Kunst

Daly&Apos;S: The Biography of a Theatre

D. Forbes-Winslow · 1944 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, W. H. Allen & Co. Limited, 1944. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Forbes-Winslow"s richly illustrated history of Daly"s Theatre, the Leicester Square home of Edwardian musical comedy, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher&apo...

South Kensington Museum Art Handbooks: The Jones Collection

Various · 1884 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1884 . Cloth. A very scarce copy of this richly illustrated handbook, complete with 36 engraved plates, cataloguing John Jones"s donation of 18th-century French decorative art to the South Kensington Museum, now the V&A. In the publisher's origin...

Renaissance Painting from Brueghel to El Greco

Lionello Venturi · 1979 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this study of Renaissance painting from Italian art historian and critic Lionello Venturi. First standalone edition, previously published as part of the Great Centuries of Painting Serie...

Sebastiao Salgado: Genesis

Sebastiào Salgado; Lélia Wanick Salgado; Irina Bokova · 2013 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Cologne, Taschen, 2013 . First edition. Cloth. The first English edition of Sebastião Salgado"s epic eight-year photographic odyssey across over thirty countries, featuring 245 striking black-and-white photographic plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding, compl...

The Wilkie Gallery: A Selection of the Best Pictures of the Late Sir David Wilkie

None stated · 1845 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, George Virtue, [1845]. First edition. Leather. A richly illustrated work featuring the artwork of the acclaimed artist, Sir David Wilkie, bound in contemporary full morocco. The first edition. Illustrated with an engraved title page, a portrait frontispiece, thirty-on...

Marbled Notebook from Compton Marbling

2000 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Wiltshire, Compton Marbling, c2000. Cloth. A very smart notebook or sketchbook from Compton Marbling, a Wiltshire based paper design company. A charming marbled notebook, journal, or sketchbook, measuring between the A4 and A5 sizes. With approximately ninety plain pages. Comp...

A Collection of Typographic Studies from Jan Tschichold in the Original German

Jan Tschichold · 1955 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Goteborg; Basel; Zurich, Wezata; Papiere en en Gros; Kunstgewerbemuseum, 1955-1976. Paperback. Three very smart booklets on typography and topographical design from German designer Jan Tschichold, in the original German. German. Three volumes. Written by Jan Tschichold, a Germ...

Report from the Select Committee on the Earl of Elgin&Apos;S Collection of Sculptured Marbles

1816 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, House of Commons, 1816. First edition. Unbound. The first edition of this very scarce report by the British government into the legality of Elgin's acquisition of the "Elgin Marbles". The first edition of this very scarce work.The House of Commons' report int...

One Hundred Years of Norwegian Painting

Magne Malmanger · 1980 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Oslo, Nasjonalgalleriet, 1980. First edition. Paperback. A unique copy of this Norwegian art study, previously owned by the founder of feminist publisher Virago Press, Carmen Callil, and gifted to her by Angela Carter. First edition. This copy previously owned by Carmen Calli...

You Have Been Warned; the Luck of the Draw; Drawing the Line Somewhere; Stop or Go; Family Group

Fougasse [Cyril Kenneth Bird] · 1935 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Methuen and Co, 1935-1944 . Cloth. An uncommon selection of collected works from British 'Punch' cartoonist, Fougasse. A set of five volumes of collected illustrations. Majority of the works are first editions, with the exception of 'You Have Been Warne...

Grunewald

Nikolaus Pevsner; Michael Meier · 1958 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Thames and Hudson, 1958. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this comprehensive study of German artist Matthias Grunewald, heavily illustrated with his works. First edition. With the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper.A richly illustrated survey of ...

Ballet in England

Sheila Jackson · 1945 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Transatlantic Arts LTD, 1945. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Sheila Jackson's beautifully illustrated study of ballet in England, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A beautiful study on ballet, presen...

Jean-Sebastien Bach: Le Maitre de L&Apos;Orgue

Norbert Dufourcq · 1948 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Paris, Librairie Floury, 1948. First edition. Leather. A leather bound copy of this study on the musical artistry of Johann Sebastian Bach from French organist Norbert Dufourcq, in the original French. French. First edition. Illustrated with thirty-two images across twenty-sev...

A History of Fine Art in India & Ceylon

Vincent A. Smith; K. de B. Codrington · 1930 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1930. Cloth. A smart second edition of this illustrated history of fine art in India and Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. Second edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, four colour plates, one hundred and sixty-one black-and-white plates, ...

Old English Nursery Songs

Horace Mansion · 1921 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,894)

London, George G. Harrap , 1921. Cloth. A lovely illustrated book of children's nursery rhymes and their sheet music. A delightful collection of old English nursery songs arranged into music by Horace Mansion, including 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star', 'Pat-a...

Garden Colour: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter

Mrs. C. W. Earle; E. V. B.; Rose Kingsley; Hon. Vicary Gibbs · 1905 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, J. M. Dent & Company, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A brightly illustrated first edition of this study of the garden throughout the year. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and fifty colour plates. Collated complete. A charming and bright commentary on...

The Print Collector&Apos;S Quarterly

Various; Campbell Dodgson [ed.] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.99 | $1,981.71 | ¥316,453)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd , 1911-1931. Leather. A pleasing set from the Print Collector's Quarterly, a lavishly illustrated periodical exploring an array of etchers and engravers. Offering the complete first twenty years being Vols 1-18 out of an eventual 30 volumes...

Painting As a Pastime

Sir Winston S. Churchill · 1965 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

New York, Cornerstone Library, 1965. Hardback. A smart US edition of this illustrated study of the artwork of British statesman Sir Winston Churchill. Later US edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eighteen colour plates. Collated complete. A short essay from Churchill ...

Painting As a Pastime

Winston S. Churchill · 1950 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York, Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. 1950. First edition. Cloth. Churchill's guide to enjoying painting as a hobby, with colour plates of his own work, and the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first US edition of this work in the publisher's ...

Eight Volumes from the Medieval Town Series

Edmund G. Gardner; Margaret Symonds; Lina Duff Gordon; Charles W. Stubbs; et al. · 1903 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London, J. M. Dent & Co. 1903-1926. Cloth. An eight-volume set of J. M. Dent's Medieval Towns series, with illustrations throughout. An eight-volume set uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth binding. Top edge gilt.A set of eight volumes from the Medieval ...