Cucina e gastronomia

The English House-Wife

Gervase Markham · 1637 · Rooke Books

£1,295.00 (€1,552.24 | $1,710.77 | ¥273,189)

London, Printed by Anne Griffin for John Harrison, 1637. Cloth. An early edition of Gervase Markham's seventeenth century work on housewifery, a scarce work in any edition. A fascinating seventeenth century work on housewifery, including cookery, medicine, party-planning,...

The Cook&Apos;S Dictionary, and House-Keeper&Apos;S Directory: A New Family Manual of Cookery and Confectionary, on a Plan of Ready Reference Never Hitherto Attempted

Richard Dolby · 1830 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of Richard Dolby's important cookery and housekeeping book, notable for being the first to be arranged in an alphabetical order. The first edition of this scarce work. Even rarer...

The Pleasures of the Table: An Account of Gastronomy from Ancient Days to Present Times.

George H. Ellwanger · 1903 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, WM. Heinemann, 1903. Cloth. Later edition of this work regarding gastronomy with a history of schools, special recipes and views concerning aesthetics. Later edition of this work. Originally published 1902, New York. Complete guide to culinary trends from ancient cooke...

The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life, by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &C. And Peptic Precepts, Pointing out Agreeable and Effectual Methods to Prevent and Relieve Indigestion, and to Regulate and Strengthen the Action of the Stomach and Bowels to Which Is Added, the Pleasure of Making a Will

1823 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Printed Hurst, Robinson, and Co.; et al. 1823 . Cloth. The fourth edition of this charming cookery book promoting a healthy lifestyle by William Kitchiner. The fourth edition of this cookery book by William Kitchiner, promoting a healthy lifestyle through good recipes,...

Savings and Savoury Dishes

Anon · 1916 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Edinburgh, The Patriotic Food League, 1916. Paperback. Published by the Patriotic Food League, a cookery book intended to guide Scottish people to cooking on a budget during the First World War. Published in 1916 during the First World War, this work contains all manner of hin...

Mrs. Wilkinson&Apos;S Cookery Book

Mrs. Wilkinson; Rose Brown · 1918 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Co, 1918. Hardback. A scarce cookery work by Mrs. Wilkinson, a popular Victorian recipe collection, this being the revised sixth edition. The sixth edition of this scarce work.A classic Victorian cookery book by a Mrs. Wilkinson, co...

In the Kitchen

Elizabeth S. Miller · 1889 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1889. Cloth. Elizabeth Smith Miller's presentation copy of her popular recipe collection, lovingly inscribed by her. The author's presentation copy, inscribed to the recto to the front free endpaper, 'Success to dear Lydia Davis...

The Complete Art of Cookery

Hannah Glasse · 1843 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.78 | $1,188.95 | ¥189,861)

London, J. S. Pratt, 1843. Cloth. A scarce edition of Hannah Glasses' immensely popular early cookery work, illustrated throughout. A scarce edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece and in-text illustrations.'The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy' is a prominent...

The Art of Pastry Making

Emile Herisse · 1895 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

London, Ward, Lock, & Bowden, 1895. Cloth. A very scarce second edition of this comprehensive guide to patisserie, compiled by Emile Herisse. The second edition of this work. Both editions are near impossible to find. A very scarce work.A charming work on French and English p...

The American Family Receipt Book: Consisting of Several Thousand Most Valuable Receipts, Experiments, &C. &C. Collected from Various Parts of Europe, America, and Other Portions of the Globe

1866 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Not Stated, 1866. Cloth. An uncommon copy of this American cookery work, which contains a variety of recipes that had not been previously printed in England Reprinted from the American edition. This work offers an extensive variety of recipes from America, as the autho...

The Modern Cook: A Practical Guide to Culinary Art in All Its Branches

Charles Elmé Francatelli · 1896 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.40 | ¥39,027)

London, Richard Bentley, 1896. Cloth. A charming edition of the popular cookery book which influenced households across the Victorian Britain, written by the head chef to the Queen. The charming twenty-ninth edition of The Modern Cook: A Practical Guide to Culinary Art in All ...

Picnics and Suppers; Vegetarian and Simple Diet

Col. A. R. Kenney-Herbert · 1901 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1901-1904. Cloth. A delightful pair of cookery books from British Indian Army soldier Arthur Robert Kenney-Herbert, including the very scarce first edition of 'Vegetarian and Simple Diet&apos. A smart pair of cookery works, including the ve...

English Housewifry Exemplified in Above Four Hundred and Fifty Receipts, Giving Directions in Most Parts of Cookery;

Elizabeth Moxon · 1764 · Rooke Books

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

Leedes, George Copperthwaite, 1764. Leather. A fantastic manual for housewifery by one of the earliest female authors of English culinary writing. A pleasing copy of the ninth edition of Elizabeth Moxon's English Housewifry Exemplified, originally published in 1741 by Lee...

Cookery Made Easy

[Michael Willis] · 1820 · Rooke Books

£199.99 (€239.72 | $264.20 | ¥42,189)

London, Orlando Hodgson, 1820. Leather. A cookery work from the early nineteenth century. A pocket-sized volume bound in full leather. The binding is typical of the Regency era. This volume lacks the title page, however it seems to be Cookery Made Easy by Michael Willis, sever...

Biscuits a Pictorial Story of a Sweet Tradition

Graziella Buccellati · 1982 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.88 | ¥18,984)

London , Franco Maria Ricci, 1982. Cloth. An illustrated history of biscuits. Including chapters on McVities, Crawford's Shortbread, Kambly and many others. Written in a variety of languages, including Italian, French, and English. Illustrated with many coloured reproduct...

Mrs. Beeton&Apos;S Cake- Making; Including Buns, Biscuits and Other Dainties

Mrs. Beeton [Isabella Beeton] · 1952 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, [1952]. Cloth. An illustrated copy of one of the iconic Beeton cook books, with 350 recipes for cakes-making, in the original dust wrapper. A later edition, first published in 1924.A very smart copy, in the publisher's original brown cl...

Cook Book Note Book

Magda Joicey · 1946 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Westhouse, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing copy of this cook book compiled by Magda Joicey, with notes by Angela Carter and eleven striking illustrations by Edward Bawden, with the original bright, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition in the publisher'...

A Book of Mediterranean Food

Elizabeth David · 1968 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

1968, The Cookery Book Club, 1968 . Cloth. The Cookery Book Club edition of this collection of recipes inspired by France, Italy, and the Greek Islands, with illustrations and a dust wrapper designed by John Minton.  The Cookery Book Club edition in the publisher's origi...

The Tenth Muse

Harry Luke · 1954 · Rooke Books

£89.00 (€106.68 | $117.57 | ¥18,775)

London, Putnam, 1954. First edition. Cloth. An unconventional cookery book written by a British official who travelled across the world and tasted the finest delicacies, including Lobster Newburg and American Fried Chicken. The first edition of The Tenth Muse: An Unconventiona...

A New System of Domestic Cookery

A Lady [Maria Rundell] · 1837 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London, John Murray, 1837 . Leather. The sixtieth edition of this immensely popular 19th century cookery book, illustrated with engraved plates, and in a contemporary calf binding. 'A New System of Domestic Cookery' was the most popular cookery book of the first half...