Rooke Books

The Picture Book of Collections from Victorian and Albert Museum

Anonymous · 1933

£99.99 (€119.76 | $134.49 | ¥21,250)

London, Authority of the Board of Education, 1933. Leather. A smartly bound collection of pictorial pamphlets depicting collections at the Victorian and Albert Museum. Smartly bound from the parts by John Eves. This work touches upon some of the vast collection held in the Vic...

An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of English Architecture from the Conquest to the Reformation, with Notice of Eight Hundred English Buildings: Preceded by a Sketch of the Grecian and Roman Orders and the Art of Drawing in Perspective Made Easy

Thomas Rickman, James Ferguson · 1775

£290.00 (€347.34 | $390.07 | ¥61,631)

London , Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; W Strahan and T Cadell, 1775-c1819. First edition. Leather. Two fascinating works on drawing bound as one. Two volumes bound in one. First edition of The Art of Drawing. Second edition of An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of English A...

The Brush-Work of Rembrandt and His School

A. P. Laurie · 1932

£210.00 (€251.52 | $282.46 | ¥44,629)

London, Oxford University Press, Humphrey Milford, 1932. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of 'The Brush-work of Rembrandt and his School' by Laurie and illustrated with photomicrographs. Bound in paper-covered boards with gilt lettering and an unclipped dustwr...

Engravings and Their Value

J. Herbert Slater · 1921

£70.00 (€83.84 | $94.15 | ¥14,876)

London, The Bazaar, Exchange and Mart" Office, 1921. Cloth. A lovely illustrated volume on print-collecting, providing an extensive guide to the value and scarcity of engravings. A fifth revised and enlarged edition, with a preface honouring the author of the text, J. Herbert ...

Pop Art a Continuing History

Marco Livingstone · 1990

£44.99 (€53.89 | $60.51 | ¥9,561)

London, Thames and Hudson, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A first edition study of the history of pop art and the cultural impact that it made. Includes three hundred and sixty-six illustrations, three hundred of which are in colour. The book explores the foundations of pop, clas...

Early English Figure Pottery

Sir Harold Mackintosh · 1938

£68.00 (€81.45 | $91.46 | ¥14,451)

London , Chapman and Hall Ltd, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work by Harold Mackintosh. Illustrated throughout including five full colour plates. In a cloth binding. Externally,sound with some bumping. Wear to head and tail of spine with lifting to cloth....

Contemporary Figure Painters.

A. L. Baldry · 0

£45.00 (€53.90 | $60.53 | ¥9,563)

London , The Studio, c1925. Cloth. A collection of colour illustrated plates from various international artists with a discussion of nationality in art from Baldry. Includes twenty-four colour plates tipped in. The work is edited by Geoffrey Holme and some of the artists inclu...

Contemporary Figure Painters.

A. L. Baldry · 0

£75.00 (€89.83 | $100.88 | ¥15,939)

London , The Studio, c1925. Cloth. A collection of colour illustrated plates from various international artists with a discussion of nationality in art from Baldry. Includes twenty-four colour plates tipped in. The work is edited by Geoffrey Holme and some of the artists inclu...

The Victorian Staffordshire Figure

Anthony Oliver · 1971

£49.99 (€59.87 | $67.24 | ¥10,624)

London , Heinemann, 1971. Cloth. A guide to the history of Staffordshire figures. Illustrated with many photographs throughout. With chapters on identifying forgeries, tips on collecting, and much more. In a morocco binding. Externally, smart, with just a few marks, and some w...

The Connoisseur

Anonymous · 1935

£19.99 (€23.94 | $26.89 | ¥4,248)

London , Connoisseur Ltd, 1935. Paperback. The original Connoisseur Magazine was created in 1904, a periodical and chronicle for collectors and investors in fine art, collectibles and antique furniture. This scarce edition features the Acton Surgery on Bond Street, London and ...

