Kunst

An Essay on the Utility of Collecting the Best Works of the Ancient Engravers of the Italian School; Accompanied by a Critical Catalogue, with Interesting Anecdotes of the Engravers, of a Chronological Series of Rare and Valuable Prints, from the Earliest Practice of the Art in Italy to the Year 1549, Now Deposited in the British Museum and Royal Academy, in London.

George Cumberland · 1827 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Payne and Foss; A. Arch, Cornhill; Colnaghi, Son and Co. 1827. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this study of Italian engravings including an essay and a critical catalogue. The first edition of an essay and critical catalogue by George Cumberland. Ful...

School Ties Good and Bad at Games and Dutch Girls

William Boyd · 1985 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,852)

London , Hamish Hamilton , 1985. First edition. Cloth. An interesting volume containing the scripts for William Boyd's original films Good and Bad at Games and Dutch Girls, along with an essay by the author. First edition, first impression copy of this work. This volume i...

The English Illustrated Magazine

Various Contributors · 1884 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1884-1892. First edition. Cloth. Two charming, first edition volumes of The English Illustrated Magazine, with eleven issues full of various articles, stories and illustrations. Two first edition volumes of The English Illustrated Magazine from 1883-...

The Seven Periods of English Architecture Defined and Illustrated

Edmund Sharpe · 1888 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, E & F Spon , 1888 . Cloth. Third edition of this study of English architecture by Edmund Sharpe, adorned with steel engravings. A study of the development of English architecture from the Saxon period through to the rectilinear period. Written by Edmund Sharpe, famous ...

A Concise Glossary of the Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture

John Henry Parker · 1905 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, James Parker and Co. 1905. Cloth. Eleventh edition of this glossary of architectural terms by John Henry Parker. The eleventh edition revised of this glossary of terms related to Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture, with numerous engravings in text used as...

Little Engravings Classical & Contemporary

Albrecht Altdorfer · 1902 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London , The Unicorn Press , 1902. Cloth. A lovely collection of German Renaissance artist Albrecht Altdorfer's engravings. This is a re-produced facsimile of Little Engravings Classical and Contemporary by Albrecht Altdorfer, a book of 71 woodcuts that have been photogra...

Ritter Gluck: Eine Erinnerung Aus Dem Jahre 1809

E. T. A Hoffmann · 1920 · Rooke Books

£3,200.00 (€3,835.71 | $4,227.65 | ¥675,101)

Tolz , Marees-Gesellschaft , 1920. First edition. Leather. An important limited edition print on Japon paper of E. T. A Hoffmann's short story Ritter Gluck. Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann was a German Romantic author of fantasy and Gothic horror, his stories highly influe...

Fireplaces by Bratt Colbran

Bratt Colbran Limited. · 1958 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Bratt Colbran Limited. 1958 . Cloth. A very scarce 1958 fireplace catalogue, complete with photographs and prices. The very scarce catalogue no. 56 of of Bratt Colbran Limited, published in April 1958, advertising fireplaces.Containing photographs of fireplaces and sho...

Sidney Nolan

T.G. Rosenthal · 2002 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Thames and Hudson, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated work on the career of Australian painter Sidney Nolan, signed by the author and editor, Tom Rosenthal, to the half title page. A fascinating work on the artistic career of twentieth-century Austra...

The Art of Illustration

Henry Blackburn; J. S. Eland · 1901 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

Edinburgh, John Grant, 1901. Cloth. An informative book on the art of illustration, written at the turn of the twentieth century by Henry Blackburn, with numerous illustrated plates and in-text illustrations by a range of artists including J. S. Eland. Third 'Revised&apos...

A Flight of Butterflies the Metropolitan Museum of Art Thames and Hudson

Yoshi Zo · 1979 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Thames and Hudson, 1979. Fine Binding. A beautiful reproduction of a book in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This charming edition of colour illustrations of butterflies is a facsimile copy of a book in the collect...

The Handyman and Home Mechanic Design Sheets

1950 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

[London], [The Odhams Press], c1950. Loose Pages, Articles. A scarce collection of twenty-four detailed design sheets from the 1950s, detailed guides to building different furniture and toys for the home. A scarce work.In a cloth slipcase. Slipcase is in a very good condition....

Les Musiciens Celebres Depuis le Seiziã©Me Siã©Cle Jusqu&Apos;a Nos Jours

Felix Clement · 1878 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie , 1878. Leather. A sweeping study of the most celebrated musicians from the sixteenth to the late nineteenth century, the third edition of this work. illustrated with some striking engravings portraits of the musicians. A biographical study of ...

Life and Works of Ozias Humphry, R.A.

George C. Williamson · 1918 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1918. First edition. Hardback. A signed Limited Edition copy of this study of portrait miniature painter Ozias Humphry, illustrated throughout with examples of the artist's works, and supplemented with a wealth of ephemera. The signed fi...

Modern Primitives: Naive Painting from the Late Seventeenth Century Until the Present Day

Oto Bihalji-Merin · 1978 · Rooke Books

£64.00 (€76.71 | $84.55 | ¥13,502)

London, Thames and Hudson, 1978. Cloth. A fascinating exploration into naïve painting by Oto Bihalji-Merin, richly illustrated throughout. The third impression of this work, which first appeared in 1971. Written by art historian Oto Bihalji-Merin.Lavishly illustrated with near...

James Macintyre & Co. Ltd. Washington China Works Catalogue

0 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

Hanley, Allbut & Daniel Ltd. c1913. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this early twentieth-century ceramics and china catalogue from James MacIntyre & Co. showcasing their various porcelain wares. A fascinating early 20th century ceramics and china catalogue showcasing the porc...

Oriental Rugs, Antique and Modern

Walter A. Hawley · 1925 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1925. Cloth. A brightly illustrated and impressively detailed and informative guide to the Oriental rug. First published in 1913, this is the beautifully illustrated 1925 UK edition of Walter A. Hawley's study of the Oriental rug, '...

Fruhe Kunst IM Wiestfrankischen Reich

Richard von Hamann-Mac Lean · 1939 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Leipzig, H. Scmidt & C. Gunther, 1939. Cloth. An excellent German history of medieval European art of West Francia, from the library of art historian David Talbot Rice. This work relates to the art of West Francia, the medieval kingdom of France between 840 and 987. In the ori...

Drawings

Sir William Russell Flint · 1950 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Collins, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A large paper first trade edition of this volume beautifully illustrating Sir William Russell Flint's art, inscribed and signed by English actor Bernard Miles. The first trade edition of this work, published simultaneously as a...

Illustrated Catalogue of the Loan Exhibition of English Decorative Art at Lansdowne House

Anon · 1929 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, 'The Collector', 1929. Cloth. An excellent limited edition catalogue of the collection at Lansdowne House, London, illustrated with colour plates and from the library of a British socialite. Located to the south of Berkeley Square, Lansdown House is what rema...