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Anecdotes of the Arts in England; or, Comparative Remarks on Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting, Chiefly Illustrated by Specimens at Oxford.

James Dallaway · 1800 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, T Cadell and W Davies , 1800. First edition. Leather. A critical and informative work on sculpture, architecture and painting in England, mostly Oxford. With an engraved title page. The first octavo edition of this work. Written by the English antiquary and topographer...

The Kaiser&Apos;S Garland

Edmund J Sullivan · 1915 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)

London, William Heinemann, 1915. Cloth. A collection of cartoons about the German Kaiser, by the Art Nouveau artists Edmund Sullivan. Incomplete with forty plates out of forty-four. Missing four plates, pages 37, 43, 73, and 79. A collection of cartoons by Edmund Sullivan, a b...

The Walpole Society Annual

Various · 1911 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.34 | $647.36 | ¥103,375)

Oxford, Leeds, Printed for the Walpole Society, 1911-1984. First edition. Cloth. Twenty volumes of the celebrated, subscription-only, art-history publication from the Walpole Society. Comprising of volumes I (1911-1912), III (1913-1914), V (1915-1917), IX (1920-1921), XIV (192...

The Society of Artists of Great Britain, 1760-1791, the Free Society of Artists, 1761-1783 a Complete Dictionary of Contributors and Their Work from the Foundation of the Societies to 1791

Algernon Graves · 1969 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Bath, Kingsmead Reprints, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A dictionary of contributors to the Society of Artists of Great Britain and the Free Society of Artists. First thus, the first edition of this facsimile reprint. The true first edition was issued in 1907. With an account of...

The Works of John Ruskin: Volumes II; III; IV; VI; VII; XI

John Ruskin · 1872 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)

Orpington, George Allen, 1872-1882. Leather. Six smart volumes within The Works of the prolific polymath John Ruskin, excellent examples of his scholarly insight, bound in contemporary half morocco. Six smart volumes within The Works of John Ruskin, a series of lectures and es...

Beato Angelico: Artistic Calendar

1909 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Firenze, E. Sporgi, 1909. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this beautifully illustrated calendar for the year 1909, with the works of Fra Angelico. A scarce work. In the publisher"s original decorative paper wraps. A calendar for the year 1909, accompanied by the works of Fra ...

Rossetti and His Circle

Max Beerbohm · 1922 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, William Heinemann, 1922. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a collection of amusing caricatures on Gabriel Rossetti and his fellow pre-Raphaelites, created by eminent caricaturist Max Beerbohm. The first edition of Rossetti and His Circle, a collection of caric...

Alice in Wonderland, Alice Nel Paese Delle Meraviglie

Suzy Lee · 2002 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Mantova, Maurizio Corraini (Edizioni), 2002. First edition. Hardback. A curious and abstract wordless picture book on Carroll's classic, exploring the theme of reality versus fantasy, created by Korean illustrator Suzy Lee. Alice in Wonderland or Alice Nel Paese Delle Mer...

Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, with Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions

Edmund Lodge · 1835 · Rooke Books

£745.00 (€893.00 | $984.25 | ¥157,172)

London, Harding and Lepard, 1835. Leather. The complete set and early edition of Lodge's biographies on influential figures across early modern Britain, containing 240 biographies, from Lady Jane Grey to Isaac Newton. Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, ...

No Room for Secrets

Joanna Lumley · 2004 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Michael Joseph, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first, signed edition of this insightful autobiography, with original dust wrapper, and numerous illustrations. A signed first edition autobiography, in excellent condition.This title uses the concept of a tour throu...

Cities and People; Ideal Cities: Utopianism and the (Un)Built Environment

Mark Girouard; Ruth Eaton · 1985 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

New Haven; London, Yale University Press; Thames & Hudson, 1985-2002. First edition. Cloth. Two illustrated studies on the development of cities across the West, examining how we see the perfect city with examples of Constantinople and Florence. Cities and People, and Ideal Ci...

Flemish & Belgian Art, 1300-1900: From the Exhibition Organised by the Anglo-Belgian Union at Burlington House, London in 1927

Paul Lambotte, Max J. Friedländer, W.G. Thomson, T. Leman Hare · 1927 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Apollo Press, 1927. Cloth. The limited edition of an attractive catalogue of Flemish art, known for its oil mediums and fine detail, including Rubens and Van Eyck. The limited edition of Flemish & Belgian Art, 1300-1900: From the Exhibition Organised by the Anglo-Belgi...

Italian Gardens

George S. Elgood, R.I. · 1907 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1907. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Elgood"s illustrated study of Italian gardens, with fifty-two charming colour plate drawings accompanied by descriptive text by the artist. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Fi...

Memories of James Mcneill Whistler the Artist

T.R. Way · 1912 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,565)

London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1912 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this copiously illustrated reminiscent work on painter James McNeill Whistler by T.R. Way. The first edition. In the publisher's original brown cloth.With a frontispiece, and 37 lith...

The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty the King at Windsor Castle

A.E. Popham; Johannes Wilde · 1949 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, The Phaidon Press, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this copiously illustrated volume on the Italian drawings held at Windsor Castle. The first edition.In the publisher's original red cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece, 176 plates, a...

Au Cameroun: Weaving-Tissage

Venice Lamb, Alastair Lamb [trans. by Cathy Martin] · 1981 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Hertingsfordbury, Hertfordshire, Roxford, 1981. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a visual study into Cameroonian weaving traditions, including over two-hundred and fifty in-text illustrations, showcasing various patterns. The first edition of Au Cameroun: Weaving-Tis...

Modern Painting Contemporary Trends

Nello Ponente · 1960 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Paris, Editions d'Art Albert Skira, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A densely colour-illustrated reflection on mid-century contemporary painting trends, in original dust wrapper. A richly colour illustrated first edition reflecting on the trends of modern painting trends cont...

The Venture: An Annual of Art and Literature

Various; James Joyce; Edmund Gosse; Charles Marriott; Alice Meynell et. al. · 1905 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, John Baillie, 1905. First edition. Cloth. The second of only two annuals issued of 'The Venture', offering an anthology of artistic and literary contributions from James Joyce, Alice Meynell, Arthur Rackham and others. First edition, being the second of only ...

Masters of the Colour Print II J.R. Smith

Malcolm C. Salaman · 1927 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, The Studio Limited, 1927. First edition. Paperback. A series of colour prints by J. R. Smith with an introduction by Malcolm C. Salaman. First edition. A fascinating and informative insight into the works of J. R. Smith. Part of the Masters of the Colour Print Series. ...

A Biographical History of the Fine Arts Being Memoirs of the Lives and Works of Eminent Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, Alphabetically Arranged, and Condensed from the Best Authorities. Including the Work of Vasari, Lanzi, Kugler, Dr. Waagen, Bryan, Pilkington, Walpole, Sir C. Eastlake, and Mrs Jameson. With Chronological Tables of Artists and Their Schools, Plates of Monograms, Etc. Volumes I and II

S Spooner · 1873 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,303)

Philadelphia, George Gebbie, 1873. Leather. A two volume set of Spooner's History of the Fine Arts. Vol I - A to L. Includes 24 plates of monograms with two inserts detailing monograms, explanations of terms and an alphabetical list of artists mentioned in both Vol I and ...