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None · 1925 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,704)

London, William Heinemann, 1925. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of drawings from parodist and caricaturist Max Beerbohm. The first edition of this work.In the publisher's original cloth binding.Containing humorous depictions of Duff Cooper, H. ...

The Roman Drawings of the Xviith and Xviiith Centuries in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle

Anthony Blunt; Hereward Lester Cooke · 1960 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Phaidon Press Limited, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detailed record of the Roman drawings at Windsor Castle. First edition. Illustrated with sixty-six plates and one hundred and twenty in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed record an...

Six Catalogues of Leicester Galleries Exhibitions

Leicester Galleries · 1921 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Ernest Brown & Phillips LTD; The Leicester Galleries, 1921-57. Paperback. A set of six catalogues for exhibitions held at the Leicester Galleries, largely dealing with the distinguished caricaturist Max Beerbohm. A set of six catalogues for various exhibitions held at ...

European Artists: Signatures and Monograms, 1800-1990

John Castagno · 1990 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

Metuchen, N.J. & London, The Scarecrow Press, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this record of the official signatures and monograms of European artists. First edition. A vast collection of the official signatures and monograms of European artists activ...

The Paintings of Jacob Ochtervelt (1634-1682)

Susan Donahue Kuretsky · 1979 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Phaidon, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of the paintings of Dutch artist Jacob Lucasz Ochtervelt. First edition. Illustrated with one hundred and ninety-nine images on plates. Collated complete. A detailed study of the paint...

Portfolio of Photographs of Famous Scenes, Cities, and Paintings

John L. Stoddard · 1894 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Chicago, The Werner Company, [1894]. Leather. A striking Victorian portfolio of photography exploring the beauty of the world, an impressive look at the famous cities, scenes, and paintings of Earth. An impressive portfolio of photography featuring images of famous scenes and ...

Lessons in Figure Painting in Water Colours

Blanche Macarthur; Jennie Moore · 1881 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,915)

London, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co, [1881]. Cloth. A charming instructional volume on painting watercolour figures, illustrated with colour plates. An informative guide to painting figures with watercolours, by Blanche Macarthur and Jennie Moore.Illustrated with sixteen colo...

Familiar Introduction to the Knowledge of the Most Useful Arts and Manufactures

William Enfield · 1809 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, Thomas Tegg, 1809. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce discussion on many different fields of art, by William Enfield. The first edition of this very scarce work.Illustrated with a frontispiece. Collated, complete.An educational work introduci...

Descriptive Catalogue of a Choice Assemblage of Original Pictures. In Three Parts. Part First.

George Walker · 1807 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.42 | ¥84,383)

Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press; Messrs G. and W. Nicol, 1807 . First edition. Leather. George Walker's vanishingly scarce discussion of important works of art produced in the later decades of the eighteenth century. A vanishingly scarce work. Part the First of a wo...

Birds Drawn from Nature

Mrs. Hugh Blackburn; Jemima Blackburn · 1862 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.71 | $1,255.01 | ¥200,409)

Edinburgh, Edmonston & Douglas, 1862. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition volume of plates depicting birds of Britain, all drawn from nature by Jemima Blackburn. The first edition of this very scarce work. This copy is the issue with lithographs, another issue wa...

The Incredible Mizners

Alva Johnston · 1953 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. First edition. Cloth. This uncommon first edition, first impression of the first biography recounting the life of the architect Addison Mizner, in the original unclipped pictorial dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of the work, w...

Spirals of Flight

David Rogers · 1979 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Leicester, The Cog Press, 1979. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce work on the art of Hans Erni, published for the opening of the Hans Erni museum. The first edition. Also published as a limited edition in the same year. Published on the occasion of the opening of the Han...

The Art of Englishmen and Other Writings of Roger Oldham

Roger Oldham · 1917 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, The Complete Press, 1917. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of writings from Roger Oldham. First edition. Printed for private circulation. Illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates. Collated complete. A collection of writings on the art ...

Some Drawings of the English School: Being a Lecture

Campbell Dodgson · 1946 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, The Print Collectors' Club, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A very smart limited edition copy of this lecture from British art historian Campbell Dodgson. First edition. Limited to four hundred copies, of which this is number one hundred and ninety-six. Illustrated wi...

The Liber Studiorum Mezzotints of Sir Frank Short After J.M. W. Turner

Martin Hardie · 1938 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, The Print Collectors' Club, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition collection of the mezzotints of Sir Frank Short after J. M. W. Turner, with the original glassine wrap. First edition. Limited to five hundred and ten copies, of which this is number four hu...

International Arts and Crafts

Karen Livingstone; Linda Parry [editors] · 2005 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Victoria & Albert Museum (V & A Publications), 2005. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this highly illustrated work on international arts and crafts from the Victoria and Albert Museum. First edition. Illustrated with three hundred and twenty colour i...

The Pre-Raphaelite Landscape

Allen Staley · 2001 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,915)

New Haven, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, 2001. Cloth. A smart volume that celebrates that intricacy and beauty of landscape in Pre-Raphaelite paintings, richly illustrated in colour. The first edition of this book, published in 1973, i...

The History of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers & Engravers 1880-1930

Sir Francis Newbolt · 1930 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, The Print Collectors' Club, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first, limited edition of this illustrated History of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers & Engravers 1880-1930 by Sir Francis Newbolt. The first edition of the work.Uncommon. Collated complete. A Limite...

Emma, Lady Hamilton: A Biographical Essay with a Catalogue of Her Published Portraits

J. T. Herbert Baily · 1905 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,962)

London, W. G. Menzies , 1905. First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated biography on Lady Hamilton, the artistic muse of George Romney and famed mistress of Lord Nelson. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with coloured illustration to the ...

George Romney

Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower · 1904 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Duckworth & Co. 1904. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this highly illustrated work on the art of George Romney. First edition. Illustrated with sixteen photogravure plates and seventy-three half-tone engravings to the rear. Collated complete. A detailed commen...