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Jakob Steinhardt · 1920 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.48 | ¥54,849)

Berlin, Verlag fur Judische Kunst und Kultur Fritz Gurlitt, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition collection of parables, illustrated with marvellous woodcuts by Jakob Steinhardt. 'Gleichnisse', or 'Parables', comprises eight short stories...

Andrew and Nathaniel Plimer

George C. Williamson · 1903 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A large, limited edition of this remarkable illustrated biography of miniature artists Nathaniel and Andrew Plimer, by George C. Williamson. The first edition, limited to three hundred and fifty-two copies printed for s...

Saunders&Apos; Portrait and Memoirs of Eminent Living Political Reformers

1840 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, J. Dowding, 1840. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this wonderful portrait collection of George Hayter's works, all showing prominent political reformers of the day. The first edition of this work.A selection of the beautiful portrait paintings by Geor...

London - World City 1800-1840

Celina Fox [ed.] · 1992 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.62 | ¥12,235)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A bright, illustrated account of London as an Imperial power in the first half of the nineteenth century. A profusely illustrated first edition, with colour plates. In the original unclipped dustwrapper.Edited by Ce...

Ford Madox Brown, a Record of His Life and Work

Ford M. Hueffer · 1896 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, New York and Bombay, Longmans, Green and Co. 1896. Cloth. A wonderful biography of the life of this important British painter, illustrated with reproductions and in the publisher's charming pictorial binding. Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893) was a British painter, rem...

The Modern School of Art

Wilfrid Meynell · 1852 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, Cassell & Company, Ltd. c1887. Cloth. A richly illustrated two volume set describing modern artists. Edited by Wilfrid Meynell CBA (1852-1948), a British editor and newspaper publisher who contributed to a range of periodicals including The...

Some Modern Artists and Their Work

Wilfrid Meynell · 1883 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1883. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this late-Victorian study of the popular artists of the day, illustrated profusely. The first edition of this work.A beautiful study of the prominent and popular artists of the late Victorian ...

The Art Annual

Various · 1888 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, Art Journal Office, 1888-90. Leather. A collection of four illustrated biographies on Meissonier, Hook, Bonheur, and Birket Foster, illustrated with examples of their art throughout. Bound without title pages. Title and publishing information taken from Jisc from a cop...

The Dictionary of English Furniture

Percy Macquoid · 1925 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)

London, Medici Society , 1925-1927. Cloth. The complete four volumes of Percy Macquoid's lavishly illustrated, leading survey of English furniture. From the library of Sir Hugh Gurney, a British Diplomat, and member of the influential Quaker Gurney banking family. Compris...

The Bridge a Chapter in the History of Building

Christian Barman · 1926 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, John Lane, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated study of the history of bridges. Written by architect and editor, Christian Barman. Barman studied architecture at Liverpool University from 1916 and was the editor of several architectural jo...

The Bijou; or, Annual of Literature and the Arts

Various · 1829 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, William Pickering, 1829. Leather. An illustrated early nineteenth century annual for literature and the art, illustrated with detailed engravings. A charming early nineteenth century annual on literature and the arts. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title pag...

The Wood Engravings of Blair Hughes-Stanton

Penelope Hughes-Stanton · 1991 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

Pinner, Private Libraries Association , 1991. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of this biography of the influential wood-engraving Blair Hughes-Stanton. An association copy, with fascinating provenance. This is the first edition, of a print run of 1750 copies of w...

Modern Woodcuts and Lithographs by British and French Artists

Malcolm C Salaman; Geoffrey Holme · 1919 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, The Studio, 1919. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive look at French and English woodcut artists at the start of the twentieth century. The first edition of this work. With half-title, in the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated, with twelve coloured ...

The New Book-Illustration in France

Leon Pichon; Herbert B Grimsditch · 1924 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, The Studio, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first English translation of this work, which looks at illustration in France at the start of the twentieth century. With many examples of the art. Written by Leon Pichon and translated into English by Herbert B Grimsditch. I...

Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus

John Flaxman; Thomas Piroli · 1795 · Rooke Books

£1,700.00 (€2,037.69 | $2,245.80 | ¥358,627)

London, Not Identified, 1795. First edition. Leather. An excellent and scarce, first edition of these illustrations by leading figure in European Neoclassicism, John Flaxman. These illustrations were commissioned by Lady Spencer, as noted to the title page 'The original D...

I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere with Everyone One to One

None · 1997 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.69 | ¥137,122)

London, Booth-Clibborn, 1997. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this beautiful art work about the work of Damien Hurst, illustrated throughout in colour, with fold out and pop out details. The first edition of this work. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. A pos...

Penrose&Apos;S Pictorial Annual the Process Year Book

William Gamble · 1911 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Percy Lund Humphries & Co LTD, 1911. Cloth. A beautifully and colourfilly illustrated 1911 annual on the graphic arts, containing a wide selection of articles on a variety of artistic subjects, illustrated in colour and motorhome. A beautiful annual for the graphic art...

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) an Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London Volume II. West London. Excluding Westminster Abbey

Anonymous · 1925 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,227)

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this fascinating exploration of the rich and diverse architecture found in the west of London; volume II of a set of five works surveying the art, buildings and monuments througho...

A Chronological History of the Old English Landscape Painters (in Oil) from the Xvith Century to the Xixth Century (Describing More Than 500 Painters)

Maurice Harold Grant · 1926 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Published by the Author, [1926]. Cloth. A pleasing copy of this fascinating history of English Landscape artists who worked in oil, describing more than five hundred artists with copious accompanying illustrations. This work was written by Colonel Maurice Harold Grant,...

Beyond Decoration the Illustrations of John Everett Millais

Paul Goldman · 2005 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, The British Library, 2005. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Paul Goldman's look at the work and life of the Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais, illustrated throughout, held in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. He...