Arkitektur

The Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art

1902 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.72 | $92.68 | ¥14,811)

London, London Offices of the Studio, 1902. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the twenty-fourth volume of 'The Studio' magazine, illustrated profusely throughout with colour plates, a folding plate, and numerous monochrome plates. The first edition of this w...

The Story of British Sporting Prints

Frank Siltzer · 1979 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.41 | $63.55 | ¥10,156)

London, Peter Loveday Prints , 1979. Cloth. An attractive copy of this fascinating and unique catalogue of British prints relating to hunting, shooting, racing and coaching; compiled and written by by Frank Siltzer. Within this work Seltzer explores an impressive array of arti...

Little Books on Art Corot

Ethel Birnstingl; Alice Pollard · 1904 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.76 | $79.44 | ¥12,695)

London, Methuen and Co. 1904. First edition. Leather. A fascinating study of the life and works of the renowned French landscape and portrait painter Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot by Ethel Birnstingl and Alice Pollard. Corot was pivotal figure in landscape painting, best known f...

Sport in Art an Iconography of Sport

William A. Baillie-Grohman · 1919 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.49 | $165.50 | ¥26,448)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co, [1919]. Cloth. An uncommon second edition copy of William Adolf Baillie Grohman's fascinating study of sport in art, specifically focusing on Europe and America from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century. Grohman was an ...

Portfolio of Photographs of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings Prepared Under the Supervision of the Distinguished Lecturer and Traveller John L. Stoddard Containing a Rare and Elaborate Collection of Photographic Views of the Entire World of Nature and Art Presenting and Describing the Choicest Treasures of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, North, and South America the Old World and the New

John L. Stoddard · 0 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.74 | $86.06 | ¥13,753)

Chicago, The Werner Company, c1894. Leather. A profusely illustrated work documenting a series of noted works from around the world. A delightful work being a large collection of photographs. Undated, dating using Copac. Featuring images of famous scenes and cities from across...

The Dictionary of British Artists 1880 - 1940 an Antique Collectors&Apos; Club Research Project Listing 41,000 Artists

J. Johnson; A. Greutzner · 1976 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.41 | $63.55 | ¥10,156)

Suffolk, Antique Collectors' Club, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A reference work compiling information on British artists from the years 1880 to 1940, held in the original unclipped pictorial dustwrapper. The first edition of this work, in the original unclipped pictorial ...

Internationales Handbuch Aller Maler Und Bildhauer Des 19. Jahrhunderts.

Joachim Busse · 1977 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.43 | $185.36 | ¥29,622)

Wiesbaden, Busse, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this fascinating international directory of painters and sculptors of the nineteenth century, containing the names, dates, and artistic fields of eighty-nine thousand artists active in the period. Thi...

Dictionary of Sea Painters

E. H. H. Archibald · 1980 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.05 | $47.66 | ¥7,617)

Suffolk, Antique Collectors Club Ltd. 1980. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this copiously illustrated dictionary on notable sea painters, complete with the original unclipped dustwrapper. This text was written by the curator of Oil Paintings at the National Mari...

Preface to the Germ, Thoughts Towards Nature in Poetry, Literature, and Art

William Michael Rossetti · 1901 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.53 | $152.26 | ¥24,332)

London, Elliot Stock, 1901. Brochure/Pamphlet. Rossetti's preface to 'The Germ' a work about the Pre-Raphaelite movement. A facsimile of the original 1850 periodical, incomplete with the preface bound on it's own. 'The Germ' was a periodical estab...

(1905) the Church Plate of Pembrokeshire; (1907) the Church Plate of Carmarthenshire; (1910) the Church Plate of Radnorshire; (1912) the Church Plate of Breconshire; (1914) the Church Plate of Cardiganshire; (1921) the Church Plate of Gowerland; (1928) the Church Plate of Oxfordshire.

