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Tombes Geometriques D&Apos;Argos, I (1952-1958)

Paul Courbin · 1974 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.55 | $145.64 | ¥23,274)

Paris, Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, 1974. First edition. Paperback. A first French volume exploring the archeology of Argos, with illustrations. A first edition copy. In the original French.This volume explores the Geometric tombs of the city of Argos in Peloponnese and i...

Late Victorian Photograph Album

None · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.51 | $158.88 | ¥25,390)

London, London Studios, c1895. Cloth. A fascinating late Victorian period photograph album with images from various studios in London. Late Victorian photograph album. Contains thirty leaves with one space for a photograph on each page. With twenty-one filled with images from ...

Domestic Architecture: Containing a History of the Science, and the Principles of Designing Public Edifices, Private Dwelling-Houses, Country Mansions, and Suburban Villas

Richard Brown · 1852 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.00 | $324.38 | ¥51,838)

London, Bernard Quaritch, 1852 . Leather. A smart copy of Richard Brown's richly illustrated Victorian-era study of the history of architecture. First published in 1842, this is the work of Richard Brown, a Professor of Architecture and author of a number of architectural...

An Attempt to Determine the Exact Character of Elizabethan Architecture

James Hakewill · 1835 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.00 | $324.38 | ¥51,838)

London, John Weale, 1835 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of architect James Hakewill's very scarce study of Elizabethan architecture, illustrated with eight plates by the author. The work of architect James Hakewill, best known for his illustrated publications, ...

Remarks on Secular & Domestic Architecture Present & Future

George Gilbert Scott · 1858 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.20 | $129.75 | ¥20,735)

London , John Murray , 1858. Cloth. A second edition copy of this work on domestic architecture by George Gilbert Scott. A second edition copy. Remarks on Secular & Domestic Architecture Present & Future explores the state of domestic architecture in the mid 1800s, the reviva...

One Set of Valve Models for Marine Engineers Consisting of Piston Valve (Steam Inside) Piston Valve (Steam Outside) Common Slide Valve Double Ported Valve

1894 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.27 | $238.32 | ¥38,085)

London, Tower Publishing Compay, [1894]. Unbound. A very scarce set of valve models for marine engineers by Tower Publishing Company. A very scarce work, rarely seen in commerce. Found institutionally only at the British Library and the University of Cambridge Libraries.Contai...

Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects

Various · 1924 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,189.96 | $1,317.37 | ¥210,527)

London , Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, 1924-1938. First edition. Cloth. Eleven volumes of Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, from 1924-1938. Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects is an architecture magazine which was fo...

Sketches in London

James Grant · 1838 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.74 | $86.06 | ¥13,753)

London, W. S. Orr & Co, 1838. First edition. Leather. An illustrated first edition collection of satirical sketches of London at the beginning of the Victorian era, illustrated by Phiz. The first edition of this work.A satirical topographical sketch of London as it was just at...

Antoni Gaudi

James Johnson Sweeney; Josep Lluis Sert · 1960 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.78 | $72.82 | ¥11,637)

London, The Architectural Press, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A neat first edition of this collection of Antoni Gaudi's works with biographical notes. First edition. Illustrated throughout with 193 pictures and plans, some of which are in colour. A collection of the works,...

Epstein: A Camera Study of the Sculptor at Work

Laurie Lee · 1957 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.52 | $91.36 | ¥14,599)

London , Andre Deutsch, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this photographic study of sculptor Jacob Epstein. A first edition copy of this photographic study of the sculptor Jacob Epstein at work. With an introduction by Laurie Lee and photographs by Ge...

Harding&Apos;S Portfolio

James Duffield Harding · 1837 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€298.98 | $331.00 | ¥52,896)

London, Charles Tilt, 1837 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this portfolio by British artist James Duffield Harding in leather binding. First edition of Harding's Portfolio in half calf binding and cloth boards. A lovely scarce collection of tinted l...

The Waveryley Gallery of the Principle Female Characters in Sir Walter Scott&Apos;S Romances: From Original Paintings by Eminent Artists Engraved Under the Superintendence of Charles Heath.

None · 1841 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.74 | $86.06 | ¥13,753)

London, Tilt and Bogue, 1841. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first edition of this collection of artworks based on the principal female characters in Sir Walter Scott's romances. First edition. Illustrated with thirty-six plates of engravings from original paintings fr...

The Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art Volume Seventeen

Various · 1899 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.68 | $105.92 | ¥16,927)

London , The Studio , 1899. Cloth. A lovely bright copy of volume seventeen of The Studio, with colour plates. A lovely copy of The Studio An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art Volume Seventeen. The Studio was an illustrated fine arts and decorative arts magazine pu...

Views of the Most Interesting Collegiate and Parochial Churches in Great Britain Including Screens, Fronts, Monuments

John Preston Neale; John Le Keux · 1924 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€406.62 | $450.16 | ¥71,939)

London , Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, Paternoster-Row etc, 1924-1925. Leather. Two volumes in one of views of collegiate and church architecture, richly illustrated. Thomas Rickman's copy, signed to the front free endpaper. Rickman was an English architect and a ...

The Life and Work of Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Helen M. M. Rossetti · 1902 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.63 | $119.16 | ¥19,043)

London, The Art Journal Office, 1902. First edition. Cloth. The Art Journal's very scarce 1902 Easter Annual, focusing on the life and work of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, with beautiful plates. An annual in the publisher's original cloth binding. All edges gilt. Illustra...

Three Works from Bell&Apos;S Cathedral Series

Gleeson White, Edward F. Strange (eds.); Percy Dearmer; A. B. Clifton; H. J. L. J. Masse · 1900 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.51 | $158.88 | ¥25,390)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1900-1909 . Cloth. A collection of works from this architectural series on British Cathedrals with illustrations. Early editions of three works from Bell's Cathedral Series in the original publisher's cloth bindings. Edited by Gleeson Whi...

Adam Bede

George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans] · 1859 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.86 | $46.34 | ¥7,405)

London & Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, Limited , c1914 . Cloth. A lovely illustrated edition of Mary Ann Evans's debut novel first published in 1859 with colour plates by George Browne. Illustrated edition of Adam Bede by Mary Ann Evans in the original publisher's clo...

Henry Alken

Walter Shaw Sparrow · 1927 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.41 | $191.98 | ¥30,680)

London, Williams and Norgate, LTD, 1927. Cloth. A lavishly illustrated limited edition study on the sporting paintings of Henry Alken, a signed work complete with plates in colour and monochrome. The first limited edition, limited to 250 copies, this copy numbered 182. Signed...

Robes of Thespis, Costume Designs by Modern Artists

Rupert Mason; George Sheringham; R. Boyd Morrison · 1928 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€538.17 | $595.80 | ¥95,213)

London, Ernest Benn, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this richly illustrated study of theatre costume, in the scarce publisher's original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original dust wrapper, price unclipped.Illustrated throughout, with a frontispi...

The English Interior a Review of the Decoration of English Homes from Tudor Times to the Xixth Century

Arthur Stratton · 0 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.39 | $198.60 | ¥31,738)

London, B. T. Batsford, c1920. Cloth. A very smart copy of this history of English home interiors, filled with photographs. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bookplate to the front paste down. Frontispiece and a further 115 plates (a few of which are in colour), ...