Cucina e giardinaggio

B.G. May Advertisement Booklet

0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Birmingham, B. G. May, c1900. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce copy of this original advertising booklet for wholesale store B. G. May, in Birmingham, England. Very scarce work. Illustrated throughout with goods and products. An original advertising booklet from wholesale stor...

Petroleum Boiling and Cooking Stoves, "Primus" Wickless Stoves, Blow-Lamps and Spirit Stoves, &C.

1913 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Exeter, J. L. Thomas & Co. Ltd. 1913. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce advertisement booklet for petroleum stoves for the 1913 season. For the 1913 season, with pencil note dated June 18th, 1913. Very scarce work. Illustrated with over sixty images of products available. A cha...

Sowing the Seeds of a Dream

Roy Strong · 1984 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Esher, Edward Burrett at the Penmiel Press, 1984. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A limited edition copy of Roy Strong's essay on the English garden and the delights of a packet of seeds, printed and signed by Edward Burrett. No. 20 of 75 limited edition copies designed...

The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening

Royal Horticultural Society; Anthony Huxley; Mark Griffiths; Margot Levy et al. · 1999 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, The Folio Society; Royal Horticultural Society, 1999 . Cloth. A fine four volume edition of the 'New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening', complete in four volumes and beautifully illustrated throughout. Complete in four volumes, and housed in...

Colour Schemes for the Flower Garden

Gertrude Jekyll; G. C. T. [preface] · 1936 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Country Life Ltd. 1936. Cloth. The eighth edition of Gertrude Jekyll's classic work on the usage of different colour schemes in the English flower garden. The eighth edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding.Previous owner's ink insc...

Green Salads and Fruit Salads

Mrs. C. F. Leyel · 1925 · Rooke Books

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

London, George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition of Mrs. C. F. Leyel's collection of salad recipes, a scarce work, presented in the original, exceptionally scarce unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition.Published as part of the a...

Table Decoration

William Low · 1887 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.42 | $561.45 | ¥89,657)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1887. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce and charming work presenting various constructions of table decoration, a fantastic association, from the library of Elizabeth David. The first edition of this scarce work.A charming volume pr...

Wine Atlas of Australia and New Zealand

James Halliday · 1991 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Australia, CollinsAngus&Robertson [An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers], 1991. First edition. Cloth. This uncommon first edition, first impression of a comprehensive guide to the wine-growing regions of Australasia by a prominent Australian writer on wine, with the original ...

Almanach de Cocagne

Bertrand Guégan; Various · 1920 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.78 | $1,188.95 | ¥189,861)

Paris, Editions de la Sirene, 1920-22. Paperback. A French almanac celebrating the wonders of food and drink, complete in three volumes, a brilliant association copy, from the library of Elizabeth David. In the original French.Complete in three volumes.Each volume is in the or...

The Edwardian Garden

David Ottewill · 1989 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

New Haven & London, Yale University Press, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated work exploring the Edwardian garden and its features. First edition. Illustrated with three hundred and five images, figures, and photographs, many of whic...

Notes on Tulip Species

W. R. Dykes; E. Katherine Dykes; A. Daniel Hall · 1930 · Rooke Books

£365.00 (€437.50 | $482.19 | ¥76,999)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautiful and vividly illustrated work on tulips and their cultivation, complete with fifty-four colour plates. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A semina...

The Orchids of Burma Including the Andaman Islands

Captain Bartle Grant · 1895 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

Rangoon, Hanthawaddy Press, 1895. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this detailed work regarding the Orchids of Burma, with the scarce Memorandum form. The first edition of the work, published in Rangoon (now Yangon).Scarce, particularly with the errata and per...

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

A Lady [Maria Eliza Rundell] · 1824 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London , John Murray , 1824. Leather. A new edition illustrated copy of this extensive cookery book. A new edition copy. This is a detailed cookery book written by Maria Rundell with recipes for the family from fish, meats, soups, sauces, pies and puddings. With ten plates i...

The Best Hardy Perennials for Producing an Abundant Supply of Cut Flowers

F. W. Meyer · 1901 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

Liverpool, Blake and Mackenzie, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this charming gardening book with colour plates. A first edition copy of The Best Hardy Perennials For Producing an Abundant Supply of Cut Flowers which are also effective for displays of brigh...

Dishes and Drinks or Philosophy in the Kitchen

An Old Bohemian [Gustave Louis Maurice Strauss] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

London, Ward & Downey, 1887. Cloth. The revised and enlarged edition of this cookery book by Dr Strauss. Revised and enlarged edition. With chapters on: the cook and the kitchen, meat and the process of cooking it, vegetables, condiments, salads, beverages and fermented drinks...

A Younger Sons&Apos; Cookery Book

A Younger Sons' Daughter [M. M. Mallock] · 1896 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Richard Bentley And Son, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this Victorian cookbook, illustrated with twenty nine engravings A first edition of this late-Victorian cookery book. With twenty nine in-text engravings, collated and complete. In this work compri...

The Wife&Apos;S Own Book of Cookery

Frederick Bishop · 1856 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Ward and Lock, 1856. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Frederick Bishop's useful cookery work of recipes and advice on many aspects of running a household, illustrated throughout. 'The Wife's Own Book of Cookery' is a collection of about fi...

A Manual of Domestic Economy

J. H. Walsh · 1859 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, G. Routledge & Co, 1859 . Leather. A smart copy of this uncommon and extensively illustrated guide Victorian era domestic economy. An uncommon work in all editions, first published in 1856.This is the work of John Henry Walsh, who usually served as a sports writer, but...

The Spirit of Cookery a Popular Treatise

J. L. W. Thudichum · 1895 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London and New York, Frederick Warne and Co. 1895. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this work exploring the spirit and science of cooking The first edition of the work. The Spirit of Cookery is a popular treatise on the history, science, practice and ethical and ...

Flora of the Nilgiri and Pulney Hill-Tops Being the Wild and Commoner Introduced Flowering Plants Round the Hill-Stations of Ootacamund, Kotagiri and Kodaikanal

Philip Furley Fyson · 1915 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.21 | ¥82,273)

Madras, The Superintendent, Government Press, 1915. First edition. Cloth. Philip Furley Fyson describes and illustrates the flora of the South Indian Hills in this very scarce first edition A first edition of this work on the flora of the South Indian Hills by botanist and edu...