Cucina e gastronomia

Chafing Dish and Casserole Cookery

C. Herman Senn · 1905 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, The Food and Cookery Publishing Agency , 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this chafing dish cook book from prolific culinary writer, Charles Herman Senn. The scarce first edition of this cookery book. Undated, dated from an identical copy held at the B...

Dainty Dishes" and How to Make Them

Rex · 0 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Manchester, Follows & Bate Ltd. c1892. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce first edition of this cookery guide with tips on using the patent "Rex" meat and suet chopper. First edition. Very scarce. A collection of quick recipes for small dishes, including: fritters...

Five Hundred Household Hints

500 Housewives · 1928 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Country Life, 1928 . Hardback. The third impression of this very scarce 1920s guide to household management. The third impression of this work, which was first published in 1926. Very scarce in all editions.In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper....

French Provincial Cooking

Elizabeth David · 1960 · Rooke Books

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

London, Michael Joseph, 1960 . First edition. Fine Binding. A beautifully bound first edition of this illustrated cookery book on French provincial cooking, housed in a slip case. A first edition of the work, rebound in a beautiful dark blue, full morocco binding, with five ra...

Sales Through Display

Rosabel · 1936 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

Not stated , Maclaren & Sons Limited, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated guide to bakery window design. Sales Through Display is a guide for how bakers and confectioners should design their window displays. The volume details the art of a dis...

Modern Household Cookery: A New Work for Private Families; Containing a Great Variety of Valuable Receipts; with Directions for the Preparation of Food for Invalids, and for Children

A Lady [Sarah Josepha Hale] · 1858 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1858. Cloth. America writer and activist Sarah Josepha Hale muses on the philosophy of cookery before sharing some of her favourite recipes in this early edition A interesting recipe book by American writer and activist Sarah Josepha Hale, with eigh...

Plain Directions on Cookery

Alice Massingberd · 1898 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co, 1898. Cloth. A very scarce and charmingly brief simple late nineteenth century cookery work, by Alice Massingberd. The second edition of the first part of this scarce work by Alice Massingberd.Consisting of nine chapters, Massingberd covers ...

The Little Book of Salads and Savouries and the Little Book of Simple Remedies

Anonymous · 1912 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, George Newnes Ltd. 1912 . First edition. Cloth. The first editions of two charming miniature volumes from the early twentieth century, concerning home remedies and salad recipes. Two delightful volumes published by George Newnes in the years prior to the First World Wa...

Good Things to Cook and Eat

Anon · 1936 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Tipton, Revo Electric Co. Ltd, 1936. Brochure/Pamphlet. A delightful little cookery guide to the Revo electric cooker. With recipes for ice creams, jam, soups, meat, stuffings, cakes, puddings and breads.Produced by Revo Electric Cookers, a Staffordshire-based company.Undated;...

The Whole New Art of Confectionary, Sugar Boiling, Iceing, Candying, Jelly Making, &C. Which Will Be Found Very Beneficial to Ladies, Confectioners, Housekeepers, &C. Particularly to Such As Have Not a Perfect Knowledge of That Art

S. W. Stavely · 1824 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.42 | ¥84,383)

Blackburn , Printed for R. Wood, 1824. Disbound. A scarce cookery pamphlet by S. W. Stavely, comprised of various different confectionary recipes. A scarce disbound pamphlet, in need of a sympathetic rebound. S. W. Stavely proposes a recipe book comprised of various confectio...

Domestic Management; or, the Healthful Cookery-Book

[Annabella Plumtree] · 1810 · Rooke Books

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

London, B. Crosby and Co, 1810. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition cookery and dietician work by Annabella Plumtree, a lovely copy of this sought after work. The first edition of this scarce work.'Domestic Management' is an interesting cookery work of th...

Cookery Recipes

Edith Sanderson · 1928 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,915)

Birmingham, Evans & Adlard Ltd. 1928. Cloth. A smart cookery book with recipes by Edith Sanderson. Containing such recipes as toad in the hole, bread sauce, macaroni cheese with eggs, kidney omelette, rice pudding, trifle and Christmas cake.A scarce work.Written by Edith Sande...

Savouries and Sweets Suitable for Luncheons and Dinners

M L Allen · 1906 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

London, Crosby Lockwood and Son , L M Allen . Paperback. A later edition of this scarce pocket sized cookery book by Miss Allen in its original publisher's wraps. The thirtieth edition of this scarce pocket sized cookery book by M. L. Allen. Containing various recipes id...

Cookery for the Diabetics

W. H. and Mrs Poole · 1891 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1891. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce and exciting first edition of this late nineteenth century cookery book for people suffering from diabetics. The first edition of this exciting cooking book with recipes written specifically for people ...

Breakfast, Luncheon and Tea

Marion Harland · 1875 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1875. First edition. Cloth. A charming Victorian cook-book by a prolific and acclaimed writer of household manuals. Written by Mary Virginia Terhune (1830-1922) under the pseudonym Marion Harland. Terhune was a most prolific writer of bo...

The American Home Cook Book

1854 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

New York, Dick & Fitzgerald, 1854. Paperback. A scarce mid-century cookery work from America, very unusual survival of a fragile book. A scarce work, hard to find in the original binding.An extensive collection of several hundred recipes that were popular in mid-century Americ...

The Food We Eat: Why We Eat It, and Whence It Comes

J. Milner Fothergill · 1882 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Griffith & Farran, 1882. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce first edition of John Milner Fothergill's interesting tract on food and digestion. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.An interesting treatise on food and digestion, discussing how the h...

The Handy Dictionary of Cookery

Mary A. Everard · 1886 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

London, James Nisbet & Co, 1886. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Mary A. Everard's concise dictionary of popular Victorian cookery. The first edition of this work.A useful concise dictionary on cookery, containing many popular Victorian recipes. Illustrated wi...

A New System of Domestic Cookery; Formed Upon Principles of Economy, and Adapted to the Use of Private Families

Mrs. Rundell; E. Birch · 1847 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.90 | ¥59,068)

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1847. Leather. A nicely rebound copy of Maria Rundell's popular and influential cookery work, here edited by E. Birch. Illustrated throughout. Rebound in a quarter calf binding. This work was written for the author's daughters, advising them on...

Lessons on Cookery

Barbara Wallace Gothard · 1880 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)

London, Joseph Hughes, 1880. Cloth. A very scarce cookery work, being a collection of essential recipes and tips for the use of teachers and housewives in the late nineteenth century. A very scarce work. A concise reference work for cookery, written primarily for teachers and ...