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The Church Bells of Somerset, to Which Is Added an Olla Podrida of Bell Matters of General Interest

Rev. Henry Thomas Ellacombe · 1875 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.39 | $389.70 | ¥62,238)

Exeter, Printed for the Author by William Pollard , 1875 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of this scarce work highlighting the history of Somerset's church bells and parishes. The first edition. Signed to the front cover, "To F. P. Browne Witte from t...

British Furniture Makers

John Gloag · 1945 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.61 | $250.99 | ¥40,086)

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 (€58.70 | $64.73 | ¥10,338)

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...

Gauguin: Maker of Myth

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

£49.00 (€58.70 | $64.73 | ¥10,338)

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 (€53.91 | $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 (€107.81 | $118.89 | ¥18,988)

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...

Wembley in Colour

Donald Maxwell · 1924 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.92 | $52.84 | ¥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...

Westminster Abbey

Mrs. A. Murray Smith · 1904 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.70 | $64.73 | ¥10,338)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A first edition from Adam and Charles Black on the architecture and surrounding areas of Westminster Abbey. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and twenty colour plates. Collated complete. A study of...

Famous London Churches

C. B. Mortlock · 1934 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.68 | $77.94 | ¥12,448)

London, Skeffington & Son, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collective study of famous London churches, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiec...

London Churches Ancient & Modern

T. Francis Bumpus · 1908 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.87 | $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...

British Artists of the Forties Exhibition by Calderdale Museums Service

0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.94 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Calderdale , Calderdale Museums Service , c1980. Paperback. A very smart copy of this very scarce exhibition guide from the Calderdale Museums Service art show of British artists from the forties. Very scarce work. With seven images and decorations, including two full-page ill...

A Book of Bridges

Walter Shaw Sparrow · 1915 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.92 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head , 1915. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming study of bridges, copiously illustrated with colour plates by Welsh artist Frank Brangwyn. First edition. In the original cloth binding. Copiously illustrated throughout by Fra...

War Impressions

Mortimer Menpes; Dorothy Menpes · 1901 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Adam and Charles Black , 1901. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this richly illustrated volume, comprising Mortimer Menpes' works from his time as war artist during the Boer War. First edition.In the original cloth binding.Illustrated with ninety-nine co...

R. Ackerman&Apos;S Series 1851: London - Ten Coloured Lithographs by T. Picken After G. Shepherd

R. Ackerman · 1972 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.84 | $99.08 | ¥15,823)

Gloucestershire , Guildhall Library Committee , 1972 . Paperback. A beautifully presented facsimile work of Rudolph Ackermann's 1851 series of prints depicting London scenes, comprised of ten coloured lithographs by Thomas Picken, housed in a lovely portfolio. The first e...

A Popular Account of the Interesting Priory of Llanthony, Near Gloucester; with Notices of Its Original Foundation in Wales, and Subsequent Removal to England; Also Additional Notices of Contemporaneous Buildings in Gloucester, and Introductory Remarks on the Monastic System

John Clarke · 1853 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.92 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

Gloucester , J. W. Needham , 1853. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon history of Gloucester's antiquities and Llanthony Priory, adorned with engraved plates. First edition. An uncommon volume. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Illustrat...

The Life of George Romney

William Hayley · 1809 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,677.10 | $1,849.41 | ¥295,367)

Chichester, W. Mason for T. Payne, 1809 . First edition. Leather. Charmingly illustrated with engraved plates, this is the scarce large paper edition of Hayley's biography of celebrated painter George Romney. The first edition of this work, the scarce large paper edition,...

Windsor Castle

Sir Owen Morshead · 1957 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.75 | $158.52 | ¥25,317)

London, Phaidon Press, 1957 . Cloth. A signed presentation copy of Sir Owen Morshead's account of the history of Windsor Castle, illustrated throughout and with a loosely inserted signed letter. A signed presentation copy of the second edition of this work, which was firs...

Progress at Pelvis Bay

Osbert Lancaster · 1941 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, John Murray, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A humorous illustrated satire by Osbert Lancaster, critiquing seaside town planning with Osbert's sharp wit and architectural insight. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.A collection of satirical drawings an...

Friendship Album of the Howells&Apos; Japan Exhibition in Cardiff

Kathleen Olwen 'Joyce' Howell; Various · 1915 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.07 | $594.45 | ¥94,939)

None, None, 1915. Leather. A very scarce scrapbook album commemorating Howells' Japan Exhibition in Cardiff, with watercolour paintings. A unique and very scarce friendship album, compiled by a twelve year old girl upon the Japan Exhibition in Cardiff.The scrapbook contai...

A Collection from the Architectural Library

T. Baker; Henry Law; G. H. Andrews · 1850 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.86 | $92.47 | ¥14,768)

London, John Weale, 1850-1852. Cloth. Three uniformly bound treatises from the Architectural Library. Three volumes. The Architectural Library. Written by civil engineers and intended for the use of schools and for private study. This set contains: Rudimentary Treatise on Land...