' stated to the copyright page. In the publisher's or...

Pen, Pencil and Chalk: A Series of Drawings by Contemporary European Artists

Charles Holme [editor] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, The Studio" Ltd. 1911. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of drawings from European artists. First edition. Illustrated throughout with thirty-one plates on coloured papers. Collated complete. A beautiful collection of drawings from the lead...

Here Are the Beatles & the Penguin

Charles Hamblett; John Lennon · 1964 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Four Square Books; Penguin, 1964-1965. First edition. Paperback. Two bright copies of these scarce first edition paperbacks, one on The Beatles, and one collection of writing from John Lennon himself. Two volumes. First edition. Scarce works. This set includes: Here Ar...

Auld Acquaintance a Book for Friends and Remembrances

J. Harry Savory · 1907 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, J. M. Dent & Co, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition 'book of remembrances', a charming illustrated work intended for people to sign and inscribe. The first edition of this very scarce work.A charming 'book for friends and remembrance...

The Perverse Widow the Widow

Richard Steele; Washington Irving · 1909 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London , William Heinemann, 1909. First edition. Hardback. A charming collection of two short stories, illustrated in colour by Cecil Aldin. The first Aldin edition of the work. In the original pictorial boards. With three tipped in colour plates and monochrome vignettes thr...

Orchids of Africa

J. Stewart · 1981 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, The Macmillan Press ltd, 1981. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this study on African orchids by J. Stewart, with beautiful colour illustrations by E. F. Hennessy. The first UK edition. Also published in the U.S by Houghton Mifflin in the same year. In th...

Paul Klee

Will Grohmann · 1954 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Lund Humphries, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this critical work on Swiss-born German artist, Paul Klee. First UK edition. Illustrated with thirty-five colour plates, over one hundred pages of black-and-white figures on plates, and many in-tex...

The Life of James Mcneill Whistler

E. R. Pennell; J. Pennell · 1909 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, William Heinemann, 1909. Cloth. A complete two volume set of this illustrated biography of American painter James McNeill Whistler. Complete in two volumes. Third impression. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece, seventy-one plates, and five in-text images. Vo...

The Art of Maurice Sendak

Selma G. Lanes · 1981 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, The Bodley Head , 1981. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this beautiful celebration of the artwork of the noted children's book author and illustrator, Maurice Sendak, in the original clear dust wrapper. The first UK edition. Published in the U.S in 1...

Lecture on Sculpture

John Flaxman · 1881 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1881 . Leather. A scarce, new edition of John Flaxman's lectures on sculpture, as delivered before the Royal Academy. Bound in a full calf prize binding, with a gilt motif to the front cover. A new edition. These lectures on sculpture were deli...

Thornton&Apos;S Temple of Flora

Geoffrey Grigson; Handasyde Buchanan · 1951 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Collins, 1951 . Cloth. A beautiful reproduction of Robert John Thornton's important nineteenth century botanical volume, complete with the original striking colour plates. A striking botanical volume .When first published in 1807, this work was known for its impre...

Bird Pictures

Alice Whitby · 1901 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, George Allen, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this charmingly illustrated work on birds. First edition. Illustrated with a colour title page and nineteen colour plates. Collated complete. A charming collection of notes on different birds, including...

Le Visage de Matisse

Pierre Courthion · 1942 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Lausanne, Marguerat, 1942. Paperback. A smart copy of this critical study of the work of Matisse, from art critic Pierre Courthion. In the original French. French. Illustrated with four tipped in colour plates and twelve black-and-white plates. Collated complete. A detailed cr...