Arkitektur

Eric Gill: An Introduction to His Work

Walter Shewring · 1964 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€591.99 | $655.38 | ¥104,734)

Chichester, Chichester City Museum, 1964 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of this short introduction to the work of Eric Gill. A signed presentation copy from Gill himself, with an additional signed letter from Gill. A signed copy of this very scarce i...

Modes & Manners of the Nineteenth Century Represented in the Pictures and Engravings of the Time

Dr. Oskar Fischel; Max von Boehn; M. Edwardes [translator]; Grace Thompson · 1927 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€538.17 | $595.80 | ¥95,213)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1927. Cloth. The enlarged second edition of this beautifully illustrated study of nineteenth century modes and manners, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Complete in four volumes. First published in English in 1909, this is the revised a...

Hark to Hounds

F. A. Stewart · 1937 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.51 | $158.88 | ¥25,390)

London, Collins , 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charmingly illustrated hunting book by Frank Algernon Stewart. The first edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Including hunts such as the Craven, the Cottesmore, the Whaddo...

Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840

Geoffrey Beard; Christopher Gilbert [editors] · 1986 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.20 | $129.75 | ¥20,735)

London, Furniture History Society: W. S. Maney and Son Ltd. 1986. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated dictionary of English furniture makers, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated with forty-three images across sixteen...

The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds; Gloucestershire: The Vale and the Forest of Dean

David Verey; L. V. Grinsell; Barry Cunliffe; Nikolaus Pevsner [ed.] · 1986 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.86 | $46.34 | ¥7,405)

London, Penguin, 1986-1998. Cloth. A very smart two-volume set on the architecture of Gloucestershire, with illustrations throughout. A two-volume set in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Illustrated with 103 plates to eac...

The Complete Works of William Hogarth, Including the Analysis of Beauty

William Hogarth · 1838 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.43 | $185.36 | ¥29,622)

London, S. Cornish and Co. 1838 . First edition. Cloth. A three volume first edition thus displaying the illustrations of prominent painter and pictorial satirist William Hogarth. A first edition thus, being the first three volume edition of Hogarth's complete works.A sca...

Delle Notizie de&Apos;Professori Del Disegno Da Cimabue in Qua

Filippo Baldinucci · 1683 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.49 | $165.50 | ¥26,448)

Firenze [Florence], Piero Matini, 1683 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Volume II only of Filippo Baldinucci's seminal biographical dictionary and historical account of Italian artists, primarily focusing on the period from the 13th century through to t...

Since Spindletop: A Human Story of Gulf&Apos;S First Half-Century

Craig Thompson · 1951 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.84 | $52.96 | ¥8,463)

Pittsburgh, Gulf Oil Limited , 1951. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing presentation copy of Gulf Oil's 50th-anniversary publication, celebrating and highlighting the company's development. A presentation copy of this work, with a tipped in letter from Gulf Oil Limited...

Great Flower Books 1700-1900: A Bibliographical Record of Two Centuries of Finely-Illustrated Flower Books

Sacheverell Sitwell; Wilfrid Blunt · 1990 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.60 | $64.88 | ¥10,368)

London, H. F. & G. Witherby, Ltd. 1990. Cloth. A smart illustrated edition of Great Flower Books recording two centuries of flower books with beautiful colour plates. Republished in 1990 to make the book available to private collectors in good condition. Illustrated with fifty...

A Manual History of Historic Ornament

Richard Glazier · 1948 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.70 | $99.30 | ¥15,869)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1948. Cloth. A smart sixth edition of this illustrated history of ornament and the development of the tradition. Sixth edition, revised and enlarged. Illustrated with eighty-five plates, six of which are in colour, and numerous in-text images. Colla...

Romney

Randall Davies · 1914 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.86 | $46.34 | ¥7,405)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1914. Cloth. with pleasing colour plates of some of his works. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with ___ colour plates.  In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with slight rubbing. Marks to the boards, inc...

Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonne of His Works

Humphry Ward; W. Roberts · 1904 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€352.80 | $390.58 | ¥62,417)

London, Thos. Agnew & Sons, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A complete first edition set of this illustrated study on the life and works of George Romney, inscribed by the author. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author, dated July 1905. With for...

London Houses from 1660 to 1820: A Consideration of Their Architecture and Detail

A. E. Richardson; C. Lovett Gill · 1911 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.82 | $59.58 | ¥9,521)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this highly illustrated architectural history of London. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, ninety-eight plates, many in-text images, and plans to the endpapers. Collated complete. A ...

A Bibliography of the Works of William Morris

Temple Scott · 1897 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.68 | $105.92 | ¥16,927)

London, Geo. Bell and Sons, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A bright bibliography of the works of William Morris, including his poems, art, translations and contributions to periodicals. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A pleasing b...

Ancient Models; or, Hints on Church-Building

Charles Anderson · 1841 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.70 | $99.30 | ¥15,869)

London, James Burns, 1841. Cloth. An uncommon treatise on church architecture, an interesting work by Charles Anderson. A revised edition of this uncommon work.Charles Anderson's detailed treatise on the architecture of churches, which chapters devotes to the exterior and...

The Saturday Book No. 22

ed. John Hadfield · 1962 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.82 | $59.58 | ¥9,521)

London, Hutchinson, 1962. First edition. Cloth. The twenty-second book of this annual miscellany, published from 1941 to 1975, covering a range of arts. A signed first edition in publisher's original binding, complete with unclipped dust wrapper.A smart copy, signed &apos...

The Builder, an Illustrated Weekly Magazine

George Godwin · 1848 · Rooke Books

£5,500.00 (€6,577.66 | $7,281.95 | ¥1,163,716)

London, The Builder Publishing Office, 1848-67. Cloth. An impressive run of the incredibly popular 'Builder' magazine, an illustrated architectural monthly publication exploring all feats of design and architecture. An impressive set of seventeen volumes of the impor...

Crumbling Idols: Twelve Essays on Art Dealing Chiefly with Literature, Painting and the Drama

Hamlin Garland · 1894 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.20 | $129.75 | ¥20,735)

Chicago and Cambridge, Stone and Kimball, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely example of the first edition of this collection of twelve essays by American literary figure Hamlin Garland. The first edition.The twelve essays in this collection include 'The Influence of Is...

Fantocci No. 28: Turco, Arlecchino, Pierotto, Chinese

Anonymous · 1979 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.72 | $92.68 | ¥14,811)

Munchen, Franz-Josef Holler, 1979 . First edition. Hardback. A very scarce collection of four brightly illustrated 'hampelmanner', or jumping jacks, which can be assembled into puppets. In the original German.Five vibrantly illustrated sheets loosely inserted in the ...

Dimensional Mazes: An Entirely New Way of Losing Yourself in a Book

David Pelham · 1989 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.84 | $52.96 | ¥8,463)

New York , Viking Penguin Inc. 1989. First edition. Hardback. A bright pop-up book containing a challenging series of dimensional mazes in bold colour. The first edition. This work contains six challenging dimensional puzzles in vibrant colour. With the answers to each of the...