Cucina e gastronomia

Etiquette of the Dinner-Table: With the Art of Carving

1867 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1867 . Cloth. A rare pocket-sized Victorian guide to dinner etiquette and the culinary arts, including the carving of various meats, with many woodcut illustrations throughout. In the publisher's original cloth.A scarce and uncommon, pocket...

A Guide to Modern Cookery (the World&Apos;S Greatest Cookery Book)

G.A. Escoffier [Georges Auguste Escoffier] · 1966 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, Heinemann/The Cookery Book Club, 1966. Cloth. A new edition of Georges Augustes Escoffier's A Guide To Modern Cookery, an encyclopaedia of 2,793 recipes from the very best of French cuisine. A new edition of Georges Augustes Escoffier's A Guide To Modern Cook...

Mrs. Beeton&Apos;S Cookery Book

Mrs. Beeton [Isabella Beeton] · 1922 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1922. Cloth. A new and revised edition of this complete cookery book from English journalist, editor and writer Isabella Mary Beeton. New and revised edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seven colour plates, and one hundred and f...

Tea

T. Eden · 1958 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1958. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this scarce volume on the development of tea culture and its growth, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Tropical Agriculture Series. With the vanishingly scarce original...

Elizabeth Craig&Apos;S Family Cookery: A New Comprehensive Standard Economical Cookery on Comprehensive Lines, Containing 2000 Recipes and Hints

Elizabeth Craig · 1935 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London and Glasgow, Collins, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated cookery book for the family, from highly popular Scottish journalist Elizabeth Craig. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and sixty-four photographic plates, fou...

The London Art of Cookery, and Housekeeper&Apos;S Complete Assistant

John Farley · 1792 · Rooke Books

£480.00 (€575.35 | $634.11 | ¥101,259)

London, J. Scatcherd and J. Whitaker, [1792]. Leather. The seventh edition of John Farley's important educational guide to running and feeding a household in the 18th century, bound in modern quarter vellum. The seventh edition of this work, which was first published in 1...

Kitchen Fugue; Food for Pleasure: An Anthology of Recipes; Etiquette for Gentlemen: A Guide to the Observances of Good Society; Cook It the Farmhouse Way; Berry Cooking; Recipes from Vienna

Sheila Kaye-Smith; Charlotte Walter Ruth Lowinsky; Gertrude Mann; Barbara Wilcox · 1945 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.27 | ¥92,821)

London, Cassell and Company; Ward, Lock and Co; Arco et al , 1945-1959. Cloth. A charming selection of mid-20th-century cookbooks and one etiquette guide, all complete with the original dust wrappers. A delightful set offering five cookery works and one guide to etiquette for ...

Cream, Butter and Wine; the High Protein Diet and Cookery Book; Cooking Afloat; Balkan Cooking

Sybil Goffinet; Theodora Fitzgibbon; Michael Hemans; Molly Graham; Robin Howe · 1955 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Andre Deutsch , 1955-1965. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing set of four mid-20th century cookery books, including a very scarce first edition of 'Cream, Butter and Wine' by Sybil Goffinet. All first editions except for 'High Protein', which is a sec...

Food and the Principles of Dietetics; Mary Harrison"S Guide to Modern Cookery; a Selection of Proved Recipes for Use with Radiation "New-World Regulo" Controlled Gas Cookers; the Yankee Cook Book; Kind Cooking; Fabulous Foods for People You Love; the Stove-Top Cookbook; a Book of Simples

Robert Hutchison; Imogene Wolcott; Maura Laverty et al · 1908 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, J. M. Dent; Arco Publishers; Sampson Low, Marston and Co. et al , 1908-1961. Cloth. A smart selection of cookery books, including a host of New England recipes, and volumes dedicated to modern stove-tops and gas cookers. Offering eight cookery titles, a number of which...

A Collection of Educational Cook Books

Various · 1926 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.45 | ¥49,575)

London, Country Life; Harper & Brothers; George G. Harrap & Co.; Peter Owen Limited; Neville Spearman, 1926-1958. First edition. Cloth. A delightful collection of five educational cook books from an assortment of food writers. Five volumes. This set contains: Cooking Without a...

An Omelette and a Glass of Wine & Harvest of the Cold Months

Elizabeth David · 1984 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Robert Hale; Michael Joseph, 1984-1994. Cloth. Two smart cookery volumes from British food writer Elizabeth David, with the original dust wrappers. Two volumes. Written by Elizabeth David, a British cookery writer who strongly influenced the revitalisation of home cook...

The Best of Boulestin

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

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, William Heinemann, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of the best works from French chef and restaurateur Xavier Marcel Boulestin, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped ...

Choose Your Wine & Choose Your Vegetables

T. A. Layton · 1959 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.83 | ¥14,345)

London, Duckworth, 1959-1963. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition volumes on selecting the best produce from T. A. Layton, one volume has been signed and inscribed by the author. Two volumes. First editions. Written by Thomas A. Layton, a celebrated British caterer, ...

Talking of Tea

Gervas Huxley · 1956 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Thames and Hudson, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this illustrated guide to tea drinking, signed and inscribed by the author. First edition. Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper with an inscription that reads: "For Harold, with ...

Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks: A Collection of Recipes for "Cups" and Other Compounded Drinks: And of General Information on Beverages of All Kinds

William Terrington · 1869 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London; New York, George Routledge and Sons, 1869. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of Britain"s first cocktail book, an influential work that helped elevate mixed drinks. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. This volume is a first edition.This boo...

Summer Cooking

Elizabeth David · 1955 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, Museum Press, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the first edition of celebrated cookery writer Elizabeth David's fourth culinary publication, a guide to light Mediterranean inspired summer fare. The first edition, first impression.In a less deco...

When the Cook Is Away

Catherine Ives · 1929 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Duckworth, 1929. Cloth. The second impression of this uncommon post-WWI cookery book from Catherine Ives. The second impression of this uncommon cook book from Catherine Ives, which was the pen name of British writer Doris Ives Smith. In the original cloth binding. In ...

Sweets without Sugar

Marion White · 1942 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

New York, M. S. Mill Co. Inc , 1942. Cloth. A scarce dessert cookery book using sugar alternatives. The fifth printing of this work. Published five months after the first. A scarce volume across all editions. In the original cloth binding. This cookery volume offers a delightf...

Warne&Apos;S Model Cookery

Mary Jewry [ed.] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1893. Cloth. An extensive Victorian book of recipes compiled by Mary Jewry, illustrated with colour plates. A new edition of this work. In the original cloth binding. Illustrated with seven colour plates, including a frontispiece, and numerous i...

Superior Cookery

Mrs. Black [Margaret Black] · 0 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, William Collins, Sons, and Company, Limited , c1900. Cloth. A smart copy of this uncommon cookbook from Margaret Black, illustrated with colour plates. The twentieth thousand edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Illustrated with eight co...