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Details of Elizabethan Architecture

Henry Shaw · 1834 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,805)

London, Willm. Pickering, 1834 . First edition. Leather. A wonderful collection of twenty engraved plates celebrating Elizabethan architecture, taken from the first edition of Henry Shaw's work. The first edition of this study of Elizabethan architecture from antiquarian ...

Notes on the Sarum Hymni Cum Notis: Antwerp, 1541

E. Gordon Duff · 1912 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Chiswick Press by C. Whittingham, 1912 . First edition. Leather. A bright example of the very scarce limited edition first edition of E. Gordon Duff's bibliographical study of a rare 1541 Sarum hymnal. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this limited edition w...

Art by Eric Gill Art and a Changing Civilisation by Eric Gill the Necessity of Belief by Eric Gill in a Strange Land by Eric Gill Last Essays by Eric Gill Art Nonsense and Other Essays by Eric Gill Eric Gill: Workman by Donald Attwater Twenty-Five Nudes Engraved by Eric Gill First Nudes by Eric Gill

Eric Gill; Donald Attwater · 1934 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

London, The Bodley Head; Faber and Faber; Jonathon Cape; Cassell & Company, Ltd.; James Clarke; J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd; Neville Spearman, 1934; 1935; 1936; [1941]; 1942. Hardback. London: The Bodley Head; Faber and Faber; Jonathon Cape; Cassell & Company, Ltd.; James Clarke; J....

An Introduction to the Language of Drawing and Painting Vol I: The Painter&Apos;S Terms Vol II: The Painter&Apos;S Modes of Expression

Arthur Pope · 1929 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

Cambridge , Harvard University Press, 1929-1931. Cloth. A complete two volume set of these abundantly illustrated comprehensive introductions to the language of drawing and painting. A complete two volume set of these comprehensive introductions to the language of drawing and ...

Everyman&Apos;S Dictionary of Pictorial Art in Two Volumes

William Gaunt · 1962 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,805)

London , J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1962. First edition. Cloth. A complete 2 volume set of dictionaries of pictorial art, highly illustrated in colour and black and white. A complete 2 volume set of dictionaries of pictorial art.The first editions of the works. In publisher's...

The Art of Rearing Silk-Worms

Count Dandolo [Dandolo Vincenzo] · 1825 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, John Murray, 1825 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptional example of the scarce first English language edition of Count Dandolo's illustrated guide to raising silk-worms. The scarce first English language translation of this work.Illustrated with one engraved plate...

Travels in South Kensington

Moncure Daniel Conway · 1882 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Trübner & Co. 1882 . First edition. Cloth. First edition of significant 19th-century figure Moncure Daniel Conway's engaging illustrated exploration of art and architecture at the now Victoria and Albert Museum. First edition.In publisher's original cloth bi...

Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times

[Anthony Ashley Cooper] Third Earl of Shaftesbury; Douglas Den Uyl · 2001 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Indianapolis , Liberty Fund, 2001. Paperback. A fantastic three volume set of works by the 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury on a wide range of topics, in the original slip case. A fantastic three volume set of works by Anthony Ashley Cooper, the 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, originally publ...

Folio of Songs from Walt Disney&Apos;S Famous Pictures: Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphony

Anonymous · 1929 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

New York, Irving Berlin, Inc, c1934 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of this charmingly illustrated publication of sheet music accompanying Disney's charming Silly Symphony animations. A first edition.Featuring the music to accompany songs includi...

Things New and Old

None · 1923 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, William Heinemann Ltd , 1923. Cloth. A pleasing signed limited edition of Max Beerbohm's book of caricatures. A signed limited edition of 380 copies, of which this is number 161. Signed by Beerbohm to the limitation page.With the additional signed colour plate loo...

The Peacock Room: Painted for Mr. F.R. Leyland by James Mcneill Whistler, Removed in Its Entirety from the Late Owner&Apos;S Residence and Exhibited at Messrs. Obach&Apos;S Galleries at 168 New Bond Street, London, W.

Sir Charles John Holmes · 1904 · Rooke Books

£1,550.00 (€1,857.89 | $2,047.64 | ¥326,983)

London, Obach's Galleries, 1904. Paperback. A scarce copy of this illustrated and descriptive catalogue of the Peacock Room, painted by James McNeill Whistler. A scarce catalogue depicting the Peacock Room, a striking work of interior decorative art created by James McNei...

First and Last Loves

John Betjeman · 1952 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, John Murray, 1952 . First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition of this collection of essays on the architecture of English towns from writer, Poet Laureate, and broadcaster, Sir John Betjeman, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's origin...

A Collection of Twenty-Two Issues from &Apos;L&Apos;Assiette Au Beurre&Apos; Bound Together

Various · 1903 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

Paris , L'Assiette au Beurre, 1903-1904. First edition. Hardback. A remarkable collection of issues from 1903-04 of illustrated French satirical, 'L'Assiette au Beurre' , bound here together. First edition. Comprising issues No. 93 - No. 95, No. 110 - 117,...

Inigo Jones and the European Classicist Tradition

Giles Worsley · 2007 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

New Haven; London, Yale University Press, 2007. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, richly illustrated study of Inigo Jones by Giles Worsley, examining how he introduced and transformed European classicism within the tradition of British architecture. In the publisher'...

The Edwardian Garden

David Ottewill · 1989 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

New Haven; London, Yale University Press, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated first comprehensive study of the Edwardian garden, exploring its design, social context, and key figures, including the celebrated Blomfield–Robinson feud. In the publisher's origi...

Elizabethan Architecture: Its Rise and Fall, 1540-1640

Mark Girouard · 2009 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

New Haven; London, Yale University Press, 2009 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Mark Girouard"s richly illustrated and authoritative study of Elizabethan architecture, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher"s original red cloth binding. First ed...

The Manor Houses of England

P.H. Ditchfield MA.F.S.A · 1910 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London , B.T. Batsford, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The charming first edition of this comprehensive account of the old country architecture of English manor houses, highly illustrated by Sydney R. Jones. The first edition of the work. In publisher's original decorative b...

Engraving: Its Origin, Processes, and History

Vicomte Henri Delaborde; R. A. M. Stevenson [translator]; William Walker · 1886 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1886. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this detailed study on the art of engraving from French art critic Vicomte Henri Delaborde. First edition. From the Fine-Art Library. Illustrated throughout. A detailed and comprehensive study o...

David Jones

1981 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,594)

London, The Tate Gallery, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this catalogue of the works of British painter and modernist poet David Michal Jones. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, sixteen colour plates, and numerous in-text images in black...

Fritz Kredel 1900-1973: A Comprehensive List of Kredel&Apos;S Work

Mathilde Kredel Brown; Judith Kredel Brown; Gay Walker; Hermann Zapf; Ronald Salter · 2000 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

Michelstadt, Odenwald Museum, 2000. First edition. Paperback. A very smart first edition of this study on the works of German-American artist Fritz Kredel, inscribed and signed by one of the authors. First edition, published on the occasion of Fritz Kredel's centennial an...