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Royal Album of Arts and Industries of Great Britain

Anonymous · 1887 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.71 | $184.94 | ¥29,537)

London, Wyman & Sons, 1887 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated throughout, this is an impressive album celebrating British industry at the time of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The very scarce first edition of this work, in the publisher's original decorative mo...

The Private Palaces of London, Past and Present

E. Beresford Chancellor · 1909 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.81 | $118.89 | ¥18,988)

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott , 1909 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first US edition of this richly illustrated architectural work on the important houses of London, by E. Beresford Chancellor. First published in London the year prior, this is the vanishingly scarce ...

Conversations of James Northcote, Esq. , R.A.

William Hazlitt · 1830 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.46 | $343.46 | ¥54,854)

London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of William Hazlitt's popular work describing his conversations with the British painter, James Northcote. First edition. With a portrait frontispiece, engraved by T Wrig...

A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840

Howard Colvin · 2008 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.86 | $92.47 | ¥14,768)

New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2008. Cloth. A very pleasing fourth edition of this classic authoritative work on the history of British architecture. Fourth edition, second impression. An authoritative and now classic work of reference on the history of British a...

An Account of Little Hampden Church

1933 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.89 | $72.66 | ¥11,604)

London, Stone & Cox, Ltd. 1933. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this delightful booklet on the church in Little Hampden, a civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. Very scarce work. An insightful historical study of the church at Little Hampden, a civil parish in Buckinghams...

London Cries: With Six Charming Children

Andrew Tuer · 1883 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.50 | $317.04 | ¥50,634)

London, Field & Tuer, [1883]. Cloth. A limited edition work from Andrew Tuer, featuring a collection of fantastic illustrations from the likes of Bartolozzi, Cruikshank and Rowlandson, depicting the people and venders in London, with proof prints. A limited edition. Being an u...

Greenwich Palace: A History of What Is Now the Royal Naval College and the National Maritime Museum, from Earliest Times to 1939

1939 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.87 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, E. G. Berryman & Sons Ltd. 1939. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of this very scarce history of the Royal Naval College and National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London, with illustrations. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and...

The Story of the Site of Regis House, King William Street, London E.C. 4

Quintin Waddington · 1931 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.88 | $79.26 | ¥12,659)

London, Published by the Freeholder, Rudolph Palumbo , 1931. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce copy of this privately printed history of the site of Regis House in London, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Very scarce work. Privately published. Illustrated wit...

Botticelli

Andre Chastel · 1958 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.87 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, George Rainbird & Oldbourne Press, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this study of the life and works of Italian Early Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli, with examples of his works. First UK edition. Illustrated with a tipped in colour frontis...

Three Plates in Colour from Shakespeare&Apos;S Tragedy of Hamlet

William Shakespeare · 1910 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.93 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London , Hodder and Stoughton Ltd. 1910. First edition. Unbound. A first edition of this very scarce, beautifully produced folio of three colour plate illustrations from W. G. Simmonds, highlighting key dramatic moments from the play. In the publisher's original green pap...

By the King&Apos;S Patent. Tinned Copper Sheets and Pipes

Charles Wyatt; John Wyatt · 1792 · Rooke Books

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

None stated, None stated, [1792]. First edition. Disbound. A very scarce eighteenth century advertisement for the use of tinned copper sheets and pipes by their patentee's Charles and John Wyatt. The first edition of this very scarce advertisement, being the variant with ...

The Development of European Playing Cards (Graphis No. 59 Article)

Eberhard Pinder · 1955 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.93 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

New York , Graphis , 1955. Cloth. A handsomely bound article on European playing cards, extracted from Graphis magazine. This article, 'The Development of European Playing Cards', extracted and bound as a separate volume from Issue No. 59 of Graphis magazine. Bound ...

Art and Art Industries in Japan

Sir Rutherford Alcock · 1878 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.82 | $112.29 | ¥17,933)

London, Virtue and Co. 1878 . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, first edition of this beautifully illustrated exploration of Japanese art and the art industry in the mid nineteenth century. First edition. Uncommon work. Bound in the green variant of the publisher's origi...

The Carpenter and Joiner&Apos;S Assistant

James Newlands · 1880 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.83 | $105.68 | ¥16,878)

London, Blackie & Son, 1880 . Leather. A fascinating and illustrated guide to carpentry and joinery, with a glossary of architecture terms, by the engineer James Newlands. This useful guide, first published in 1860, is split up into eight educational sections; Practical Geomet...

Second Report from Select Committee on Metropolis Improvement; with the Minutes of Evidence

Anonymous · 1840 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€658.86 | $726.55 | ¥116,037)

London, Not Stated, 1840 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce work, detailing a meeting between the committee responsible for the development of London in the nineteenth century, illustrated with a folding plan for the construction of a new street in central London. A very sc...

The Outline of Literature; the Outline of Art

John Drinkwater; William Orpen · 1923 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.43 | $363.28 | ¥58,019)

London, George Newnes Ltd, 1923-1924 . First edition. Leather. A handsomely bound collection of three volumes celebrating the history of art and literature, illustrated throughout with colour plates. A charming set of first edition volumes, in half morocco bindings.Present her...

The Ancient Sculptures in the Roof of Norwich Cathedral

Edward Meyrick Goulburn; Henry Symonds; Edward Hailstone · 1876 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.73 | $171.73 | ¥27,427)

London, The Autotype Fine Art Company, 1876 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated work examining the impressive Middle Aged roof sculptures of Norwich Cathedral. A fascinating look at the impressive sculptures in the roof of Norwich Cathed...

Schoeller and Hoesch Gernsbach (50th Anniversary Portfolio of Etchings)

A. Kusche · 1930 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.84 | $99.08 | ¥15,823)

Gernsbach , Schoeller and Hoesch, 1930. Unbound. A vanishingly scarce portfolio of etching prints by Hermann Kupferschmid, commissioned for the 50th anniversary of German paper manufacturer, Schoeller & Hoesch. This very scarce collection of prints was commissioned by Schoelle...

Madman&Apos;S Drum, and, Gods&Apos; Man

Lynd Ward · 1930 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.34 | $422.72 | ¥67,512)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1930-31. First edition. Cloth. Two wordless novels told through woodcuts by Lynd Ward, precursors to the graphic novel. Two of Lynd Ward's novels told through woodcuts. These two wordless novels are considered to be precursors of the graphic novel.&...

The World of Edward Gorey

Clifford Ross; Karen Wilkin · 1996 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.32 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

New York, Harry N. Abrams , 1996. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of this brilliant guide through the works of American writer and artist, Edward Gorey. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Th...