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Cottage Building or Hints for Improving the Dwellings of Working Classes and the Labouring Poor with Notes and Additions by John Weale and Other Authors

C. Bruce Allen; John Weale · 1876 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Crosby Lockwood & Co. 1876. Cloth. The eighth revised and enlarged edition of Allen's work on cottage buildings and improving habitation for the working classes. The eighth edition of this work in the publisher's original blind-stamped cloth binding. Ink insc...

My Contributions to Punch

Anonymous · 1891 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

Not Stated, None, 1891-1896 . Leather. A wonderful full calf volume in a signed binding, consisting of one-hundred mounted illustrations taken from the pages of 'Punch&apos. An impressive selection of one-hundred mounted and hand numbered illustrations drawn from the page...

Addresses Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy by the Late Lord Leighton

Lord Leighton · 1896 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London , Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1896. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of addresses by the British painter Frederick Leighton to students at the Royal Academy. A first edition copy of this collection of addresses given by Lord Leighton to students at...

The Ancient Halls of the City Guilds Drawn in Lithography by Thos. R. Way with Some Account of the History of the Companies by Philip Norman, F.S. A.

Philip Norman · 1903 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1903. Cloth. A richly illustrated limited edition of this work concerning the halls of the city guilds of London, signed by the illustrator Thomas R. Way. In the publisher's original cloth binding. An account of the history and architecture o...

The Follies & Fashions of Our Grandfathers (1807)

Andrew W. Tuer · 1886 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Field & Tuer, 1886-1887 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this wonderfully illustrated and hand coloured study of the fashions of 1807. The first edition of British publisher and printer Andrew White Tuer's wonderful work examining the popular fashion...

The Falls Tracer: Six Pieces and Five Drawings

Glen Baxter · 1970 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Tetrad Press, 1970. First edition. Paperback. A limited edition proof copy of artist Glen Baxter's collection of absurdist drawings, with literary descriptions, in the publisher's original paper wraps with a sewn in dust wrapper. Scarce, Limited Edition, Proo...

Technique of Advertising Layout

Frank H. Young · 1947 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Partridge Publications Ltd, 1947. Cloth. Advertising man Frank H. Young's detailed and illustrated 1940s guide to advertising layouts. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. A brightly illustrated and impressively informative guide to layouts in advertising from ...

The Cornhill Gallery, Containing One Hundred Engravings from Drawings on Wood (Being Designs for the Illustration of "the Cornhill Magazine")

Frederick Leighton; John Everett Millais; George du Maurier; W. M. Thackeray; et al. · 1865 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1865. Cloth. An uncommon copy of the Cornhill Gallery, featuring one hundred full page plates for the illustration of the magazine. The Cornhill Magazine was a monthly Victorian magazine and literary journal, edited by William Makepeace Thackeray. Un...

Burne-Jones Talking: His Conversations 1895-1898, Preserved by His Studio Assistant

Edward Burne-Jones; Mary Lago (ed) · 1982 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, John Murray, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A collection of conversations with artist Edward Burne-Jones, collected and preserved by his studio assistant, with illustrations to middle of text. First edition, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Review copy, with revie...

Collected Works from &Apos;Archaeologia&Apos;

Charles Lethbridge Kingsford · 1916 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Frederick Hall; John Johnson; Charles Batey, 1916-53. Brochure/Pamphlet. A collection of essays published in the Society of Antiquaries of London's journal 'Archaeologia', covering various interesting points regarding London's archaeology and archit...

The Officina Bodoni, an Account of the Work of a Hand Press 1923-197

Giovanni Mardersteig; Hans Schmoller [ed.] · 1980 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Verona, Edizioni Valdonega, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful limited edition catalogue and history of the Officina Bodoni, illustrated throughout and in the publisher's original slip case. A Limited Edition work, one of 1,500 copies printed.The first edition of thi...

Catalogue of the Loan Exhibition of Flemish and Belgian Art Burlington House London 1927 a Memorial Volume

Sir Martin Conway [ed.] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Country Life LTD , 1927. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful memorial catalogue of the loan Exhibition of Flemish and Belgian art, a publication limited to one thousand copies with lovely illustrations. A large paper, extensive catalogue of the Loan exhibition of Flemish...

Castles

Charles Oman · 1926 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, The Great Western Railway, 1926. First edition. Cloth. An excellent copy of the first edition of this volume, exploring the castles of England with some beautiful illustrations, complete with the fine, large coloured map inserted tot he rear pocket. British historian C...

A Book of English Etching: Fro Francis Barlow to Francis Seymour Haden

Walter Shaw Sparrow · 1926 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,704)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A first edition history of British etching, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work from Welsh writer on art and architecture Walter Shaw Sparrow.Illustrated throughout, this volume contains one hund...

Stories of English Artists 1600-1851

Randall Davies; Cecil Hunt · 1908 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London & New York, Chatto & Windus, 1908. Cloth. A lovely collection of short biographies of British artists, richly illustrated with plates in colour and monochrome throughout. Containing biographies of the likes of Sir Anthony Vandyck, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Sir Thomas Lawrenc...

The Assay Office and the Silver Plate Trade. A Statement of Facts, with Accompanying Observations, in Reference to the Libellous Attacks of the &Apos;Birmingham Journal&Apos;

George Richmond Collis · 1846 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

Birmingham, Thomas Ragg, 1846. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce reply to an attack on the Assay Office in Birmingham, by George Richmond Collis. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work.In a signed binding by R. H. Porter.An interes...

The Builders of Florence

J. Wood Brown · 1907 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.25 | ¥18,564)

London, Methuen & Co. 1907. First edition. Cloth. An extensive guide to the impressive architecture of Florence and its builders, adorned with illustrations by Herbert Railton. The first edition. An attractive and comprehensive guide to the architecture of Florence and its bui...

Richard Cosway, R.A. , and His Wife and Pupils Miniaturists of the Eighteenth Century

George C. Williamson · 1897 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1897. First edition. Cloth. The first limited edition work looking into the influential art of Richard Cosway, beautifully illustrated with examples of his miniatures throughout. The first limited edition of this work, limited to three-hundred and f...

Angelica Kauffmann: Her Life and Works

Victoria Manners; G C Williamson · 1924 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first, limited edition to one thousand copies of this charming biography of the life and works of Swiss painter Angelica Kauffmann. The first, limited edition of 1924 of this extensive biography of Ange...

Historic Architecture of the Royal Navy: An Introduction

J. G. Coad · 1983 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1983. Cloth. A beautiful and heartily illustrated volume regarding the architecture of the British Navvy, with a foreword by the Admiral of the Fleet. This work explores closely the architecture between 1700 and 1900, in particular the dockyards of...