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A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and Art

Thomas Wright · 1865 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Virtue Brothers, 1865. Leather. An insightful and illustrated history into comic satire from ancient Europe to Georgian Britain, offering valuable contemporary perspectives of significant transformations across Europe. A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literatur...

A Collection of Thirty-Nine Fac-Similes of Rare Etchings by Celebrated Painters

William Young Ottley · 1828 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, Not Stated, 1828 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated with forty-two engraved plates, this is the first edition of William Young Ottley's very scarce volume of rare etchings from famous European artists. The very scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with a...

The Cryes of London

Richard Luckett; Samuel Pepys · 1994 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

Leeds, Old Hall Press, 1994 . First edition. Leather. Beautiful quarter-calf limited first edition of Samuel Pepy's "cryes" collection in 81 plates. First edition. Scarce. Limited to 425 copies.Bound in the publisher's original quarter calf with decorative cloth boar...

Caravan

Edward Seago · 1937 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Collins, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this collection of sketches from Edward Seago, featuring an original illustration from Seago, and with the publisher"s original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's...

Illustrated Periodicals of the 1860s: Contexts and Collaborations

Simon Cooke · 2010 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Private Libraries Association: The British Library, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this vastly illustrated study on periodicals from the 1860s. First edition. One of 1300 copies, of which only 600 were for sale. Illustrated with one hundred and tw...

Picasso/Matisse Works on Paper

Pablo Picasso; Henri Matisse · 1997 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Waddington Galleries, 1997. First edition. Paperback. A smart, first edition of this exhibition catalogue, issued by Waddington Galleries, illustrated with 19 plates of works by Picasso and Matisse. In the publisher's original stiff card wrappers. This volume is a...

The Blue Four Collection at the Norton Simon Museum

Vivian Endicott Barnett · 2002 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New Haven, Yale University Press , 2002. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this large art book illustrated with almost five hundred items from the 'Blue Four Collection&apos. First edition. With the original unclipped dust wrapper.The 'Blue Four' refers to ...

Portraits

John Hedgecoe · 2000 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Collins & Brown, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of this portrait collection from British photographer John Hedgecoe, with the original glassine wrapper. First edition, first impression. With the vanishingly scarce original glassine wrappe...

The Art and Craft of Home-Making

Edward W. Gregory · 1913 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Thomas Murby & Co. 1913. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated guide to home design and management, adorned with colour plates. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, sixteen monochrome plates, and numerous in-text figures. Collate...

Flemish Drawings of the Seventeenth Century from the Collection of Frits Lugt Institut Neerlandais Paris

Various · 1972 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Gent, Erasmus Ltd. 1972. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing copy of this catalogue of a collection of exhibitions of Flemish drawings from the seventeenth century, from the collection of Dutch art historian Frits Lugt. First edition. Illustrated with ten full-page colour im...

Richard Hamilton

Richard Hamilton; Richard Morphet; David Mellor; Sarat Maharaj; Stephen Snoddy · 1992 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Tate Gallery Publications, 1992. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of the Tate Gallery's retrospective catalogue of Richard Hamilton, with 106 works reproduced in double-sided colour plates and essays from leading critics and scholars. In the publisher&a...

The Royal Gallery of Hampton Court

Ernest Law · 1898 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1898 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this impressively illustrated descriptive account of the picture galleries at Hampton Court Palace. A first edition.Ernest Law surveys the principal paintings, tapestries, and decorative works hous...

Elements of Perspective

John Ruskin · 1859 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Smith, Elder and Co, 1859. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this treatise on drawing perspective, by John Ruskin. The first edition.An educational treatise by John Ruskin, presenting a written code of accurate perspective law. In this work, Ruskin offers so...

Jones of Colorado

Ralph Steadman · 1995 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Ebury Press, 1995. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this collection of sketches and stories about Jones the cat, by Ralph Steadman, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the half title. While visiting his friend, Hunter S. Thomps...

Cruikshank&Apos;S Water Colours

John Grego · 1903 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, A. & C. Black, Ltd. 1903. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of illustrations from the work of George Cruikshank. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and sixty-eight colour plates. Collated complete. A collection of water c...

The Arts and Crafts Movement in the Cotswolds

Mary Greensted · 1993 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Stroud, Alan Sutton, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of Mary Greensted's exploration of the Arts and Crafts Movement in the Cotswolds, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. Illustrated throughout. A fascinatin...

Histoire de la Peinture En Italie: Guide de L&Apos;Amateur Des Beaux-Arts

John Coindet · 1849 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,667)

Geneve, Joel Cherbuliez, 1849. Leather. A smartly bound two volume set of this historical study of art and painting in Italy from Swiss painter Jean-Jacques Francois Coindet. In the original French. French. Complete in two volumes. A detailed historical study of painting in It...

The Book and Periodical Illustrations of Arthur Hughes &Apos;a Spark of Genius&Apos; 1832-1915

Maroussia Oakley · 2016 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Middlesex & Delaware, Private Libraries Association: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition copy of this illustrated study of the illustrations of English artist Arthur Hughes. First edition. Illustrated with eight colour plates and one hundred a...

Anecdotes of Painting in England

Mr. George Vertue; Mr. Horace Vertue · 1782 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, J. Dodsley, 1782 . Leather. The first two volumes of the third edition of George Vertue and Horace Walpole's study of the history of painting in England. Volumes I and II only of the five volume third edition of this work.'Anecdotes of Painting in England&apo...

The Gothic Revival: An Essay in the History of Taste

Kenneth Clark · 1929 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of this illustrated study into the Gothic Revival from British art historian Kenneth Clark. First US edition. Very scarce edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and nineteen plates. ...