Cucina e gastronomia

Facts and Hints for Every-Day Life a Book for the Household

None · 0 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

London, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, c1873. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive guide to household living from the late nineteenth century. In a bright condition, presented in a dictionary format, with topics in alphabetical order. Pencil inscription to the endpaper and to th...

The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy; Excelling Any Thing of the Kind Ever Yet Published

Mrs Glasse; [Hannah Glasse] · 1747 · Rooke Books

£800.00 (€958.91 | $1,056.85 | ¥168,765)

London, Orlando Hodgson, c1836. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce edition of Orlando Hodgson's publication of Hannah Glasse's important cookery book, 'The Art of Cookery&apos. Vanishingly scarce in the original wraps. A very scarce copy of this work, with only on...

The Queens Closet Opened, Being Incomparable Secrets in Physick, Chyrurgery, Preserving, and Candying, &C. Which Were Presented to the Queen, by the Most Experienc&Apos;D Persons of the Times

W M · 1696 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.55 | $2,377.91 | ¥379,722)

London, E Blagrave , 1696. Leather. The tenth edition of this very scarce, anonymously written work regarding the customs and kitchens of the old aristocracy. This work was first published during Cromwell's Commonwealth With separate title pages to all parts, though conti...

Dictionarium Domesticum, Being a New and Compleat Household Dictionary. For the Use Both of City and Country, Shewing I. The Whole Arts of Brewing, Baking... II. The Management of the Kitchen, Pantry... III. The Herdsman... IV. Theenglish Vineyard... V. The Apiary... VI. The Family Physician and Herbalist...

Nathan Bailey · 1736 · Rooke Books

£3,750.00 (€4,494.90 | $4,953.98 | ¥791,088)

London, C Hitch; C Davis; S Austen, 1736. Leather. A lovely copy of this very scarce, first edition important domestic reference work from the eighteenth century. Noted for including a recipe for fried chicken among brewing instructions, this is a very scarce insight to eighte...

120 Good Family Recipes Very Scarce

0 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Maidstone, Alabaster, Passmore & Sons, Ltd. c1920. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this illustrated cookery book for gas appliances written following a new policy of employing women in the gas industry. A very scarce work.In the publisher's original paper wraps. An adve...

A Manual of Domestic Economy Suited to Families Spending from ã‚â£100 to ã‚â£1000 a Year. Including Directions for the Management of the Nursery and Sick Room, and the Preparation and Administration of Domestic Remedies.

John Henry Walsh · 1856 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, G. Routledge & Co. 1856. First edition. Leather. A scarce, first edition of Walsh's guide to Victorian domestic budgeting, fantastically illustrated with 190 engravings. A vanishingly scarce first edition of John Henry Walsh's Manual for Domestic Economy, Reb...

Cassell&Apos;S Universal Cookery Book

Lizzie Heritage · 1901 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Cassell and Company Limited, 1901. Cloth. An excellent early twentieth century, illustrated edition of Cassell's essential cookery book. An excellent 1901 edition of Cassell's Unviersal Cookery Book, first published in 1894.Bound in the original publisher&apo...

The Country Housewife and Lady&Apos;S Director, in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm. Part II

Richard Bradley · 1732 · Rooke Books

£1,850.00 (€2,217.49 | $2,443.96 | ¥390,270)

London, D. Browne and T. Woodman, 1732. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of the second volume of Bradley's fantastic instructional guide from the farmer's wife. Part II only, published here for the first time as part I was in its sixth edition by this...

Commercial Cake Decoration

Nirvana · 1950 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Maclaren & Sons Ltd. c1950. Cloth. The fifth edition of this illustrated work on commercial cake decorating in the vanishingly scarce unclipped dust wrapper.  The fifth edition in the publisher's original cloth and the vanishingly scarce unclipped dust wrapper. ...

Indian Cookery, "General", for Young House-Keepers

[J. Bartley] · 1905 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Bombay , The Bombay Eduation Society's Press , 1905. Cloth. A very scarce copy of the fifth edition of this guide to Anglo-Indian home cooking, offering a wide variety of practical recipes and household advice for young housekeepers. In the publisher's original half ...

Mrs. Beeton&Apos;S Poultry & Game; Including Sauces, Stuffings, Trussing and Carving

Mrs. Beeton [Isabella Beeton] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1926 . Cloth. An illustrated copy of one of Mrs. Beeton's renowned cookery books, in the scarce original dust wrapper. An iconic cookbook from Mrs. Beeton.In the original grey cloth binding. In the scarce original dust wrapper.Illustrat...

Mrs. Beeton&Apos;S Cookery Book; a Household Guide

Mrs. Beeton [Isabella Beeton] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1903 . Cloth. An abundantly illustrated new edition of this classic Mrs. Beeton cookery book, with coloured plates. A scarce work.The new edition.In the publisher's original red cloth binding.Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, an...

Feasting with Nonna Serafina

Theresa F. Bucchieri · 1966 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

South Brunswick, New Jersey, A.S. Barnes, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A heartwarming guide to the Italian kitchen, that contains numerous delicious recipes and plunges readers around a family dinner table. Feasting with Nonna Serafina: A Guide to the Italian Kitchen, a scarce ...

Food without Fuss and Cook-Happy

Josephine Terry · 1944 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Faber and Faber, 1944-1945. First edition. Cloth. Two scarce first editions of two cookery books written by traditional English cookery writer in the closing years of the Second World War, aimed to put a smile on the reader's face. The scarce first editions of Foo...

Early English Recipes; a Dictionary of Gastronomy; the Fine Art of Food

Sir Stephen Gaselee; Andre L. Simon; Reay Tannahill · 1937 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

Cambridge; Manchester; London, At The University Press; The Wine and Food Society; Folio Society, 1937-1968. Cloth. An abundantly illustrated three volume set of works on food and cooking from across history. A lovely three set of works on food and cooking.In the original clot...

The Best of Boulestin

X.M. Boulestin; Elvia Firuski [ed.]; Maurice Firuski [ed.] · 1952 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, William Heinemann, 1952 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition copy of this collection works from French chef Boulestin, in the very scarce dust wrapper. The first edition of the work.In the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper.A collection of the be...

More Fit for a Bishop; Fish for All Seasons.

Stephen Lister; Ninette Lyon, Peggie Benton · 1965 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Peter Davies; The Cookery Book Club, 1965-1968. First edition. Cloth. Charming set of two illustrated, dust-wrapper-clad, 1960s cookery books, including one first edition. Set of two 1960s illustrated cookery works, one of which is a first edition.Collection comprised ...

The Way to Cook

Philip Harben · 1945 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1945 . First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition of eminent radio and TV chef Philip Harben's first book on the fundamentals of cooking. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding. With clipped dust wrapper.The first book ...

Contemporary Cookery

Doris Lytton Toye; Evelyn Forbes [Editor] · 1947 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, The Conde-Nast Publications, Ltd. 1947 . First edition. Cloth. Lovely first-edition cookbook from Doris Lytton Tote's 1945-47 Vogue column. First edition.Publisher's original cloth-backed paperback.With almost forty full-page advertisements to the front and r...

The Book of Household Management

Mrs. Isabella Beeton · 1869 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.08 | ¥55,904)

London, Ward, Lock, and Tyler , 1869. Leather. A revised edition of Mrs. Beeton's influential book on cookery and household management, complete with twelve colour plates. New edition, revised and corrected. One hundred and seventy-sixth thousand.Bound in contemporary hal...