Cucina e gastronomia

Novel Dishes for Vegetarian Households: A Complete and Trustworthy Guide to Vegetarian Cookery

Mary Pope · 1893 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

Bradford, Percy Lund & Co. 1893. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Mary Pope's popular vegetarian cookbook, praised in its time for its practical approach to vegetarian dishes. The first and only edition of this uncommon vegetarian cookery book from Mary Pope...

Vegetable Cookery; with an Introduction, Recommending Abstinence from Animal Food and Intoxicating Liquors

A Lady [Martha Bortherton] · 1833 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.46 | ¥209,902)

London, Effingham Wilson, 1833. Leather. The fourth edition of this formative work in the history of vegetarian literature, written anonymously by Martha Brotherton. A very scarce early copy. The fourth edition of this important vegetarian cookbook, considered the earliest kno...

Chemistry of Cookery

W. Mattieu Williams · 1898 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1898 . Cloth. The third edition of this scientific cookery book, applying chemistry to cooking. The third edition. In the publisher's original decorative red cloth binding.A work by William Mattieu Williams, an English writer on science and educa...

Nouveau Manuel de L&Apos;Amateur de Bourgogne

Maurice des Ombiaux · 1921 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Paris , Louis Rouart et Jacques Watelin, 1921. First edition. Leather. A charming exploration of Burgundy wine and vineyards, illustrated with woodcuts. First edition. Bound in recent half calf, with raised bands, and speckled paper boards. With the original wraps bound in.Il...

Saleable Shop Goods for Counter-Tray and Window: A Practical Book for Practical Confectioners

Fred T. Vine · 1908 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, The Baker and Confectioner, [1908]. Cloth. The sixth edition of this late nineteenth-century sales guide to confectionary and baking goods, with black and white illustrations throughout. The sixth edition ("revised, enlarged, and brought up to date").In the publisher&a...

Your Daily Bread

Doris Grant; Albert Howard · 1946 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1946 . Cloth. Insightful guide to bread-making and general nutrition from the inventor of the wartime Grant loaf. Third impression.In publisher's original cloth binding. With clipped dust wrapper.Tipped-in newspaper article, Baking Your Ow...

Patsy&Apos;S Reflections: Learn to Cook by Pictures

1949 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Mirror Features, [1949] . Hardback. Delightful spiral-bound comic-style cookery book, following The Daily Mirror's Patsy and friends. In publisher's original card boards with spiral-bound spines.Undated, dated from a copy held by the British Library.Illustrat...

Mrs Beeton&Apos;S Every-Day Cookery Book

Isabella Beeton · 1910 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1910. Cloth. A new edition of a Mrs. Beeton's cookbook aimed for smaller household, with re-tested recipes quintessential to British cuisine. A new edition of Mrs. Beeton's Every-Day Cookery Book, by home cookery pioneer Isabella B...

1890 Beeton&Apos;S Every-Day Cookery and Housekeeping Book: A Practical and Useful Guide for All Mistresses and Servants Entirely New Edition

Isabella Beeton · 1890 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, [1890]. Cloth. A new and enlarged edition of this classic household guide from Isabella Beeton, with coloured plates. The entirely new edition of the work, revised and greatly enlarged.Containing new and valuable recipes, including instructi...

Curries of India the Second Book of Curries

Harvey Day; Sarojini Mudnani · 1958 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London , Nicholas Kaye, 1958. Cloth. A charming 2 volume set of cookery books including recipes for the curries of India, with illustrations throughout. A 2 volume set of recipes for the curries of India by Harvey Day.Including:Curries of IndiaA 1958 reprint, originally publis...

The Book of Household Management

Mrs Beeton [Isabella Beeton] · 1968 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London , Times Newspaper Limited, 1968. Leather. A limited edition facsimile of this extensive guide to running a Victorian household, with a colourful frontispiece. A limited edition facsimile, with this copy being No. 815/1000.Bound in full red morocco, with gilt to fore edg...

Mrs. Beeton&Apos;S Household Management: A Complete Cookery Book

Mrs. Beeton [Isabella Beeton] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1923. Cloth. A new edition of this renowned guide to running a household in Victorian Britain from Isabella Beeton, with colour images. New edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, thirty-one colour plates, and numerous black-and-whi...

A Collection of Above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery; for the Use of All Good Wives, Tender Mothers, and Careful Nurses.

[Mary Kettilby] · 1746 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, W. Parker , 1746. Leather. A smartly bound copy of Mary Kettilby's noted cookery book for women, bound in full modern calf. The sixth edition, to which is added the second part containing a great number of excellent receipts, for preserving and conserving of sweet...

Table Traits with Something on Them; the Case for Municipal Drink Trade; the Housewife"S Manual of Domestic Cookery; the "Best Way" Book (No. 2); Simple Cookery; the Successful Home Cook; Keeping House; Food, Health, Vitamins; the Kitchen Companion; They Can"T Ration These; Prize Cookery and Household Recipes; How to Cook Eggs and Omelets in 300 Different Ways; the Practical Cookery Manual; Cooking for One; Anyone Can Cook

Various; Dr. Doran; Edward R. Pease; Mrs. H. M. Young [Editor]; Lucy H. Yates; Elizabeth Josephine Craig; R. H. A. Plimmer and Violet G. Plimmer; The Vicomte de Mauduit [George Mauduit]; D. Lloyd George [Foreword]; ; C. Herman S · 1869 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.35 | $627.50 | ¥100,205)

London, Richard Bentley; P. S. King and Son; Fletcher, Russell & Co. Ltd.; The Amalgamated Press Ltd.; James Clarke & Co.; Rebman Limit, 1869-1952. First edition. Cloth. London: Richard Bentley; P. S. King and Son; Fletcher, Russell & Co. Ltd.; The Amalgamated Press Ltd.; Jame...

A Second Helping or More Dishes for English Homes

X. Marcel Boulestin · 1925 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, William Heinemann, 1925. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce collection of recipes for English households from French chef Xavier Marcel Boulestin. First edition. Scarce work. With a colour frontispiece by Jean Emile Laboureur, a French painter, designer, engra...

Ye Gentlewoman&Apos;S Housewifery Containing Scarce, Curious, and Valuable Receipts

Margaret Huntington Hooker · 1896 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this guide to housewifery and cooking from American author Margaret Huntington Hooker. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text images. A repository ...

3 Vols Mrs. Appleyard"S Kitchen Cookery Books

Louise Andrew Kent; Elizabeth Kent Gay · 1974 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Connecticut , Keats Publishing, Inc. 1974. Paperback. A scarce three volume collection of heartwarming American cookery by Louise Kent and Elizabeth Gay. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps.This is a delightful three-volume collection of American cookery boo...

A Book of Mediterranean Food

Elizabeth David · 1950 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.78 | $1,182.35 | ¥188,806)

London, John Lehmann Ltd, 1950 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of the first edition of Elizabeth David's influential cookery work, in the striking original John Minton dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original unclipped dus...

A Collection of Cookery Books

Various · 1903 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.21 | ¥82,273)

London; Boston , W. & R. Chambers, Limited; Little, Brown and Company; Frederick Warne and Co. et al , 1903-1959. Cloth. A pleasing collection of 20th-century cookery books, including Eugene Christian's raw food recipes and Elizabeth Craig's everyday menus. A very sm...

Puddings & Sweets: Being Three Hundred and Sixty-Five Receipts Approved by Experience

Lucy Jones · 1877 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Henry S. King & Co. 1877. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this delightful collection of pudding and sweet recipes from Lucy Jones. First edition. Scarce work. A charming book that collects a new pudding for every day of the year, featuring traditional d...