Cucina e giardinaggio

Wine: A Series of Notes on This Valuable Product and Subjects Suggested Therefrom, Together with Some Important References

Alexander Webber · 1888 · Rooke Books

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

London, Edwin T. Olver, 1888. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this informative study on wine and wine drinking. First edition. Very scarce work. A series of notes on wine, written with the intention of providing a single comprehensive volume of merited inf...

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

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

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, c1923. Cloth. A new edition of this illustrated cookery guide from English journalist Isabella Mary Beeton, known as Mrs. Beeton. New edition. Illustrated with eleven colour plates, and over two-hundred and fifty images. Collated, lacking th...

Campbell&Apos;S Book: Canning, Preserving, and Pickling

Clyde H. Campbell · 1945 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Chicago, Vance Publishing Corp. 1945. Cloth. A smart revised edition copy of this illustrated recipe book from American food writer Clyde H. Campbell. Revised edition. Illustrated throughout. A collection of recipes and tips for canning, preserving, and pickling foodstuffs. Wi...

The Gourmets Almanac

Allan Ross Macdougall; John Collier · 1931 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Desmond Harmsworth, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated almanac on gourmet cuisine from American writer Allan Ross Macdougall. First edition. Illustrated with twelve plates, one for each month of the year. Collated complete. With a col...

Fish Cookery

Judi Smith; John Searle · 1982 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Exeter, Publisher Unknown, 1982 . First edition. Paperback. A lovely first edition copy of this collection of recipes from a cook local to Exeter, with insight into the region's fisheries, signed by the author. In the publisher's original paper wraps.This volume is a...

New Guide for the Hotel, Bar, Restaurant, Butler, and Chef: Being a Hand Book for the Management of Hotel and American Bars, and the Manufacture of the Principle New and Fashionable Drinks

Bacchus; Cordon Bleu [Emilie Lebour-Fawssett] · 1885 · Rooke Books

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

London, William Nicholson and Sons, 1885. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this uncommon guide to hotel and restaurant cookery from Emilie Lebour-Fawssett. First edition. With the original half-title. Uncommon work. A hand book for the management of hotels, bars, resta...

The Pytchley Book of Refined Cookery and Bills of Fare

Major L [James Henry Landon] · 1886 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1886. Cloth. The scarce second edition of Major L's guide to simple bills of fare for the everyday family. Second edition. Scarce edition. A wonderful guide to late nineteenth century cookery and dining. With chapters on stocks, sauces, soups, fish...

Food in England

Dorothy Hartley · 1954 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, MacDonald, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated historical cookery book from English writer Dorothy Hartley. First edition. Illustrated with eight plates and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. Both a cookery book and a history ...

101 Ways of Serving Oysters

May E. Southworth · 1907 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.90 | ¥59,068)

San Francisco, Tomoyé Press for Paul Elder and Company, 1907. First edition. Paperback. This is a compact first edition of this comprehensive cookery guide dedicated entirely to oysters. In the publisher's original yapp paper binding. This copy is a first edition of this...

Culina Famulatrix Medicinae: Or, Receipts in Modern Cookery

Ignotus; A. Hunter · 1806 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.16 | ¥71,725)

London, T. Wilson and R. Spence; J. Mawman, 1806 . Leather. A handsome example of the fourth edition of this medical cookbook from the early nineteenth century, a work that combines culinary practices with medicinal remedies. The fourth edition of this work, which was first pu...

The Universal Cook, and City and Country Housekeeper

Francis Collingwood; John Woollams · 1801 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, C. Whittingham for J. Scatcherd, 1801 . Leather. The third edition of Collingwood and Woollams's comprehensive cookery work, aimed at both urban and rural households. First published in 1792, this is the third edition of this work.Illustrated with a portrait front...

A Guide to Modern Cookery

Auguste Escoffier · 1907 · Rooke Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.30 | $1,651.33 | ¥263,696)

London, William Heinemann, 1907 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the uncommon first English language edition of one of the most influential cookery works about French cuisine ever published. The uncommon first English language edition, first impression.Illustrat...

The Flora of East Riding of Yorkshire Including a Physiographical Sketch

Jas. Fraser Robinson · 1902 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, A. Brown and Sons, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this uncommon botanical study devoted to the East Riding of Yorkshire. The first edition. In the publisher's decorative cloth binding. With a coloured folding map frontispiece and a few in-text illu...

An Essay on the Making of Gardens

Sir George Sitwell, Baronet · 1909 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.21 | ¥82,273)

London, John Murray, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of Sir George Sitwell's classic study of old Italian gardens, complete with the vanishingly scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, retaining the very scarce publisher's origi...

Portrait of a Chef, the Life of Alexis Soyer

Helen Morris · 1938 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this insightful biography on the life and career of French chef Alexis Soyer. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A biography on the life of ...

Fine Drinking

0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Messrs Blumenthals Ltd , c1948. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon fine drinking guide to wines and liqueurs. The first edition.In the publisher's original stapled wraps.A charming guide to various fine champagnes, liqueurs, cocktail recipes, wine pairings, vin...

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

Isabella Beeton · 1923 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited , 1923. Leather. A leather-bound new edition of Isabella Beeton's classic Victorian guide to household management. A new edition of this extensive guide to running a household in Victorian Britain, edited by Isabella Beeton and first pub...

Gute Kãƒâ¼Che" Enthaltend 1000 Recepte Der Bãƒâ¼Rgerlichen Und Feinen Kãƒâ¼Che

H. Weiner · 1896 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

Köhl , Buchdruckerei Heinr. 1896 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce German cookery book detailing 1000 recipes of both home-cooking and fine-dining, written by H. Weiner. First edition. Bound in the publisher's brown cloth. Very scarce work. Written in German by H. We...

La Culture Des Vignes: La Vinification Et Les Vins Dans le Mãƒâ©Doc Avec Un ãƒâ‰Tat Des Vignobles D&Apos;Aprãƒâ¨S Leur Rãƒâ©Putation

A. D'Armailhacq · 1858 · Rooke Books

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

Bordeaux , P. Chaumas, 1858 . Leather. The second edition of this very scarce overview of wine making in the Medoc region of France, written by pioneer winemaker A. D'Armailhacq. The second edition. First published in 1855. Very scarce work, in any early edition.Bound in ...

The Wines and Vineyards of New Zealand

Michael Cooper · 1984 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

Auckland, Hodder and Stoughton, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this brightly illustrated record of the wines and vineyards of New Zealand. First edition. Illustrated with one hundred and seventy colour photographs and maps. A detailed and comprehensi...