Arkitektur

The Library of Decorative Art

Francis Lenygon; M. Jourdain · 1922 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.43 | $363.28 | ¥58,019)

London; New York, Charles Scribner's Sons; B. T. Batsford, 1922-1927. First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout with photographic plates, this is a mixed edition four volume set of works by Jourdain and Lenygon, detailing the history of English furniture. An impressive...

Modern London: Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis

Richard Phillips · 1804 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,437.52 | $1,585.21 | ¥253,172)

London, Richard Phillips , 1804. First edition. Leather. Richard Phillips' very scarce illustrated account of the history of London, including the supplementary collection of brilliant sought after coloured plates depicting the 'traders of London', bound in cont...

An Introduction to the Study of Gothic Architecture

John Henry Parker · 1874 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.75 | $158.52 | ¥25,317)

Oxford and London, James Parker and Co. 1874. Leather. A smartly bound fourth edition of this illustrated study of Gothic architecture from English publisher John Henry Parker. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. Illustrated throughout with over one hundred and eighty figure...

Decorative Plasterwork in Great Britian

Laurence Turner; Arthur T. Bolton · 1927 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.66 | $217.97 | ¥34,811)

London, Country Life Ltd. 1927. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this profusely illustrated study of British interiors and decorative plasterwork, written by Laurence Turner. In the publisher's original cloth binding.This volume is a first edition.Illustrated wi...

Volte E Soffitti Italiani

Arduino Colasanti · 1926 · Rooke Books

£72.00 (€86.25 | $95.11 | ¥15,190)

Milano, Bestetti & Tumminelli , 1926 . Cloth. A photographic collection by the historic Fratelli Alinari firm, presenting Italian vaults and ceiling designs, compiled and authored by Renaissance scholar Arduino Colasanti In the publisher's original green cloth binding.Fir...

La Caricature Revolutionnaire & la Caricature Contre-Revolutionnaire

Antoine de Baecque; Claude Langlois · 1988 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.64 | $231.18 | ¥36,921)

Paris, Presses du CNRS, 1988. Cloth. A complete two volume set of this historical study of caricatures surrounding the French Revolution, in the original French. French. Complete in two volumes. Illustrated with hundreds of reproductions. A detailed and comprehensive study int...

South Kensington Museum Art Handbooks: The Jones Collection

Various · 1884 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.92 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1884 . Cloth. A very scarce copy of this richly illustrated handbook, complete with 36 engraved plates, cataloguing John Jones"s donation of 18th-century French decorative art to the South Kensington Museum, now the V&A. In the publisher's origin...

Sebastiao Salgado: Genesis

Sebastiào Salgado; Lélia Wanick Salgado; Irina Bokova · 2013 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.84 | $99.08 | ¥15,823)

Cologne, Taschen, 2013 . First edition. Cloth. The first English edition of Sebastião Salgado"s epic eight-year photographic odyssey across over thirty countries, featuring 245 striking black-and-white photographic plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding, compl...

The Wilkie Gallery: A Selection of the Best Pictures of the Late Sir David Wilkie

None stated · 1845 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.70 | $191.55 | ¥30,592)

London, George Virtue, [1845]. First edition. Leather. A richly illustrated work featuring the artwork of the acclaimed artist, Sir David Wilkie, bound in contemporary full morocco. The first edition. Illustrated with an engraved title page, a portrait frontispiece, thirty-on...

Report from the Select Committee on the Earl of Elgin&Apos;S Collection of Sculptured Marbles

1816 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.18 | $521.80 | ¥83,336)

London, House of Commons, 1816. First edition. Unbound. The first edition of this very scarce report by the British government into the legality of Elgin's acquisition of the "Elgin Marbles". The first edition of this very scarce work.The House of Commons' report int...

Ballet in England

Sheila Jackson · 1945 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.40 | $129.46 | ¥20,676)

London, Transatlantic Arts LTD, 1945. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Sheila Jackson's beautifully illustrated study of ballet in England, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A beautiful study on ballet, presen...

Gothic Architecture in England

Francis Bond · 1912 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.81 | $118.89 | ¥18,988)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1912. Cloth. A smart reimpression of this detailed and illustrated study on Gothic architecture in England, with corrections. Reimpression with corrections. Illustrated with over one thousand images, comprising seven hundred and eighty-five photogra...

Architecture Gothic and Renaissance

T. Roger Smith · 1916 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.81 | $118.89 | ¥18,988)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1916. Cloth. A smart new and revised edition of this illustrated study of Gothic and Renaissance architecture. New and revised edition. Illustrated Handbooks of Art History series. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece,...

A History of Fine Art in India & Ceylon

Vincent A. Smith; K. de B. Codrington · 1930 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.40 | $129.46 | ¥20,676)

Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1930. Cloth. A smart second edition of this illustrated history of fine art in India and Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. Second edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, four colour plates, one hundred and sixty-one black-and-white plates, ...

Garden Colour: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter

Mrs. C. W. Earle; E. V. B.; Rose Kingsley; Hon. Vicary Gibbs · 1905 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.74 | $165.13 | ¥26,372)

London, J. M. Dent & Company, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A brightly illustrated first edition of this study of the garden throughout the year. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and fifty colour plates. Collated complete. A charming and bright commentary on...

The Print Collector&Apos;S Quarterly

Various; Campbell Dodgson [ed.] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,796.90 | $1,981.51 | ¥316,465)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd , 1911-1931. Leather. A pleasing set from the Print Collector's Quarterly, a lavishly illustrated periodical exploring an array of etchers and engravers. Offering the complete first twenty years being Vols 1-18 out of an eventual 30 volumes...

The Anonimo: Notes on Pictures and Works of Art in Italy Made by an Anonymous Writer in the Sixteenth Century

Paolo Mussi [trans.]; George C. Williamson [ed.] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.86 | $92.47 | ¥14,768)

London, George Bell and Sons , 1903. Cloth. A presentation copy of this new edition of a classic anonymous 16th-century Italian art history, edited by British art historian George C. Williamson. Signed by the editor to the front free endpaper, dated June 1906. A particularly ...

Eight Volumes from the Medieval Town Series

Edmund G. Gardner; Margaret Symonds; Lina Duff Gordon; Charles W. Stubbs; et al. · 1903 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.22 | $495.38 | ¥79,116)

London, J. M. Dent & Co. 1903-1926. Cloth. An eight-volume set of J. M. Dent's Medieval Towns series, with illustrations throughout. An eight-volume set uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth binding. Top edge gilt.A set of eight volumes from the Medieval ...

The Country Life Book of Castles and Houses in Britain

Peter Furtado; Nathaniel Harris; Hazel Harrison; Paul Pettit · 1986 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.94 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Country Life Books, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this extensive volume on Britain's castles and stately homes. The first edition of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Organised into seven broad regional a...

The Values of Old English Silver and Sheffield Plate from the Xvth to the Xixth Centuries

J. W. Caldicott; J. Starkie Gardner [ed.] · 1906 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.40 | $129.46 | ¥20,676)

London, Bemrose and Sons Limited , 1906. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition containing a comprehensive record of values for Old English Silver and Sheffield Plate. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. This containin...