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Guide to Knole, Its State Rooms, Pictures, and Antiquities, with a Short Account of the Possessors and Park of Knole.

None · 1910 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.83 | $105.68 | ¥16,878)

Sevenoaks, J. Salmon, 1910. Cloth. A very smart guide to Knole, one of the few English houses open regularly to the general public at the start of the 20th century. New authorized edition. Knole is a country house and former archbishop's palace owned by the National Trust...

The Architecture of George Pace 1915-75

Peter G. Pace · 1990 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.86 | $92.47 | ¥14,768)

London , B. T. Batsford, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful first edition copy of this comprehensive exploration of the works of George Pace. A detailed and richly illustrated account of the architectural work of George Pace and a study on the fundamentals of ecclesiastic...

The Growth of the English House, a Short History of Its Architectural Development from 1100 to 1800

J. Alfred Gotch · 1909 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, B. T. Batsford, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this architectural history of English houses with illustrations. First edition of The Growth of the English House, A Short History of its Architectural Development from 1100 to 1800 by J. Alfred Gotch. ...

A Catalogue of Pictures, Sculpture & Models in the Collection of the Royal Artillery Mess Woolwich

Lieutenant-Colonel K. S. B. Wintle · 1977 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Not Stated, Privately printed, 1977. Paperback. A scarce catalogue of art in the collection of the Royal Artillery Mess, Woolwich. A catalogue in a quarter cloth binding and the original paper wraps. A catalogue of paintings, sculpture and models in the Royal Artillery Mess, W...

Practical Illustrations of the Principles of School Architecture

Henry Barnard · 1854 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.70 | $191.55 | ¥30,592)

Hartford, Case, Tiffany & Co, 1854 . Leather. An exceptionally lovely copy of a very scarce circular derived from the 1854 fifth edition of Barnard's 'School Architecture', distributed amongst English and Irish school officials. Illustrated throughout. A scarce ...

A Handy Book of Villa Architecture

C. Wickes · 1859 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.63 | $237.78 | ¥37,976)

London , Crosby Lockwood & CO, 1859. Cloth. A scarce volume of detailed architectural drawings for the architecture of villas. A scarce volume. This volume is a series of design for villa residences in various styles by Charles Wickes. The volume includes five designs and thi...

Roman Sculptures from Eastern England

Janet Huskinson · 1994 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.86 | $92.47 | ¥14,768)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this catalogue of sculpture from Eastern England, with illustrations. A first edition copy of this work. This is a fascinating catalogue of Roman Britain sculpture, specifically from E...

Quest for Sita of Ravana the Dark Angel and His Paradise at Lanka

Maurice Collis · 1946 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.50 | $317.04 | ¥50,634)

London, Faber and Faber, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A lovely, limited edition copy of this beautifully illustrated retelling of a section from the Sanskrit epic 'The Ramayana&apos. A beautifully illustrated retelling of this classic Sanskrit epic 'The Ramayana'...

Life and Labours of Hablot Knight Browne, "Phiz

David Croal Thomson · 1884 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.69 | $198.15 | ¥31,646)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1884. First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition biography of the life and work of famed Victorian era illustrator Hablot Knight Brown, better known as Phiz. Number eleven of two hundred limited edition copies produced, initialled by the author -...

The Decorative Art of Sir Edward Burne-Jones

Aymer Vallance · 1900 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.60 | $257.60 | ¥41,140)

London, J. S. Virtue, 1900. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce Easter 1900 special number of The Art Journal, an issue celebrating the work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones. The very scarce first edition of this wonderfully illustrated biography of pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood artis...

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece Volumes I, II and III Renaissance in Italy Italian Literature Parts I and II Renaissance in Italy the Catholic Reaction Parts I and II Renaissance in Italy Revival of Learning Renaissance in Italy the Age of the Despots Renaissance in Italy the Fine Arts

John Addington Symonds · 1898 · Rooke Books

£960.00 (€1,150.01 | $1,268.17 | ¥202,537)

London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1898-1905. Leather. Symonds' seven-volume Renaissance in Italy and three-volume Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, in a handsome half calf binding. In half calf bindings. Bookplate to the front paste down of each volume, showing that th...

Home Interiors

Richard Goulburn Lovell · 1913 · Rooke Books

£820.00 (€982.30 | $1,083.22 | ¥173,001)

London, Caxton Publishing Company, 1913-1915. First edition. Cloth. 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 very scarce first edition ...

The Moscow Kremlin in Watercolour, Watercolours and Lithographs of the Xixth Century

Irina Alexandrovna Rodimtseva; Irina Andreievna Bogatskaia; Emmanuel Ducamp (ed) · 1994 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.82 | $112.29 | ¥17,933)

Paris, Alain de Gourcuff Editeur, 1994 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this lovely art book bringing together watercolours and lithographs from the State Museum of the Kremlin in Moscow. First edition, first printing of The Moscow Kremlin in Watercolour, Waterc...

The Ideals of the East

Okakura-Kakuzo; Hiroshi Muraoka · 1942 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.73 | $171.73 | ¥27,427)

Tokyo, Kenkyusha, 1942 . Cloth. An early very scarce edition of this art and art history book of Asia in the original dust wrapper. Early edition of The Ideals of the East by Okakura-Kakuzo in the original publisher's binding and clipped dust wrapper.A very scarce edition...

The Era of the Photograph a Social History

Michel F. Braive · 1966 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.40 | $129.46 | ¥20,676)

London , Thames and Hudson , 1966. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful and comprehensive social history of photography that is richly illustrated throughout. A first English edition of this work, translated from the original French edition that was published in 1965. This volume...

House and Cottage Construction

Harry Bryant Newbold; Guy Cadogan Rothery; Paul Willoughby; Various · 1923 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.70 | $191.55 | ¥30,592)

London, Caxon Publishing Company, Limited. 1923 . First edition. Cloth. Three volumes of the first edition, first printing of this book of houses and construction with colour plates. The first edition of House and Cottage Constructions by Harry Bryant Newbold in the original p...

Walks Through the Studj of the Sculptors at Rome with a Brief Historical and Critical Sketch of Sculpture. Volume II

Count Hawks Le Grace · 1841 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.65 | $224.57 | ¥35,866)

Rome, Crispino Puccineili , 1841 . First edition. Vellum. The first edition of this interesting historical and contemporary study of sculptors in Rome from the mid nineteenth century. First edition of Volume II, in vellum binding, of this study of sculpture in Rome from 1841 b...

Observations on the Architecture of England During the Reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King James I

Charles James Richardson · 1837 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.71 | $184.94 | ¥29,537)

London, John Weale, Architectural Library, 1837. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition architectural study of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras in England, a lavishly illustrated volume. The first edition of this scarce work.Illustrated with a folding plate to the fro...

The Buildings of England

Nikolaus Pevsner · 1979 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.88 | $79.26 | ¥12,659)

London , Penguin Books, 1979-1988. Leather. A smart four volume set of the series The Buildings of England, with illustrations throughout. Four volumes from The Buildings of England series. The first volumes of this series came out in 1951 and the founding editor of the series...

The Discourses of Joshua Reynolds to Which Are Added His Letters to &Apos;the Idler&Apos;

Joshua Reynolds; Austin Dobson · 1907 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.92 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London, Henry Frowde , [1907]. Cloth. World's Classics edition of the discourses on art by Joshua Reynolds, with an introduction by Austin Dobson. A series of lectures delivered by Sir Joshua Reynolds at the Royal Academy between 1769 and 1790, best remembered for their s...