Cucina e giardinaggio

A Garden of Herbs

Eleanour Sinclair Rohde · 1926 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,915)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1926. Cloth. A revised and enlarged edition of Eleanour Sinclair Rohde's illustrated volume on growing herbs. The third edition, revised and enlarged. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding, with paper covered boards.With ...

Beyond Gumbo: Creole Fusion Food from the Atlantic Rim

Jessica B. Harris · 2003 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

New York , Simon and Schuster , 2003. Paperback. The uncorrected proof copy for this Creole cookbook from critically acclaimed author Jessica B. Harris. An advance uncorrected reader's proof of the first edition.In the publisher's wraps.A vibrant Creole fusion cookbo...

A Good Year

Lois Daish · 2005 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

New Zealand , Random House New Zealand , 2005. First edition. Paperback. A signed copy of this vanishingly scarce cookbook by much-loved New Zealand food writer Lois Daish. Signed by the author to the half title. First edition. A vanishingly scarce title, being the most rece...

De Re Cibaria: Cocina, Pasteleria, Reposteria, Menorquinas

Pedro Ballester · 1956 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Mahon , Imp. Manuel Sintes Rotger, 1956. Paperback. A very scarce collection of Menorcan recipes, full of detail about the island's cooking. The second edition of this very scarce work. In the publisher's wraps. A wonderful compilation of traditional dishes of the ...

Diet and Commonsense

Mrs. C. F. Leyel [Hilda Leyel] · 1936 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.83 | ¥14,345)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A scarce overview on diet, with summaries of various food's nutritional values interwoven with recipes. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. This scarce book offers a useful guide to un...

Summer Drinks and Winter Cordials

Mrs C. F. Leyel · 1925 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)

London, George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully presented, first edition of this scarce work compiling 1920's drink ideas, written by Mrs. C. F. Leyel, presented in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition.Published as part ...

The Book of Household Management

Mrs. Isabella Beeton · 1861 · Rooke Books

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

London, S. O. Beeton, 1861. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Mrs Isabella Beeton's important cookery work, one of the most influential of its genre ever publisher, from the library of Penguin food editor Jill Norman. The first edition, first impression of this...

Tropical Fruit Recipes: Rare and Exotic Fruits

E. D. Ackerman; Carolyn Welch Betts; Charles E. Vanderpool; Dorothy D. Vanderpool · 1984 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Miami, Rare Fruit Council International, Inc. 1984. First edition. Paperback. A colourfully illustrated copy of this very scarce recipe book, containing 410 recipes for 42 rare and exotic tropical fruits. A new edition, second printing, of this very scarce work in the publishe...

Herbs and Herb Gardening

Eleanour Sinclair Rohde · 1936 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Medici Society , 1936. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this gardening volume on herbs, by horticultural writer Eleanour Sinclair Rohde. The scarce first edition. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. With a coloured frontispiece, fourt...

The Complete Cottage Cookery

Esther Copley · 1859 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Groombridge and Sons, 1859. Cloth. A very scarce eleventh edition of this charming cookery book for cottage living. Eleventh edition. Very scarce work. With a portrait frontispiece. A charming cookery book for cottage living, with recipes for stews, soups, puddings, pi...

A Collection of the "Queen" Cookery Books

S. Beauty-Pownall · 1901 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Horace Cox, 1901-1911. First edition. Cloth. A collection of ten recipe books from the "Queen" Cookery Book series, from the early twentieth century, compiled by S. Beaty-Pownall. A collection of ten volumes from The "Queen" Cookery Books series, including the scarce &...

Quelques Recettes-Types de Cuisine Provenãƒâ§Ale

F. Foucou; Paul Reboux · 0 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

Paris, La Lithographie d'Art, c1929. Paperback. A very scarce collection of Provencal recipes by F. Foucou, colourfully illustrated throughout. Including a handwritten recipe by Elizabeth David. A very scarce work. Elizabeth David's own copy with a hand written recip...

The Pytchley Book of Refined Cookery and Bills of Fare

Major L [James Henry Landon] · 1885 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1885 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Major L's guide to simple bills of fare for the everyday family, from the library of prominent publisher and food writer Jill Norman. A scarce first edition.The work of Major L. James Henry...

A Practical Treatise on the Choice and Cookery of Fish

Piscator [William Hughes] · 1854 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854. Cloth. This uncommon second edition of a treatise on the culinary preparation of various fish by William Hughes, full bound in the original publisher's moire cloth. The second edition of the work.From the library of the V...

Francatelli&Apos;S Cookery Book for the Working Classes.

Charles Elmé Francatelli · 1862 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.42 | $561.45 | ¥89,657)

London, Bosworth and Harrison, No date [1862]. Cloth. This very scarce second edition of Charles Elmé Francatelli's socially and historically significant book of recipes for the use of the British working class, full bound in the original publisher's cloth. The unda...

The Book of One Hundred Beverages

William Bernhard · 0 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)

London, Houlston and Sons, c1860. Cloth. A fourth edition of this very scarce book containing information on one hundred beverages. Fourth edition. Very scarce work. A charming book full of descriptions and recipes for non-alcoholic beverages, with chapters on aqueous beverage...

The Week-End Book

Francis Meynell; Vera Mendel; John Goss · 1924 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Nonesuch Press, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The Nonesuch Press's most popular publication; a charming anthology of poems, songs, games, recipes and first aid advice created for weekend reading. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth ...

Gardens for Small Country Houses

Gertrude Jekyll; Lawrence Weaver · 1981 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Antique Collector' Club, 1981. Cloth. A facsimile of Gertrude Jekyll and Lawrence Weaver's profusely illustrated gardening guide. A facsimile edition of the original 1912 edition originally published in 'Country Life&apos. Illustrated throughout with mo...

Garden of England

E. T. Cook · 1911 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.94 | ¥12,446)

London, A. & C. Black, 1911. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated work on English gardens with colour plates by Beatrice Parsons. The new impression. First published in 1908. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and nineteen colour plates. Collated complete. This work was writ...

The Edwardian Garden

David Ottewill · 1989 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

New Haven & London, Yale University Press, 1989. 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 which are in colour...