Cucina e giardinaggio

What to Do with the Cold Mutton: A Book of Rãƒâ©Chauffãƒâ©S

None · 1865 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

New York, Bunce and Huntington, 1865. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this household guide to economical cookery. First edition. A book of réchauffés together with many other approved recipes for the kitchen of a gentleman of moderate income. A household guide to ...

The Garden at Chatsworth

The Duchess of Devonshire · 1999 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Frances Lincoln Limited, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this beautifully illustrated guide to the gardens at Chatsworth house. First edition. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs, plans, and drawings. A detailed study of the garden ...

Italian Gardens of the Renaissance

J. C. Shepherd, G. A. Jellicoe · 1953 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

8.5" by 5.5, Alec Tiranti , 1953. Cloth. A second edition copy of this illustrated book on Renaissance Italian gardens. A second edition copy. An uncommon second edition of Italian Gardens of the Renaissance. The text is in both French and English exploring the architecture o...

Self-Instruction for Young Gardeners, Foresters, Bailiffs, Land-Stewards, and Farmers

J. C. Loudon · 1845 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London , Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans , 1845. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Self-Instruction for Young Gardeners. A first edition copy. Self-Instruction for Young Gardeners, Foresters, Bailiffs, Land-Stewards, and Farmers is an indispensable guide in ar...

Hebes and Parahebes

Douglas Chalk · 1988 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Christopher Helm, 1988. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated botanical work specialising in Hebes and Parahebes. First edition. Illustrated throughout with many in-text drawings, eight colour plates and thirty-four black and white illustrations. ...

The Gamekeeper at Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life

[Richard Jefferies] · 1880 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London , Smith, Elder & Co. 1880. Cloth. An early edition of this charming volume of natural history, with illustrations. An early edition of this work with the first edition published in 1878. This is a charming collection of rural rambles and commentaries on the fields, mea...

Rock Gardens: How to Plan and Plant Them

A. Edwards · 1929 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1929. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated early edition of this guide to rock gardens and their care. Early edition. Illustrated with eight colour plates and fifty additional photographs and diagrams. Collated complete. A guide to rock gardens ...

Useful and Ornamental Planting

The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge · 1832 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Baldwin and Cradock , 1832. First edition. Cloth. A first edition early 19th century work on ornamental planting. The first edition. Rebound in full cloth. With vignette diagrams throughout. A very interesting early nineteenth-century work on ornamental planting garden...

The New Family Receipt-Book Containing Seven Hundred Truly Valuable Receipts in Various Branches of Domestic Economy

None · 1810 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

London, John Murray, 1810. Leather. A neat first edition of this collection of receipts for the family in various branches of domestic economy. First edition. Containing guides on agriculture, arts, brewing, building, clothes, domestic economy, gardening, medicine, paint, suga...

Economical French Cookery for Ladies

A "Cordon-Bleu · 1881 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, J. S. Virtue & Co. Limited, 1881. Cloth. A scarce edition of this work regarding French cuisine. Scarce edition. A series of lectures and menus for ladies studying the French style of cooking. Including recipes such as potage au poireux a l'Ecossaise, blanquette d...

Domestic and Economical Cookery Recipes with Special Hints on Gas Cooking

Miss Lillie Richmond · 1897 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Cartwright & Rattray Ltd, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A very neat copy of this Richmond cookery book with hints for gas cooking. First edition. Dated from the University of Glasgow Library. Illustrated throughout with many in-text sketches. A collection of recipes and ...

Cassell&Apos;S New Dictionary of Cookery

None · 1848 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, Cassell & Company Ltd, c1904. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce complete collection of periodicals of the illustrated dictionary of cookery, from Cassell. First editions. Scarce periodicals. The complete collection of fortnightly editions of Cassell's new di...

Take My Advice: A Book for Every Home

[Robert Kemp Philip] · 1872 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London , James Blackwood & Co, 1872. Cloth. A scare, illustrated volume of this handy guide book by Robert Kemp Philp. A scarce copy of Take My Advice: A Book for Every Home by Robert Kemp Philp. Philp was an English journalist, author and Chartist who complied handbooks on t...

Cassell&Apos;S New Universal Cookery Book

Lizzie Heritage · 1894 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Cassell and Company , 1894. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition Cassell's extensive cookery book adorned with coloured plates. An extensive book of recipes by Lizzie Heritage. The first edition, a scarce work. Cassell's New Universal Cookery Book ...

Cookery and Housekeeping: A Manual of Domestic Economy for Large and Small Families

Mrs Henry Reeve · 1882 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.84 | ¥31,433)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1882 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this cookery book by Mrs Henry Reeve. The scarce first edition of this uncommon book of recipes by Mrs Henry Reeve. Scarce in all editions.Illustrated with eight striking coloured plat...

Government Reports on the Adulteration of Food and Public Health

1855 · Rooke Books

£420.00 (€503.43 | $554.85 | ¥88,602)

London, Ordered by the House of Commons, 1855-56. Cloth. A collection of five scarce British government reports on food regulation and public health from the mid nineteenth century, bound together in a single large volume. A fascinating collection of government reports on food...

Mrs Beeton&Apos;S Book of Household Management

Mrs Beeton · 1869 · Rooke Books

£4,950.00 (€5,933.27 | $6,539.25 | ¥1,044,237)

London, Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1869. Paperback. A very scarce unrecorded edition of Mrs Beeton's influential cookery book, a wonderful example of Victorian publications in parts. A very scarce and unrecorded edition, published in monthly parts. Not in Cagle.In ten parts, ...

Mrs. Beeton&Apos;S Household Mangement

Mrs. Beeton [Isabella Beeton] · 1930 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. c1936. Cloth. A brightly illustrated 1930s edition of Isabella Beeton's renowned cookery work. A lovely edition of this famous work, illustrated with numerous illustrations and a further thirty-two exceptionally bright full colour plates. Collated...

The Royal Horticultural Society Shorter Dictionary of Gardening

Michael Pollock and Mark Griffiths · 1998 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd. 1998. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition copy of this comprehensive dictionary of gardening. The first edition, first impression with full number line. In the publisher's full cloth binding with the original unclipped dust wrapper...

All About Piping

Herr Willy · 1896 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Herr T. Willy, 1896. Cloth. A very scarce second edition of this profusely illustrated guide to the patisserie skill of piping. With advertisements to the rear of the work. The second edition of the work. Very scarce in any edition. First published in 1891. Profusely i...