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The Churches of London: A History and Description of the Ecclesiastical Edifices of the Metropolis

George Godwin · 1839 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, C. Tilt , 1839. Leather. A richly illustrated two-volume history of London's churches, adorned with engraved plates. Second edition. First published in two volumes in 1838.Complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in half diced calf, with marbled boards. A compre...

James Watt

William Jacks · 1901 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Glasgow, James Maclehose and Sons, 1901 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the uncommon first edition of this privately printed biography of prominent engineer James Watt. The uncommon first edition of this work, signed by the author to the front free endpap...

The Annotated Capital on the Thinking Behind the Capital Letter of the Cardozo Kindersley Workshop

Lida Lopes Cardozo Kindersley · 2009 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Cambridge, Cardozo Kindersley, 2009. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing first edition of this study of the capital letter form from Dutch designer Lida Lopes Cardozo Kindersley, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper, dated Dece...

True to Type: A Typographical Autobiography

Ruari McLean · 2000 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

New Castle, Oak Knoll Press & Werner Shaw, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing first edition of this illustrated typographical autobiography from Ruari McLean, with a handwritten letter from the author. First edition. With three handwritten letters from the author to J...

Great Private Collections

Douglas Cooper [ed.]; Kenneth Clark [intro.] · 1963 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,282)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1963 . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon copy of this richly illustrated tour through a series of private art collections. First edition. An uncommon volume.With the publisher's clipped dust wrapper. With the very scarce original glassine....

The Collector in America

Jean Lipman · 1971 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first UK edition of this guide to art collecting in America, with the original glassine wrapper. First UK edition. With the vanishingly scarce original glassine wrapper. Illustrated with two hundred bla...

E. Mcknight Kauffer: A Designer and His Public

Mark Haworth-Booth · 1979 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, The Gordon Fraser Gallery Ltd. 1979. First edition. Cloth. The first edition biography and visual study of Edward McKnight Kauffer, featuring numerous plates and in-text illustrations chronicling the designer"s life and work. In the publisher's original cloth bind...

Early Keyboard Instruments, from Their Beginning to the Year 1820

Philip James · 1930 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Peter Davies Ltd, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. A presentation copy of the first edition of Philip James's history of keyboard instruments, with a tipped in signed letter from the author to furniture designer Ambrose Heal. A presentation copy of the first edition, ...

Wilh. Gerstung in Offenbach A. Main Und Die Rudolfinischen Drucke

1925 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Offenbach, Wilh. Gerstrung, 1925. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this limited edition study of the works of the Wilhelm Gerstung publishing and printing house in Offenbach, written in the original German. German. This copy is hand-numbered as number ninety. Illustrated with ...

Picasso and the Age of Iron

Carmen Gimenez; Dore Ashton; Francisco Calvo Serraller · 1993 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

New York, Guggenheim Museum, 1993. First edition. Paperback. A lovely first edition exhibition catalogue exploring the groundbreaking metal sculpture of Picasso, González, Calder, Smith, and Giacometti. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. This volume is a...

Wine List Decorations 1961-1963

R. S. Don [ed.] · 1963 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Bristol, John Harvey and Sons Limited , 1963. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this tour through the illustrations and maps that appeared in Harveys Wine List from 1961-63. First edition. In the original cloth binding. A collection of the illustrations and maps which ap...

Monster Island

Ron van der Meer · 1981 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1981. First edition. Hardback. An excellent copy of this scarce monster pop-up book from Ron van der Meer. The first edition of this scarce pop-up book. In the publisher's pictorial laminated boards. This delightful pop-up takes the reader throu...

The Etched Work of W Lee- Hankey R E from 1904-1920

Martin Hardie · 1921 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, L. H. Lefevre & Son, [1921]. Cloth. A limited edition catalogue of the etchings of William Lee-Hankey, the noted British artist, in a lovely modern binding. A limited edition, being one of only 250 copies printed. Numbers 1-110 were the 'Edition de Luxe', and...

Sketches in York

G. H. Fowler Jones · 1878 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1878. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this collection of sketches from Scottish architect George Fowler Jones. Very scarce work. Illustrated with forty-nine plates. Collated complete. A collection of sketches, taken on the spot, and old drawings of the cit...

Typothek I: Klassische Antiqua-Schriften in Originalschnitten

Eckehart Schumacher-Gebler · 2004 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

Not Stated, Schumacher-Gebler, 2004. Loose Pages, Articles. A very pleasing copy of this library of antique typefaces in the original cuts, in the original German. German. A typeface library containing a total of fifty-six fantastic typefaces from the bygone era of typesetting...

Edward Ardizzone: A Bibliographic Commentary

Brian Alderson · 2003 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Private Libraries Association: The British Library, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition copy of this illustrated bibliographic study of the work of British artist Edward Ardizzone. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, four colour plat...

Hogarth Moralized: A Complete Edition of All the Most Capital and Admired Works of William Hogarth, Accompanied with Concise and Comprehensive Explanations of Their Moral Tendency

Rev. Dr. Trusler · 1831 · Rooke Books

£96.00 (€115.07 | $126.82 | ¥20,252)

London, The Shakspeare Press, by W. Nicol, for John Major , 1831. Leather. A beautifully illustrated examination of William Hogarth's works by Rev. Dr. Trusler, complete with engraved plates. A delightful study of English painter, engraver and cartoonist, William Hogarth....

My Study of Letterpress Typography

Juzo Takaoka · 2013 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Tokyo, Uyou Shorin Co. Ltd. 2013. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this illustrated study of letterpress typography from Japanese letterpress printer Juzo Takaoka, in the original Japanese. Japanese with English print. First edition, first printing. With an ...

A Letter to Thomas Hope, Esq. Hereditary Governor and Director of the British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom, &C. &C. On the Insufficiency of the Existing Establishments for Promoting the Fine Arts, Towards That of Architecture and Its Professors; Attempting to Show the Cause of the Decline of Pure Taste in That Branch of the Fine Arts, and with Some Hints Towards Its Better Encouragement

James Elmes · 1814 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, The Pamphleteer, 1814. First edition. Unbound. A very scarce pamphlet containing a letter criticising the British Institution for their lack of promotion for architecture. The first separate edition of this very scarce work, originally published in Volume III of '...

American Locomotive Engineering and Railway Mechanism

G. Weissenborn [Gustavus Weissenborn] · 1861 · Rooke Books

£14,500.00 (€17,380.30 | $19,155.38 | ¥3,058,875)

[New York], [American Industrial Publishing Co] , c1871. Leather. A fantastic plate volume featuring a collection of detailed engineering illustrations from Gustavo Weissenborn, including several hand coloured plates. The very rare to see expanded variant, with over forty extr...