Arkitektur

Memories of James Mcneill Whistler the Artist

T.R. Way · 1912 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.42 | $116.25 | ¥18,566)

London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1912 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this copiously illustrated reminiscent work on painter James McNeill Whistler by T.R. Way. The first edition. In the publisher's original brown cloth.With a frontispiece, and 37 lith...

The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty the King at Windsor Castle

A.E. Popham; Johannes Wilde · 1949 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, The Phaidon Press, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this copiously illustrated volume on the Italian drawings held at Windsor Castle. The first edition.In the publisher's original red cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece, 176 plates, a...

The Venture: An Annual of Art and Literature

Various; James Joyce; Edmund Gosse; Charles Marriott; Alice Meynell et. al. · 1905 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€658.86 | $726.55 | ¥116,037)

London, John Baillie, 1905. First edition. Cloth. The second of only two annuals issued of 'The Venture', offering an anthology of artistic and literary contributions from James Joyce, Alice Meynell, Arthur Rackham and others. First edition, being the second of only ...

Dalmatia the Quarnero and Istria with Cettigne in Montenegro and the Island of Grado

T.G. Jackson · 1887 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.65 | $224.57 | ¥35,866)

Oxford, At The Clarendon Press, 1887. Cloth. A copiously illusttated two volume set of architectural and historical accounts of Croatia, Montenegro, and Grado. An early edition.Two volumes, lacking the third.In the original green cloth bindings.Vol I is illustrated with a fold...

A Cabinet of Portraits Consisting of Distinguished Characters, British and Foreign: Accompanied with a Brief Memoir of Each Person

Anonymous · 1823 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€658.86 | $726.55 | ¥116,037)

London, William Darton, 1823. Leather. A scarce edition of this collection of portraits of noted historical figures. An attractive volume, in a handsome calf binding. Anonymously published, this scarce work is is profusely illustrated With 64 plates, including portraits of Sir...

Relics of Ancient Architecture and Other Picturesque Scenes in Glasgow Thirty Drawings by Thomas Fairbairn

Thomas Fairbairn James Pagan and James H Stoddart. · 1896 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.02 | $627.48 | ¥100,214)

Glasgow , David Bryce and Son. 1896. Cloth. A collection of drawings by Thomas Fairbairn. These drawings indicate some of the fascinating architecture and beautiful picturesque scenes in Glasgow. This is a special re-issue of fifty copies of a work published in 1895 and only f...

Venetian Villas

Michelangelo Muraro and Paolo Marton · 1986 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.84 | $92.46 | ¥14,766)

Germany, Konemann, 1986. Cloth. A meticulously detailed exploration into villas in the province of the Veneto. First edition thus. Introduced through stunning photography throughout, four-hundred and thirty-eight of which are in colour by Michelangelo Muraro. Featuring its ori...

La Revolution Surrealiste

Various · 1975 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.49 | $323.65 | ¥51,689)

Paris, Editions Jean Michel Place, 1975. Cloth. A handsome copy of La Revolution Surrealiste, in the original dust wrapper. A facsimile of the daring publication from the surrealist painters of the early twentieth century. A handsome uncommon copy of the La Revolution Surreali...

Puffin Picture Book Series: Eight Attractive Works

Various [ed. by Noel Carrington] · 1942 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.64 | $231.18 | ¥36,921)

London, Puffin, 1942-1954. First edition. Paperback. Eight first editions within the Puffin Picture Book series, including scarce works, written during a period when the world was undergoing great change. Eight first editions within the charming Puffin Picture Book series, edi...

Contemporary Art Brazil

Hossein Amirsadeghi [Ed.]; Catherine Petitgras [Ed.]; Various · 2012 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.40 | $129.46 | ¥20,676)

London, Thames and Hudson in association with TransGlobe Publishing Limited, 2012 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this richly illustrated first edition survey of contemporary Brazilian art, signed by the executive editor and complete with the original unclipped dust w...

Artistic Signs: How to Design and Make Them

E.L. Koller · 1924 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.40 | $129.46 | ¥20,676)

Scranton, International Textbook Company, 1924 . Cloth. A scarce copy of this comprehensive guide to sign making, with coloured illustrations. A scarce work.In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding, with a red gilt to fore edge.A work by E.L. Koller, a visual art...

The British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Company

1932 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.80 | $125.50 | ¥20,043)

Stafford, BRC Reinforcements; The British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Company Ltd. 1932. Cloth. An incredibly scarce, illustrated handbook on the techniques and expertise of the British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Company. An incredibly scarce and informative handbook ...

Oxford Replanned

Thomas Sharp · 1948 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.87 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Architectural Press, 1948 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition volume of Oxford Replanned, with folding coloured maps and illustrations. A first edition copy of this work. Miraculously, Oxford avoided any bombing during the Second World War, and this vol...

An Enclyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture

J.C. Loudon · 1842 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€658.86 | $726.55 | ¥116,037)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 . Cloth. The scarce new revised edition of John Loudon's extensive architectural encyclopeadia, illustrated with thousands of engravings throughout. An immense encyclopaedia on the architecture and furniture found in cotta...

The Panelled Rooms Vol I, II and V

Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Woodwork · 1920 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.89 | $72.66 | ¥11,604)

London, Victoria And Albert Museum under His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1920-1922. Hardback. A three-volume set of 'The Panelled Rooms' series by Victoria and Albert Museum, heavily illustrated with black and white photographs and architectural plans.  Volumes...

Rural Architecture: A Series of Designs for Ornamental Cottages and Villas

John White · 1856 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.44 | $356.67 | ¥56,964)

Glasgow , Blackie and Son, 1856. Leather. A very scarce architectural design portfolio from John White, illustrated with plans, elevations, sections and details. A new edition. First published in 1845. A very scarce work across all editions. Bound in half crushed morocco, with...

A Collection of Thirty-Nine Fac-Similes of Rare Etchings by Celebrated Painters

William Young Ottley · 1828 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.40 | $383.09 | ¥61,183)

London, Not Stated, 1828 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated with forty-two engraved plates, this is the first edition of William Young Ottley's very scarce volume of rare etchings from famous European artists. The very scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with a...

The Cryes of London

Richard Luckett; Samuel Pepys · 1994 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.63 | $237.78 | ¥37,976)

Leeds, Old Hall Press, 1994 . First edition. Leather. Beautiful quarter-calf limited first edition of Samuel Pepy's "cryes" collection in 81 plates. First edition. Scarce. Limited to 425 copies.Bound in the publisher's original quarter calf with decorative cloth boar...

Iron Work: 53 Plates, from Objects and Drawings in the South Kensington Museum

W. Griggs · 1898 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.60 | $257.60 | ¥41,140)

London, W. Griggs and Sons , 1898 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this large folio, featuring 53 plates showcasing historic iron designs and objects held in the South Kensington Museum, now the Victoria and Albert Museum. In the publisher's original...

The Seven Lamps of Architecture

John Ruskin · 1880 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.28 | $462.35 | ¥73,842)

Kent, George Allen, 1880 . Vellum. A wonderful example of English polymath John Ruskin's essay on the principles of architecture, illustrated throughout and strikingly bound in full vellum. A 'new edition' of Ruskin's seminal work, an edition identified by ...