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Old English Plate. Ecclesiastical, Decorative, and Domestic: Its Makers and Marks

Wilfred Joseph Cripps · 1906 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.50 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, John Murray, 1906. Cloth. An illustrated work on the history of English plate, a helpful guide to collectors with advice of the makers and marks of antique plate. The ninth edition of this work in the original cloth binding with gilt decoration to the front board. An i...

Gods&Apos; Man

Lynd Ward · 1929 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.43 | $363.28 | ¥58,019)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1929. First edition. Hardback. A beautiful and original novel told in woodcuts by Lynd Ward, the second printing of the first edition. The first edition, second impression of this work, published only a month after the first. A wordless novel by Americ...

Amalgamated Society of Engineers &C Monthly Reports

1873 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.61 | $250.99 | ¥40,086)

London, Kenny & Co. 1873-80. Leather. A very scarce group of three volumes containing reports from the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, spanning 1861 to 1880. The Amalgamated Society of Engineers was a major British trade union representing factory workers and mechanics.The...

An Artist&Apos;S Reminiscences

Walter Crane · 1907 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.89 | $72.66 | ¥11,604)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1907 . Cloth. The first US edition of this densely illustrated autobiography of Walter Crane. First US edition of An Artist's Reminiscences by Walter Crane in the original publisher's cloth binding. Uncommon to find in this edition.Â...

Eleven Volumes of Drawings and Verses by Simon Drew

Simon Drew · 1987 · Rooke Books

£470.00 (€563.03 | $620.87 | ¥99,159)

Suffolk, Antique Collectors' Club, 1987-2009. First edition. Hardback. Eleven first and early edition works by Simon Drew, all signed by the author. Eleven works by Simon Drew, an English illustrator and cartoonist. He is best known for his quirky captions, and animal ill...

The Caliph&Apos;S Design: Architects! Where Is Your Vortex?

Wyndham Lewis · 1919 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.53 | $297.23 | ¥47,470)

London, The Egoist LTD , 1919. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Lewis Wyndham's collection of essays discussing modern art and architecture. The first edition of this work. With a singular leaf of publisher's advertisements to rear. One of a print run of...

John Martin Visionary Printmaker

Michael J. Campbell · 1992 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.81 | $118.89 | ¥18,988)

York, Campbell Fine Art; York City Art Gallery, 1992 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this uncommon catalogue from the 1992 exhibition at York City Art Gallery. First edition of John Martin Visionary Printmaker by Michael J. Campbell in the original publisher&a...

The Bridges of Britain

Eric de Mare · 1954 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.87 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London , B. T. Batsford, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, richly illustrated copy of The Bridges of Britain. A first edition copy. The Bridges of Britain is a comprehensive survey of the architecture, building and structure of bridges around Britain. The work is l...

West Country Churches

W. J. Robinson · 1914 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.83 | $105.68 | ¥16,878)

Bristol, Bristol Times and Mirror , 1914-16. First edition. Cloth. Complete four volume set dedicated to the Churches of the West Country by W. J. Robinson, the first edition. The first edition of this work. Complete with four volumes. A history of Bristol and neighbouring chu...

Regency Furniture 1795-1820

Margaret Jpiu · 1948 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.87 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London and New York, Country Life Ltd.; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948 . Cloth. The second enlarged edition of this work on regency furniture with illustrations and in the original dust wrapper. Second edition of Regency Furniture 1795-1820 by Margaret Jourdain in the orig...

Sir Christopher Wren A.D. 1632-1723

Rudolf Dirks · 1923 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.83 | $105.68 | ¥16,878)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this fascinating work on the life and work of Sir Christopher Wren. With over one hundred illustrations, including his designs of St. Paul's Cathedral. Published on the bicentenary of his death, th...

Fonts and Font Covers & Screens and Galleries in English Churches

Francis Bond · 1908 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.86 | $92.47 | ¥14,768)

London, Henry Frowde, 1908. Cloth. Two volumes of work by Francis Bond on the architecture and design of church features. Two volumes. Written by Francis Bond. Fonts and Font Covers, 1908. A guide to fonts and font covers, with information on: the rite of Baptism, symbolism an...

A History of the English House from Primitive Times to the Victorian Present

Nathaniel Lloyd · 1931 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.40 | $129.46 | ¥20,676)

London, The Architectural Press, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Nathaniel Lloyd's study of the architecture of English houses, from the Norman Conquest to the early 19th century. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth bi...

Studies in Ruskin

Edward T. Cook · 1890 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.70 | $64.73 | ¥10,338)

London, George Allen, 1890. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming large paper study of the works of key Victorian figure John Ruskin. The first edition, large paper issue of this study of the works and teaching of writer, philosopher and art critic John Rusk...

Revue Illustree

F. G. Dumas · 1886 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€712.77 | $786.00 | ¥125,531)

Paris, Ludovic Baschet, 1886-1893. Leather. Nine volumes of Revue Illustree, richly illustrated and in the original French. Nine volumes of Revue Illustree from 1886 to 1893. Revue Illustree was a French language biweekly arts magazine which was published between 1885 and 191...

The Journal of Hellenic Studies

Various · 1923 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.73 | $171.73 | ¥27,427)

London , The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies , 1923-1975. Paperback. Eight volumes of The Journal of Hellenic Studies, with illustrations. Eight volumes of The Journal of Hellenic Studies, volumes XLIII 1923, Vol LV, 1935 and from volumes XC-XCV, 1970-1975. The ...

The Origin, Progress, and Present Condition of the Fine Arts in Great Britain and Ireland

William Benjamin Sarsfield Taylor · 1841 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.50 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Whittaker & Co. 1841 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this two volume work on the fine arts in Britain and Ireland. First edition of The Origin, Progress, and Present Condition of the Fine Arts in Great Britain and Ireland in the original publisher...

Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus John Flaxman

John Flaxman · 1795 · Rooke Books

£3,200.00 (€3,833.38 | $4,227.22 | ¥675,125)

London, J. Matthews, 1795 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this collection of illustrations by John Flaxman and signed by the artist. First edition of Compositions From the Tragedies of Aeschylus John Flaxman. Rebound in modern cloth. Engraved by Thomas ...

Brittany a Series of Thirty-Five Sketches

Birket Foster · 1878 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.33 | $429.33 | ¥68,567)

Surrey, Birket Foster, 1878 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this collection of sketches and illustrations by Victorian illustrator Birket Foster. First edition of Brittany A Series of Thirty-Five Sketches by Birket Foster in the original publisher's ...

The Seven Lamps of Architecture

John Ruskin · 1849 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.45 | $990.75 | ¥158,232)

London, Smith, Elder, and Co. 1849. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of John Ruskin's highly influential essay on the principles of architecture. Bound in handsome full morocco. The first edition. Rebound in a beautiful full morocco binding with gilt detail. W...