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Houses of the Gentry 1480-1680

Nicholas Cooper · 1999 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

New Haven and London, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated architectural history of the houses of the gentry during the fifteenth century. First edition. Illustrated with c...

Royal Album of Arts and Industries of Great Britain

Anonymous · 1887 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

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 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

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 (€311.65 | $343.48 | ¥54,849)

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 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

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 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

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 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

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...

Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love

Haruki Murakami; Philip Gabriel [translator] · 2021 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Harvill Secker, 2021. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first UK edition, first impression of this collection of images and essays about t-shirts from Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. First UK edition, first impression. Illustrated throughout. Originally serialized in P...

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 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

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 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

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...

Impressionist Prints: Lithographs, Etchings, Drypoints, Aquatints, Woodcuts

Roger Passerson · 1974 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Phaidon, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this celebration of Impressionist prints from French art historian Roger Passeron. First edition. Illustrated with ninety-nine images, twenty-three of which are in colour. A celebration of Impressionist...

Renaissance Painting from Leonardo to Durer

Lionello Venturi · 1979 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1979. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this study of Renaissance painting from Italian art historian and critic Lionello Venturi. First standalone edition, previously published as part of the Great Centuries of Painting Series created by Al...

Botticelli

Andre Chastel · 1958 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

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...

Giorgio Morandi: Etchings

Nicholas Serota [Foreword]; Jennifer Mundy; Christopher Le Brun · 1992 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.15 | ¥14,556)

London, Tate Gallery Publications, 1992 . First edition. Paperback. A scarce first edition catalogue of Giorgio Morandi"s etchings, featuring plate illustrations from his rare corpus of 133 works. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps, with French flaps. This...

Galoways of Balerno

1968 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Newman Neame, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this vanishingly scarce record of the John Galloway & Company Limited paper makers. First edition, privately published. Very scarce work. Illustrated with ten plates and numerous in-text images. A de...

Masters of American Design: Frederic Goudy

D. J. R. Bruckner · 1990 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1990. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this study on the life and work of American artist and designer Frederic Goudy, from the Masters of American Design series. First edition. From the Masters of American Design series. Illu...

Fifty Plates of Shipping and Craft

None · 1829 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.14 | ¥146,615)

London, None, 1829. First edition. Leather. The fantastic scarce first edition collection of etched plates of ships from the renowned English artist Edward William Cooke, created when he was only eighteen. Bound in full straight grain morocco. The first edition.Beautifully ill...

Das Grosse Bruegel-Werk

Gustav Gluck · 1951 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Vienna , Anton Schroll and Co. 1951. First edition. Cloth. A large portfolio of the art of Pieter Bruegel, complete with eighty-two tipped-in colour plates and commentary from Gustav Glück. First edition. In the original German. A delightful tour through the works of Pieter ...

British Water-Colour Art

Marcus B. Huish · 1904 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated study of water-colour in Britain from English art dealer Marcus Bourne Huish. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and sixty-one colour plates. Collated complete. A...

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

William Shakespeare · 1910 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

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...