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Early Lithographed Books: A Study of the Design and Production of Improper Books in the Age of the Hand Press with a Catalogue

Michael Twyman · 1990 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Farrand Press & Private Libraries Association, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing first edition of this study into early lithographed books and the hand press, with the original glassine wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original glassine wra...

The Artist&Apos;S London: As Seen in Eighty Contemporary Pictures

John Drinkwater; Wilfred Whitten; James Laver; W. P. Rob · 1924 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, John Castle , 1924. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated depiction of London through the eyes of various artists, complete with eighty plates. The first trade edition of this work. In the original cloth binding. Collated, complete with eighty plates (numerous of which ar...

Minotaure

Albert Skira; Stratis Eleftheriadis [editors] · 1981 · Rooke Books

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

Paris, Editions Albert Skira, 1981. Cloth. The complete three volume facsimile collection of Minotaure, a surrealist magazine edited by Albert Skira and Stratis Eleftheriadis, in the original French. French. Complete in three volumes. A facsimile collection. Minotaure is a sur...

The Young Artist&Apos;S Companion

David Cox · 1825 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, S. & J. Fuller, 1825. First edition. Leather. A scarce educational treatise on the composition of landscapes by David Cox. The first edition of this scarce work.An educational volume on drawing and painting landscapes, offering advice and examples on how to draw "a gre...

Otto Rohse Und Seine Presse

Bertold Hack; Herta Schwarz [editors] · 1992 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Hamburg, Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this illustrated study of German artist, designer, and engraver Otto Rohse, in the original German. German. First edition. Illustrated throughout with numerous black-and-white photograp...

An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber

Colley Cibber · 1756 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, R. and J. Dodsley, 1756 . Leather. The fourth edition of Colley Cibber's fascinating autobiographical account of the 'rise and progress of the English stage' from the late seventeenth to early eighteenth century. The complete two volume fourth edition of...

Le Breviaire Grimani de la Bibliotheque S. Marc a Venise (Recherches D&Apos;Histoire Et D&Apos;Art)

Giulio Coggiola · 1908 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Leyde , A. W. Sijthoff, 1908. First edition. Leather. The first French edition of this study of the Marciana Library and the Grimani Breviary, with illustrations. The first French edition of this scarce volume. Published under the 'Research in History and Art' serie...

The Artist and the Book in France

W. J. Strachan · 1969 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Peter Owen, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study on French artists from writer Walter J. Strachan. First edition. Illustrated throughout with one hundred and eighty-one figures, eight of which are in colour. A detailed and compreh...

The Church Builder: A Quarterly Journal of Church Extension in England and Wales

1870 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

London, Rivingtons , 1870-1873. Leather. A smart set offering four scarce volumes of 'The Church Builder' bound into two, with engravings. First edition. Comprising four volumes bound into two volumes, (1870 & 1871 and 1872 & 1873) from this uncommonly found quarter...

Art for All: London Transport Posters 1908-1949

Various · 1949 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.36 | ¥16,666)

London, Art and Technics Ltd. 1949. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this bright collection of London transport posters from the year 1908 to 1949. First edition. Illustrated with sixty-eight plates, eighteen of which are in colour, and numerous in-text engraving...

French Provincial Architecture: As Shown in Various Examples of Town & Country Houses, Shops & Public Places Adaptable to American Conditions

Philip Lippincott Goodwin; Henry Oothovt Milliken · 1924 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

New York, Chas Scribner's Sons, 1924. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated study on French provincial architecture, bound in lovely half morocco. The first edition.Illustrated with monochrome vignettes, and one hundred and thirty-four ...

Five Original Pencil Storyboard Illustrations for &Apos;When the Wind Blows&Apos; by Raymond Briggs

Raymond Briggs · 1986 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.55 | $2,377.91 | ¥379,722)

Not Stated, Not Published, 1986 . Cloth. Five original concept storyboard illustrations by artist and illustrator Raymond Briggs, for his animated film 'When the Wind Blows&apos. A fantastic collection of five original graphite on paper illustrations by Raymond Briggs, th...

The Vision of Simeon Solomon

Simon Reynolds · 1985 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

Stroud , Catalpa Press Ltd, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing signed first edition of this work exploring the life and art of British painter, Simeon Solomon. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition of this work. With the publisher's original uncl...

Paris-Bordeaux-Paris 1895

Benoit Pérot; Alain Panhard [Preface] · 2007 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Paris, TiMKaT, 2007 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of the very scarce first edition of this account of the Paris–Bordeaux–Paris Trail race of June 1895, sometimes called the 'first motor race' in the world. A very scarce first edition.With te...

Marks and Monograms on Pottery and Porcelain

W. Chaffers · 1863 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, J. Davy & Sons, 1863. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this illustrated study of antique pottery and ceramics from English writer William Chaffers. First edition. Illustrated with nearly a thousand woodcuts. Intended to be for ceramics what Franz Brulliot&apo...

Photography with a Leica; the Leica Book; Leica: The First 50 Years

J. Allan Cash; Theo Kisselbach; G. Rogliatti · 1955 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London; Seebruck; Hove , Fountain Press; Heering-Verlag; Hove Camera Foto Books, 1955-1977. Cloth. A trio of works centring around the history and use of Leica camera products. This set offers the following works, all of which discuss the products of German company Leica, a ca...

Masterpieces of Primitive Art: The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection

Douglas Newton; Andre Malraux; Nelson A. Rockefeller · 1978 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

New York , Alfred A. Knopf , 1978. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition showcasing Nelson A. Rockefeller's impressive collection of primitive art. The first edition, first impression. With the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper. A richly illustra...

Dulwich Picture Gallery: A Catalogue

Peter Murray · 1980 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Sotheby Parke Bernet , 1980. First edition. Cloth. A lovely example of this extensive catalogue for the Dulwich Picture Gallery, with many colour and monochrome plates. First edition.With the publisher's original unpriced, unclipped dust wrapper. With an accompany...

Modern Firearm Engravings

Mario Abbiatico · 1980 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Not Stated, Edizioni Artistiche Italiane, 1980. Cloth. A smart second edition of this illustrated study of firearm engravings from Italian engraver Mario Abbiatico. Second edition. With author's blind stamp to the title page. Illustrated throughout with over four hundred ...

Anecdotes of Painting in England; with Some Account of the Principal Artists

Horace Walpole; George Vertue; The Rev. James Dallaway · 1828 · Rooke Books

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

London, The Shakespeare Press, By W. Nicol, 1828 . Leather. A beautifully bound, complete set of Horace Walpole's richly illustrated guide to painting in England, with additions by James Dallaway. Bound in an elegant half crushed morocco, with marbled paper-covered boards...