Cucina e gastronomia

De Re Cibaria: Cocina, Pasteleria, Reposteria, Menorquinas

Pedro Ballester · 1956 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Mahon , Imp. Manuel Sintes Rotger, 1956. Paperback. A very scarce collection of Menorcan recipes, full of detail about the island's cooking. The second edition of this very scarce work. In the publisher's wraps. A wonderful compilation of traditional dishes of the ...

Diet and Commonsense

Mrs. C. F. Leyel [Hilda Leyel] · 1936 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.83 | ¥14,345)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A scarce overview on diet, with summaries of various food's nutritional values interwoven with recipes. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. This scarce book offers a useful guide to un...

Summer Drinks and Winter Cordials

Mrs C. F. Leyel · 1925 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)

London, George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully presented, first edition of this scarce work compiling 1920's drink ideas, written by Mrs. C. F. Leyel, presented in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition.Published as part ...

The Book of Household Management

Mrs. Isabella Beeton · 1861 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

London, S. O. Beeton, 1861. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Mrs Isabella Beeton's important cookery work, one of the most influential of its genre ever publisher, from the library of Penguin food editor Jill Norman. The first edition, first impression of this...

Tropical Fruit Recipes: Rare and Exotic Fruits

E. D. Ackerman; Carolyn Welch Betts; Charles E. Vanderpool; Dorothy D. Vanderpool · 1984 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Miami, Rare Fruit Council International, Inc. 1984. First edition. Paperback. A colourfully illustrated copy of this very scarce recipe book, containing 410 recipes for 42 rare and exotic tropical fruits. A new edition, second printing, of this very scarce work in the publishe...

The Complete Cottage Cookery

Esther Copley · 1859 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Groombridge and Sons, 1859. Cloth. A very scarce eleventh edition of this charming cookery book for cottage living. Eleventh edition. Very scarce work. With a portrait frontispiece. A charming cookery book for cottage living, with recipes for stews, soups, puddings, pi...

A Collection of the "Queen" Cookery Books

S. Beauty-Pownall · 1901 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Horace Cox, 1901-1911. First edition. Cloth. A collection of ten recipe books from the "Queen" Cookery Book series, from the early twentieth century, compiled by S. Beaty-Pownall. A collection of ten volumes from The "Queen" Cookery Books series, including the scarce &...

Quelques Recettes-Types de Cuisine Provenãƒâ§Ale

F. Foucou; Paul Reboux · 0 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

Paris, La Lithographie d'Art, c1929. Paperback. A very scarce collection of Provencal recipes by F. Foucou, colourfully illustrated throughout. Including a handwritten recipe by Elizabeth David. A very scarce work. Elizabeth David's own copy with a hand written recip...

The Pytchley Book of Refined Cookery and Bills of Fare

Major L [James Henry Landon] · 1885 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1885 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Major L's guide to simple bills of fare for the everyday family, from the library of prominent publisher and food writer Jill Norman. A scarce first edition.The work of Major L. James Henry...

A Practical Treatise on the Choice and Cookery of Fish

Piscator [William Hughes] · 1854 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854. Cloth. This uncommon second edition of a treatise on the culinary preparation of various fish by William Hughes, full bound in the original publisher's moire cloth. The second edition of the work.From the library of the V...

Francatelli&Apos;S Cookery Book for the Working Classes.

Charles Elmé Francatelli · 1862 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.42 | $561.45 | ¥89,657)

London, Bosworth and Harrison, No date [1862]. Cloth. This very scarce second edition of Charles Elmé Francatelli's socially and historically significant book of recipes for the use of the British working class, full bound in the original publisher's cloth. The unda...

The Book of One Hundred Beverages

William Bernhard · 0 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)

London, Houlston and Sons, c1860. Cloth. A fourth edition of this very scarce book containing information on one hundred beverages. Fourth edition. Very scarce work. A charming book full of descriptions and recipes for non-alcoholic beverages, with chapters on aqueous beverage...

The Week-End Book

Francis Meynell; Vera Mendel; John Goss · 1924 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Nonesuch Press, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The Nonesuch Press's most popular publication; a charming anthology of poems, songs, games, recipes and first aid advice created for weekend reading. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth ...

Les Plaisirs de la Table

Edouard Nignon; Robert de la Flers · 1930 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Paris, Chez L'Auterur, 1930. Paperback. A limited edition of this classic work on French cookery and the pleasures of fine dining, with illustrations. In the original French. French. Limited to two thousand one hundred and five copies of which this is number two thousand ...

Receipts and Relishes: Being a Vade Mecum for the Epicure in the British Isles

Bernard Darwin [Intro.] · 1950 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, The Naldrett Press Ltd, 1950 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this scarce guide to tradition recipes from the British Isles, illustrated with colour maps. The scarce first edition of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrappe...

Good Food: Month by Month Recipes

Ambrose Heath · 1934 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Faber & Faber, 1934 . Cloth. The second impression of Ambrose Heath's popular 1930s cookery book, in the scarce original dust wrapper. The second impression of this work, which was first published in 1932.In the scarce publisher's original dust wrapper, price...

The Housekeeper&Apos;S Oracle

William Kitchiner · 1829 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.08 | ¥55,904)

London, Whittaker, Treacher, and Co, 1829. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this concise guide for the young housekeeper, an important guide written by the author of 'The Cook's Oracle&apos. The scarce first edition.A posthumously published work b...

Cotswold Privies, the Cotswold Country Cookbook

Mollie Harris · 1984 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1984-1986. First edition. Hardback. Two volumes detailing different aspects of the Cotswold area, from cookery to privies, from the view of Mollie Harris. The Cotswold Country Cookbook is the first edition, published in 1986. Cotswold Privies is the si...

What to Do with the Cold Mutton: A Book of Rãƒâ©Chauffãƒâ©S

None · 1865 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

New York, Bunce and Huntington, 1865. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this household guide to economical cookery. First edition. A book of réchauffés together with many other approved recipes for the kitchen of a gentleman of moderate income. A household guide to ...

The New Family Receipt-Book Containing Seven Hundred Truly Valuable Receipts in Various Branches of Domestic Economy

None · 1810 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

London, John Murray, 1810. Leather. A neat first edition of this collection of receipts for the family in various branches of domestic economy. First edition. Containing guides on agriculture, arts, brewing, building, clothes, domestic economy, gardening, medicine, paint, suga...