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First and Last Loves

John Betjeman · 1952 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, John Murray, 1952 . First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition of this collection of essays on the architecture of English towns from writer, Poet Laureate, and broadcaster, Sir John Betjeman, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's origin...

A Collection of Twenty-Two Issues from &Apos;L&Apos;Assiette Au Beurre&Apos; Bound Together

Various · 1903 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Paris , L'Assiette au Beurre, 1903-1904. First edition. Hardback. A remarkable collection of issues from 1903-04 of illustrated French satirical, 'L'Assiette au Beurre' , bound here together. First edition. Comprising issues No. 93 - No. 95, No. 110 - 117,...

Inigo Jones and the European Classicist Tradition

Giles Worsley · 2007 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New Haven; London, Yale University Press, 2007. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, richly illustrated study of Inigo Jones by Giles Worsley, examining how he introduced and transformed European classicism within the tradition of British architecture. In the publisher'...

The Edwardian Garden

David Ottewill · 1989 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

New Haven; London, Yale University Press, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated first comprehensive study of the Edwardian garden, exploring its design, social context, and key figures, including the celebrated Blomfield–Robinson feud. In the publisher's origi...

Elizabethan Architecture: Its Rise and Fall, 1540-1640

Mark Girouard · 2009 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

New Haven; London, Yale University Press, 2009 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Mark Girouard"s richly illustrated and authoritative study of Elizabethan architecture, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher"s original red cloth binding. First ed...

The Manor Houses of England

P.H. Ditchfield MA.F.S.A · 1910 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London , B.T. Batsford, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The charming first edition of this comprehensive account of the old country architecture of English manor houses, highly illustrated by Sydney R. Jones. The first edition of the work. In publisher's original decorative b...

Engraving: Its Origin, Processes, and History

Vicomte Henri Delaborde; R. A. M. Stevenson [translator]; William Walker · 1886 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1886. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this detailed study on the art of engraving from French art critic Vicomte Henri Delaborde. First edition. From the Fine-Art Library. Illustrated throughout. A detailed and comprehensive study o...

David Jones

1981 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

London, The Tate Gallery, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this catalogue of the works of British painter and modernist poet David Michal Jones. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, sixteen colour plates, and numerous in-text images in black...

Fritz Kredel 1900-1973: A Comprehensive List of Kredel&Apos;S Work

Mathilde Kredel Brown; Judith Kredel Brown; Gay Walker; Hermann Zapf; Ronald Salter · 2000 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Michelstadt, Odenwald Museum, 2000. First edition. Paperback. A very smart first edition of this study on the works of German-American artist Fritz Kredel, inscribed and signed by one of the authors. First edition, published on the occasion of Fritz Kredel's centennial an...

The Art of the Book & a Century for the Century

Charles Holme; Martin Hunter; Jerry Kelly · 1990 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

New York, Dorset Press; The Grolier Club, 1990-2004. Cloth. Two smart volumes on the development of book design from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Two volumes. Illustrated throughout. This set contains: The Art of the Book, 1990. Originally published in 1914, this vo...

Sienese Painting

Enzo Carli · 1956 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Connecticut , New York Graphic Society, 1956. First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of Enzo Carli"s richly illustrated Sienese Painting, surveying Siena"s great masters, complete with unclipped dust jacket. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Complete with the ...

British Furniture Makers

John Gloag · 1945 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, William Collins , 1945. First edition. Hardback. A desirable association copy of this history of British furniture, previously owned by Arts and Crafts furniture designer Ambrose Heal and given to him by the author. Author's presentation copy. From the library of...

The Church in Bromley for a Thousand Years

Rev. Edmund Sinker · 1909 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Ye Bowe Presse, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this vanishingly scarce history of the Bromley parish church from the reverend Edmund Sinker. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with twelve plates. Collated complete. A detailed and compreh...

Randolph Caldecott Illustrated Postcards

Randolph Caldecott · 1914 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, F. Warne & Co, [1914]. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. A collection of Randolph Caldecott's beautifully colour illustrated postcards from the original release. The first editions, being first released around 1914, with the original numbers to the bottom left...

Gauguin: Maker of Myth

Belinda Thomson; Tamar Garb [Editor]; Various · 2010 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Tate Publishing, 2010. First edition. Paperback. A smart copy of the first edition of the exhibition catalogue for the major exhibition "Gauguin: Maker of Myth", organized at Tate Modern, profusely illustrated in colour. In the publisher's original stiff pictorial...

Manon Lescaut

L'Abbe Prevost · 1928 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1928 . First edition. Vellum. Brightly illustrated with plates by John Austen, this is a wonderful Limited Edition of L'Abbe Prevost's romantic tale. A beautifully illustrated,  Limited Edition English translation of this mid seventeenth centu...

The Church of the Knights Templars in London: A Description of the Fabric and Its Contents, with a Short History of the Order

George Worley · 1911 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, G. Bell and Sons, Ltd , 1911. Cloth. A smart second edition of this illustrated history of the Knights Templars and the Temple Church. The second edition of this work. Published under the 'Bell's Cathedral Series&apos.In the original cloth binding. With thir...

Picasso: Papiers Colles

Brigitte Leal · 1998 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Paris , Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 1998. First edition. Paperback. A fine copy of this uncommon catalogue detailing the 'papier colle' works of Picasso exhibited at the Picasso Museum, Paris. First edition. In the original pictorial wraps, with the original glass...

Wembley in Colour

Donald Maxwell · 1924 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1924. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of Wembley in colour from English writer and illustrator Donald Maxwell. First edition. Illustrated with over one hundred sketches in colour and monochrome, including a co...

London Churches Ancient & Modern

T. Francis Bumpus · 1908 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, James Pott & Co. 1908. Cloth. A smart two volume set of this study into the ancient and modern churches of London from English author Thomas Francis Bumpus. Complete in two volumes. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-eight plates, with images to t...