Cucina e giardinaggio

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 (€65.89 | $72.66 | ¥11,604)

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 (€167.71 | $184.94 | ¥29,537)

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 (€117.40 | $129.46 | ¥20,676)

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 (€233.60 | $257.60 | ¥41,140)

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 (€592.98 | $653.90 | ¥104,433)

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 (€59.90 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)

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...

County Cooking: A Selection of Recipes Used in Leicestershire and Surrounding Counties During the Last Three Centuries

Maureen Hallahan · 1978 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.94 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Wymondham, The Brewhouse Private Press, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first limited edition of just eighty copies, this is a charming collection of Midlands and Leicestershire recipes collected by Maureen Hallahan. In the publisher's original cloth binding.This vol...

The Household Guide or Domestic Cyclopedia: A Practical Family Physician, Home Remedies and Home Treatment on All Diseases. An Instructor on Nursing, Housekeeping and Home Adornments; Also a Complete Cook Book

B. G. Jefferis; J. L. Nichols · 1972 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Toronto, Coles Publishing Company, 1972. Paperback. A charming facsimile of this otherwise uncommon household guide and cook book. A facsimile edition of the 1894 first edition. Serving as a pleasing reference of an otherwise uncommon book. First edition in particular is very...

A Collection of Cooking, Dieting, and Gardening Books

Marguerite Requa Rea; Mary Thorne Quelch; Ann Roe Robbins; Vivien Quick; Philip Harben · 1937 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.60 | $257.60 | ¥41,140)

London, Oxford University Press, 1937-1958. First edition. Cloth. Five smart volumes of these cookery, dieting, and gardening guides, with the original dust wrappers. Five volumes. This set contains: The Diet Book, 1937. Third edition. A detailed and comprehensive diet book fo...

1,400 Cookery & Household Recipes and Miss Tuxford&Apos;S Cookery for the Middle Classes

1930 · Rooke Books

£77.00 (€92.24 | $101.72 | ¥16,245)

London, Success Publishing Co. Ltd.; Simpkin Marshall, c1926-1930. Paperback. Two scarce interwar period cookery books containing a large amount of household recipes. Two volumes. Scarce works. This set contains: 1,400 Cookery & Household Recipes: Nos. 1 & 2 Combined, c1926. B...

The Truth About Herbs

Mrs. C. F. Leyel [Hilda Leyel] · 1943 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.64 | $231.18 | ¥36,921)

London, Andrew Dakers Limited, 1943. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this book about herbalism, with the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Intended for the general read...

Hospitality

Nell Heaton · 1955 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.74 | $165.13 | ¥26,372)

London, Cassell, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Nell Heaton's guide to hospitality, with an additional tipped in letter from the author. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original clipped dust wrapp...

Garden Herbs: Culture, Storage, Uses

George E. Whitehead · 1942 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.81 | $118.89 | ¥18,988)

London, Adam & Charles Black , 1942. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of George Whitehead's guide to growing and using garden herbs, signed by the author and in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the front ...

Chafing Dish and Casserole Cookery

C. Herman Senn · 1905 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.93 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, The Food and Cookery Publishing Agency , 1905. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this charming chafing dish cookery book by culinary writer, Charles Herman Senn. The scarce first edition of this work.In the publisher's original cloth binding.This v...

A Collection of Cookery Books, Food Histories and Drinking Guides

Oscar A. Mendelsohn; Victor MacClure; Maria Floris; Countess Morphy et al · 1951 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.73 | $171.73 | ¥27,427)

London, George Allen and Unwin; Odhams Press et al , 1951-1978. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic selection of cookery books and culinary histories, including the writings of Oscar A. Mendelsohn and Countess Morphy. All first editions, first impressions except for 'The Ea...

The Master Book of Soups: Featuring 1001 Titles and Recipes

Henry Smith · 0 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.89 | $72.66 | ¥11,604)

London, Spring Books, c1960. Cloth. A pleasing copy of this diverse soup recipe collection by Henry Smith, complete with the unclipped dust wrapper. The first Spring Books edition of this work. First published by Practical Press. With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapp...

The Paper-Bag Cookery Manual

C. Herman Senn · 1911 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.60 | $257.60 | ¥41,140)

London, The Food and Cookery Publishing Agency , 1911. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this paper-bag cook book, written by C. Herman Senn in response to the method's growing popularity at the time. The very scarce first edition of this volume. Also v...

Electric Refrigerator Menus and Recipes: Recipes Prepared Especially for the General Electric Refrigerator

Miss Alice Bradley · 1927 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.89 | $72.66 | ¥11,604)

Cleveland, General Electric Company, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of recipes and menus prepared for those with use of a General Electric Refrigerator. First edition. Illustrated with colour figures and decorations throughout. A collection of h...

Patsy: Learn to Cook by Pictures, Patsy&Apos;S Reflections, & Patsy&Apos;S Christmas Reflections

1949 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.39 | $389.70 | ¥62,238)

London, Mirror Features, Daily Mirror Newspapers Ltd. c1949. Paperback. Three uncommon Patsy comic style cookery books, being charming introductory guides to cooking with illustrations throughout. Three volumes. Scarce works. "When Patsy and Peter got marries, she couldn'...

The Book of Vegetable Cookery: Usual and Unusual

Erroll Sherson · 1931 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.84 | $99.08 | ¥15,823)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1931. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated cookery book focusing on vegetables and vegetable dishes, from British author Erroll Sherson. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text images. A book on t...