Arkitektur

1887 Architectural Studies in Yorkshire

George Bertram Bulmer · 1887 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.62 | $58.26 | ¥9,310)

London and Leeds, McCorquodale & Co. Limited, 1887 . Cloth. A lovely limited Jubilee edition of this study of architecture in Yorkshire with monochrome plates. Early edition of Architectural Studies in Yorkshire by George Bertram Bulmer in the original publisher's cloth b...

Giovanni Segantini, the Story of His Life

L Villari · 1901 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.84 | $52.96 | ¥8,463)

London, T. Fisher Unwin , 1901. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this biographical work regarding the renowned Italian painter, Giovanni Segantini. A scarce first edition copy. Rebound in full cloth. With a frontispiece and seventy four reproductions of his ...

Aubrey Beardsley the Man and His Work

Haldane Macfall · 1935 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.78 | $72.82 | ¥11,637)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this biography of illustrator Aubrey Beardsley in the original publisher's binding. First edition of Aubrey Beardsley The Man and His Work by Haldane Macfall in the original publi...

A Companion of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic Architecture

John Henry Parker · 1840 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.63 | $119.16 | ¥19,043)

Oxford, Charles Tilt , 1840. Cloth. A comprehensive two volume set of architectural terms that is richly illustrated. A third, enlarged edition of this two volume set of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic architecture. The first volume contains the text and the ...

Hall Marks of Gold and Silver Plate

William Chaffers · 1905 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.78 | $72.82 | ¥11,637)

London, Reeves and Turner, 1905 . Cloth. The uncommon ninth extended and enlarged edition of this book on hall marks on silver and gold with illustrations. The ninth edition of Hall Marks on Gold and Silver Plate by William Chaffers in the original publisher's cloth bindi...

Home Interiors

Richard Goulburn Lovell · 1913 · Rooke Books

£975.00 (€1,166.04 | $1,290.89 | ¥206,295)

London, Caxton Publishing Company, 1913-1915. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of the very scarce first edition of Lovell's authoritative guide to home decoration and design in the 1910s. Published in five parts, and illustrated with thirty colour plates. The ver...

The Art of the Gold Chaser in Eighteenth-Century London

Richard Edgcumbe · 2000 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€472.40 | $522.98 | ¥83,576)

Oxford, Oxford University Press , 2000. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive work on Gold Chasers in Eighteenth Century London, with a signed slip by the author and copious illustrations. A first edition copy of this work on The Art of the Gold Chaser in Eighteenth-Century Lo...

Church Builders of the Nineteenth Century a Study of the Gothic Revival in England

Basil F. L. Clarke · 1969 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.45 | $50.31 | ¥8,040)

Trowbridge , David & Charles Reprints , 1969. Cloth. A smart reprint of Church Builders of the Nineteenth Century with illustrations throughout. A reprint of Church Builders of the Nineteenth Century A Study of the Gothic Revival in England, with a new preface by Sir Charles N...

Architecture

Sir Thomas Graham Jackson · 1925 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.74 | $86.06 | ¥13,753)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1925. First edition. Cloth. An extensive history of architecture written by one of the most distinguished British architects of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The volume is an extensive history of architecture starting with Early Gr...

Catalogue of the Pictures in the Dulwich College Gallery

Jean Paul Richter; John C.L. Sparkes · 1880 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.45 | $178.74 | ¥28,564)

London, Spottiswoode & Co. 1880. Leather. A very scarce referential work on the pictures in the Dulwich College Gallery, including accompanying biographies of the painters. A referential catalogue of the pictures held at the Dulwich College Gallery, including biographical noti...

George Morland: His Life and Works

Sir Walter Gilbey; E.D. Cuming · 1907 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.21 | $258.18 | ¥41,259)

London, Adam and Charles Black , 1907. First edition. Leather. A handsomely bound, first edition of this colourfully illustrated biography of artist George Morland, from a limited edition publication and signed by the author. A fascinating and comprehensive biography of eighte...

Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery & Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge

Bernard Rackham · 1987 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.70 | $99.30 | ¥15,869)

Cambridge , Antique Collectors' Club , 1987. Cloth. A catalogue of the Glaisher Collection at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, vol. I of a limited edition of one-thousand copies. A comprehensive, complete catalogue of the Glaisher collection of pottery and porcelains,...

The Eighteenth-Century Architecture of Bristol

C. F. W. Dening; J. E. Barton; Lawrence Weaver · 1923 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.49 | $165.50 | ¥26,448)

Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of C. F. W. Dening's exploration of the examples of eighteenth century architecture in Bristol, signed by Dening to the front endpaper. A first edition.Signed by the author to the recto to the f...

Mr. Pickwick

Charles Dickens · 1910 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€328.88 | $364.10 | ¥58,186)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1910]. First edition. Vellum. A beautifully illustrated, limited edition of selected pages from 'The Pickwick Papers,' signed by the artist. Selected papers from the first Charles Dickens' novel, with colourful and beautiful illustra...

The Art of Botanical Illustration

Wilfrid Blunt; William T. Stearn · 1994 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.78 | $72.82 | ¥11,637)

Not Stated , Antique Collectors' Club, the Royal Botanic Gardens , 1994. Cloth. An excellent large paper, illustrated survey of botanical art, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. A complete, detailed, and beautifully illustrated study of the portrayal of plant throu...

J. -B. Greuze Peintre de la Femme Et de la Jeune Fille Du Xviiie Siecle

Edmond Pilon · 1912 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€466.42 | $516.36 | ¥82,518)

Paris, H. Piazza, 1912. First edition. Leather. In a striking Hatchards binding, this Limited Edition celebration of the portraits of Jean-Baptiste Greuze is illustrated throughout with full plate reproductions of his work. In the original French.A Limited Edition, first editi...

Hop-Frog: Extrait de Nouvelles Histoires

Edgar Allan Poe; Charles Baudelaire [trans.] · 1986 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€478.38 | $529.60 | ¥84,634)

Bruxelles, Le Creuset, 1986. First edition. Leather. A very scarce Limited Edition of this revenge tale from Edgar Allan Poe, illustrated and signed by the artist Anne Velghe, and housed in a beautiful half calf box. Translated into French by Charles Baudelaire. The first edit...

John Constantine, Hellblazer: The Red Right Hand

Denise Mina · 2007 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.01 | $60.90 | ¥9,733)

New York, Vertigo, 2007. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition collection of issues from this long running comic about a streetwise detective magician. Signed by the author, Denise Mina. The first collected edition of these issues from the DC Comics series 'Joh...

Jack Lenor Larsen&Apos;S Long House

Jack Lenor Larsen's Long House · 2010 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.84 | $52.96 | ¥8,463)

San Francisco , Chronicle Books , 2010. First edition. Cloth. A splendid first impression of this charming volume exploring Jack Lenor Larsen's impressive LongHouse Reserve with numerous illustrations. The first edition, first impression exploring the impressive reserve o...

An Introduction to the Study of Costume, from Nudity to Raiment

Hilaire Hiler · 1929 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.72 | $92.68 | ¥14,811)

London, W. & G. Foyle, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition study of costume around the globe, beautifully illustrated in colour, and with numerous photographic examples. The first edition of this history of fashion, clothing and costume around the world fr...