Rev. John Thomas Evans · 1905 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€352.80 | $390.58 | ¥62,417)

Stow-on-the-Wold, James H. Alden, 1905-28. Cloth. A pleasing collection of seven extensively illustrated works on the church plate of England and Wales, Collection comprised of: (1905) The Church Plate of Pembrokeshire; (1907) The Church Plate of Carmarthenshire; (1910) The Ch...

Decorative Plasterwork in Great Britain

Laurence Turner; Arthur T. Bolton · 1927 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.70 | $99.30 | ¥15,869)

London, Country Life, Limited; E. Weyhe, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A very smart and densely illustrated first edition, appreciating the intricate and varied historic plasterwork across the UK. A first edition, reflecting on historical architecture across Great Britain which ...

The Connoisseur: An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors

Various · 1901 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€406.62 | $450.16 | ¥71,939)

London, Otto Limited, 1901-1903. Leather. The first six volumes of the profusely illustrated twentieth century antiquarian magazine 'The Connoisseur', with tipped in and folding plates. A six volume set.Bound in full red morocco.A set of six volumes of The Connoisseu...

Famous Homes of Great Britain

A.H. Malan · 1902 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€454.46 | $503.12 | ¥80,402)

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1902 . First edition. Cloth. A profusely illustrated three volume set of first editions on the famous homes of Great Britain during the twentieth century. A three volume set.The first editions.In the publisher's original red cloth bindin...

Houses of the Wren & Early Georgian Periods

Tunstall Small; Christopher Woodbridge; William G. Newton · 1928 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.63 | $119.16 | ¥19,043)

London, The Architectural Press, [1928]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this profusely illustrated account of Wren and early Georgian houses across London, Surrey, and Essex. The first edition.In the publisher's original blue cloth binding.A work by Tunstall S...

Fertile Image

Paul Nash; Margaret Nash; James Laver · 1951 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€394.66 | $436.92 | ¥69,823)

London, Faber & Faber Limited, 1951. First edition. Cloth. Attractive first edition of the posthumous photography volume by Paul Nash, edited by his wife, presented in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition.In the publisher's original cloth binding. With the o...

Handzeichnungen

Erich Heckel · 1973 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.74 | $86.06 | ¥13,753)

New York; Berlin, Ernest Rathenau; Vormals Euphorion Verlag, 1973. Cloth. A richly illustrated reflection on the work of German painter Erich Heckel, in lovely condition, with slipcase. A lovely copy, in the original German, cataloguing a great number of artworks by German pai...

Punch Cartoons of the Right Hon. John Bright

Various · 1878 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.72 | $92.68 | ¥14,811)

London, Punch, 1878. Cloth. A collection of satirical Punch cartoons associated with Liberal politician and Free Trade champion John Bright, most famous for his opposition to the Corn Laws. The Right Honorable John Bright, Cartoons from "Punch", a collection of the various sat...

Our Homes and Gardens a Practical Magazine Dealing with Houses, Furniture, and Equipment Gardens

Country Life · 1919 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€568.07 | $628.90 | ¥100,503)

London, 'Country Life' Limited, 1919-23. Cloth. A four volume set of Country Life's 'Our Home and Gardens&apos. A comprehensive guide to the styling and designing a home and garden in the early twentieth century. Illustrated with numerous monochrome photogr...

An Historical Essay on Architecture and Illustrations to Hope&Apos;S Essay on Architecture

Thomas Hope · 1835 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€346.82 | $383.96 | ¥61,360)

London , John Murray, 1835. Cloth. The second edition of Hope's eminent essay on Architecture, scarce with the essay and illustrations together. Complete in Two Volumes. Volume One contains the essay and Volume Two contains the illustrations. Illustrated from Drawings mad...

Braby"S General Catalogue No. 19

Frederick Braby and Co. Ltd · 1839 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.58 | $132.39 | ¥21,156)

London, Frederick Braby and Co. Ltd, c1939. Cloth. A scarce and profusely illustrated catalogue for renowned manufacturer Frederick Braby and Co. Ltd. Bristol edition. Frederick Braby & Co. was a manufacturer of a vast range of products made from tin, zinc, lead and iron. The ...