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Murray&Apos;S Berkshire Architectural Guide

John Betjeman (ed.); John Piper (ed.). · 1949 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.78 | $72.82 | ¥11,637)

London , John Murray, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this architectural guide to the county of Berkshire, richly illustrated. A first edition copy. This is an architectural guide to Berkshire, giving an introduction to the county and exploring the houses ...

The Family House in England

Andrew Henderson · 1964 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.41 | $191.98 | ¥30,680)

London, Phoenix House, 1964. First edition. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated architectural study of the English domestic house, written and illustrated by Andrew Henderson. The author's presentation copy. The first edition of this work. Author's presentation copy inscr...

The Foreign Tour of Brown, Jones, and Robinson

Richard Doyle · 1854 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.63 | $119.16 | ¥19,043)

London, Bradbury & Evans, 1854 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this lovely collection of satire and comic illustrations by Richard Doyle. First edition of The Foreign Tour of Brown, Jones, and Robinson by Richard Doyle in full morocco binding. Being the history...

Antiquarian Prejudice

John Betjeman · 1939 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.45 | $50.31 | ¥8,040)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1939. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this architectural lecture from John Betjeman. First edition. Only printing. This essay on antiquarian architecture was originally delivered as a lecture to the Group Theatre. Written by John Betje...

Stirlingshire an Inventory of the Ancient Monuments

1963 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.20 | $129.75 | ¥20,735)

Edinburgh , The Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A complete two volume set of this inventory of the monuments of Stirlingshire, with folding maps and illustrations. Ann extensive survey of Stirlingshire, a historic c...

The School of Arts; or, Fountain of Knowledge

0 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.49 | $165.50 | ¥26,448)

London, Printed and Sold by Dean and Munday, c1830 . Paperback. A very scarce edition of this collection of receipts, tips and tricks by British artists. The School of Arts; Or, Fountain of Knowledge in the original paper wraps. Containing several hundred truly valuable and u...

Royal Newmarket

R. C. Lyle · 1945 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.86 | $46.34 | ¥7,405)

London, Putnam & Co. Ltd, 1945. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated history of Royal Newmarket. First edition. Highly illustrated throughout with ten colour plates and many black and white drawings. Collated complete. A brief history of this area of Suf...

Regional Architecture of the West of England

A. E. Richardson; C. Lovett Gill · 1924 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.41 | $63.55 | ¥10,156)

London , Ernest Benn Limited, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this fascinating local architectural history of the West of England. A first edition copy. A fascinating volume of local architecture from the West of England, exploring the city of Exeter...

The Sculptured Bosses in the Roof of the Bauchun Chapel of Our Lady of Pity in Norwich Cathedral

Montague Rhodes James; W. T. Bensly · 1908 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.49 | $165.50 | ¥26,448)

Norwich , Printed by Goose and Son, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce volume concerned with the sculptured bosses in the roof of the Bauchun Chapel in Norwich Cathedral. A very scarce volume, rarely seen on the online market. Descriptive of the sculptured bosses in the...

The Arts & Crafts of Ancient Egypt

W. M. Flinders Petrie · 1910 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.72 | $92.68 | ¥14,811)

London & Edinburgh, T. N. Foulis, 1910 . Cloth. The uncommon second edition of this work by Egyptologist Flinders Petrie with illustrations. Second edition of The Arts & Crafts of Ancient Egypt by W. M. Flinders Petrie in the original publisher's cloth binding. Published...

The National Gallery Volume I

1836 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.41 | $191.98 | ¥30,680)

London, Jones & Co. 1836 . Leather. A very scarce edition of this catalogue from the National Gallery with multiple full page engravings. Very scarce edition of The National Gallery Volume I in half morocco binding and cloth boards. With only one other copy held in libraries....

The Chippendale Period in English Furniture

K. Warren Clouston · 1897 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.51 | $158.88 | ¥25,390)

London and New York, Debenham & Freebody; Edward Arnold, 1897 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated collection of furniture designs from the Chippendale period. First edition of The Chippendale Period in English Furniture by K. Warren Cloust...

A Catalogue of Engravings After the Finest Pictures of the Schools of Europe; Systematically Arranged Under the Painters, and by Index to the Subjects: Accompanied by a List of Works in Progress or Recently Completed: Forming Part of the Stock of Hodgson and Graves

None · 1836 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.70 | $99.30 | ¥15,869)

London, Pall-Mall, 1836. Cloth. A very scarce catalogue of engravings forming a part of the stock of Hodgson and Graves. Very scarce. A catalogue of engravings after the finest pictures of the schools of Europe; systematically arranged under the painters, and by index to the s...

Examplars of Tudor Architecture, Adapted to Modern Habitations

T. F. Hunt · 1836 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€298.98 | $331.00 | ¥52,896)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1836. Leather. The scarce second edition of Thomas Frederick Hunt's beautifully illustrated analysis of the styles of Tudor architecture. First published in 1830, in this work architect T. F. Hunt analyses Tudor arch...

Wrought Iron and Its Decorative Use

Maxwell Ayrton; Arnold Silcock · 1929 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.27 | $238.32 | ¥38,085)

London, Country Life LTD, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition of this Country Life volume exploring wrought iron and its many decorative uses, lavishly illustrated throughout. The first edition.Michael Ayrton and Arnold Silcock's conclusive work on wrought ...

Blake Studies, Notes on His Life and Works

Geoffrey Keynes · 1949 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.51 | $158.88 | ¥25,390)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1949. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work on the life and artwork of William Blake, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A fascinating biographical work on the life and artwork of William Blake. Blake was a poet and painter of the ...

The Polite Arts, or, a Dissertation on Poetry, Painting, Musick, Architecture and Eloquence

Anonymous · 1749 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€711.58 | $787.77 | ¥125,893)

London, J. Osborn; T. Lownds, 1749. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this delightful mid eighteenth century study of the 'polite arts&apos. The very scarce first edition of this anonymously authored study of the 'polite arts', defined in ...

Cours D&Apos;Architecture Qui Comprend Les Ordres de Vignole

A. C. Davilier [Augustin-Charles d'Aviler] · 1691 · Rooke Books

£1,150.00 (€1,375.33 | $1,522.59 | ¥243,322)

Paris, Jean Mariette, 1691 . Leather. The seventeenth century architect Augustin-Charles d'Aviler's richly illustrated architectural study, published in the same year as the first edition. In the original French.With the illustrated first part but lacks the unillustr...

An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of English Architecture, from the Conquest to the Reformation with Notice of Eight Hundred English Buildings: Preceded by a Sketch of the Grecian and Roman Orders

Thomas Rickman · 1819 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€346.82 | $383.96 | ¥61,360)

London , Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819. Cloth. A second edition copy of this architectural work, with illustrations. A second edition copy of An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of English Architecture, from the Conquest to the Reformation with Notice of Eight ...

Royal Newmarket

R. C. Lyle; Adair Dighton · 1945 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.74 | $86.06 | ¥13,753)

London, Putnam & Co. Ltd. 1945 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brief illustrated history of Royal Newmarket in the scarce original dust wrapper. First edition of Royal Newmarket by R. C. Lyle in the original publisher's green cloth binding and unclipped ...