Cucina e gastronomia

Cookery in War-Time

1939 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, The Association of Teachers of Domestic Subjects, 1939. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of this guide to cooking in war-time, from the Association of Teachers of Domestic Subjects. First edition. Very scarce. A detailed guide and advisory booklet ...

Plain Cookery Recipes - Glasgow and West of Scotland College & Liverpool Training School of Cookery

1909 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,227)

Glasgow; Liverpool, N. Adsheaad & Son; C. Tingling and Co. Ltd. 1909-1911. Paperback. Two very scarce collections of plain and simple recipes from cookery training schools in Glasgow and Liverpool. Two volumes. Very scarce. This set contains: Plain Cookery Recipes Issued by Gl...

Lets Have a Party: Simple Recipes

Charlotte Weiss · 1946 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Watford, Bruce Publishing Co. Ltd. 1946. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this charming illustrated collection of party recipes, with the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Ill...

Margaret Sim&Apos;S Cookery

Margaret Sim; L. B. Walford · 1879 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Helensburgh, Macneur & Bryden, 1879. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this traditional cookery book from Scottish housekeeper Margaret Sim. First edition. Very scarce. A collection of traditional Scottish recipes based on those made and practiced in the kit...

A Pocket Dictionary of Foods and Culinary Encyclopaedia

C. Herman Senn · 1908 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, The Food and Cookery Publishing Agency, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A handsome first edition of this scarce culinary dictionary by prolific cookery author and editor Charles Herman Senn. A very scarce first edition of this work. In the original cloth binding. A handy v...

200 Years of Charleston Cooking

Blanche S. Rhett; Lettie Gay [ed.]; Helen Woodward · 1934 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

New York, Harrison, Smith and Robert Haas, 1934. Cloth. A pleasing revised UK edition of cookbook, encapsulating 200 years of Charleston's cuisine. The revised second UK edition of this work. In the publisher's decorative cloth. This volume offers an authentic collec...

The Sportsman&Apos;S Cookery Book

Major Hugh B. C. Pollard · 1926 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Country Life Limited, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Major Hugh B. C. Pollard's cookery book of helpful tips for the hunter and sportsman. First edition. A collection of more than two-hundred ideas of how to cook meat and fish, hunted or caught b...

Cook Continentale & What&Apos;S Cooking in Scotland?

Elizabeth Craig · 1965 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Oliver & Boyd, 1965. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition cookery books from Scottish journalist and home economist Elizabeth Craig, with the original dust wrappers. Two volumes. First edition. Written by Elizabeth Josephine Craig, a Scottish journalist, home ...

Murrell&Apos;S Two Books of Cookerie and Carving

John Murrell · 1985 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,282)

Otley, Jacksons of Ilkley, 1985. Cloth. A very smart facsimile edition of this seventeenth century cookery book from John Murrell, limited to two hundred copies. Facsimile of the fifth edition, originally printed in 1638. Uncommon work. Limited to two hundred copies, of which ...

The Kenya Settlers&Apos; Cookery Book and Household Guide

1949 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Nairobi, The East African Standard LTD; The Guild, 1949. Cloth. A scarce cookery book and household guide intended for missionaries to Nairobi, by the Church of Scotland Woman's Guild of St. Andrew's. A scarce work.A volume of recipes by the Church of Scotland Woman&...

Simple American Dishes, and, Simple Salads and Salad Dressings

Ambrose Heath · 1943 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Faber & Faber Limited, 1943. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of two concise cookery works by Ambrose Heath, offering simple recipes of American dishes and salads. Two lovely "simple" cookery works by Ambrose Heath. Heath was a notable food writer of the twentie...

Good Jams Preserves and Pickles

Ambrose Heath · 1947 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Faber and Faber, 1947 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the scarce first edition of Ambrose Heath's guide to preserving and pickling food, in the very scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this scarce work.In the very scarc...

The Reluctant Gardener, the Reluctant Cook, & the Reluctant Hostess

Ethelind Fearon · 1953 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1953-1955. Cloth. Three smart later printings of this uncommon trilogy of "reluctant" books, from English author Ethelind Fearon. Three volumes. Illustrated throughout. "If you are hampered at every turn by tiresome, complicated recipes; an ine...

The Country House: A Collection of Useful Information and Recipes

I. E. B. C. [Irwin Edward Bainbridge Cox] [editor] · 1883 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,805)

London, Horace Cox, 1883. Cloth. A third edition of this cookery book for the country house, edited by British magazine proprietor Irwin Edward Bainbridge Cox. Third edition. A charming collection of recipes adapted to the country gentleman and his household, intended to be of...

Penn Family Recipes, Cooking Recipes of Wm. Penn&Apos;S Wife, Gulielma

Gulielma Penn; Evelyn Abraham Benson · 1966 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Pennsylvania, George Shumway, 1966. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this volume of 144 recipes written by the wife of William Penn in the seventeenth century, a curious work, signed by the editor. The first edition.Signed by the editor to the recto of the front endp...

Dinners of the Day

Mrs. Praga · 1899 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce volume of recipes and advice for dinner, by Mrs. Praga. The first edition of this scarce work.This volume explores the dining experience of having dinner, offering a wealth of recipes for ...

Champagne

Andre L. Simon · 1934 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Constable & Co, 1934 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of the first edition of Andre L. Simon's informative and entertaining guide to champagne, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped ...

The Apsley Cookery Book: Containing 448 Recipes for the Uric-Acid Free Diet

Mrs. John J. Webster; Mrs. F. W. Jessop · 1906 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, J. & A. Churchill, 1906 . Cloth. An early example of this scarce early 20th century guide to a gout-friendly or low-purine diet, aiming to limit gout in individuals. The seventh thousand of this scarce work.With a frontispiece.A specialised cookbook aimed at those mana...

A Handbook of Wine & Port: How to Buy, Serve, Store, and Drink It

Wm. J. Todd · 1922 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1922-1926. Cloth. Two smart second impressions of these fascinating guides on wine and port from wine expert William J. Todd. Two volumes. Second impressions. Written by William J. Todd, a British wine merchant and expert, who was the director of Findlat...

A Book of Tried Recipes

0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Colchester, Wiles & Son, c1900. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this recipe book, intended to raise funds for the St. Albans' Diocesan Mission Society. Very scarce work. A recipe book produced to raise funds for the St. Albans' Diocesan Mission Society, part of the Dioc...