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Graven Image, an Autobiographical Textbook

John Farleigh · 1940 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1940 . First edition. Hardback. The illustrated first edition of John Farleigh's autobiographical work, a wonderful memoir featuring advice for wood engravers. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original price clippe...

Comic Movies Flicker Book: Cinderella and the Glass Slipper

0 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

London, Books and Pictures Publishers Ltd , c1950. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce flicker book containing the charming tale of 'Cinderella and the Glass Slipper&apos. A very scarce booklet that encourages the reader to flick through quickly to create a moving story, bein...

The Builder: An Illustrated Weekly Magazine, for the Architect, Engineer, Archaeologist, Constructor, & Artist (Volume XII)

George Godwin · 1854 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Publishing Office , 1854. Leather. The very scarce 1854 volume from one of the UK's oldest business-to-business magazines, with detailed engravings throughout. The very scarce 1854 edition or Volume XII of 'The Builder', an architectural journal that pub...

Elefant Byggeplads

Peter Lautrop; Kristine Suhr · 1998 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

None, None, 1998 . First edition. Hardback. A wonderfully unique piece of artwork depicting a group of elephants constructing a tower of cards, drawn by Peter Lautrop, with a pop-up element incorporated by Kristine Suhr, signed by both artists. A wonderfully unique piece of co...

The Story of Westminster Abbey: Being Some Account of That Ancient Foundation, Its Builders and Those Who Sleep Therein

Violet Brooke-Hunt · 1904 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, James Nisbet & Co. 1904. Leather. A smart early copy of this illustrated history of Westminster Abbey, written by English social working Violet Brooke-Hunt. Sixth thousand. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-one plates. Collated complete. A comprehensive histor...

Early Nineteenth Century Architecture in South Africa: A Study of the Interaction of Two Cultures 1795-1837

Ronald Lewcock · 1963 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Cape Town, A. A. Balkema, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this study of colonial nineteenth century architecture in South Africa, beautifully illustrated in colour. First edition. Illustrated with eleven colour plates, and many in-text monochrome illustrat...

Twenty-Five Great Houses of France

Sir Theodore Andrea Cook; W. H. Ward · 1916 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Country Life, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this profusely illustrated work celebrating notable French houses. The first edition of this work in a half cloth binding. Ink inscription to the half title page, dated 1917. Illustrated with a tipped-in...

Details of Antient Timber Houses of the 15th and 16th Centuries

A. Welby Pugin · 1836 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Ackermann & Co, 1836. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this study by A. Welby Pugin, looking through twenty-one plates at the timber houses of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The first edition.A wonderful study of timber houses of the fifteenth and six...

Finden&Apos;S Landscape and Portrait Illustrations to the Life and Works of Lord Byron

William Brockedon · 1833 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, John Murray , 1833-34. First edition. Leather. Three first edition volumes of work showcasing engravings made by William Finden of subjects relating to the life and works of Lord Byron, bound in full crushed morocco. Three volume complete set. The first edition of this...

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England an Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford

None states · 1949 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1949. Cloth. A profusely illustrated work on historical monuments in the city of Oxford. A reprint of the original printed in 1939. In the original publisher's cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper.Profusely illustrat...

Life of Thomas Stothard

Mrs Bray · 1851 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London, John Murray, 1851 . First edition. Leather. A decorative first edition presenting the life and work of British painter, Thomas Stothard, compiled by his daughter-in-law. A first edition of the work, in an attractive red, full calf binding, with gilt tooling to the boar...

Pictorial Records of Remarkable Events in the History of the World

Francis Watt [ed.] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, James Sangster and Co, 1887 . Cloth. A beautifully illustrated study of world history aimed at young readers, in the publisher's pictorial cloth binding, with gilt detailing. Illustrated with a chromolithograph frontispiece and title page, and six further vibrant ...

The British Home of to-Day: A Book of Modern Domestic Architecture & the Applied Arts

W Shar Sparrow [ed] · 1904 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Hodder & Stoughton , 1904. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this architectural study of British homes. The first edition of this work, an uncommon copy. Dedicated to domestic architecture and the applied arts of the twentieth century. Edited by W Sha...

An Inventory of the Historical Monuments of Middlesex

1937 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London , His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, extensively illustrated copy of this rich inventory of monuments in Middlesex. A first edition copy.An Inventory of the Historical Monuments of Middlesex is part of the Royal Commission...

The Life of James Mcneill Whistler

E. R. and J. Pennell · 1908 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London , William Heinemann , 1908. First edition. Cloth. A complete first edition two volume set of The Life of James McNeill Whistler, with illustrations. A complete two volume set. First edition copies. The Life of James McNeill Whistler is written by E. R. and J. Pennell. J...

Designs for Cottage and Villa Architecture

S. H. Brooks · 1839 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, Thomas Kelly, 1839. First edition. Leather. The first edition of S. H. Brooks' popular illustrated early Victorian era work of architecture design. Collated; illustrated with one-hundred and nine plates. Lacking plates XX and CXI.The first edition of architect Sam...

History of the Modern Styles of Architecture: Volume II

James Fergusson; Robert Kerr · 1891 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, John Murray, 1891. Leather. Volume II of two volumes on the modern styles of architecture by James Fergusson; the third edition, revised by Robert Kerr. The third edition of volume II of a two volume set in a quarter morocco binding, with renewed end papers. Volume II ...

A History of Renaissance Architecture in England, 1500-1800

Reginald Blomfield · 1897 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Reginald Blomfield's first major historical work, complete in a two volume set. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with 59 plates, 2 o...

The Consulting Architect: Practical Notes on Administrative Difficulties and Disputes

Robert Kerr · 1886 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London , John Murray , 1886. Cloth. A very rare bright edition of The Consulting Architect by Robert Kerr. A second edition of this volume, with the first being published the year before. Kerr write extensively on the practical aspects of country house building. This is a rare...

Garden-Craft Old and New

John D Sedding · 1895 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1895. Cloth. A bright new edition of John D Sedding's study of garden design. A new edition of this work. Illustrated with nine full page plates. Collated, complete. A history of garden design with chapters on garden theory and ar...