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A Handbook of Pictorial Art

R. St. John Tyrwhitt; A. Macdonald · 1875 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1875. Leather. The illustrated second edition of Tyrwitt's charming guide to the 'pictorial arts', in a tree calf binding. Divided into two sections: the 'theory' of art, and the 'practice' of art, covering free hand ...

Der Holzschneider Hap Grieshaber

Margot Fuerst · 1971 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Stuttgart, Hatje, 1971. Hardback. A stunning German volume of woodcuts by HAP Grieshaber, with colour folding plates and a slipcase. In the original German. A new extended edition. This volume explores the woodcuts of HAP Grieshaber. HAP Grieshaber was a German artist best kno...

The National Portrait Gallery

Lionel Cust (ed) · 1901 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London , Cassell and Company, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful limited edition two volume set of an illustrated catalogue of The National Portrait Gallery. A complete two volume set of this work. Limited edition copies, limited to 750 copies of which these are numbered ...

George Engleheart 1750-1829 Miniature Painter to George III

George C. Williamson; Henry L. D. Engleheart · 1902 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London , George Bell and Sons , 1902. First edition. Cloth. A first limited edition work on the miniatures of George Engleheart, richly illustrated. A limited edition copy of this work, with only three hundred and fifty copies printed for sale. George Engleheart was one of the...

Egyptian Art

Werner and Bedrich Forman; Milada Vilimkova; Till Gottheiner [trans] · 1962 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Peter Nevill, [1962]. First edition. Cloth. First English edition of this large paper book dedicated to the beauty of Egyptian art, captured with numerous striking plates both in colour and in black and white. The first and only English edition of this work, dated from...

Gemma Bovery

Posy Simmonds · 1999 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1999 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this beautiful graphic novel signed by the author. First edition, first impression of Gemma Bovery by Posy Simmonds in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrap...

The History of American Painting

Samuel Isham · 1905 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

New York, The Macmillan Company , 1905. First edition. Cloth. An extensive history of American painting by Samuel Isham, a bright copy of this scarce first edition. Scarce first edition of this work. A comprehensive history of American painting, opening with a study of primiti...

United States Picture Drawn with Pen and Pencil

Richard Lovett · 1891 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London , The Religious Tract Society , 1891. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful collection of illustrations of the United States, with a colour folding map. This volume is part of the Pen and Pencil series published by The Religious Tract Society and celebrates the wild and won...

Manet and the French Impressionists

Theodore Duret; J. E. Crawford Flitch · 1912 · Rooke Books

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

London; Philadelphia, Grant Richards LTD; J. B. Lippincott Company, 1912. Cloth. The second edition of Theodore Duret's striking academic and artistic study on the Impressionists. The second edition of this work in English.Illustrated with a frontispiece, one wood engravi...

Town & Country, a Collection of Designs and Decorations

Cecil W. Beaumont [intro] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£97.00 (€116.27 | $128.15 | ¥20,464)

London, C.W. Beaumont, 1926. First edition. Cloth. Wyndham Payne's hand-coloured collection of charming illustrations about English towns and countryside, part of a limited edition publication. A delightfully illustrated collection of charming plates depicting English lif...

London Survivals: A Record of the Old Buildings and Associations of the City

P. H. Ditchfield · 1914 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1914. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition copy of this descriptive work regarding the historical architecture of London. The uncommon first edition. In the original cloth binding with gilt detail. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, t...

Feu Pierrot

A. Willette · 1919 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Paris, H. Floury, 1919. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated, first edition, autobiography by the renowned French artist, Adolphe Willette. The first edition. In full red cloth binding with gilt lettering. With an illustrated title page, colour portrait frontispiece...

Practical Essays on Art

John Burnet · 1893 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Percy Lund & Co, 1893. Cloth. An interesting collection of art essays by John Burnet, with explanatory illustrations throughout. A new edition. In the original red cloth binding with gilt lettering, by Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. With explanatory vignette illustrations...

Paul Hogarth&Apos;S American Album Drawings 1962-65 with Notes from a Journal

Paul Hogarth · 1973 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Lion and Unicorn Press, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A fine, limited edition, collection of journal entries and illustrations by the popular artist, Paul Hogarth. The uncommon first edition. A limited edition, this copy being numbered at 212. In the original pictorial c...

Forty Drawings by Horace Brodzky

Horace Brodzky; James Laver · 1935 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this portfolio of life drawings by Brodzky in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Forty Drawings by Horace Brodzky in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust ...

A Note by Stopford Brooke on the Picture by Professor Giovanni Costa Entitled Twilight on the Campagna and on the Mezzotint Scraped from It by Frank Short

Stopford Brooke · 1922 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Robert Dunthorne , c1915. First edition. Leather. Very scarce first edition of this commentary on art pieces by Stopford Brooke. C1915, 'Robert Dunthorne' published with "& Son" from 1922-4. Containing Stopford Brooke's note on Giovanni Costa's &apo...

Drawing Blood Forty-Five Years of Scarfe Uncensored

Gerald Scarfe · 2005 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

Not stated, Little, Brown, 2005. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this art book about the work of Gerald Scarfe in the original publisher's dust wrapper. First UK edition of Drawing Blood, Forty-Five Years of Scarfe Uncensored by Gerald Scarfe in the original...

Diary of a War Artist

Edward Ardizzone · 1974 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, The Bodley Head, 1974 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of Edward Ardizzone's illustrated account of his life during the Second World War. In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated throughout with the vign...

The History and Antiquities of the Abbey and Cathedral Church of Gloucester

John Britton · 1836 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, M. A. Nattali, 1836 . Cloth. Illustrated throughout with detailed engraved plates, this is Joseph Britton's informative study of the architecture and history of Gloucester Cathedral. One part only of a five volume, fourteen part work. With this volume being antiqu...

Stories Arranged for Mime Number 2: Whuppity Stoorie

K. M. Briggs · 1937 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Dunkeld, Capricornus, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce one act play by folklorist K. M. Briggs, providing a brief plot and detailed mime stage directions. The very scarce first edition of this 'Story Arranged for Mime' by British folklorist and writer Kathar...