Cucina e gastronomia

The Art of Spinning and Casting Sugar

Alphonse Landry · 1872 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London, E. W. Janson and the Author, 1872 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout, this is the very scarce first edition of Alphonse Landry's detailed guide to decorative sugar work. A vanishingly scarce first edition.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and ei...

The Queen Cookery Books: No. 5 Meats and Game

S. Beaty-Pownall · 1902 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Horace Cox, 1902. Cloth. An early edition of this very scarce "Queen" Cookery Book, compiled by S. Beaty-Pownall. The second edition of this very scarce volume from the "Queen" Cookery Books series.In the publisher's original cloth boards. Comprising instruction ...

Cognac & Cognac: The Treowe Knaulage

Cyril Ray; Jean-Marc Soyez; D. Gallagher [translator] · 1973 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Peter Davies; Bureau National Interproffesionnel du Cognac, 1973. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition volumes of these illustrated works on the history of Cognac. Two volumes. First edition. This set includes: Cognac, 1973. Illustrated with eight plates and n...

Les Huãƒâ®Tres Les Moules Les Coquillages

1957 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Marennes , Imprimerie Typographie, 1957. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce French illustrated pamphlet on oysters, mussels, and shellfish. The first edition.A very scarce work.In the original French.A concise pamphlet discussing oysters, mussels, ...

A Book of Wine

P. Morton Shand · 1926 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Guy Chapman, 1926. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce guidebook to wines of the world by Philip Morton Shand. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.An exploration of wine by Philip Morton Shand, discussing the differences...

Cook with Ease: The Complete Cookery Book

Olive L. Humphries · 1935 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Birmingham, Cornish Brothers Limited , 1935. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this scarce interwar cookery book by Olive L. Humphries. The first edition of this scarce cookery book.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. Undated, dated from an i...

Surprises for Breakfast and Tea: Being a Collection of Simple Receipts for Those Who Care to Eat Well

Ann Gurney · 1936 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, The Medici Society, Ltd. 1936. Paperback. A second impression of this very scarce collection of recipes for breakfast and tea from Anne Gurney. Second impression, printed December 1936. Originally published August 1936. With a frontispiece and numerous in-text illustra...

Camp Cookery

Horace Kephart · 1910 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

New York, Outing Publishing Company, 1910. Cloth. A smart second edition of this illustrated camp cookery book from American travel writer Horace Kephart. Second edition. Illustrated throughout. A detailed and practical guide to cooking while camping, with commentary on the ut...

Home Catering and Cookery

Marjorie Bruce-Milne [editor] · 1959 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, The Caxton Publishing Company, 1959. Cloth. A brightly illustrated later printing of this detailed home catering and cookery book. Later printing, November 1959. Originally published March 1956. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, nineteen colour plates, and forty-...

Mrs Beeton&Apos;S Household Management

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

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited , c1950 . Cloth. A wonderfully bright, new edition of Mrs. Beeton's book of household management, complete with sixteen colour plates and many other illustrations. A new edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth. Dated using Jisc, from ...

L&Apos;Olivier Et L&Apos;Huile Dans L&Apos;Afrique Romaine

Henriette Camps-Fabrer · 1953 · Rooke Books

£690.00 (€827.06 | $911.53 | ¥145,560)

Alger, Imprimerie Officielle, 1953. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce treatise exploring the historical importance and manufacture of olive oil in Roman Africa, the first edition of this work, from the library of Elizabeth David. The first edition of this very scarce wor...

Gastronomie Pratique Etudes Culinaires Suivies Du Traitement de L&Apos;Obesite Des Gourmands

Ali-Bab · 1950 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1950. Cloth. A smart eighth edition of this study of practical gastronomy from French food writer Ali-Bab, in the original French. French. Eighth edition. A detailed and comprehensive study into practical gastronomy, providing information on the funda...

The Hare

H. A. Macpherson; Gerald Lascelles; Charles Richardson; J. S. Gibbons; G. H. Longman; Col. Kenney Herbert · 1912 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1912. Cloth. The third impression of this comprehensive guide to hunting and cooking hares, with illustrations throughout by Horburn, Whymper and Giles, and a letter from A. B. Simpson, the owner of a shooting enterprise. The third impression.Â...

Bien Manger Pour Bien Vivre

Edouard de Pomiane; Henri Babinski · 1926 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Paris, Albin Michel, 1926. Paperback. An interesting French essay on gastronomy and how to eat well to live a good life, by the gastronome Edouard de Pomiane. The sixth thousandth of this work, in the original French.A theoretical essay on gastronomy by the French activist for...

More Good Food

Ambrose Heath · 1933 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Faber and Faber, 1933 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this delightful 1933 cookery work from Ambrose Heath. The first edition, first impression of this work.A follow-up to Heath's popular 1932 work 'Good Food&apos.The work of English journalist a...

Good Potato Dishes

Ambrose Heath · 1935 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.45 | ¥49,575)

London, Faber and Faber, 1935 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Ambrose Heath's wonderful guide to cooking with the potato. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.The work of English journalist and ...

The English Housekeeper: Or, Manual of Domestic Management

Anne Cobbett · 0 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London; Dublin; Manchester, A. Cobbett; T. O'Gorman; W. Willis, c1840. Cloth. The second edition of Anne Cobbett's uncommon guide on cookery and successful household management. The second edition of this uncommon work.A brilliant manual on English housekeeping by An...

The Handy Dictionary of Cookery Containing About Five Hundred Valuable Recipes

Mary A. Everard · 1888 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, James Nisbet & Co. 1888. Cloth. With over 500 recipes arranged in alphabetical order, this recipe book offers an insight into Victorian cuisine The second edition of Mary Everard's illustrated Victorian recipe book. Comprised of over 500 clear, concise recipes, ar...

Letter on Corpulence Addressed to the Public

William Banting · 1868 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippencott & Co. 1868. Paperback. The fifth edition of William Banting's popular booklet on dieting and weight loss The fifth edition of William Banting's 'Letter on Corpulence', rebound in paper wraps. In the style of a testimonial, Bant...

La Ricetta Dei Veri Maccheroni Alla Napoletana Da "Causerie Culinaire

Alexandre Dumas · 2000 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Milan, Chimera Editore, c2000. Brochure/Pamphlet. A charming recipe for authentic Neapolitan macaroni by Alexandre Dumas, in a paperback booklet. A very scarce new edition. Dated from American libraries. Bound in a stapled paperback booklet. With two monochrome illustrations. ...