Cucina e gastronomia

A New System of Domestic Cookery

A Lady [Maria Eliza Rundell] · 1823 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, John Murray, 1823 . Hardback. An early edition of this immensely popular early 19th century era cookery book, illustrated throughout with engraved plates. 'A New System of Domestic Cookery' was the most popular cookery book of the first half of the nineteenth...

New System of Domestic Cookery

A Lady [Maria Rundell] · 1858 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, T Nelson and Sons, 1858 . Leather. Illustrated throughout, this is an immensely popular Victorian era cookery book from English author Maria Eliza Rundell. 'A New System of Domestic Cookery' was the most popular cookery book of the first half of the 19th cent...

American Cooking for English Kitchens

Grace Hogarth · 1957 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd. 1957. First edition. Cloth. Charming first-edition cookery book of recipes from American women living in Britain in the 1950s. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding. With clipped dust wrapper.Interesting recipe book of American r...

The Modern Cook: Containing Instructions for Preparing and Ordering Public Entertainments for the Tables of Princes, Ambassadors, Noblemen, and Magistrates

Mr. Vincent La Chapelle · 1744 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.69 | ¥137,122)

London, Thomas Osborne , 1744. Leather. The third edition of Vincent La Chapelle's influential culinary work. Third edition.Rebacked in full calf, with the original spine laid down. Lacking endpapers.Adorned with six folding copper plates to the rear. Collated, complete.Â...

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

Isabella Beeton · 1891 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Ward, Lock, Bowden & Co, 1891 . Cloth. A new and enlarged edition of this classic household guide from Isabella Beeton, with a folding coloured frontispiece. The entirely new edition of the work, revised and greatly enlarged.Containing new and valuable recipes, includi...

The Modern Cookery, Written Upon the Most Approved and Economical Principles

A Lady · 1818 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.90 | ¥59,068)

Derby , Henry Mozley , 1818. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this economical cookery book credited under "A Lady", with contemporary hand-written recipes. The very scarce first edition of this already very scarce cookery work. Bound in half black moro...

The Family Receipt-Book or Universal Repository of Useful Knowledge and Experience in All the Various Branches of Domestic Economy. Including Scarce, Curious and Valuable, Select Receipts, and Choice Secrets

1810 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Oddy and Co. 1810. First edition. Leather. A scarce early 19th-century book of diverse recipes and household hints from around the globe. The first edition of this scarce volume. Bound in half calf, with marbled boards.Undated, dated from copies held institutionally.Â...

The Rainbow Cookery Book of Dainty Dishes and Delectable Delicacies

B. L. Whitworth [ed.]; M. Meakin [ed.] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lupton Bros. 1909 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this early 20th century cookery guide to classic and simple English fare. The first edition of this work, published in Easter 1909.A collection of recipes issued in connection ...

Gunter&Apos;S Confectioner&Apos;S Oracle

William Gunter · 1830 · Rooke Books

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

London, Alfred Miller, 1830 . First edition. Hardback. The very scarce first edition of William Gunter's irreverent guide to confectionary and dessert recipes, illustrated with bills of fare. The very scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and f...

The Constance Spry Cookery Book

Constance Spry; Rosemary Hume · 1971 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons, 1971 . Cloth. A lovely example of this authoritative cookery book compiled by Constance Spry and Rosemary Hume. With the original recipe for coronation chicken. First published in 1956, this is later printing of Spry's classic work.Housed in t...

Mrs. Beeton&Apos;S Household Management

Mrs. Beeton [Isabella Beeton] · 1949 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1949. Cloth. An updated edition of Mrs. Beaton's beloved cookbook, published during the years of postwar Britain. An updated edition of Isabella Beaton's Household Management, published by Ward, Lock and Co. in 1949. First publishe...

Mrs Beeton&Apos;S All About Cookery

Mrs. Beeton [Isabella Beeton] · 1966 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Ward Lock and Company Limited, 1966 . Cloth. A charmingly illustrated 1960s cookery book based upon the work of Mrs. Beeton, with sixteen original handwritten recipes loosely inserted. The eighth impression of this continuation of the work of Isabella Beeton, the Engli...

My Favourite Recipe": A Widely Varied Collected of 170 Favourite Recipes Contributed by Combe Pafford School

Combe Pafford School · 0 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Torquay, Combe Pafford School , c1960. Paperback. A smart copy of this vanishingly scarce collection of favourite recipes from Combe Pafford School in Watcombe, Torquay. Very scarce work. A collection of one hundred and seventy widely varied recipes contributed by parents and ...

All About Cookery: A Collection of Practical Recipes Arranged in Alphabetical Order

Mrs. Beeton [Isabella Beeton] · 1861 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, c1871. Cloth. A charming cookery book by Mrs Beeton, offering an extensive alphabetical collection of practical recipes, illustrated throughout. In the publisher's original decorative red cloth binding. This copy is undated. Dated here...

The Kikkoman Book of Recipes

Elizabeth Craig · 1917 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, W. C. Laming & Co. Ltd. c1935. First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce promotional brochure, produced by soy sauce brand Kikkoman, containing recipes using the product by Elizabeth Craig. The first and only edition. Undated, dated from other similar promotional ...

Cookery Up-to-Date; the Odd Farmhouse; Mrs. Lucas"S French Cookery Book: With Some Additional Hints from English and American Kitchens; Sauces: French and Famous; the Gayelord Hauser Cook Book: Good Food, Good Health, Good Looks; Cooking Ahead; the Home Book of Vegetarian Cookery

Various · 1896 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Chapman and Hall; Macmillan and Co; Faber and Faber et al, 1896-1964. First edition. Cloth. A smart selection of majority first edition cookery books, including recipes from Gayelord Hauser, Louis Diat and others. This set comprises seven cookery volumes, as varied as ...

Cook"S Tour of European Kitchens: The Best Continental Dishes Suited to an English Table; 150 Hors D"Oeuvre Recipes; New Dishes for Old: Food Values and Substitute Recipes; Wild Foods of Britain; Our Daily Food; What to Grow and How to Cook It

Ambrose Heath; Jason Hill; “Pin” Baglioni; Hilda M. Coley; K. And M. von Schumacher · 1933 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London , Werner Laurie; Chatto and Windus; The Children's Book Club et al , 1933-1955. Cloth. A selection of 20th-century cookbooks, offering home-grown recipes, Ambrose Heath's economical war-time dishes, and more. Offering six cookery books, ranging from recipes th...

Rose Buckner&Apos;S Book of Homemaking; Festival Menus Round the World; Cheeses of the World; House Into Home

Rose Buckner; Sula Benet; Andre L. Simon; Elizabeth Kendall · 1950 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Odhams Press Limited; Abelard-Schuman Limited; J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd; Faber and Faber , 1950-1962. First edition. Cloth. A charming selection of home and cookery titles from the mid-20th century, all complete with the original dust wrappers. A selection of books on c...

Recipes: Highly Nutritious Dishes Easy to Make

1895 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Grape Nuts Company Limited , c1935. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce pamphlet of nutritious recipes that use brands under Post (previously Post Cereals and Postum Cereals). A very scarce pamphlet. With one copy found institutionally. In the original wraps. Comprising...

A Collection of Cookery Books for Hosting and Entertaining

Pilaff Bey; Elaine L. Ross; Cyril Ray; Helen Cox; Elizabeth David · 1952 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, William Heinemann; Peter Nevill; Eyre & Spottiswoode; Odhams Books Ltd.; MacDonald, 1952-1966. First edition. Cloth. Five delightful cookery books with recipes and tips for entertaining friends, companions, and lovers. Five volumes. This set contains: Venus in the Kitc...