Cucina e giardinaggio

The Complete Economical Cook, and Frugal Housewife; an Entirely New System of Domestic Cookery, Containing Approved Directions for Purchasing, Preserving, and Cooking, Also, Preparing Soups, Gravies, Sauces, Made Dishes, with Directions for Pastry and Confectionery

Mrs. Mary Holland · 1848 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.59 | $396.32 | ¥63,287)

London, William Tegg and Co, 1848. Cloth. An uncommon sixteenth edition of Mary Holland's popular cookery work, providing recipes, as well as offering advice on diets and health. An uncommon sixteenth edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and four...

Domestic Management; or, the Healthful Cookery-Book. To Which Is Prefixed a Treatise on Debit, As the Surest Means to Preserv Health, Long Life, &C. With Many Valuable Observations on the Nutritious and Beneficial As Well As the Injurious Effects of Various Kinds of Food; Also Remarks on the Wholesome and Pernicious Modes of Cookery. Intended As an Antidote to Modern Errors Therein. To Which Is Added, the Method of Treating Such Trifling Medical Cases As Properly Come Within the Sphere of Domest

[Annabella Plumtree] · 1813 · Rooke Books

£1,150.00 (€1,378.44 | $1,519.22 | ¥242,600)

London, B. and R. Crosby & Co, 1813. Hardback. Unheard of in the original boards, a second edition of this uncommon cookery book and treatise on diet and health, written by the writer and translator Annabella Plumtree. Illustrated with a frontispiece. The second edition of thi...

The Cook&Apos;S Guide, Being an Extensive Collection of Receipts for Plain Cookery, Formed Upon the Most Economical Plan: With the Art of Carving &C.

A Lady · 1834 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

Liverpool; London, Edward Willmer; Whittaker and Co, c1835. Disbound. Vanishingly scarce in the original wraps, this fourth edition of this anonymously written cookery book from the mid nineteenth century, intended to be used by the middle classes, illustrated with a few in-te...

The Complete Art of Cookery, Exhibited in a Plain and Easy Manner, with Directions for Marketing; the Seasons for Meat, Poultry, Fish, Game, Etc. And Numerous Useful Family Receipts, Etc

Mrs Glasse; [Hannah Glasse] · 1842 · Rooke Books

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

London, J. Barr & Co, 1842. Cloth. A scarce nineteenth century edition of Hannah Glasse's influential and immensely popular 'The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy&apos. Here illustrated with a frontispiece and in-text illustrations. A scarce edition, with only four ...

The Family Cookery, Combining Elegance and Economy: With Various Receipts for Making Gravies, Soups, Sauces, and Made Dishes; Directions for Roasting and Boiling Game, Poultry, Meat, Fish, &C. And Making of Pastry and Confectionary; Directions for Trussing and Carving; Rules for Brewing and Making Wines, the Art of Pickling and Preserving, the Management of Poultry and Bees, and Bills of Fare for the Year... Forming a Complete System of Domestic Management

R House · 1808 · Rooke Books

£2,200.00 (€2,637.01 | $2,906.33 | ¥464,105)

London, J Bailey, c1810. First edition. Leather. A very scarce cookery book from the early nineteenth century. Being the first and only edition of this pocket sized work, which looks at a variety of cooking techniques including the management of poultry and bees. Being the fir...

Bulletin of the Department of Medicinal Plants No. 2 Flora of Phulchoki and Godawari

Various · 1969 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Kathmandu, His Majesty's Govt. of Nepal, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this fascinating volume on the angiospermic and gymnospermic plants local to Phulchoki and Godawari. Copiously illustrated throughout with black and white illustrations. Co...

The Orchids of New South Wales

Herman Montague Rucker Rupp · 1943 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

Glebe, Printed by Australian Medical Publishing Company Limited, 1943. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this copiously illustrated guide to the Orchids of New South Wales by H. M. R. Rupp. Herman Montague Rucker Rupp was an Australian clergyman, and renowned botan...

Fauna and Flora of the Ilfracombe District of North Devon

Mervyn G. Palmer (ed.); F. S. Wallis · 1946 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Exeter, James Townsend and Sons, Ltd. 1946. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this fascinating study of the natural wildlife in the Ilfracombe District of North Devon, edited by Mervyn G. Palmer, the curator of the Ilfracombe Museum. With a foreword by Dr. F. S. Wa...

