Architettura

Minotaure

Albert Skira; Stratis Eleftheriadis [editors] · 1981 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.69 | ¥137,122)

Paris, Editions Albert Skira, 1981. Cloth. The complete three volume facsimile collection of Minotaure, a surrealist magazine edited by Albert Skira and Stratis Eleftheriadis, in the original French. French. Complete in three volumes. A facsimile collection. Minotaure is a sur...

Old Cottages and Farm Houses in Kent and Sussex

E. Guy Dawber · 1900 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1900. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this vastly illustrated work on cottages and farmhouses in Kent and Sussex. First edition. Illustrated with one hundred plates printed in collotype from photographs. Collated complete. A descriptive stu...

Le Breviaire Grimani de la Bibliotheque S. Marc a Venise (Recherches D&Apos;Histoire Et D&Apos;Art)

Giulio Coggiola · 1908 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Leyde , A. W. Sijthoff, 1908. First edition. Leather. The first French edition of this study of the Marciana Library and the Grimani Breviary, with illustrations. The first French edition of this scarce volume. Published under the 'Research in History and Art' serie...

Reliques of Ancient English Architecture

John Johnson · 1858 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Day & Son, 1858. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce volume of eighty-one striking plates of examples of ancient English architecture. The first edition.A scarce work.'Reliques of Ancient English Architecture' is a monograph on the exampl...

The Church Builder: A Quarterly Journal of Church Extension in England and Wales

1870 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

London, Rivingtons , 1870-1873. Leather. A smart set offering four scarce volumes of 'The Church Builder' bound into two, with engravings. First edition. Comprising four volumes bound into two volumes, (1870 & 1871 and 1872 & 1873) from this uncommonly found quarter...

Le Origini Della Architettura Lombarda

G. T. Rivoira · 1908 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

Milano, Ulrico Hoepli, 1908. Vellum. A smartly bound second edition of this illustrated study on Lombard architecture, limited to one thousand one hundred copies. In the original Italian. Italian. Second edition, corrected and expanded. Limited to one thousand one hundred copi...

Five Original Pencil Storyboard Illustrations for &Apos;When the Wind Blows&Apos; by Raymond Briggs

Raymond Briggs · 1986 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.55 | $2,377.91 | ¥379,722)

Not Stated, Not Published, 1986 . Cloth. Five original concept storyboard illustrations by artist and illustrator Raymond Briggs, for his animated film 'When the Wind Blows&apos. A fantastic collection of five original graphite on paper illustrations by Raymond Briggs, th...

The Vision of Simeon Solomon

Simon Reynolds · 1985 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

Stroud , Catalpa Press Ltd, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing signed first edition of this work exploring the life and art of British painter, Simeon Solomon. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition of this work. With the publisher's original uncl...

Paris-Bordeaux-Paris 1895

Benoit Pérot; Alain Panhard [Preface] · 2007 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Paris, TiMKaT, 2007 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of the very scarce first edition of this account of the Paris–Bordeaux–Paris Trail race of June 1895, sometimes called the 'first motor race' in the world. A very scarce first edition.With te...

Photography with a Leica; the Leica Book; Leica: The First 50 Years

J. Allan Cash; Theo Kisselbach; G. Rogliatti · 1955 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London; Seebruck; Hove , Fountain Press; Heering-Verlag; Hove Camera Foto Books, 1955-1977. Cloth. A trio of works centring around the history and use of Leica camera products. This set offers the following works, all of which discuss the products of German company Leica, a ca...

Dulwich Picture Gallery: A Catalogue

Peter Murray · 1980 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Sotheby Parke Bernet , 1980. First edition. Cloth. A lovely example of this extensive catalogue for the Dulwich Picture Gallery, with many colour and monochrome plates. First edition.With the publisher's original unpriced, unclipped dust wrapper. With an accompany...

Hetling House, Now Used As the Abbey Church House: Being Some Account of Its Ancient History and Modern Uses

J. F. Meehan · 1906 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Bath, B. & J. F. Meehan, 1906. First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce historical overview of Hetling House, now known as Abbey Church House, situated in Bath, England. A vanishingly scarce historical booklet.In the publisher's original wraps.Containing an account ...

Rodger Mcphail: Artist, Naturalist, Sportsman

Ian Alcock · 1998 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Shrewsbury, Swan Hill Press, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of this richly illustrated biography of the wildlife and sporting artist Rodger McPhail. The uncommon first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth bindin...

La Vie Et L&Apos;Art Romantiques: Delacroix: Peintre, Graveur, Ecrivain

Raymond Escholier · 1926 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

Paris , H. Floury , 1926-1929. Leather. An exhaustive biography of French artist Eugene Delacroix, laid out chronologically across three richly illustrated volumes. The 'Edition de Luxe&apos. Complete in three volumes. In the original French. Uniformly bound in a signed...

The Christmas Bookman: The Old Wives&Apos; Tale

Arnold Bennett · 1931 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, The Christmas Bookman, 1931. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this set of colour illustrations inspired by Arnold Bennett's work The Old Wives' Tale from the Christmas edition of The Bookman for 1931. First edition. Very scarce. Illustrated wit...

Life and Letters of John Constable, R.A.

C. R. Leslie · 1896 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1896. Cloth. A new edition of this large biographical work exploring the life and works of English landscape artist, John Constable, with illustrations. A new edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With forty-six plate...

Practical Hints Upon Landscape Gardening

William S. Gilpin · 1835 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.08 | ¥55,904)

London, T. Cadell and W. Blackwood, 1835 . Cloth. The second edition of William S. Gilpin's beautifully illustrated guide to landscape gardening, with sixteen plates. The second edition of this work, which was first published in 1832.Illustrated with sixteen lithographs b...

First and Last Loves

John Betjeman · 1952 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, John Murray, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful collection of John Betjeman's essays on architecture, with The first edition. In the publisher's cloth binding with decorative boards. A beautifully written collection of essays on architecture, covering ...

Etching Craft: A Guide for Students and Collectors

W. P. Robins · 1922 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, The Bookman's Journal and Print Collector, 1922 . First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Robins's study of the history and techniques of etching, inscribed to renowned etcher Muirhead Bone. A signed first edition of this wo...

A History of Gold Snuff Boxes

Richard Norton; Martin Norton · 1938 · Rooke Books

£148.00 (€177.40 | $195.52 | ¥31,222)

London, Messrs S J Phillips, 1938 . First edition. Leather. An excellent first edition of Richard and Martin Norton's history of gold snuff boxes, illustrated with photographs of historical examples. The work examines snuff boxes throughout Europe, in France, England, Aus...