Arkitektur

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

John Henry Parker · 1866 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.92 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

Oxford and London, James Parker and Co. 1866. Cloth. A new edition of this important work on architecture, profusely illustrated throughout with vignette illustrations. This work was first published in 1836 during the Gothic Revival in England, and was partly responsible for t...

Three Treatises. The First Concerning Art. The Second Concerning Music, Painting, and Poetry. The Third Concerning Happiness.

James Harris · 1744 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.12 | $561.43 | ¥89,665)

London, H. Woodfall, 1744. First edition. Leather. Three intellectual treatises written by James Harris, illuminating important artistic subjects during the Enlightenment, the first edition of this work. The first edition of this work.ESTC citation number T70375.Rebound in a m...

The Ladies&Apos; Pocket Magazine

Various · 1825 · Rooke Books

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

London, J. Robins and Co, 1825. First edition. Paperback. A unique work, a run of the 1825 'Ladies' Pocket Magazine' periodical, a charming fashionable work illustrated with beautiful colour fashion plates. A scarce work.In thirteen volumes, being numbers 1-2, 4...

Ariadne Florentina [with] a Joy for Ever

John Ruskin · 1891 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.83 | $105.68 | ¥16,878)

London, George Allen, 1891-95. Cloth. Two, uniformly bound, lecture series by the noted art critic and scholar, John Ruskin. The second edition of both works, which are in a very bright condition. Both volumes are in the publisher's original cloth bindings. Ruskin was the...

London Churches of the Xviith and Xviiith Centuries a Selection of the Most Remarkable Ecclesiastical Buildings

Inigo Jones; Sir Christopher Wren et al · 1896 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.12 | $561.43 | ¥89,665)

London, B T Batsford, 1896. First edition. Leather. A superior copy of this extensive illustrative guide to the churches of London, with accompanying text explaining the designs of many famous architects. The first edition of this work. With the errata bound in. With sixty-fou...

Jefferson&Apos;S Monticello

William Howard Adams · 1983 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New York, Abbeville Press, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this the major study of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello; copiously illustrated throughout and complete with the original unclipped dustwrapper. This work examines both the striking archite...

Royal Homes Near London

Major Benton Fletcher · 1930 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.86 | $92.47 | ¥14,768)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A profusely illustrated first edition work by Major Benton Fletcher being a exploration of the Royal Homes located near the city of London. A first edition copy of this work. In the original dustwrapper. Wr...

A Report of the Proceedings of the British Archaeological Association, at the Fifth General Meeting Holden in "the Faithful City" of Worcester in the Month of August 1848.

Alfred John Dunkin · 1851 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.65 | $224.57 | ¥35,866)

London, J. Russell Smith, 1851. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce first edition copy of this fascinating report of the proceedings of the British Archaeological Association in August 1848. This work was edited by the notable British antiquary and historian Alfred John Dun...

A Book of Sporting Painters a Companion Volume of New Research to British Sporting Artists and "Angling in British Art

Walter Shaw Sparrow · 1931 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.68 | $204.76 | ¥32,701)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1931. Cloth. A scarce first limited edition copy of this profusely illustrated work on sporting painters by Walter Shaw Sparrow. Walter Shaw Sparrow was a notable Welsh writer on art and architecture with a special interest in British sportin...

John N. Rhodes a Yorkshire Painter 1809 - 1842

William H. Thorp · 1904 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.88 | $79.26 | ¥12,659)

Leeds, Richard Jackson, 1904. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, limited edition copy of 'John N. Rhodes A Yorkshire Painter 1809-1842', copiously illustrated with the artist's work. Within this text, William H. Thorp attempts to unravel the life of John N. Rhod...

John N. Rhodes a Yorkshire Painter 1809 - 1842

William H. Thorp · 1904 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.87 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Leeds, Richard Jackson, 1904. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, limited edition copy of 'John N. Rhodes A Yorkshire Painter 1809-1842', copiously illustrated with the artist's work. Within this text, William H. Thorp attempts to unravel the life of John N. Rhod...

Old Houses in Holland

[ed. by Charles Holme] · 1913 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.68 | $77.94 | ¥12,448)

London, The Studio, 1913. First edition. Vellum. - The first edition of Old Houses in Holland, an architectural critique of houses across Dutch old towns, written by English journalist and art critic Charles Holme.In half vellum, with red cloth boards. Contains all twelve colo...

Gothic Architecture in England: An Analysis of the Origin & Development of English Church Architecture from the Norman Conquest to the Dissolution of the Monasteries

Francis Bond · 1905 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.87 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, B.T. Batsford, 1905 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this copiously illustrated analysis and historical account of the churches of mediaeval England. The first edition.In the publisher's original red cloth binding.A work by Francis Bond, an EnglishÂ...

Bartolozzi and His Works Second Edition Corrected and Revised with Additional Matter

Andrew W Tuer · 1885 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.75 | $158.52 | ¥25,317)

London, Field and Tuer, 1885. Leather. A biographical study into this famous Italian eighteenth century engraver, Bartolozzi The second edition of this work. Signed by the author to the edition page. Limited edition, number 79 of 500 copies. Andrew White Tuer was a British pub...

Bibliography of British Book Ilustrators 1860 - 1900

Charles Baker (ed.) · 1978 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.91 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

Birmingham Bookshop, Birmingham, 1978. First edition. Paperback. A limited first edition of the 'Bibliography of British Book Illustrators 1860 - 1900&apos. A comprehensive bibliography of illustrators, both well-known and not, that includes entries on and illustrations b...

S. & C. Stephenson Specimen and Sale Catalogue 1796-1797

Anonymous; James Mosley (introduction) · 1990 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.92 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London, Printing Historical Society, 1990. Paperback. Very scarce copy of this catalogue of two sales of S. & C. Stephenson. Printed roughly two centuries after the sales by the Printing Historical Society, the catalogues contains many illustrations and descriptions of printin...

The Planning of Modern Buildings No. 2 Smaller Retail Shops

Bryan Westwood and Norman Westwood · 1937 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.82 | $105.67 | ¥16,876)

London , The Architectural Press, 1937. Cloth. A guide to planning the design of small shops from Bryan and Norman Westwood. Illustrated throughout with many diagrams and photographs. Including entries on lighting, wall coverings, fixtures and fittings, and more. In a cloth bi...

A Tabular Display of British Architecture

Archibald Barrington · 1843 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.46 | $343.46 | ¥54,854)

London, George Bell, 1843. Cloth. A beautifully rendered and very unusual folding table of architectural designs With the progress of British architecture documented from the Saxon era through to the 16th century. Very scarce. In a full cloth binding. Externally, a trifle rubb...

The Book of Lovat Claud Fraser

Haldane Macfall · 1923 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.76 | $151.92 | ¥24,262)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons, 1923. Cloth. A biography of Claud Lovat Fraser, the artist and author. With numerous illustrations by the artists throughout, many of which are coloured. After a brief period under the tutelage of Walter Sickert in 1912, Fraser executed illustratio...

Rococo Architecture in Southern Germany

Henry-Russell Hitchcock · 1968 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.48 | $76.62 | ¥12,237)

London, Phaidon, 1968. Cloth. This is an attractively illustrated history on Southern Germany's Rococo architecture. This edition features full page monochrome photographs as well as diagrams of the unique Rococo architecture alongside the history of the movement and its ...