Arkitektur

Life of Thomas Stothard, R.A. With Personal Reminiscences

Mrs [Anna Eliza] Bray · 1851 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.60 | $257.60 | ¥41,140)

London, John Murray, 1851. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this biography of Thomas Stothard, the painter and engraved. Illustrated with many vignette illustrations and a frontispiece of Stothard. Bound by Bickers (binder's ink stamp to verso of front free-endp...

The Stones of Italy

C.T.G. Formilli · 1927 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.84 | $92.46 | ¥14,766)

London , A and C Black Ltd. 1927. First edition. Cloth. A colourful exploration into the architecture of Italy, painted and described by Formilli during his travels around Italy. First edition. Featuring a black and white sketch map of Italy preceding Chapter One and thirty-tw...

Egyptian Architecture As Cultural Expression

E. Baldwin-Smith · 1938 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.67 | $211.36 | ¥33,756)

New York, Appleton and Company, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this book on Ancient Egyptian architecture. Illustrated with plates and vignettes throughout, the work look at tombs and temples, as well as residential buildings and areas encompassing cities, pala...

Robes of Thespis Costume Designs by Modern Artists

Rupert Mason · 1928 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.59 | $264.20 | ¥42,195)

London , Ernest Benn Limited, 1928. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated text displaying a wide selection of theatre costume. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. Illustrated throughout, with 109 plates and frontispi...

Brown Brothers Illustrated Catalogue of Specialised Components Motor & Motor Cycle Accessories, Tyres, Tools, Garage Equipment, Clothing, Metals

1950 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.74 | $165.13 | ¥26,372)

London, Brown Brothers Limited, 1950 . Cloth. A very scarce copy of this motoring catalogue by Brown Brothers, with coloured illustrations. Catalogue No.493.In quarter cloth binding with pictorial boards.A catalogue published by Brown Brothers, a motor equipment company. As we...

Original Institutions of the Princely Orders of Collars

Sir William Segar · 1823 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€778.65 | $858.65 | ¥137,135)

Edinburgh , W. H. Lizars , 1823. First edition. Leather. A beautiful series of hand-coloured plates, being reproductions of William Segar's previously unpublished 'Princely Orders of Collars&apos. A very scarce first edition of this short illustrated account of the O...

Heraldischer Atlas: Eine Sammlung Von Heraldischen Musterblattern Fur Kunstler, Gewerbetreibende, Sowie Fur Freunde Der Wappenkunde

H. G. Strohl · 1899 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,191.94 | $1,314.40 | ¥209,922)

Stuttgart , Julius Hoffmann, 1899. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of Hugo Gerard Strohl's model book for heraldic drawing, complete with 76 plates in colour and monochrome. The very scarce first edition of this work.As the title says, it was intended ...

Five Blank Notebooks and Unused Photograph Albums from the Library of Holbrook Jackson

Holbrook Jackson · 0 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.28 | $462.35 | ¥73,842)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1940. Hardback. Not Stated: Not Stated, c1940. Hardback. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 5.5"; 5.5" by 8.5"; 5" by 7"; 5.5" by 4"; 3.5" by 4.5". None. A wonderful collection of five unused blank notebooks and photograph albums from the library of prominent Bri...

The Life of George Morland

George Dawe; J. J. Foster [intro.] · 1904 · Rooke Books

£194.00 (€232.40 | $256.28 | ¥40,929)

London, Dickinsons, 1904 . Cloth. Initialled by J. J. Foster, this is an attractive limited edition of George Dawe's biography of his godfather, the celebrated painter George Morland. A limited edition work, the 'Author's Edition', with this being number 99...

A Chart of Anglican Church Architecture: Arranged Chronologically with Examples of the Different Styles

F. Bedford [Francis Bedford] · 1843 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.64 | $104.36 | ¥16,667)

London, John Weale, 1843. Cloth. A folding, linen-backed chart of the different eras and aesthetics of Anglican architecture in the original paper boards. An attractive Gothic Revival item, tastefully printed in red and black. This work consists of one folding cloth-backed pla...

Exhibition of Chased and Embossed Steel and Iron Work of European Origin.

Various · 1900 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.53 | $297.23 | ¥47,470)

London, The Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1900 . First edition. Cloth. An impressive Burlington Fine Arts Club catalogue documenting European chased and embossed steel and ironwork, illustrated with seventy plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition. ...

Den Danske Vitruvius

Laurids de Thurah · 1966 · Rooke Books

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

Copenhagen, Thaning & Appels Forlag, 1966-1967. Leather. An exceptional example of this limited edition facsimile of Laurids de Thurah's seminal mid 18th century study of Danish architecture and the most important architectural sites of Copenhagen. In the original Danish....

1920 Two Centuries of Typefounding

1920 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.88 | $79.26 | ¥12,659)

London, George W. Jones, 1920. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon paper-bound copy on the history of William Caslon I.'s typefounding legacy, and beyond. An uncommon paper-bound copy of this work, illustrated, with embossed cover designs.Features a colour frontispiece ...

A Sketch of Old London

J.G. Crace · 1885 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.48 | $330.25 | ¥52,744)

London, Hodge and Hackett, 1885. Cloth. A very scarce book written by John Gregory Crace on London and its streets before the Great Fire of 1066. Previously owned by Crace's son and interior designer John Dibblee. A Sketch of Old London: Its Streets and Thoroughfares Befo...

Les Rues Du Vieux Paris Galerie Populaire Et Pittoresque

Victor Fournel · 1881 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.75 | $158.52 | ¥25,317)

Paris, Librairie De Firmin-Didot Et Cie, 1881. Cloth. A prize binding of this picturesque look at Old Paris, with 167 engravings and 14 full page plates. The second edition of the work.In full green cloth. A prize binding for the French Republic, City of Paris, Municipal Prize...

Old St. Paul&Apos;S Cathedral

William Benham · 1902 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.32 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London, Seeley and Co. Limited, 1902. First edition. Cloth. Profusely illustrated first edition of William Benham's scholarly exploration into St Paul's Cathedral. First edition.In publisher's original red cloth binding.Featuring a frontispiece and 27 plates, in...

Typographica 10

Various; Herbert Spencer [ed.] · 0 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.71 | $184.94 | ¥29,537)

London, Lund Humphries , c1964. Unbound. A signed reprinted issue from the New Series of 'Typographica', containing only Charles Hasler's article on 18th and 19th-century stock blocks. No. 10 of the New Series, "Reprinted from Typographica". This copy only conta...

London Past and Present

Malcolm C. Salaman; Charles Holme [ed.] · 1916 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.75 | $158.52 | ¥25,317)

London, The Studio, 1916. Leather. The first edition of Malcolm C. Salaman and Charles Holme's pictorial history of London in a smart half vellum binding. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with eight coloured plates, two folding plates, a double page plate, and n...

Le Livre Du Cueur D&Apos;Amours Espris: The National Library, Vienna

F. Unterkircher [introduction] · 1975 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.86 | $92.47 | ¥14,768)

London, Thames and Hudson, 1975. Cloth. A very pleasing facsimile collection of the manuscript pages of Rene d'Anjou's fifteenth century allegorical work Le Livre du Cueur D'Amours Espris. Limited to three thousand copies, of which this is number nine hundred an...

A Short History of St. Mary Abchurch

R. M. LaPorte-Payne · 1946 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.75 | $158.52 | ¥25,317)

London, Blades, East & Blades Ltd, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this scarce architectural and historical study of St. Mary Abchurch by R. M. LaPorte-Payne. The first edition.The author's presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the front free...