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Furniture Making in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century England

R. W. Symonds · 1955 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

London, The Connoisseur, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Symonds' illustrated study on seventeenth and eighteenth century furniture making, signed and inscribed by the author to the noted furniture designer Ambrose Heal. The first trade edition. Also...

The Present State of Ecclesiastical Architecture in England

A. Welby Pugin [Augustus Pugin] · 1843 · Rooke Books

£249.00 (€298.47 | $328.96 | ¥52,531)

London, Charles Dolman, 1843. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this account of nineteenth century ecclesiastical architecture, written by Augustus Pugin, a prominent architect known for his ecclesiastical designs. The first edition, republished from the Dublin review...

Lives of the Engineers: Early Engineering, Vermuyden, Myddelton, Perry, James Brindley

Samuel Smiles · 1904 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, John Murray, 1904. Leather. The popular edition of Smiles"s work, chronicling the lives and undertakings of some of Britain"s greatest civil engineers, illustrated with plates and bound in a full green calf prize binding. Rebound in a full green calf prize binding for ...

The History of Wolfelee

Palliser Hudson · 1921 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Cassell and Company, 1921 . First edition. Leather. A lovely copy of the very scarce first edition of Palliser Hudson's posthumously published study of the history of Wolfelee House, a grand home his father bought for him. A vanishingly scarce first edition, in th...

The Riviera

A. Ansted · 1894 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Seeley and Co, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this large paper illustrated study of the Riviera, illustrated with signed proof etchings. No. 27 of 50 large paper copies of this work produced. A very scarce work.Illustrated with twenty sig...

A Joy for Ever"; (and Its Price in the Market): Being the Substance (with Additions) of Two Lectures on the Political Economy of Art

John Ruskin · 1889 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Kent, George Allen, 1889. Leather. A smart second edition of this volume of two lectures on the political economy of art from English polymath John Ruskin. Second edition. The substance of two lectures on the political economy of art, originally delivered at Manchester in July...

Thomas Tompion: His Life & Work

R. W. Symonds · 1951 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated study of the life and works of English clockmaker Thomas Tompion. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, four colour plates, two hundred and seventy-two black-and-white ...

A Collection of Fergus Booklets

Malcolm Haslam; Ambrose Bierce · 2006 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Glasgow, Fergus Booklets, 2006-2008. Paperback. Three very fine editions of the Fergus Booklets for the years 2006, 2007, and 2008, with letters from the author. Three volumes. A collection from the Fergus Booklet series, a series produced, printed, and bound by Haslam on occa...

Lettering: A Handbook for Artists, Architects, Designers, Signwriters, & Craftsmen

Arthur E. Payne · 1921 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1921. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of this detailed handbook for letter design, comprising a series of plates with various typefaces. First and only edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with twenty plates. Collated complet...

London City Churches & London Churches: Ancient and Modern

A. E. Daniel; T. Francis Bumpus · 1895 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Archibald Constable & Co.; T. Werner Laurie, 1895-1906. Cloth. Two smart volumes of the churches of London, with histories of important buildings and illustrations throughout. Two volumes. This set contains: London City Churches, 1895. Illustrated with fourteen plates ...

A Collection on Southwark Cathedral

Canon Thompson; Rev. T. P. Stevens; Horace Munroe · 1898 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Ash & Co. Ltd.; Sampson, Low, Marston & Co.; Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1898-1933. Cloth. A collection of three smart histories of the Southwark Cathedral, with illustrations. Three volumes. This set contains: The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate Church of St. Savio...

White Death

Robbie Morrison · 1998 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Paris, Les Cartoonistes Dangereux, 1998 . First edition. Paperback. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this uncommon graphic novel about soldiers stationed in the Italian Alps during the First World War. The uncommon first edition, first impression of this work...

Bye-Laws, Rules, and Ordinances of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers

Harry Stewart Bruce Hodgkinson; Cecil Pemberton Stedall; George Charles Hawes; J. F. Adams Beck · 1921 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Howard & Jones, 1921 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of the vanishingly scarce 1921 edition of the bye-laws, rules, and ordinances he Worshipful Company of Ironmongers. Various editions of this formal compilation of the statutes, regulations, and traditiona...

Thomas Tompion: His Life & Work

R. W. Symonds · 1951 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd , 1951. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this profusely illustrated biographical study of English clockmaker, Thomas Tompion, inscribed by the author to Ambrose Heal. The first trade edition.Inscribed by the author to Ambrose Heal: "Am...

Piet Mondrian (la Bibliotheque Des Grands Peintres)

Hans L. -C. Jaffe · 1970 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Paris , Editions Cercle D'Art , 1970. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated survey and overview of the life and work of pioneering abstract artist, Piet Mondrian. First edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This volume offers a fascinati...

Treasures of Venice: The Church of St Mark&Apos;S, the Treasure of St Mark&Apos;S, the Ducal Palace, the Gallerie Dell&Apos;Accademia, the Architecture and Monuments of Venice

Michelangelo Muraro; Andre Grabar · 1963 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Geneva , Skira [For Sunday Times Publications Ltd], 1963. Cloth. A copiously illustrated tour through the art, decorations and architecture of Venice. First edition. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Book is housed in a beige card slipcase. A large survey of Venetian...

Greenwich: An Architectural History of the Royal Hospital for Seamen and the Queen&Apos;S House

John Bold · 2000 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this illustrated architectural history of Greenwich, London. First edition. Illustrated with over three hundred images, photographs, plans, and figures. An examination of one...

The Franco-British Exhibition Illustrated Review

F. G. Dumas [editor] · 1908 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated review of the Franco-British Exhibition of 1908 held in London. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A review of the Franco-British Exhibition, a large public fair held in London in 1908...

Moderna Museet - the Book

Cecilia Widenheim [editor] · 2006 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Stockholm, Moderna Museet, 2006. First edition. Paperback. A fine first edition of this scarce exploration of the collection based at the Modern Museet museum for modern and contemporary art in Stockholm. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated throughout with over sixty ...

Modern Painting and Sculpture: 1880 to the Present at the Museum of Modern Art

John Elderfield · 2004 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

New York, Museum of Modern Art, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this highly illustrated study of modern painting and sculpture from the Museum of Modern Art, New York. First edition. Illustrated with three hundred and forty colour images. This volume, p...