Arkitektur

Antique Brassfoundry

R. M. Coy · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.81 | $118.89 | ¥18,988)

Not Stated, R. M. Coy , c1930. Disbound. A very scarce illustrated catalogue containing a wide array of antique brass pieces. A very scarce catalogue of antique brass pieces from a foundry.Internally, pages are disbound, but are displayed in the publisher's original wraps...

First and Last Loves

John Betjeman · 1952 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.64 | $104.36 | ¥16,667)

London, John Murray, 1952 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Betjeman's collection of essays surrounding English architecture, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. With the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Compris...

The Art of Beatrix Potter

Anne Carroll Moore · 1964 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.82 | $112.29 | ¥17,933)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1964. Cloth. A smart third edition of this delightful collection of the artwork of English writer and illustrator Beatrix Potter. Third edition. Illustrated throughout with colour images and black-and-white photographs. A collection of beautiful...

Portrait of a Village

Francis Brett Young · 1937 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.94 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fictional history of a village by Francis Brett Young, with illustrations by Joan Hassall. The first edition. Illustrated by Joan Hassall with twenty-nine monochrome engravings, including two...

Birket Foster

H. M. Cundall · 1906 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.63 | $237.78 | ¥37,976)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1906 . First edition. Cloth. A signed Edition de Luxe of Cundall's richly illustrated celebration of the work of Birket Foster. Number four-hundred and eighty-nine of five hundred Edition de Luxe copies produced, and signed by the publisher...

Historical Traces of Saltwood Castle, Kent

Harry Enterprise · 1841 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.69 | $198.15 | ¥31,646)

Boulogne, Le Roy-Mabille, 1841 [1840]. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this pamphlet on Saltwood Castle in Kent, England, with illustrations. Very scarce work. This text is dated 1841 to the front paper wrap, dated 1840 to the title page. British Library details the date of publi...

Etchings Representing the Best Examples of Ancient Ornamental Architecture; Drawn from the Originals in Rome, and Other Parts of Italy, During the Years 1794, 1795, and 1796

Charles Heathcote Tatham · 1810 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,875.03 | $3,170.41 | ¥506,344)

London, Thomas Gardiner; John Barfield, 1810. Leather. A very scarce study of ornamental architecture found in Italy, illustrated with detailed plates by Charles Heathcote Tatham, compiled on his travels. A very scarce work.The third edition, following the 1799 first edition, ...

In English Homes: The Internal Character, Furniture & Adornments of Some of the Most Notable Houses of England, Historically Depicted from Photographs

Charles Latham · 1904 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.75 | $158.52 | ¥25,317)

London, Country Life, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Volume I of this lavishly illustrated celebration of notable English houses and their furnishings. The first edition of Volume I of a three-volume set, in the publisher's original cloth binding with...

An Analysis of the Picture of the Transfiguration of Raffaello Sanzio D&Apos;Urbino

Benito Pardo di Figueroa; S.C. Croze-Magnan · 1833 · Rooke Books

£385.00 (€461.20 | $508.59 | ¥81,226)

London, Robert Bowyer and M. Parkes, 1833 . Leather. A very scarce critical examination of Raphael's 'Transiguration', illustrated with nineteen engraved proof plates. A very scarce work.First published in English in 1817, this work initially appeared in the ori...

From Bauhaus to Our House

Tom Wolfe · 1981 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition, first printing of Wolfe's critique of modern architecture, illustrated throughout. The first edition, first printing of in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original...

Vienna 1890-1920

Robert Waissenberger · 1984 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.93 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

New Jersey, Wellfleet Press, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this historical commentary on Vienna between 1890 and 1920, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Illustrated throughout, with many colour images. A detailed history of the city of V...

How to Look at Old Churches

H. Spencer Stowell · 1926 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1926. Cloth. The second edition of this highly illustrated work on the architecture of old churches, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Second edition. Illustrated with many in-text and full-page images. A detailed architectural study of churc...

The Royal Lady&Apos;S Magazine and Archives of the Court of St James

1833 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.22 | $495.38 | ¥79,116)

London, W. Sams; S. Robinson, 1833 . First edition. Leather. A single volume of this very scarce late Georgian era periodical, beautifully illustrated with hand coloured plates of the prevailing costumes of the period. The fifth and final volume of this very scarce periodical,...

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

John J. 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 bibliography concerning works associated with the artist William Morris. The first edition of this work, in the publisher's original slipcase.John Walsdorf's extensive bibliograp...

Arquitectura Peruana

Hector Velarde · 1946 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.86 | $92.47 | ¥14,768)

Mexico, Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1946 . First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound first edition of Hector Velarde's illustrated study of Peruvian architecture. In the original Spanish.With a small number of vignette illustrations, and ninety-seven photographic images...

L&Apos;Ornato

Augusto Garneri · 1926 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.75 | $158.52 | ¥25,317)

Firenze, Officina Della Stampa di Mealli e Stianti , 1926. Leather. A detailed handbook for arcitectural designs, with illustrations. L'Ornato is a handbook for architects, calligraphers, potters, decorators, designers and other crafts for 3000 ancient and modern patterns...

A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic Architecture

John Henry Parker · 1850 · Rooke Books

£365.00 (€437.24 | $482.17 | ¥77,006)

Oxford, John Henry Parker, 1850 . Leather. The complete three volume fifth edition of this enormously informative glossary of architectural terms, with two volumes of plates and one of text. The enlarged and expanded fifth edition of this work, first published during the Gothi...

A Treatise on the Ecclesiastical Architecture of England During the Middle Ages

John Milner · 1811 · Rooke Books

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

London , J. Taylor, 1811 . First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this volume on ecclesiastical architecture by John Milner, with illustrations. A first edition copy. A Treatise on the Ecclesiastical Architecture of England During the Middle Ages explores the archite...

Practical Notes for Architectural Draughtsmen

Alfred W. S. Cross, Alan E. Munby · 0 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.63 | $237.78 | ¥37,976)

London , Technical Journals , c1920. Leather. A second edition copy of Practical Notes for Architectural Draughtsmen with illustrations. Practical Notes for Architectural Draughtsmen is by Alfred W. S. Cross and Alan E. Munby with this being a second edition copy. With twenty...

The Chromolithograph: A Journal of Art, Literature, Decoration, and Accomplishments

Various · 1867 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.61 | $250.99 | ¥40,086)

[London] , [The Chromolithograph (Zorn & Co.)], 1867-8. Cloth. A scarce volume containing the consecutive numbers from November 1867 to February 1868 of 'The Chromolithograph', journal of art. Bound without title page. Vol. I of two, from November 1867 to February 18...