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Modern Painting and Sculpture: 1880 to the Present at the Museum of Modern Art

John Elderfield · 2004 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

New York, Museum of Modern Art, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this highly illustrated study of modern painting and sculpture from the Museum of Modern Art, New York. First edition. Illustrated with three hundred and forty colour images. This volume, p...

Artist&Apos;S Lithographs: A World History from Senefelder to the Present Day

Felix H. Man · 1970 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Studio Vista, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this world history of artists' lithographs, with the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with one hundred and ninety-...

Modern Art: Yesterday and Tomorrow

Georges Bernier; Rosamond Bernier [editors] · 1960 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, A. Zwemmer Ltd. 1960. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition of this illustrated study of modern art from American journalists Georges and Rosamond Bernier. First edition. Scarce work. From the "Selective Eye" series, a collection of art books originally publi...

Barbara Hepworth: Works in the Tate Gallery Collection and the Barbara Hepworth Museum St. Ives

Matthew Gale; Chris Stephens · 1999 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Tate Gallery Publishing, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this catalogue of artworks from English artist and sculptor Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth. First edition. Illustrated eighty-five colour and eighty-three black-and-white images. A collection...

Andre Masson: Massacres Et Autres Dessins

Michel Leiris · 1971 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris, Hermann, 1971. Cloth. A smart collection of the drawings of French artist Andre Masson, with commentary from Michel Leiris in the original French. French. Illustrated with ninety-one plates, six of which are folding. Collated complete. A collection of the drawings of An...

Four Modern Masterpieces: Impressionist and Modern Art

Christie's · 2010 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New York, Christie's , 2010. Paperback. A very smart guide of the auction of four modern masterpieces from Christie's Auction House, November 2010. Very scarce work. Illustrated in colour. The original guide for an auction held by Christie's, a British auction h...

Klimt Schiele: Drawings

Elizabeth Clegg ; Marian Bisanz-Prakken; Jane Kallir; Desiree de Chair; Rhiannon Hope · 2018 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Royal Academy of Arts, 2018. First edition. Paperback. A first edition exhibition catalogue of the works of Klimt and Schiele, showcasing illustrations of rarely seen works from the Albertina, curated by Marian Bisanz-Prakken with contributions by Clegg and Kallir. In ...

Paris: Capital of the Arts 1900-1968

Sarah Wilson et al. · 2002 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Royal Academy of Arts, 2002. First edition. Paperback. A pleasing first softcover edition of this highly illustrated study published to accompany an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. First softcover edition. Illustrated in colour throughout. Published ...

Typography, Typographie, Typographie

Friedrich Friedl; Nicolaus Ott; Bernard Stein · 1998 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Koln, Konemann, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this study of typography, with text in English, German, and French. Text in English, German, and French throughout. Illustrated with over two thousand in-text images, many of which are in colour. A compreh...

A Collection of Maggs Bros Catalogues

Maggs Brothers · 1911 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Maggs Bros, 1911-14 . First edition. Cloth. A collection of eight Maggs Bros catalogues from 1911-1914 bound together, with the original wraps and illustrations bound in. A collection of eight catalogues published by Maggs Bros, bound together in cloth with the origina...

The Oxford History of Western Art

Martin Kemp [Editor] · 2000 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2000. First edition. Cloth. An innovative, richly illustrated survey of 2,700 years of Western art, edited by Martin Kemp. In the publisher's original cloth binding, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.This volume is a first ...

Ben Nicholson

Jeremy Lewison; Virginia Button · 1993 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Tate Gallery Publications, 1993. First edition. Paperback. A lovely first edition centenary retrospective catalogue of Modernist painter Ben Nicholson. In the publisher's original glossy pictorial paper binding with French flaps.This volume is a first edition.This...

A Canvas to Cover

Edward Seago · 1947 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Collins , 1947. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of this beautifully illustrated survey of the British countryside by Edward Seago. The uncommon first edition of this work. With the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper.A lovely homage to the Bri...

Aspects of British Art

Michael Ayrton; W. J. Turner; Various · 1947 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Collins, 1947 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this study on the varying aspects of British art, complete with colour plates and the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, complete with the publisher's orig...

Brush and Pencil Notes in Landscape

Edwin Bale · 1914 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Cassell and Company Limited, 1914. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this celebration of Sir Alfred East's artwork, featuring a series of his watercolour paintings and pencil sketches, and a short biography on the artist's life by Edwin Bale. The fir...

Sixty Five Plates of Shipping and Craft

None · 1831 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)

London, None, 1831. First edition. Leather. The first extended edition of Cooke's fantastic collection of etchings depicting ships, featuring fifteen additional plates, and smartly bound in crushed half morocco. The first extended edition, featuring the fifty original pla...

Royal Palaces and Gardens

Mima Nixon · 1916 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, A. & C. Black Ltd, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated history of European palaces and gardens by Mima Nixon, complete with sixty colour plates The first trade edition of this charming work dedicated to palaces and gardens around Europe. In the origi...

Kendal in the Nineteenth Century: A Book of Drawings

John Marsh · 1977 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Kendal, Westmorland Gazette, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of illustrations based on early photographs of the market town Kendal, Westmorland and Furness. First edition. Illustrated with one hundred and thirty numbered drawings based on histori...

Schonste Bucher Aus Aller Welt Sonderschau

1975 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Leipzig, Not Stated, 1975. Cloth. A smartly bound award from the Schonste Bucher Aus Aller Welt competition and exhibition for the year 1975, signed by two of the judges. German. Signed by Dr. Karl-Heinz Muller, Lord Mayor of the city of Leipzig and Hoffman, chairman of the Ge...

Weiss-Fraktur Die Schrift Des Tempel-Verlags

E. R. Weiss · 1913 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Frankfurt, Bauersche Foundry, 1913. Hardback. A detailed artistic study of the Tempel-Verlag typeface, designed by Emil Rudolf Weiss. In the original German. German. Illustrated with numerous examples of the typeface of Tempel-Verlag. A typographic specimen book printed in col...