The Dictionary of Victorian Painters

Christopher Wood · 1978

£19.99 (€23.94 | $26.89 | ¥4,248)

London , Antique Collectors' Club, 1978. Cloth. A referential volume which holds information on the lives and works of over 11,000 artists from the Victorian period Second Edition Research by Christopher Newall. Featuring numerous photographic plates, depicting the variou...

The New Keramic Gallery

William Chaffers · 1926

£120.00 (€143.73 | $161.41 | ¥25,502)

London , Reeves and Turner, 1926. Cloth. A history of pottery and ceramics from William Chaffers. Illustrated throughout with eight coloured plates, and many other illustrations. Third edition, revised and edited by H. M. Cundall. Complete in two volumes. In green cloth bindin...

The Decorative Arts in England 1660-1780

H. H. Mulliner · 0

£180.00 (€215.59 | $242.11 | ¥38,253)

London, B. T. Batsford, c1923. Cloth. An exploration of the decorative arts spanning from the late seventeenth to the late eighteenth century. Written by the notable furniture collector, Herbert Hall Mulliner. Bound in paper covered boards with gilt lettering. Written by Herbe...

Compositions from the Works, Days, and Theogony of Hesiod

John Flaxman · 0

£550.00 (€658.76 | $739.78 | ¥116,886)

London , Seeley, Jackson and Halliday, c1845. Cloth. A very scarce volume of plates relating to Hesiod's Works and Days. Designed by John Flaxman and orignally engraved by William Blake, this later edition is engraved by one Mademoiselle Soyer (presumably Charlotte Louise...

Etchers and Etching Chapters in the History of the Art Together with Technical Explanations of Modern Artistic Methods

Joseph Pennell · 1920

£125.00 (€149.72 | $168.13 | ¥26,565)

London , T. Fisher Unwin, Limited, 1920. Cloth. An early copy of Etchers and Etching Chapters in the History of the Art together with Technical Explanations of Modern Artistic Methods by Joseph Pennell. English edition. Highly illustrated with numerous examples of etching thro...

Representative Painters of the Xixth Century

Mrs. Arthur Bell (N. D'Anvers) · 1899

£80.00 (€95.82 | $107.61 | ¥17,002)

London, Sampson, Marston, and Company Limited, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of Representative Painters of the XIXth Century by Mrs. Arthur Bell (N. D'Anvers). With an authors note to front by Nancy Bell, Southbourne-on-Sea, November 1899. She was the author o...

The Dictionary of British 18th Century Painters in Oils and Crayons

Ellis Waterhouse · 1891

£59.99 (€71.85 | $80.69 | ¥12,749)

Suffolk , Antique Collector's Club, 1891. First edition. Cloth. A relatively scarce edition in unclipped dustwrapper of 'The Dictionary of British 18th Century Painters in Oils and Crayons' by Ellis Waterhouse. Illustrated with twelve colour plates and numerous ...

Catalogue of the Retrospective Loan Exhibition of European Tapestries Held in the San Francisco Museum of Art

Phyllis Ackerman; J Nilsen Laurvik · 1922

£35.00 (€41.92 | $47.08 | ¥7,438)

San Francisco , The Museum, 1922. Paperback. A limited edition of this interesting work on this early twentieth century art exhibition. Limited edition, one of two thousand copies printed. With a preface by the director of the museum, J Nilsen Laurvik. Illustrated throughout w...

Origins of Chintz

John Irwin; Katharine B. Brett · 1970

£180.00 (€215.59 | $242.11 | ¥38,253)

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1970. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated edition of this work on the development of Chintz design. In the 18th and 18th centuries, the Indian cotton-paintings, or "chintzes", shipped in vast quantities to Europe by the Dutch, English...

Mural Painting of the Mexican Revolution 1921-1960

Carlos Pellicer, Fondo Editorial De La Plastica · 1960

£200.00 (€239.55 | $269.01 | ¥42,504)

Mexico, Fondo Editorial De la Plastica , 1960. Cloth. A fascinating work of political art history regarding the mural paintings of the Mexican Revolution. Commissioned by the Editorial Fund for Mexican Plastic Arts. With hundreds of colour and black and white illustrations thr...