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Eleven Cloth Samples

None · 0 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Cairo, None, c1950. Paperback. A scarce beautifully bright sample pamphlet of eleven different cloths. Cloth sample pamphlet. Scarce pack. Eleven cloths of different colours including: pink, blue, yellow, orange, and white. Collated complete. These crimped fabric samples are p...

Bridle and Brush Reminiscences of an Artist Sportsman

George Denholm Armour · 1937 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,962)

London and New York, Eyre & Spottiswode and Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this autobiography of sports painter George Denholm Armour, with colour plates. A first edition copy of this work. Bridle and Brush Reminiscences of ...

Man As Art New Guinea Body Decoration

Andrew Strathern · 1981 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Thames and Hudson, 1981 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautiful collection of photography of body art in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Man As Art New Guinea Body Decoration in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped d...

Fine Art: A Sketch of Its History, Theory, Practice, and Application to Industry

Matthew Digby Wyatt · 1870 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1870. First edition. Leather. An uncommon first edition documenting the eighteen lectures given by Matthew Digby Wyatt, the inaugural Slade Professor of Fine Arts at Cambridge University A first edition of these lectures on fine art delivered by Matt...

The London Art-Union Prize Annual

1847 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, R.A. Sprigg Library of Arts, 1847. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce 1847 prize annual from London Art Union, illustrated with engravings. Rebacked with the original backstrip and cloth laid down to the spine and to the boards, and renewed end papers. With engravings...

The Making of Matthias

J. S. Fletcher · 1898 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London & New York, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1898 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated novel by J. S. Fletcher in lovely decorative binding. First edition of The Making of Matthias by J. S. Fletcher in the original publisher's cloth b...

The Symbolic Pig, an Anthology of Pigs in Literature and Art

Frederick Cameron Sillar; Ruth Mary Meylar · 1961 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Edinburgh and London, Oliver and Boyd, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting analysis of the symbolism of pics in art and literature with colour illustrations. First edition of The Symbolic Pig, An Anthology of Pigs in Literature and Art by Frederi...

Creature Comforts

Charles Addams · 1981 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, William Heinemann, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of darkly humorous cartoons by Chas Addams. First edition. Collection of darkly humorous cartoon scenes. Written and illustrated by Charles Samuel Addams, an American cartoonist known for...

Greek and Roman Bronzes

Winifred Lamb · 1929 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1929 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this art history and archaeological study into Ancient Greek and Roman bronzes with monochrome plates. First edition of Greek and Roman Bronzes by Winifred Lamb in the original publisher's cloth ...

Georgian London

John Summerson · 1945 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London , Pleiades Books, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this celebration of Georgian architecture within London, with illustrations. This is a detailed volume that celebrates the Georgian architecture of London and shows London as a pattern of bricks and m...

The Book of Waverley Gems: In a Series of Engraved Illustrations of Incidents and Scenery in Sir Walter Scott&Apos;S Novels.

Sir Walter Scott · 1862 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1862. Leather. A handsome full calf copy of this scarce collection of illustrations from Sir Walter Scott's novels. In a full calf binding, with the gilt crest of R.H.C.S. to the front board. Decorative gilt to the spine and all edges marbled. 39 pl...

Etchings of William Strang A.R. A.

Frank Newbolt · 1907 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)

London, George Newnes Limited, 1907. Cloth. An impressive volume looking at the art of William Strang, complete with forty-nine examples of Strang's art. A lovely study of the art William Strang.Strang was a Scottish painter and printmaker who worked in many different med...

The History of Modern Painting

Richard Muther · 1895 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London, Henry & Co. 1895-6. First edition. Leather. A striking three volume study of modern painting by Richard Muther in uniform beautiful Hatchards bindings. A monumental history of modern art by Richard Muther, complete in three large paper volumes. The first edition in the...

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

John Ernest Phythian · 1905 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , George Newnes Limited, 1905. Cloth. A smart volume that celebrates the lavish work of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, richly illustrated. This volume celebrates the work of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The Brotherhood was a group of English painters, poets and art ...

The English Comic Album, a Century of Pictorial Wit and Humour

Leonard Russell; Nicolas Bentley · 1948 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Michael Joseph, 1948 . First edition. Cloth. A presentation copy of the first edition of this album of comics by English cartoon artists in the original dust wrapper. First edition of The English Comic Album, A Century of Pictorial Wit and Humour edited by Leonard Russ...

Sailing-Ships and Barges of the Western Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas

Bernard Windeler · 1926 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

London, Frederick Etchells & Hugh MacDonald, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first limited edition work by Edward Wadsworth, comprising of eighteen detailed plates of sailing ships. The first limited edition of this work, limited to 450 copies, of which this is numbered 71.Aft...

The Pre-Raphaelite Comedy

Francis Bickley · 1932 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Constable & Co Ltd. 1932. First edition. Cloth. A first edition review copy of this art history book regarding the Pre-Raphaelite period, with the handwritten review inserted. The first edition. In the publisher's original, full cloth binding. With a monochrome fr...

The Scottish Songs

Robert Chambers · 1829 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Edinburgh, William Tait, 1829 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Volume I of this collection of Scottish songs from the early nineteenth century in quarter calf binding and slipcase. First edition of The Scottish Songs; collected and illustrated by Robert Chambers ...

The Modern Woodcut a Study of the Evolution of the Craft by Herbert Furst (&Apos;Tis&Apos;) with a Chapter on the Practice of Xylography by W. Thomas Smith with over Two Hundred Illustrations in Black & White and Sixteen Plates in Colour

Herbert Furst · 1979 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Vaduz, Quarto Press, 1979. Cloth. A very smart limited edition of Furst's study of the woodcut, with over 200 illustrations. In the publisher's original cloth binding. This is a 1979 reprint of Herbert Furst's survey of the art of the woodcut, limited to 500 cop...

Urban Design Futures

Malcolm Moor; Jon Rowland · 2006 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Abingdon, Routledge , 2006. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful and richly illustrated work on the challenges of urban design. A first edition copy of this work. A wonderful volume on urban design, city planning and the inexact design of metropolises. This work is organised into...