Arkitektur

A Guide to the Architectural Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Oxford

John Henry Parker · 1842 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.74 | $165.13 | ¥26,372)

Oxford, John Henry Parker, 1842-46. First edition. Leather. The complete four volume set on the architecture of Oxford churches and landmarks, bound in half-crushed morocco into one volume with various illustrations.Prior owner bookplate, belonging to archaeologist Sinclair Fr...

Whistler As I Knew Him

Mortimer Menpes · 1904 · Rooke Books

£215.00 (€257.56 | $284.02 | ¥45,360)

New York and London, The Macmillan Company, 1904. Cloth. A delightful first edition of Mortimer Menpe's biography of American painter James McNeill Whistler, lavishly illustrated with colour plates and plates in monochrome throughout. Best known for the painting made depi...

George Morland: His Life and Works

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

£80.00 (€95.83 | $105.68 | ¥16,878)

London, Adam and Charles Black , 1907. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of this volume recounting of George Morland's life and career as a painter, with lovely coloured plates. The first trade edition of this work, published simultaneously as a deluxe limited...

Catalogue of the Highly Important Collection of Modern Pictures of James Price

Anonymous · 1895 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.70 | $191.55 | ¥30,592)

London, Christie, Manson & Woods, 1895. Leather. The scarce catalogue from the auctions of the paintings belonging to James Price, Esq. particularly those from the Early English school. Illustrated with nearly one hundred depictions of the works auctioned.Including works by J....

The Country Home Volume V

Various · 1910 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.52 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, The Sphere and Tatler , 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce volume, a magazine dedicated to the country home and life. Volume V of The Country Home magazine, from April to September 1910. Featuring numerous articles concerning modern country st...

The Builder, an Illustrated Weekly Magazine Volume LVIII & LVIX

ed. H. H. Statham · 1890 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.33 | $429.33 | ¥68,567)

London, Office, 1890. Cloth. A scarce collection of the issues of 'The Builder' magazine from the year 1890; two volumes bound as one. With folding plans and plates throughout. Volume XXVIII, of the year 1870.Founded in 1843 by Joseph Aloysius Hansom, The Builder, to...

More Famous Houses of Bath & District: Being the Second Series of That Work

J. F. Meehan · 1906 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.70 | $64.73 | ¥10,338)

Bath, B. & J. F. Meehan, 1906. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated study of the eighteenth century residents of Bath and its surroundings, and the houses they occupied. The first edition of this study of the grand homes of Bath and Somerset. This work is the second series, pr...

Contes de Haute-Lisse

Jerome Doucet · 1899 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.40 | $383.09 | ¥61,183)

Paris, Bernoux et Cumin, 1899 . Cloth. A charmingly illustrated Limited Edition collection of French short stories, decorated in a distinctive Art Nouveau style A Limited Edition, no. 335 of 500 copies printed in this edition.Illustrated throughout by English artist Garth Jone...

Les Merveilles de L&Apos;Architecture

André Lefévre · 1867 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.88 | $79.26 | ¥12,659)

Paris , Librairie de L. Hachette , 1867. Leather. A charming volume on the beauties of architecture, bound in an attractive half calf over marbled boards, and adorned with some striking illustrations. A charming volume exploring the wonders of architecture, the twelfth edition...

City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Illustrated Handbook to the Permanent Collections of Industrial Art Objects

Whitworth Wallis; Arthur Bensley Chamberlain · 1912 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.93 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Birmingham, City of Birmingham, c1900. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this handbook to the industrial art collections, published by the city of Birmingham. A very useful and comprehensive guidebook to the City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. This particular guidebook cover...

The Complete Graphic Works of William Blake

David Bindman · 1978 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.40 | $129.46 | ¥20,676)

London, Thames and Hudson, 1978. First edition. Cloth. An exhaustive annotated catalogue of the engravings and illustrations of William Blake, with reproductions of his illustrations throughout. The first edition of this comprehensive study of the graphic art of Romantic poet ...

Catalogue of the Plate of Oxford Colleges

E. Alfred Jones · 1938 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.41 | $376.49 | ¥60,128)

Oxford and London, Oxford University Press, 1938-44. Cloth. A beautiful collection detailing the plate of four prominent Oxford colleges, each illustrated with photographs of these important relics. Four volumes, detailing the plate of Magdalen College, the Queen's Colleg...

The Drainage of Town & Country Houses

G. A. T. Middleton · 1903 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, B. T. Batsford, 1903 . Cloth. A fascinating practical examination of modern drainage solutions, richly illustrated. Containing chapters on pipes, urinals, water-closets, sinks, rain-water, stable drainage, laws, drain cleaning and testing, as well as model specificatio...

A New Touch-Stone for Gold and Silver Wares

William Badcock; William O'Sullivan · 1970 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.60 | $257.60 | ¥41,140)

Shannon, Irish University Press, 1970. Leather. A striking limited edition facsimile of the second edition of William Badcock's influential work on the gold and silver trade. A limited edition work, limited to one hundred copies bound in Niger Morocco by Desmond Smith. Th...

William Morris in Private Press and Limited Editions: A Descriptive Bibliography of Books by and About William Morris

John Walsdorf · 1983 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.88 | $79.26 | ¥12,659)

Phoenix, Oryx Press, 1983. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this comprehensive work of bibliography concerning works associated with the artist William Morris. The first edition of this work, with the publisher's original slipcase.John Walsdorf's extensive ...

The Cabinet Album Views of Southampton and Neighbourhood

0 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.93 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1898. Cloth. A very scarce, Concertina-style book showcasing photo impressions of Southampton and surrounding areas. A charming concertina style set of photo impressions of Southampton and neighbourhood at the start of the Twentieth Century. A very sca...

Toneel En Dans in de Japanse Kunst

Various · 1950 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.83 | $105.68 | ¥16,878)

's-Gravenhage , Gemeentemuseum, 1950. First edition. Paperback. A fantastic Dutch exhibition catalogue issued in a portfolio exploring theatre and dance in Japanese art, complete with twenty Japanese prints. The first edition, a very scarce pamphlet. A very charming pamph...

A Wanderer in London

E. V. Lucas · 1925 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.94 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Methuen and Co, 1925. Leather. A tour of London during the interwar period. With colour plates and in a full calf binding. Illustrated throughout, and featuring a map of London. With 16 colour plates by English artist Nelson Dawson. Collated, complete.E. V. Lewis, an E...

Mr. Pickwick, Pages from the Pickwick Papers

Charles Dickens · 1910 · Rooke Books

£147.00 (€176.10 | $194.19 | ¥31,014)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. Cloth. Selections from Dickens' first novel, beautifully illustrated with colour plates. With 25 full colour plates and lettered tissue guards. Collated, complete.A beautifully illustrated first edition thus of Charles Dickens' fir...

Nollekens and His Times; Comprehending a Life of That Celebrated Sculptor

John Thomas Smith · 1828 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.73 | $171.73 | ¥27,427)

London, Henry Colburn, 1828. First edition. Leather. A candid biography of this British scultor, complete in two volumes bound in contemporary leather. This biography has been described as being 'perhaps the most candid biography ever published in the English language&apo...