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Bouchardon: Royal Artist of the Enlightenment

Anne-lise Desmas; Edouard Kopp; Guilhem Scherf; Juliette Trey · 2017 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Los Angeles , J. Paul Getty Museum, 2017. First edition. Cloth. A fine copy of the first edition of this monumental work exploring the life and oeuvre of classical artist Edme Bouchardon (1698-1762), illustrated with colour plates. In the publisher's original cloth with t...

The Decorative Use of Wallpapers

E. Owen Clark · 1910 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Goddard, Walker & Brown, c1910. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce showcase of different wallpaper designs, containing numerous examples of how one can best decorate their homes, written at a fashionable time in interior design. The Decorative Use of Wallpapers, a very s...

Fertile Image

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

£330.00 (€395.56 | $435.98 | ¥69,620)

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 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

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...

Festons Und Decorative Gruppen Aus Pflanzen Und Thieren

Martin Gerlach · 1897 · Rooke Books

£775.00 (€928.96 | $1,023.88 | ¥163,501)

Vienna, Gerlach & Schenk, 1897. Cloth. Four original folio parts from Gerlach"s celebrated Art Nouveau design series, providing finely printed collotype studies of natural decorative motifs. In the publisher's original half green cloth portfolio with paper-covered boards,...

Edouard Vuillard

Guy Cogeval; [Edouard Vuillard] · 2003 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Washington, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; National Gallery of Art, 2003. Paperback. A smart copy of this impressive volume on the exhibitions of French painter Edouard Vuillard. In the publisher's original paper wraps. A work by curator Guy Cogeval, a French art his...

Kurt Schwitters

John Elderfield · 1985 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Thames & Hudson, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition copy of this copiously illustrated work on German artist Kurt Schwitters. The first hardback edition.In the publisher's original grey cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Ill...

Picasso Style and Meaning

Elizabeth Cowling · 2002 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Phaidon Press Limited, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition copy of this profusely illustrated analysis of Picasso's style and meaning by art historian Elizabeth Cowling. The first hardback edition.In the publisher's original black cloth bin...

Les Chefs-D&Apos;Oeuvre Africains Des Collections Privees Fransaises [African Masterpieces from Private French Collections]

Marceau Rivière · 1975 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Paris, Philbi, 1975 . First edition. Cloth. A fine copy of the first edition of this fascinating look at African works of art from private French collections by French explorer and collector Marceau Rivière, illustrated throughout with colour plates and more photographic illu...

The Age of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent

Esin Atil · 1987 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Washington, National Gallery of Art, 1987. Cloth. A fascinating catalogue of artwork and historical sources from the reign of one of the most powerful figures in the sixteenth century, and the Ottoman Empire at its height. The Age of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, a fascinat...

Glenn Brown

Glenn Brown; Rudi Fuchs · 2015 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

New York, Gagosian, 2015. Cloth. An uncommon early edition book of art by Glenn Brown, in excellent condition, with original, unclipped dust wrapper. An uncommon early edition of this art title, featuring a piece on the artist written by Dutch art historian Rudi Fuchs.This tit...

Chihuly on Paper

Barry Rosen [ed.] · 2014 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New York, Harry N. Abrams, 2014. First edition. Cloth. Three fine folios on the art of Dale Chihuly, each focusing on one medium: graphite, charcoal, and acrylic, in the original cardboard collector's slipcase. The first edition in the publisher's original quarter cl...

Victor Popkov: A Russian Painter of Genius

Peter Kozorezenko; Arch Tait [Trans.] · 2013 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Unicorn Press Ltd. 2013. Cloth. The first English edition of this lavishly illustrated monograph on Victor Popkov, a leading figure of Soviet "Severe Style" painting, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Firs...

Punch Cartoons of the Right Hon. John Bright

Various · 1878 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

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...

John Piper: The Complete Graphic Works

Orde Levinson · 1987 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Faber & Faber, 1987. First edition. Cloth. The first complete catalogue of graphic artist John Piper, most famous for his striking images of British landmarks and as an official war-artist who painted the Blitz aftermath. The first edition of John Piper: The Complete G...

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

Country Life · 1919 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)

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...

The New Photo Guide; All About... Architecture, Selling Photographs, Making Enlargements, Focusing, Exposure, Copying, Photos in the Garden, Against the Sun, Tracing Troubles, Daylight Indoors, Improving Negatives, Winter Photography, Better Prints, Filters, Sunshine, Landscapes, the Right Moment, Processing, Composition and Formulae

C. I. Jacobson et al. · 1944 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London; New York, The Focal Press, 1944-5. First edition. Paperback. A collection of twenty first edition volumes of the 'All About.. The New Photo Guide&apos. By C. I. Jacobson, A. Kraszna-Krausz, Alex Strasser, Hugo van Wadenoyen, Edwin Smith, F. W. Frerk et al. 20 firs...

English Water-Colour with Reproductions of Drawings by Eminent Painters.

Charles Holme · 0 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London, The Studio, c1902. Paperback. A beautiful collection of English watercolours accompanied by commentaries and history. Numerous illustrated tipped in plates in each volume from artists such as Charles Green, Philip James Loutherbourg, Edward William Cooke and William Ja...

Art Treasures of the British Museum Chosen and Introduced by Geoffrey Grigson and Photographed by Edwin Smith Preface by Sir Thomas Kendrick, Director of the British Museum First Edition

Geoffrey Grigson; Sir Thomas Kendrick · 1957 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London, Thames and Hudson, 1957. Leather. Collection of photographs, with introduction and explanation, of art treasures from the British Museum, mostly pre-Renaissance. Library buckram binding with gilt lettering to spine. A first edition which is illustrated with numerous lo...

Collection of Fifty-Three Plates Published by John Murray

None · 0 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, John Murray, c1833. Leather. A very scarce volume of plates published by John Murray. Including depictions of Percy Shelley, with facsimile signature, as well as of Murray himself, as well as striking illustrations of various European landmarks, the work is a curious d...