Arte

The Plays of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare; Alexander Chalmers [ed.] · 1826 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.85 | $1,122.90 | ¥179,313)

London, Printed for C. and J. Rivington; T Egerton; J. Cuthell; et al. 1826 . Leather. A neatly bound complete eight volume set of plays by William Shakespeare, in full brown morocco. A handsomely bound set of plays by William Shakespeare.William Shakespeare was an English pla...

George Morland&Apos;S Pictures: Their Present Possessors, with Details of the Collections

Ralph Richardson · 1897 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Elliot Stock, 1897. First edition. Cloth. The author's own copy of this George Morland bibliography, copiously inscribed throughout with his later notes and amendments. A desirable first edition copy of this uncommon Morland bibliography, previously owned by the a...

The Studies of Sir Edwin Landseer

W. Cosmo Monkhouse · 1877 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Virtue and Company, 1877 . First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated example of W. Cosmo Monkhouse's detailed study of Sir Edwin Landseer, including a discussion of Queen Victoria's collection of his works. The first edition of W. Cosmo Monkhouse's...

Memoirs of His Own Life

Tate Wilkinson · 1790 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

York, For the Author by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, 1790 . First edition. Leather. A handsome example of the first edition of the four volume autobiography of 18th century actor and theatre manager Tate Wilkinson. The first edition of this work, complete in four volumes.The au...

The History of the Merchant Taylors&Apos; Hall

Henry Lennox Hopkinson · 1931 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Cambridge, Cambridge Printed for Private Circulation at the University Press, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A lovely and uncommon copy of this illustrated London Guild history, first edition thus. The definitive history of the building which houses one of 12 historic London Guil...

The Etcher&Apos;S Handbook

P.G. Hamerton [Philip Gilbert Hamerton] · 1881 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Charles Roberson and Co. 1881. Cloth. The third revised and augmented edition of The Etcher's Handbook by P.G. Hamerton, a leading figure within the etching revival. The third revised and augmented edition of P.G. Hamerton's The Etcher's Handbook, publis...

Oxford Characters

William Rothenstein; F. Y. Powell · 1896 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

London; New York, john Lane; R. H. Russell & Son, 1896 . Cloth. A limited edition of two hundred copies, the volume produces twenty-four lithographic portraits by Will Rothenstein, depicting some of Oxford"s most distinguished poets, dons, and aesthetes. In the publisher'...

Clouds: Biography of a Country House

Caroline Dakers · 1993 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Caroline Dakers"s richly detailed history of Clouds, the Arts and Crafts country house that became a centre of artistic and intellectual life in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain. In...

Landscape

Philip Gilbert Hamerton · 1885 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.76 | ¥32,698)

London, Seeley & Co. 1885. First edition. Leather. The first trade edition of Hamerton's study of landscape paintings and drawings, illustrated with etchings and reproductions from famous art pieces. A first trade edition of this work, in the publisher"s quarter morocco b...

Schwedische Mobel. Meubles Suedois. Swedish Furniture

Carl Malmsten · 1954 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

Basel , Wepf & Co, 1954. First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of Carl Malmsten's study on Swedish furniture, in the original scarce dust wrapper and inscribed by the author to Ambrose Heal, a notable furniture designer. The first edition. The author&...

The Pilgrim on the Earth

Julian Green · 1929 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, The Blackamore Press; Harper and Brothers, 1929. Leather. A beautifully illustrated limited edition of Julian Green's mysterious tale, with colour wood engravings by Rene Ben Sussan, and being a very scarce edition published especially for the translator. A limite...

Louise Bourgeois: Pensees-Plumes

Louise Bourgeois; Deborah Wye; Marie-Laure Bernadac · 1995 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou Cabinet d'Art Graphique, 1995. First edition. Hardback. An elegant Centre Pompidou catalogue exhibiting the works of Louise Bourgeois, showcasing the artist"s intimate drawings and "feather-thoughts." First edition.In the publisher's or...

Pictures of Horses and English Life

A. J. Munnings; Lionel Lindsay · 1939 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited, 1939. Cloth. A pleasing second edition of this collection of country paintings and images from English artist Sir Alfred James Munnings. Second edition, revised. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, nineteen colour plates, and one hundre...

Documents D&Apos;Art Armeniens: Atlas

Frederic Macler · 1924 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

Paris, Librairie Oientaliste Paul Geuthner , 1924 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the scarce Atlas volume of this striking 1920s celebration of Armenian art, edited by French linguist and orientalist Frederic Macler. In the original French. A scarce first edition....

Painter of Pedigree: Thomas Weaver of Shrewsbury

Lawrence Trevelyan Weaver · 2017 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Unicorn, 2017. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this exploration of the life and work of English painter Thomas Weaver, from a descendant of the artist. First edition. Illustrated throughout with colour reproductions. A detailed historical study into t...

A Descriptive Account of the Guildhall of the City of London: Its History and Associations

John Edward Price · 1886 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

London, Blades, East & Blades, 1886 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout and including chromolithographic plates, this is the first edition of J. E. Price's impressive history of the City of London's Guildhall. The first edition of this work.An impressive h...

Old Clock and Watches and Their Makers; Being a Historical and Descriptive Account of the Different Styles of Clocks and Watches of the Past, in England and Abroad.

F. J. Britten · 1922 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, E. & F. N. Spon, [1922]. First edition. Cloth. A descriptive account of clocks and their makers by F. J. Britten, previously owned by Ambrose Heal, the noted Chairman of "Heal"s" furniture company, with a letter addressed to Heal. The fifth edition. Previously owned b...

Quatre-Vingts Dessins de Zadkine

Helena Staub; Laure Barbizet · 1994 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Paris, Editions du Musee Rodin, 1994. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon first edition of this collection of eighty prints from Russian and French artist Ossip Zadkine, in the original French. French. Uncommon work. First edition. A collection of eighty reproductions of pri...

New Days-New Ways: The Arrangement of the House and Its Work, with Suggestions That Make for Greater Efficiency in the Kitchen and Greater Satisfaction in Cooking

Lucy H. Yates · 1924 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd , 1924. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated guide to household design and management, written by British suffragist and cookery author Lucy H. Yates. First edition. A very scarce volume. In the publisher's original cloth bi...

The Practical Mechanic&Apos;S Journal

Practical Mechanic's Journal · 1850 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Glasgow, Practical Mechanic's Journal and Patent Office, 1850. First edition. Leather. The second volume of the illustrated 'Practical Mechanic's Journal', an important periodical on the developments of mechanics in the first half of the twentieth century. ...