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My Wood Fires and Their Story: Showing the Beauty and Use of the Wood Fire

William Robinson · 1917 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Country Life, 1917. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a charming work on the great value of wood fires for heating our homes, written by a renowned populariser of the woodland garden. The first edition of My Wood Fires and their Story showing the Beauty and Us...

Picturesque Scenery in Wales

John Tillotson · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, T.J. Allman, c1860. Cloth. A lovely picture book showcasing the beautiful landscapes across Wales, with Tillotson offering great insight on each and the country as a whole. Picturesque Scenery in Wales, a lovely picture book taking us through the country, with descript...

Dalou: Sa Vie Et Son Oeuvre

Maurice Dreyfous · 1903 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

Paris, H. Laurens, 1903. First edition. Leather. The first edition of a biography on the celebrated French sculptor, with numerous illustrations showcasing his work, bound in quarter morocco. The first edition of Dalou: Sa Vie et son Oeuvre (Dalou: His Life and Work), a scarce...

Gothic Architecture in England: An Analysis of the Origin & Development of English Church Architecture from the Norman Conquest to the Dissolution of the Monasteries

Francis Bond · 1905 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, B.T. Batsford, 1905 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this copiously illustrated analysis and historical account of the churches of mediaeval England. The first edition.In the publisher's original red cloth binding.A work by Francis Bond, an EnglishÂ...

Finger Prints of the Artist: European Terra-Cotta Sculpture from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections

Charles Avery [ed. by Lois Katz, ass. by Alastair Laing] · 1981 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1981. First edition. Cloth. The signed first edition of an art analysis of the European terra-cotta sculptures from Arthur M. Sackler's varied collection, signed by sculpture expert Charles Avery. The signed first edition of Finger...

The Old Water-Colour&Apos;S Society&Apos;S Club

Various; Randall Davies, Adrian Burn (Ed) · 1926 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, Privately Printed, 1926-50. Cloth. A collection of eighteen volumes of The Old Water-Colour's Society's Club, published between 1926 and 1950. Issued only to members. Containing: Volume III (1926) Volume IV (1927) Volume V (1928) Volume VI (1929) Volume VII (...

A Chronological History of the Old English Landscape Painters in Oil from the Xvith Century to the Xixth Century

Maurice Harold Grant · 1926 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London; Leigh-on-Sea, Published by the Author; F Lewis, 1926-1947. First edition. Cloth. A first edition three volume set of this fascinating work on English art. The first two volumes were published by the author, undated, in 1926 and the third published by F Lewis for the au...

The Modern Movement in Art

R H Wilenski · 1946 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Faber and Faber, 1946. Leather. A work reflecting on the development of art, held in a very smart slipcase. Written by Reginald Howard Wilenski, an art critic and historian. Illustrated throughout, with 32 illustrations. The ninth impression of this work. Rebound in a ...

Bartolozzi and His Works Second Edition Corrected and Revised with Additional Matter

Andrew W Tuer · 1885 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Field and Tuer, 1885. Leather. A biographical study into this famous Italian eighteenth century engraver, Bartolozzi The second edition of this work. Signed by the author to the edition page. Limited edition, number 79 of 500 copies. Andrew White Tuer was a British pub...

Bibliography of British Book Ilustrators 1860 - 1900

Charles Baker (ed.) · 1978 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

Birmingham Bookshop, Birmingham, 1978. First edition. Paperback. A limited first edition of the 'Bibliography of British Book Illustrators 1860 - 1900&apos. A comprehensive bibliography of illustrators, both well-known and not, that includes entries on and illustrations b...

S. & C. Stephenson Specimen and Sale Catalogue 1796-1797

Anonymous; James Mosley (introduction) · 1990 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Printing Historical Society, 1990. Paperback. Very scarce copy of this catalogue of two sales of S. & C. Stephenson. Printed roughly two centuries after the sales by the Printing Historical Society, the catalogues contains many illustrations and descriptions of printin...

The Story of Picture Printing in England During the Nineteenth Century or Forty Years of Wood and Stone

C. T. Courtney Lewis · 1928 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London , Sampson Low, Marston and Co. 1928. Cloth. A history of pictorial printing in England during the 1800s. Illustrated throughout with many coloured plates. With chapters including Charles Knight as a Printer, Chromolithography, Henry Richard Vizetelly and many others. In...

Coloured Worcester Porcelain of the First Period (1751 - 1783)

H. Rissik Marshall · 1977 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London , Ceramic Book Company, 1977. Cloth. A copy of Marshall's work on Worcester porcelain. In two parts; Part I with information on processes and different makers; Part II being a catalogue of porcelain. With extensive photographic plates throughout. In a blue cloth bi...

European Ceramic Art from the End of the Middle Ages to About 1815 an Illustrated Historical Survey; and a Dictionary of Factories Artists, Technical Terms, Et Cetera in Two Volumes

William Bowyer Honey · 1949 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London , Faber and Faber Limited, 1949-1952. First edition. Cloth. First Editions of Honey's extensive work on European Ceramic Art. The first volume being an Illustrated Historical Survey, and the second being a Dictionary of Factories, Artists, Technical Terms, Et Ceter...

Antonio Allegri Da Correggio His Life, His Friends and His Time

Corrado Ricci · 1896 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London , William Heinemann, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated work on the life and art of Antonio da Correggio. Illustrated with 37 plates including a frontispiece. First English edition, translated from the Italian by Florence Simmonds. Antonio Allegri da ...

The Book of Lovat Claud Fraser

Haldane Macfall · 1923 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons, 1923. Cloth. A biography of Claud Lovat Fraser, the artist and author. With numerous illustrations by the artists throughout, many of which are coloured. After a brief period under the tutelage of Walter Sickert in 1912, Fraser executed illustratio...

Meryon and Meryon&Apos;S Paris with a Descriptive Catalogue of the Artist&Apos;S Work

Frederick Wedmore · 1892 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.40 | ¥39,027)

London , Deprez and Gutekunst, 1892. Cloth. A scarce limited edition being number 93 of 129 copies of Frederick Wedmore's descriptive catalogue on the work of artist Charles Meryon. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Charles Méryon (1821 - 1868), was a French artist, w...

Paintings in the Hermitage

Colin Eisler · 1990 · Rooke Books

£129.99 (€155.81 | $171.72 | ¥27,422)

New York, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1990. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated work on the art collection held in The Hermitage museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia Catherine II, called Catherine the Great (1729 – 1796). Under her direct auspices the Russian Empire expanded, improved...

Pottery and Porcelain a Guide to Collectors

Frederick Litchfield · 1900 · Rooke Books

£54.99 (€65.91 | $72.65 | ¥11,601)

London and New York, Truslove, Hanson and Comba, 1900. Cloth. A wonderfully descriptive collectors guide to pottery and porcelain. Containing one-hundred and fifty illustrations of specimens from various factories, several coloured plates including a frontispiece of a Chelsea-...

Rembrandt: The Master and His Worskshop Paintings

Christopher Brown, Jan Kelch and Pieter van Thiel · 1991 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1991. First edition. Cloth. A very handsome catalogue of Uwe Wieczorek's Rembrandt exhibition. Includes 83 beautiful colour plates with accompanying description and analysis. Chapters include "Rembrandt's method- technique...