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Dictionnaire General Des Termes D&Apos;Architecture En Francais, Allemand, Anglais Et Italien

Daniel Ramee · 1868 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€352.80 | $390.58 | ¥62,417)

Paris, C. Reinwald, 1868 . First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this French dictionary of architectural terms. In the original French. A first edition.  Daniel Ramee's dictionary of architectural terms, attractively bound in half morocco. Daniel Ramee was bor...

Catalogue Raisonne Des Impressions Elzeviriennes de la Bibliotheque Royale de Stockholm

G. Berghman · 1911 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.72 | $92.68 | ¥14,811)

Stockholm and Paris, Nordisk Rotogravyer; Honore Champion, 1911 . First edition. Vellum. A vellum bound first edition copy of this French catalogue. A first edition copy.In the original French. Rebound with the original paper wraps bound inside. Rebound in half vellum. This ...

The Unknown Deserter

Clifford Harper · 1989 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.66 | $45.02 | ¥7,194)

Not Stated , Working Press, 1989. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce copy of this small biography of The Unknown Deserter, with illustrations. A scarce volume. The Unknown Deserter details the story of Aby Harris a teenage who volunteered to fight in the First World W...

Homecrafts in Sweden

Maj Sterner; Alice Stael Con Holstein · 1939 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.86 | $46.34 | ¥7,405)

Leigh-On-Sea, F. Lewis (Publishers) Limited, 1939 . Cloth. The scarce first English edition of this illustrated work on Swedish home crafts. First English edition of Homecrafts in Sweden by Maj Sterner, in the original publisher's cloth binding.Translated from the Swedish...

A Manual of Gothic Moldings: A Practical Treatise on Their Formations, Gradual Development, Combinations, and Varieties

F. A. Paley · 1848 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.80 | $66.20 | ¥10,579)

London , John Van Voorst , 1848. Cloth. A second edition copy of A Manual of Gothic Moldings, with illustrations and from the library of Malcolm Higgs. A second edition.A Manual of Gothic Moldings: A Practical Treatise on Their Formations, Gradual Development, Combinations, an...

Small Country Houses of to-Day

Sir Lawrence Weaver · 1922 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.51 | $158.88 | ¥25,390)

London, Country Life Limited, 1922. Cloth. Volumes I and II of this illustrated study of English country houses. Volumes I and II only. Second edition. Illustrated throughout with volume I containing 265 and volume II containing 297 photographs and plans. A study of English co...

Architectural Alphabet 1773

Johann David Steingruber · 1972 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.49 | $165.50 | ¥26,448)

London, The Merrion Press, 1972. Cloth. A very smart limited edition of this translated work from Johann David Steingruber. Limited edition. Limited to 425 copies of which this is number 368. Illustrated with thirty-three plates reproduced in facsimile. Collated complete. A ma...

Alphabets, Numerals and Devices of the Middle Ages

Henry Shaw · 1845 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.31 | $225.08 | ¥35,969)

London, Bernard Quaritch, 1845 . Cloth. An early edition of this beautifully illustrated collection of alphabets and typefaces of the middle ages in England. Early edition of Alphabets, Numerals and Devices of the Middle Ages by Henry Shaw rebound in quarter cloth binding. Pu...

The Poetry of Architecture: Or, the Architecture of the Nations of Europe Considered in Its Association with Natural Scenery and National Character

John Ruskin · 1893 · Rooke Books

£360.00 (€430.54 | $476.64 | ¥76,170)

Orpington; London , George Allen, 1893. Leather. A limited large paper edition of this influential work on architecture by John Ruskin. First thus. The limited Large Paper Edition. In the publisher's original half vellum binding with gilt detail. With a colour frontispiec...

Views of the Most Interesting Collegiate and Parochial Churches in Great Britain

John Preston Neale · 1824 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€328.88 | $364.10 | ¥58,186)

London , Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, and Sherwood, Jones and Co. 1824-1825. Leather. A leather bound two volumes in one copy of Views of the Most Interesting Collegiate and Parochial Churches in Great Britain, richly illustrated. Two volumes bound in one of th...

