Cucina e gastronomia

The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy

Hannah Glasse · 1755 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

London, Mrs Ashburn's China-Shop, c1755. Disbound. A scarce edition of this important and immensely popular cookery book, signed by the author to prevent the publication of unauthorised reproductions. Circa 1755, this is likely the fifth edition of Hannah Glasse's im...

The Art of Sweetmaking

Beatrice Manders · 1901 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,227)

London, The Secretarial Bureau, 1901. Cloth. An charming and uncommon guide to confectionary making, containing recipes for bonbons, chocolates, fondants and marzipan. Containing recipes including almond princess, brilliantine, berlingots, candies, caramels, pralines, gum drop...

The Epicure&Apos;S Almanac and Directory

Benson E. Hill · 1843 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, J. How, 1843. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this early Victorian almanac containing seasonal recipes and menus. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.An almanac containing a wide variety of recipes and seasonal menus for use throughou...

Recettes de Cuisine Pratique

G. Shefer; H. Francois · 1927 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Paris, Librairie Delagrave, 1927. Cloth. A beautiful French work discussing practical cuisine, illustrated with detailed in-text engravings throughout. In the original French.A fascinating French work on practical cookery, containing a wide variety of delicious recipes.Illustr...

Practical Dinners

[Victor Chevalley De Rivaz] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, Horace Cox, 1887. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fascinating recipe collection that guides the readers in meals that are ideal for each season of the year. The first edition of this work.The recipes in this work appeared originally in the pages of &apo...

The Complete Confectioner

Hannah Glasse · 0 · Rooke Books

£2,350.00 (€2,816.81 | $3,104.49 | ¥495,749)

London, J Cooke, c1760. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition, early impression of this cookery work by the prolific author in this field, Hannah Glasse. A very scarce edition of this work. This was one of Glasse's later publications, following her great suc...

Beeton&Apos;S Dictionary of Universal Information

Samuel Orchart Beeton · 1861 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.09 | ¥21,094)

London, W. Kent and Co, 1861. Leather. Beeton's comprehensive and illustrated Victorian dictionary of general knowledge. Featuring a fold-out illustrated frontispiece. With numerous illustrations in the text. 'Comprising Geography, History, Biography, Mythology, Bibl...

Kitchen Front Recipes and New Dishes for Old

Ambrose Heath · 1942 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1942. First edition. Cloth. Two cooking volumes by the prominent food writer Ambrose Heath, both written at the height of the Second World War and rationing. The scarce reprint of Kitchen Front Recipes and the first edition of New Dishes for Old...

Ambrose Heath: Little Cooking Guides

Ambrose Heath · 1953 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Herbert Jenkins, 1953-1957. First edition. Cloth. Four little volumes in Ambrose Heath's Home Entertaining series, including first editions and many delicious recipes to try at home. Four little cooking guides written by prominent British food writer Ambrose Heath...

Chow" Secrets of Chinese Cooking with Selected Recipes

Dolly Liu · 1939 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

Shanghai, Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed and inscribed first edition of this recipe book, introducing the secrets and techniques of Chinese cookery, richly illustrated and complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publi...

The Finer Cooking

X. M. Boulestin · 1937 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney, Cassell & Company Limited, 1937 . First edition. Cloth. First edition of this delightful cookery work on hosting successful dinner parties. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding with leather label to spine.Frontispiece ...

Mrs. Beeton&Apos;S Household Management: A Complete Cookery Book

Isabella Beeton · 1923 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. [1923]. Cloth. A highly illustrated new edition of this renowned guide to running a household in Victorian Britain from Isabella Beeton. A new edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, thirty-one colour plates, and numerous black-and-white ima...

Beeton&Apos;S Every-Day Cookery and Housekeeping Book: Comprising of over Fifteen Hundred Practical Receipts

Isabella Beeton · 1872 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Ward, Lock, and Tyler, [1872]. Cloth. A highly illustrated copy of this popular Victorian cookery book, with coloured plates. A n abundantly illustrated guide to cookery and housekeeping in the nineteenth century.In quarter blue cloth binding.Illustrated with two colou...

Recipes from No. 10: Some Practical Recipes for Discerning Cooks

Georgina Landemare; Clementine S. Churchill [Foreword] · 1958 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Collins, 1958 . First edition. Cloth. A smart, first edition copy of this collection of 360 recipes by Georgina Landemare, former cook to the Churchills, with a foreword by Lady Churchill and the original clipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth bin...

Warne&Apos;S Every-Day Cookery Containing One Thousand Nine Hundred Receipts and Other Valuable Instructions with Original Illustrations Printed in Colours

Mary Jewry [ed.] · 0 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London , Frederick Warne and Co , c1888. Leather. A charming collection of unique nineteenth-century recipes, with four colourful plates and numerous pages of publisher's advertisements. In quarter red morocco, with advertisements to end papers. With a colourful frontisp...

Practical Butchering: How to Make It Pay

A Family Butcher [William Henry Major] · 0 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, William Henry Major , c1903. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this illustrated guide to butchering from British butcher William Henry Major. First edition. Very scarce. Illustrated with ten plates and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A de...

Table for Two & Five to a Feast

T. A. Layton · 1943 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Duckworth, 1943-1948. Cloth. Two smart volumes on designing and entertaining over dinner from celebrated caterer and restauranteur T. A. Layton. Two volumes. Written by T. A. Layton, a celebrated British caterer, restaurateur, and cheese and wine connoisseur. Layton wa...

Wishful Cooking; the Party-Givers" Book; Cooking with Wine

Emily Lina Mirrlees; Margaret Rosalys Coker; Mary Gallati; Robin McDouall · 1949 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Faber and Faber Limited; Souvenir Press Limited for The Cookery Club Book; The Cookery Book Club, 1949-1969. Cloth. A three-volume collection of mid-century British cookery classics, covering post-war thrift, stylish party planning, and wine-led cuisine from the years ...

Mrs. Coachman&Apos;S Florida Recipes

Jessie Candler Coachman · 1938 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

Florida, Kumquat Sweet Shop, 1938. First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce, author-signed first edition of this charming citrus focused Florida recipe collection, with no known institutional holdings. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with pictorial ...

The Horizon Cookbook and Illustrated History of Eating and Drinking Through the Ages

William Harlan Hale; Wendy Buehr [editor] · 1968 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1968. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing set of this illustrated history of eating and drinking with menus and recipes throughout, in the original slip case. Complete in two volumes, with the original slip case. First edition. Illustrated thro...