Kunst

Forty Drawings

Ronald Searle · 1946 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London , Cambridge University Press, 1946. Paperback. A first edition collection of sketches depicting life as a Japanese prisoner-of-war. Introductory biography of Searle by Frank Kendon. Drawings of soldiers and civilians in Africa and Singapore during the war, along with nu...

Decorative Art

Rathbone Holme and Kathleen M. Forst · 1952 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London , The Studio, 1952. Cloth. An illustrated book on interior decorating and furnishing. Illustrated throughout with many colour and monochrome photographs. In a cloth binding. Externally, smart, though with some sunning and light bumping. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a...

James Orrock R I Painter, Connoisseur, Collector

Byron Webber · 1903 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London , Chatto & Windus, 1903. First edition. Cloth. An attractive first edition (referencing Copac) of James Orrock by Byron Webber. With 176 illustrations and 27 plates, collated compete. Number 494 of a limited press of 500. James Orrock RI (1829-1913) was a prominent Scot...

Art Studies of Home Life

Godfrey Wordsworth Turner · 1879 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London , Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1879. Cloth. A study of art depicting domestic life from the nineteenth century. Illustrated throughout with many tipped-in Woodbury reproductions of original works by the artists. Some of the artists examined include Halliday, Landseer, an...

Etching a Practical Treatise

Earl H. Reed · 1914 · Rooke Books

£53.99 (€64.72 | $71.33 | ¥11,390)

London , G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1914. Cloth. A useful reference book on etching by Earl H. Reed. Author of The Voices of the Dunes and Other Etchings. From the introduction: "This book is intended for the student. It is designed to adapt and condense methodically the most r...

Bosch

Wilhelm Fraenger · 1975 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Verlag der Kunst, 1975. Cloth. A German-language volume on Hieronymus Bosch. With colour plates and photographs throughout, as well as extensive commentary by noted art historian Wilhelm Fraenger. The book is noted for its influence and its consideration of Bosch with ...

Russian Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries

Vladamir Fiala [translated by Jean Layton] · 0 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

Prague, Artia, c1957. Cloth. A collection of reproductions of Russian paintings of the 18th and 19th Centuries, along with short biographies of the artists. Depicting both urban and rural scenes, the works here make for a fascinating insight into the enormity and diversity of ...

Bright Stars: American Painting and Sculpture Since 1776

Jean Lipman and Helen M. Franc · 1976 · Rooke Books

£33.99 (€40.74 | $44.91 | ¥7,171)

New York, E. P. Dutton, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A history of French Art, from the eighteenth century until the twentieth. First edition. With colour illustrations throughout. With an introduction by John I. H. Baur. In a red cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Internall...

Objects of Virtu

Howard Ricketts · 1971 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Barrie and Jenkins, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this book of enamelware, jewellery, sculpture and art. With virbant illustrations throughout, this book contains many items that the author deems to be Objects of Vertu and traces their history. In clot...

A Series of Twelve Delft Plates Illustrating the Tobacco Industry

J. H. Fitzhenry · 1907 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

London , Wyman and Sons Ltd. 1907. Cloth. A series of illustrations of Dutch Delftware, showing scenes from the tobacco industry. Presented to the Victoria and Albert Museum. Illustrated with numerous monochrome plates and colour frontispiece. In a cream cloth binding. Externa...

English Pressed Glass 1830-1900

Raymond Slack · 1987 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

London , Barrie and Jenkins, 1987. Cloth. A first edition of this history of pressed glass from Raymond Slack. Illustrated with numerous photographs in the text. In a blue cloth binding with original clipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Dustwrapper is also smart. Internally...

The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection: Renaissance Jewels, Gold Boxes and Objets de Vertu

Anna Somers Cocks, Charles Truman · 1984 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

London, Sotheby Publications, 1984. Cloth. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection: Renaissance Jewels, Gold Boxes and Objets de Vertu by Anna Somers Cocks and Charles Truman. In unclipped dustwrapper. First edition. A profusely illustrated catalogue by Sothebys of the jewellery and...

Ridgway Porcelains

Geoffrey A. Godden · 1985 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Antique Collector's Club, 1985. Cloth. A history of the manufacture of Ridgway Porcelains. Second edition. Ridgway Potteries was a British pottery manufacturer of Stoke-on-Trent that produced mainly high quality earthenware from 1790s through to the mid twentieth ...

Catalogue of the Loan Exhibition of Flemish and Belgian Art: Burlington House, London 1927

Sir Martin Conway · 1927 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London , Country Life Ltd, 1927. Cloth. A limited edition catalogue of Flemish and Belgian Art. Edited by Sir Martin Conway, the catalogue features reproductions of all of the exhibition's pieces held at Burlington House, the venue for the Royal Academy's temporary a...

Early English Water-Colour Drawings by the Great Masters

Geoffrey Holme · 1919 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London, Paris, New York, The Studio Ltd. 1919. Cloth. A highly illustrated publication by The Studio. Early English Water-Colour Drawings by the Great Masters. With Articles by A. J. Finberg and edited by Geoffrey Holme. Illustrated with twelve plates in colour tipped-in and n...

Beautiful Children Immortalised by the Masters

Haldane Macfall · 1927 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

London , T. C. and E. C. Jack, Ltd. 1927. Cloth. A beautiful collection of portraits of children painted by famous artists, such as Meng, Velazquez and van Dyck, amongst others. Written by art historian Haldane Macfall. Containing chapters on the history of children in art, fr...

Chantilly in History and Art

Louise M. Richter · 1913 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London , John Murray, 1913. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this work on Chantilly's art and history. With seventy-nine illustrative plates and portraits, author Louise Richter traces the French commune from its origins and up until the time of publication, the intima...

The Irish.

Leslie Conron Carola · 1993 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

New York, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first edition anthology of the creative arts and writings from Ireland. Numerous colour and black and white illustrated plates of artwork, antiques and landscape photographs. The works exhibited ra...

Miniature Painters British & Foreign

J. J. Foster · 1903 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.46 | ¥84,388)

London; New York, Dickinsons and E. P. Dutton & Co. 1903. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon and important pair of books on miniature painters, profusely illustrated throughout. First edition. A limited edition volume, Number 261 of 570. This particular volume is one of the &ap...

Birket Foster

Jan Reynolds · 1984 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

London , B.T. Batsford Ltd , 1984. Cloth. This fascinating biographical account explores victorian illustrator, watercolour artist and engraver, Birket Foster's life and works. Beautifully illustrated throughout with many coloured illustrations of Foster's own work, ...