Lectures on Sculpture

John Flaxman · 1829 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.61 | $125.78 | ¥20,101)

London, John Murray, 1829 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this collection of lectures on sculpture by the Neoclassic sculpture John Flaxman with illustrations. First edition of Lectures on Sculpture by John Flaxman in half calf binding and cloth boards. A dense...

The Fine Arts of the English School; Illustrated by a Series of Engravings from Paintings, Sculpture, and Architecture, of Eminent English Artists

John Britton · 1812 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.03 | $317.76 | ¥50,780)

London, Printed at the Chiswick Press by C. Whittingham for Longman, Hurst et al, 1812. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this collection of essays about English artists, edited by John Britton and illustrated with twenty-four plates. The scarce first edition of thi...

Three Works by David Stanford

David Stanford · 2005 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.70 | $99.30 | ¥15,869)

London, Frances Lincoln Limited , 2005-2007 . First edition. Cloth. Three first edition works about Church architecture from around England by photographer David Stanford. Three first edition, first impressions of works by David Stanford in the original publisher's cloth ...

Rudiments of Architecture, Practical and Theoretical. Comprising Sections Upon the Materials Employed in Building. The Methods of Combining the Principals Materials. The Five Orders of Architecture with Their Parts, Profiles, and Proportions. A Cursory View of Ancient Architecture. A Dictionary of Technical Terms Used by Architects and Artificers. A Table of Foreign Measures of Length.

Joseph Gwilt · 1839 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.21 | $258.18 | ¥41,259)

London, M. Taylor, 1839. Cloth. An uncommon work by Joseph Gwilt, exploring the fundamentals of architecture in both practice and theory, complete with detailed plates. The second edition of this uncommon work.Illustrated with seventeen plates.Collated, complete.An extensive t...

An Introduction to English Church Architecture from the Eleventh to the Sixteenth Century

Francis Bond · 1913 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.49 | $165.50 | ¥26,448)

London , Humphrey Milford, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A complete two volume set of this monumental introduction to English Church Architecture, richly illustrated and in its first edition. James Anthony Leathart's copies, signed by him to the front free endpaper of both ...

Heirlooms in Miniatures

Anne Hollingsworth Wharton · 1898 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.45 | $50.31 | ¥8,040)

Philadelphia , J. B. Lippincott Company , 1898. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this collection of representative American portrait miniatures by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton. Containing a series of representative American miniatures accompanied with a record of ...

The Book of Lovat Claud Fraser

Haldane Macfall · 1923 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.51 | $158.88 | ¥25,390)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated biography of British artist Claud Lovat Fraser. First edition of The Book of Lovat Claud Fraser by Haldane Macfall in the original publisher's quarter cloth binding. This bio...

Country Cottages and Homes for Small and Large Estates Illustrated in a Series of Designs and Examples of Executed Works, with Descriptive Text and Fifty-Three Plates Reproduced from the Original Drawings in Line Half Tone and Colour

R. A. Briggs · 1910 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.51 | $158.88 | ¥25,390)

London, George Allen & Sons, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this richly illustrated guide to country cottages and homes, in excellent condition. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Frontispiece and 53 plates, some in...

C1952 the Treasure Doll Dressing Book and Story Book

1950 · Rooke Books

£97.00 (€116.01 | $128.43 | ¥20,524)

Not Stated, Purnell, c1952. Magazine. A very rare 1950s book of paper dolls for children, still in a wonderfully bright condition. A paper doll dressing up book in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. A very scarce and remarkably well-preserved children's ...

The Work of Jacques le Moyne de Morgues a Huguenot Artist in France Florida and England

Paul Hulton; Various · 1977 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€334.86 | $370.72 | ¥59,244)

London, British Museum Publications Limited, 1977. Cloth. A beautiful work of the pioneering art of Jacques le Moyne de Morgues, an important French artist of the sixteenth century, complete with almost 150 plates. Complete in two volumes.In the original slipcase, in a near fi...