Cucina e gastronomia

A Younger Sons&Apos; Cookery Book

A Younger Sons' Daughter [M. M. Mallock] · 1896 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Richard Bentley And Son, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this Victorian cookbook, illustrated with twenty nine engravings A first edition of this late-Victorian cookery book. With twenty nine in-text engravings, collated and complete. In this work compri...

The Wife&Apos;S Own Book of Cookery

Frederick Bishop · 1856 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Ward and Lock, 1856. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Frederick Bishop's useful cookery work of recipes and advice on many aspects of running a household, illustrated throughout. 'The Wife's Own Book of Cookery' is a collection of about fi...

A Manual of Domestic Economy

J. H. Walsh · 1859 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, G. Routledge & Co, 1859 . Leather. A smart copy of this uncommon and extensively illustrated guide Victorian era domestic economy. An uncommon work in all editions, first published in 1856.This is the work of John Henry Walsh, who usually served as a sports writer, but...

The Spirit of Cookery a Popular Treatise

J. L. W. Thudichum · 1895 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London and New York, Frederick Warne and Co. 1895. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this work exploring the spirit and science of cooking The first edition of the work. The Spirit of Cookery is a popular treatise on the history, science, practice and ethical and ...

Entrees a la Mode

Harriet Anne de Salis · 1888 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1888. Cloth. A cookery book by prolific cookbook author Harriet Anne de Salis, the fifth edition. The fifth edition of this work, the earliest seen on the market. A little cookery book by Harriet Anne de Salis, prolific author of popular Englis...

A Treatise on Food and Dietetics, Physiologically and Therapeutically Considered

Frederick William Pavy · 1875 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, J. & A. Churchill, 1875. Cloth. In this scarce work, 19th century physician and physiologist Frederick William Pavy offers dietary advice for diabetics In this scarce work by Frederick William Pavy, the physician and physiologist discusses food in scientific detail, al...

Mrs. Beeton&Apos;S Household Mangement

Mrs. Beeton [Isabella Beeton] · 1930 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. c1936. Cloth. A brightly illustrated 1930s edition of Isabella Beeton's renowned cookery work. A lovely edition of this famous work, illustrated with numerous illustrations and a further thirty-two exceptionally bright full colour plates. Collated...

A New System of Domestic Cookery: Founded Upon Principles of Economy; and Adapted to the Use of Private Families. Sixty-Fourth Edition. Remodelled and Improved by the Addition of Nearly One Thousand New Receipts. Suited to the Present Advanced State of the Art of Cookery. By Emma Roberts

Mrs Maria Rundell; Emma Roberts · 1840 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

London, John Murray, 1840. Cloth. A smart copy of this very successful work on domestic cookery by Maria Rundell. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscriptions to the front free end paper. Frontispiece depicting "domestic cookery" and a further 9 plates. Col...

Warne&Apos;S Model Cookery and Housekeeping Book, Containing Complete Instructions in Household Management

Mary Jewry · 1869 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Frederick Warne and Company , 1869. Cloth. Mary Jewry's sought after cookery book with illustrations in colour and in black and white. Frederick Warne's cookery and housekeeping book compiled and edited by Mary Jewry, the people's edition. Containing cle...

Hints on Cooking by Gas with Recipes

Helen Edden · 1892 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Hammersmith, Andrew Churchman, 1892. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce cookery book guiding the reader on gas cookery, written by Helen Edden. Containing recipes for soups, fish, meat, bread and cakes, puddings, jellies, creams, pastries, savouries, sauces and sundries.Written by He...

The Afternoon Tea Book: How to Make Tea, Coffee, Chocolate, Cakes, Scones, Rolls, Sandwiches, Cooling Drinks, and Ices

Agnes C. Maitland · 1912 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.66 | ¥51,684)

London, John Hogg, 1912. Cloth. A fourth edition of this beautiful little cookery book of all things afternoon tea, written by Agnes C. Maitland. With recipes including crescent rolls, Sally Lunn's, John Peel's tea cakes, hot cross buns, Savoy cake, Duntrune Rice cak...

The Book of Cakes

T. Percy Lewis; A. G. Bromley · 1903 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Maclaren & Sons, 1903. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated cake decorating work, containing many useful recipes and instructions for decorating stunning cakes, illustrated with chromolithograph plates. The first edition of this work....

A New System of Domestic Cookery

Maria Rundell · 1823 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, John Murray, 1823. Hardback. A new edition of Maria Rundell's extremely popular English cookbook. Written by Maria Eliza Rundell (1745-1828), an English writer best known for this extremely popular work, which ran numerous editions and sold around half a million c...

National Viands a la Mode

Harriet Anne de Salis · 1895 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1895. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Harriet Anne de Salis' cookery book containing national recipes from around the globe. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.A recipe collection containing recipes fo...

Soups and Dressed Fish a la Mode

Harriet Anne de Salis · 1888 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1888. Cloth. A scarce early edition of Harriet Anne de Salis' recipe book focusing on soups and dressed fishes. A scarce work.A charming recipe collection containing a wide variety of recipes for soups and dressed fish.The recipes range fr...

The Compleat Imbiber

Cyril Ray · 1962 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

London, Vista Books; Hutchinson, 1962-9. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of volumes five and ten in Cyril Ray's 'The Compleat Imbiber', beautifully illustrated throughout. The first editions of these works.In two volumes.'The Compleat Imbiber' ...

English Housewifery

Elizabeth Moxon · 1749 · Rooke Books

£2,350.00 (€2,816.81 | $3,104.49 | ¥495,749)

Leedes, James Lister, 1749. Leather. A very scarce and very early edition of Elizabeth Moxon's popular housekeeping guide. ESTC records state that this is the fourth edition. ESTC reference number T225436. Collated, lacking final leaf. Illustrated, with seven pages of...

The Housekeeper"S Instructor or, Universal Family Cook

William Augustus Henderson · 1790 · Rooke Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.30 | $1,651.33 | ¥263,696)

London, W & J Stratford , 1790. First edition. Leather. A scarce, first edition of William Augustus Henderson"s important guide to Household management. Undated, dated using ESTC.  The ESTC cites 1790 as being the earliest date for this work.   ESTC reference no: T127430. C...

Practical Dinners. With Plain Directions for Their Preparation

C. G.; 'Victor Chevalley De Rivaz' · 1887 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Horace Cox, 1887. Cloth. A very scarce second edition of Victor Chevalley De Rivaz's cookery work that offers recipes for each month and season of the year. A very scarce work. The second edition of this work. The recipes in this work appeared originally in the pa...

The New Family Cook, or, the Housekeepers&Apos; Guide; Containing Plain and Simple Directions for Dressing All Kinds of Meat, Poultry, Fish, and Game; Instructions for Making Soups, Gravies, Sauces, French Dishes, Pies, Puddings, Tarts, and Pastries; the Art of Brewing and Wine-Making, Confectionary, Potting, Pickling, and Preserving; with a Variety of Useful Family Receipts, in Perfumery, Dyeing, Bleaching and Scouring

A Lady · 1838 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, Not Stated, 1838. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce cookery work not on Copac, written anonymously, looking in detail at the cookery of meat and fish. A very scarce work. A comprehensive cookery work, looking in depth into the cooking and buying of meat and fish, whilst also...