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Television for All: A Simple Explanation of Television for the General Public; Television Explained: Aerial Technique: Circuits Analyzed: Receiver Operation

Chas. G. Philp; W. E. Miller · 1930 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.22 | $495.38 | ¥79,116)

London, Percival Marshall & Co; The Trader Publishing Co, 1930-1947 . First edition. Paperback. Vanishingly scarce first editions of two fascinating twentieth century guides to the use of the home television, illustrated throughout. Very scarce first editions of two works on a...

The Empty Studio

1959 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.81 | $118.89 | ¥18,988)

New York, Columbia Broadcasting System, 1959. Paperback. A very scarce advert for CBS, by the noted artist Ben Shahn, under the direction of William Golden. A very scarce promotional pamphlet for CBS, designed by Ben Shahn under the direction of William Golden.Golden was a pio...

Der Klingende Garten

Adolf Weissmann · 1920 · Rooke Books

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

Berlin, Paul Graupe, 1920 . First edition. Hardback. A smart example of the scarce limited edition of Adolf Weissmann's discussion of the erotic in music, illustrated with signed plates by Michel Fingesten. In the original German.Two hundred copies of this scarce limited ...

The Roman Drawings of the Xviith and Xviiith Centuries in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle

Anthony Blunt; Hereward Lester Cooke · 1960 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.93 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Phaidon Press Limited, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detailed record of the Roman drawings at Windsor Castle. First edition. Illustrated with sixty-six plates and one hundred and twenty in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed record an...

Portfolio of Photographs of Famous Scenes, Cities, and Paintings

John L. Stoddard · 1894 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.92 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

Chicago, The Werner Company, [1894]. Leather. A striking Victorian portfolio of photography exploring the beauty of the world, an impressive look at the famous cities, scenes, and paintings of Earth. An impressive portfolio of photography featuring images of famous scenes and ...

Descriptive Catalogue of a Choice Assemblage of Original Pictures. In Three Parts. Part First.

George Walker · 1807 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.17 | $528.40 | ¥84,391)

Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press; Messrs G. and W. Nicol, 1807 . First edition. Leather. George Walker's vanishingly scarce discussion of important works of art produced in the later decades of the eighteenth century. A vanishingly scarce work. Part the First of a wo...

The Incredible Mizners

Alva Johnston · 1953 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.94 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. First edition. Cloth. This uncommon first edition, first impression of the first biography recounting the life of the architect Addison Mizner, in the original unclipped pictorial dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of the work, w...

The History of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers & Engravers 1880-1930

Sir Francis Newbolt · 1930 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.94 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, The Print Collectors' Club, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first, limited edition of this illustrated History of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers & Engravers 1880-1930 by Sir Francis Newbolt. The first edition of the work.Uncommon. Collated complete. A Limite...

Emma, Lady Hamilton: A Biographical Essay with a Catalogue of Her Published Portraits

J. T. Herbert Baily · 1905 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.53 | $43.59 | ¥6,962)

London, W. G. Menzies , 1905. First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated biography on Lady Hamilton, the artistic muse of George Romney and famed mistress of Lord Nelson. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with coloured illustration to the ...

Wyndham Lewis: Redfern Gallery Exhibition Catalogue

Michael Ayrton; Wyndham Lewis · 1949 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.88 | $79.26 | ¥12,659)

London, Redfern Gallery , 1949. Paperback. A very scarce catalogue published a Wyndham Lewis exhibition held at Redfern Gallery, with introductions from Lewis and Michael Ayrton. A very scarce booklet detailing the artworks of Wyndham Lewis being exhibited at the Redfern Galle...

The Church Builder: A Quarterly Journal of Church Extension in England and Wales

1872 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.40 | $129.46 | ¥20,676)

London, Rivingtons, 1872. Cloth. A smart volume of The Church Builder bound into one, with illustrations throughout. Including No. XXXVII, No. XXXVIII, No. XXXIX, No. XL, No. XLI, No. XLII, No. XLIII, and No. XLIV. Illustrated with a title vignette, thirteen plates, and many i...

The Architectural Review: A Magazine of Architecture & Decoration

Various · 1932 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.60 | $257.60 | ¥41,140)

Westminster, The Architectural Press, 1932. Cloth. A profusely illustrated and fascinating magazine on architecture and interior design from the early twentieth century. Volume LXXII, from July-December. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated profusely with many m...

Transactions of the Royal Institute of British Architects of London

R. Willis et al. · 1836 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.70 | $191.55 | ¥30,592)

London, John Weale, 1836-42. First edition. Cloth. Two interesting and beautifully illustrated volumes featuring articles on architecture, with details on the projects and transactions of 'The Royal Institute of Architects of London&apos. Previously owned by Sir Joseph Ra...

Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture, CIVIL, Architecture, Naval, Building and Construction, Early and Ecclesiastical Art, Engineering, CIVIL, Engineering, Mechanical, Fine Art, Mining, Surveying, Etc. To Which Are Added Explanatory Observations on Numerous Subjects Connected with Practical Art and Science

John Weale · 1849 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, John Weale , 1849-50. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this dictionary of terms relating to architecture, engineering, fine art and much more, bound in quarter crushed morocco. The first edition of this rudimentary dictionary of architectural, engineering ...

Memoirs of Early Italian Painters and of the Progress of Painting in Italy. Cimabue to Bassano

Mrs. Jameson [Anna Brownell Jameson] · 1891 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.67 | $211.36 | ¥33,756)

London, John Murray, 1891. Vellum. A pleasing vellum-bound series of memoirs concerning the painters of the Italian renaissance, illustrated with portraits for each. A new edition of this work. In full vellum binding with decorative gilt to the boards and spine. A delightful c...

An Inquiry Into the Difference of Style Observable in Ancient Glass Paintings

Charles Winston · 1867 · Rooke Books

£745.00 (€892.46 | $984.15 | ¥157,177)

Oxford , James Parker and Co. 1867 . Leather. A wonderfully illustrated second edition of Charles Winston's study of ancient glass painting, bound in full morocco by Zaehnsdorf. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in full morocco. Complete in two volumes. The second edition. First publis...

Life in England in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860: Architecture, Drawing Books, Art Collections, Magazines, Navy and Army, Panoramas Etc.

J. R. Abbey · 1953 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.75 | $158.52 | ¥25,317)

London, Privately Printed at the Curwen Press , 1953. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this bibliographical catalogue containing vibrant artwork depicting life in England, from the library of William Foyle. Limited to five hundred copies of which this is number fifty-fiv...

Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Modern Movement

Thomas Howarth · 1977 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.89 | $72.66 | ¥11,604)

London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977. Cloth. The second edition of this fascinating work on the designs of Charles Mackintosh and the Modern Movement. The second edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. ...

Mervyn Peake: The Man and His Art

Sebastian Peake; Alison Eldred (compiled); G. Peter Winnington (ed) · 2006 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.76 | $151.92 | ¥24,262)

London , Peter Owen, 2006. Hardback. An extraordinary dive into the life and work of writer, artist and poet, Mervyn Peake, compiled and signed by his eldest child Sebastian Peake. A scarcely signed copy by all authors, including Sebastian Peake, Mervyn Peake's eldest chi...

Old Cottages, Farm Houses, and Other Half-Timber Buildings

E. A. Ould · 1904 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.75 | $158.52 | ¥25,317)

London, B. T. Batsford, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this profusely illustrated work on picturesque buildings in Shropshire, Herefordshire and Cheshire. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with...