Fur and Feather and Fin Series the Hare, the Salmon, the Pheasant, the Trout, the Partridge, the Grouse

Various · 1894 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1894-1904. First edition. Cloth. Six volumes of the 'Fur and Feather and Fin Series' series regarding game animals from Longmans, Green and Co. All in the original uniform decorative cloth bindings and with information on the natural ...

The Grimsby Cookery Book: Favourite Recipes Tested by Well-Known Ladies

The Cookery Book Committee [Miss F. Alward, Miss Burnett, Miss Ellis, et al.] · 1905 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Grimsby, C.H. Jackson, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing copy of this cookery book of classic home-cooked dishes, collated by the members of the local cookery book committee. The very scarce first edition of The Grimsby Cookery Book: Favourite Recipes Tested by Well-Known...

Everybody&Apos;S Pudding Book; or, Puddings, Tarts, Etc, in Their Proper Season, for All the Year Round; Choice Cookery; Soups, Savouries, Sweets; the Modern Cookery Book

[Georgiana Hill]; H.M. Young; [A Practical Housewife]; Mrs G. Anton · 1887 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London; Warrington; London; Kidderminster, Richard Bentley & Son; H.M. Young; Richard Bentley & Son; G. T. Cheshire And Sons, 1887-1911. Cloth. Four cookery editions, including those written by popular yet near forgotten female cookery writers, including Hill's Pudding Bo...

Garden Rubbish and Other Country Bumps

W. C. Sellar; R. J. Yeatman · 1936 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1936 . First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition copy of this light-hearted and entertaining look at British gardening, illustrated throughout. The first edition. Illustrated with in-text drawings throughout. A humorous guide to British gardenin...

The Rose Book: A Complete Guide for Amateur Rose Growers

H. H. Thomas · 1916 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, Cassell and Co. 1916. Cloth. A lovely, decoratively bound description of rose planting by Harry Higgott Thomas, illustrated with eight tipped-in photographic plates in colour. An early in the publisher's original decorative cloth.With eight tissue-guarded tipped-i...

The Complete Hostess by Quaglino

Giovanni Quaglino; Charles Graves [ed.] · 1935 · Rooke Books

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

London, Hamish Hamilton Publisher, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of The Complete Hostess by London restauranter, Giovanni Quaglino, with superb illustrations. An excellent first edition, second impression of Giovanni Quaglino's The Complete Hostess. ...

The Treasury of French Cookery a Collection of the Best French Recipes Arranged and Adapted for English Households

Mrs Toogood · 1866 · Rooke Books

£259.00 (€310.45 | $342.15 | ¥54,638)

London, Richard Bentley, 1866. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of Mrs Toogood's thorough Victorian manual to French cookery. A scarce first edition of Mrs Harriett Toogood's Treasury of French Cooking. Bound in the publisher's original blind stamped...

Novel Dishes for Vegetarian Households: A Complete and Trustworthy Guide to Vegetarian Cookery

Mary Pope · 1893 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

Bradford, Percy Lund & Co. 1893. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Mary Pope's popular vegetarian cookbook, praised in its time for its practical approach to vegetarian dishes. The first and only edition of this uncommon vegetarian cookery book from Mary Pope...

Vegetable Cookery; with an Introduction, Recommending Abstinence from Animal Food and Intoxicating Liquors

A Lady [Martha Bortherton] · 1833 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.46 | ¥209,902)

London, Effingham Wilson, 1833. Leather. The fourth edition of this formative work in the history of vegetarian literature, written anonymously by Martha Brotherton. A very scarce early copy. The fourth edition of this important vegetarian cookbook, considered the earliest kno...

Chemistry of Cookery

W. Mattieu Williams · 1898 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1898 . Cloth. The third edition of this scientific cookery book, applying chemistry to cooking. The third edition. In the publisher's original decorative red cloth binding.A work by William Mattieu Williams, an English writer on science and educa...

The Romance of Gardening

F. Kingdon Ward · 1935 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A charming illustrated work on gardening by the notable English botanist, explorer, plant collector and author Francis or 'Frank' Kingdon-Ward. A first edition copy. Complete with sixteen photographic illustrations. ...

Nouveau Manuel de L&Apos;Amateur de Bourgogne

Maurice des Ombiaux · 1921 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Paris , Louis Rouart et Jacques Watelin, 1921. First edition. Leather. A charming exploration of Burgundy wine and vineyards, illustrated with woodcuts. First edition. Bound in recent half calf, with raised bands, and speckled paper boards. With the original wraps bound in.Il...