Kunst

Das Weib IM Modernen Ornament Ein Vorlagenwerk Fur Alle Gebiete Des Kunstgewerbes

Julius Klinger · 0 · Rooke Books

£3,000.00 (€3,595.98 | $3,963.42 | ¥632,907)

Leipzig, Verlag von Baumgartners Buchhandlung, c1900. Cloth. A very scarce German work, a collection of beautiful and colour plates, depicting women in beautiful dresses and art deco style. An excellent copy of this important and very scarce work. Seen three times at auction i...

Creatis la Photographie Au Present

Various · 1976 · Rooke Books

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

London, Creatis, 1976-9. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of the first ten issues of the French fine art photography magazine 'Creatis', illustrated throughout in colour and monochrome. The first edition of this work. In the original French. A collection of...

Cabinet Cyclopaedia Useful Arts a Treatise on the Progressive Improvement and Present State of the Manufacture of Porcelain and Glass

Dionysius Lardner; [George Richardson Porter] · 1832 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Longman, Rees, Ormer, Brown, and Green, 1832. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of George Richardson Porter's detailed study on the production of porcelain and glass, illustrated throughout. A scarce work. The first edition of this work. Volume XXVI in ...

Album of Engravings and Bookplates

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£700.00 (€839.06 | $924.80 | ¥147,678)

Various, Various , c1880. Leather. A comprehensive collection of bookplates and engravings, presented in a leather bound chemise. Prior owner's inscription to the verso of the flap to the chemise, 'J Renshaw, Charles St Birmingham&apos. This is a large collection of ...

Harding&Apos;S Sketches at Home and Abroad

None · 1836 · Rooke Books

£6,800.00 (€8,150.88 | $8,983.75 | ¥1,434,589)

London, Charles Tilt, 1836. First edition. Leather. A signed imperial folio collection of paintings by the landscape painter James Duffield Harding, a collection of paintings taken on his continental tour in the early nineteenth century. The first edition of this work. In a be...

Biographische Skizzen Der Personen, Welche in Den Das Grabmahl Kaisers Maximilian I. , in Der Kirche Zum Heiligen Kreuz Zu Innsbruck Schizzi Biografici Delle Persone, Rappresentate Dalle 28 Statue, le Quai Circondano IL Monumento Dell&Apos; Imperadore Massimiliano L. , Nella Chiesa Di S. Croce in Innsbruck

J. G Schedler · 1823 · Rooke Books

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

Innsbruck, Editore ed in Commissione Presso del Negozio Wagner, 1823. Leather. A scarce work in German and Italian, detailing the twenty-eight statues surrounding the tomb of Emperor Maximilian I, illustrated. A scarce work. Written in German and Italian, with each page being ...

The Art-Union Monthly Journal of the Arts

Samuel Carter Hall · 1848 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1848. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the tenth volume of 'The Art-Union Monthly Journal', profusely illustrated throughout, edited by Samuel Carter Hall. The first edition of this work. Volume X of the Art Union Monthly Journal. ...

Old English Sporting Books

Ralph Nevill; Geoffrey Holme (ed.) · 1924 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, The Studio Limited, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A first limited edition copy of this fascinating reference work on sporting works, providing a critical survey of such sports as racing, hunting, couching, shooting, and fishing in England. This work is copiously illustra...

Ornaments Patterns for Interior Decoration

Natascha Kubisch; Pia Anna Seger · 2001 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Köln, Konemann, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A lovely work on interior decoration and historical ornamental designs by Kubisch and Seger, based on the earlier world-renowned collection on such a subject, George A. Audsley and Maurice A. Audsley's 'The Practical Decora...

