Cucina e giardinaggio

Vines & Vine-Culture: Being a Treatise on the Cultivation of the Grape Vine

Archibald F. Barron · 1883 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.75 | $158.52 | ¥25,317)

London, Journal of Horticulture Office, 1883. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this charmingly illustrated and well-received horticultural volume on vines and grapes. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Illustrated throughout with in-text woodcuts. W...

The Book of Household Management

Mrs. Isabella Beeton · 1869 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.45 | $350.07 | ¥55,909)

London, Ward, Lock, and Tyler , 1869. Leather. A revised edition of Mrs. Beeton's influential book on cookery and household management, complete with twelve colour plates. New edition, revised and corrected. One hundred and seventy-sixth thousand.Bound in contemporary hal...

Mrs. Beeton&Apos;S Book of Household Management

[Isabella Beeton] · 0 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,677.10 | $1,849.41 | ¥295,367)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. c1888. Paperback. An incredibly scarce and complete serialised new edition of this influential cookery book, very rare to find in the original parts. A vanishingly scarce unrecorded edition of Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management. Complete i...

Mrs. Beeton&Apos;S Household Management

Isabella Beeton · 1949 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.81 | $118.89 | ¥18,988)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1949. Cloth. An updated edition of Mrs. Beeton's iconic cookery and housekeeping book to suit the demands of postwar Britain. A revised edition of Mrs. Beeton's Household Management, the iconic cookery and housekeeping book, writte...

The Miniature Fruit Garden

Thomas Rivers · 1864 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.86 | $92.47 | ¥14,768)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1864. Cloth. Resourceful illustrated guide to fruit trees from important horticulturist Thomas Rivers. Twelfth edition.In publisher's original green cloth binding.Featuring one double-page plate and numerous additional in...

Popular Flowers

[Robert Tyas] · 1849 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.60 | $257.60 | ¥41,140)

London, Houlston & Stoneman, 1849 . Cloth. Beautifully illustrated guide to popular flowers from British botanist Robert Tyas. Scarce edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Author not stated, authorship from a copy held by the Royal Horticultural Society Libraries....

Warley Garden in Spring and Summer

Ellen Willmott · 1924 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.18 | $521.80 | ¥83,336)

London, Wheldon and Wesley, Ltd , 1924. Cloth. A scarce folio capturing the charming views of Warley Garden, designed by prominent horticulturist Ellen Willmott. The second edition of this scarce folio. A striking visual tour through the gardens of Warley Place, Essex, the pr...

Wild Flowers of the Year the Geography of Plants

[Anne Pratt]; Anonymous · 1846 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.87 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, The Religious Tract Society, [1846-c.1850] Undated, dated fro. Cloth. London: The Religious Tract Society, [1846-c.1850] Undated, dated from copies held by the Royal Horticultural Society Libraries and Natural History Museum Library. Cloth. Very Good. 6" by 4". None. A...

The Cook&Apos;S Oracle; Containing Receipts for Plain Cookery

William Kitchiner · 1831 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.60 | $257.60 | ¥41,140)

London, Robert Cadell, Whittaker, Treacher, and Co, 1831 . Vellum. An early 19th century edition of William Kitchiner's popular and influential cookery work, which contains one of the earliest references to crisps. A 'new edition' of this work by English opticia...

The Cook&Apos;S Oracle; Containing Receipts for Plain Cookery

William Kitchiner · 1829 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.64 | $231.18 | ¥36,921)

London, Cadell and Co; Simpkin and Marshall, 1829 . Leather. An early 19th century edition of William Kitchiner's popular and influential cookery work, which contains one of the earliest references to crisps. A 'new edition' of this work by English optician, ama...

Mrs. Beeton&Apos;S All About Cookery with over 2,000 Practical Recipes

Mrs Beeton [Isabella Beeton] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.87 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London; Melbourne , Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1923. Cloth. A comprehensive household guide by Isabella Beeton, offering over 2,000 practical recipes and domestic tips, richly illustrated throughout with colour plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Illustrated ...

Beeton&Apos;S Every-Day Cookery and Housekeeping Book: Comprising Instructions for Mistress and Servants, and a Collection of over Sixteen Hundred and Fifty Practical Receipts.

Mrs. Beeton · 1984 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.70 | $64.73 | ¥10,338)

London , Bracken Books, 1984. Cloth. A facsimile edition of the 1865 original comprehensive guide to all things cookery and housekeeping, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A facsimile reprint of the 1865 edition, without correction. Intended to be as similar to the origi...

French Cooking for English Homes

Chester · 1924 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1924. Cloth. The second edition of this abundant book of French recipes for English homes, with additional annotated recipes included. The second edition of the work, first published the year prior.In publisher's original green cloth...

The Book of Household Management: Comprising Information for the Mistress, Housekeeper, Cook, Kitchen-Maid, Butler, Footman, Coachman, Valet Etc. Also Sanitary, Medical and Legal Memoranda. With a History of the Origin, Properties and Uses of All Things Connected with Home Life and Comfort

Mrs. Isabella Beeton · 1891 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.48 | $330.25 | ¥52,744)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. 1891. Leather. A calf-bound new edition of this profusely illustrated Beeton household management guide. New edition, revised, corrected and greatly enlarged.Bound in half calf, with cloth boards and decorative gilt to the spine. Rebacked, with the c...

Mrs. Beeton&Apos;S Family Cookery with Nearly 3,000 Practical Recipes

Mrs. Beeton [Isabella Beeton] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.87 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1923. Cloth. A new edition of this highly popular cookery book from Mrs. Isabella Beeton, with colour plates. New edition. With a colour frontispiece, nineteen colour plates, and nearly three hundred black-and-white images. Collated complete...

The Planters of the English Landscape Garden: Botany, Trees, and the Georgics

Douglas Chambers · 1993 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.93 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of English landscape gardening, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated with one hundred and thirty figures, many of which are ...

Veitch&Apos;S Manual of the Coniferae

Adolphus H. Kent · 1900 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.70 | $64.73 | ¥10,338)

London, James Veitch & Sons, Ltd. 1900. Cloth. A new and enlarged edition of this manual of the coniferae from publisher and horticulturalist James Veitch. New and enlarged edition. Illustrated with full-page and in-text images throughout. A detailed and comprehensive manual o...

A Manual of Gardening for Bengal and Upper India

Thomas A. C. Firminger · 1874 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.69 | $198.15 | ¥31,646)

Calcutta , Thacker, Spink and Co. 1874. Cloth. An uncommon Indian gardening manual by Thomas A. C. Firminger. Third edition. An uncommon title. In the original cloth binding.This practical guide offers hints on gardening for Bengal and Upper India, including laying out, seeds...

Gleanings from French Gardens: Comprising an Account of Such Features of French Horticulture As Are Most Worth of Adoption in British Gardens

W. Robinson · 1869 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.84 | $99.08 | ¥15,823)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1869. Cloth. A smart second edition of this illustrated horticultural study of French gardens from Irish gardener William Robinson. Second edition. A scarce edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and over ninety in-text images and figures. The...

Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs: Report of the Conference Held by the Royal Horticultural Society at the Greycoat Street Hall: April 26-29, 1938

Various; F. J. Chittenden [Editor] · 1938 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.76 | $151.92 | ¥24,262)

London, The Royal Horticultural Society , 1938 . First edition. Leather. A handsomely bound, scarce first edition of the RHS"s 1938 conference proceedings, richly illustrated and featuring expert lectures and discussions on ornamental flowering trees and shrubs. Bound in a blu...