Illustrations to Butler&Apos;S Hudibras Consisting of Sixty Portraits of Celebrated Political and Literary Characters, Impostors and Enthusiasts Alluded to in That Work

Anon · 1843 · Rooke Books

£360.00 (€431.52 | $475.61 | ¥75,949)

London, John Dowding, 1843. Leather. A fascinating collection of portraits of characters alluded to in Samuel Butler's famous mock heroic poem, Hudibras A very scarce suite of portraits which was first published for the 1819 edition of Hudibras with Grey's notes. Thi...

Petit Larousse de la Peinture

Michel Laclotte; Jean-Pierre Cuzin · 1979 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1979. Cloth. A two volume reference work of art history, with numerous illustrated plates throughout. In the original French. Each volume is held in the original unclipped dustwrapper. A brilliant art reference work, by the French publishing house La...

Figure Painting in Water-Colours by Contemporary British Artists

George Sheringham; Geoffrey Holme (ed.) · 1923 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, The Studio, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this copiously illustrated introduction to figure painting in water-colours by modern British artists. The foreword to this text was written by the notable British painter and theatre designer George Sheri...

The Communists of Paris 1871. Types - Physiognomies - Characters. By Bertall with Explanatory Text Descriptive of Each Design Written Expressly for This Edition by an Englishman Eye-Witness of the Scenes and Events of That Year

Unamed · 1873 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Paris, Buckingham and Co, 1873. Cloth. A profusely illustrated volume by the french illustrator and artist, Bertall. Rebacked with original backstrip preserved. The Popular English Edition. With 40 coloured plates. Collated complete. Charles Albert d'Arnoux was a importan...

Monographies de L&Apos;Art Belge

Leo van Puyvelde et al. · 1947 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Brussels, Ministere de L'instruction Publqiue, 1947 - 1952. Cloth. A seven volume set of works in their original unclipped dustwrappers, looking at significant figures in the Belgium art world. In the original unclipped dustwrappers. By Leo van Puyvelde; Richard Dupierreu...

Graphic Pictures, More Graphic Pictures, Gleanings from the Graphic

Randolph Caldecott · 1883 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1883-1889. First edition. Hardback. A collection of drawings by English artist and illustrator, Randolph Caldecott. Caldecott exercised his art in book illustrations. He influenced illustration of children's books in the nineteenth centu...

Hello - Where Did All the People Go?

Ronald Searle · 1970 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Vermont, Stephen Greene Press, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A collection of humorous drawings by Ronald Searle. The flyleaf notes 'The Snail, hiding in that vulnerable gray, sensitive self in a fantasy of color and form. How could satirist Ronald Searle resist?' These...

The Pageant

Various [ed. by J.W. Gleeson White] · 1896 · Rooke Books

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

London, Henry & Co. 1896-1897. First edition. Cloth. The complete two volume series of the esteemed Christmas annual celebrating the greatest of Aesthetic and Decadent artists and writers. The Pageant, the short-lived Christmas Annual series which brought together the best art...

Catalogue of the Collection of Old French Snuff-Boxes and Objects of Vertu of the Late Sir Edward Marshall Hall, K.C.

Various [L. Hannen, W.B. Anderson, Capt. V.C.W. Agnew et al.] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Messrs. Christie Manson & Woods, 1927. Cloth. A very scarce catalogue detailing luxurious items from the collection of the late 'Great Defender' Edward Marshall Hall. The Collection of Old French Snuff-Boxes and Objects of Vertu of the prolific lawyer Sir Edw...

On Some Early Domestic Decorative Wall-Paintings Recently Found in Essex

Miller Christy, Guy Maynard · 1911 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Braintree, Essex, The Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society, 1911. Brochure/Pamphlet. An uncommon article focusing on wall-paintings from the Tudor and Jacobean periods found in Essex, written by Miller Christy, an authority on local arcaheology. On Some Early Domes...

Irish Pictures

Richard Lovett · 1888 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Religious Tract Society, 1888. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a travelogue focusing on the picturesque scenery across the Emerald Isle, with pencil and ink illustrations throughout. The first edition of Irish Pictures, a series of pen and pencil illustratio...