Cucina e giardinaggio

Culina Famulatrix Medicinae: Or, Receipts in Modern Cookery

Ignotus; A. Hunter · 1806 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

York, 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 publ...

The Flora of Dumfriesshire, Including Part of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright

G. F. Scott-Elliot · 1896 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,893)

Dumfries , J. Maxwell and Son, 1896. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce botanical study of Dumfriesshire, complete with a large fold-out map. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A charming study of the flora of hi...

Warne&Apos;S Every-Day Cookery, Containing One Thousand Nine Hundred Distinct Receipts

Mary Jewry · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1881. Cloth. A brightly illustrated copy of this popular nineteenth-century illustrated cookery work published by Frederick Warne. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plates, and numerous in-text illustrations. Collated complet...

The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book

Alice B. Toklas · 1954 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

New York, Harper and Brothers , 1954. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first US edition of this iconic cookbook from Alice B. Toklas. The first US edition, first printing. Published two days after the UK edition. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding, with o...

Price List of Alpine and Herbaceous Plants 1936-7

1937 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Herts, Clarence Elliott Ltd , 1937. First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce catalogue of alpine plants sold at Six Hills nursery, opened by garden writer Clarence Elliot. A vanishingly scarce copy of this work. In the publisher's stapled wraps. This catalogue detai...

Flowers of the Field

C. A. Johns; G. S. Boulger [ed.] · 1925 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, The Sheldon Press, 1925. Cloth. A revised and colourfully illustrated edition of Johns' best-known work, often referred to as "the bible of the amateur botanist". The thirty-fifth edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Previ...

Drinks

Vincent Gasnier · 2005 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Dorling Kindersley , 2005. First edition. Hardback. A striking illustrated guide to wines, liqueurs, cocktails, beers and more. The first edition, first impression. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A comprehensive guide to all kinds of drinks, ...

The Anthropologists&Apos; Cookbook

Various including Claude Lévi-Strauss, Julian Pitt-Rivers, and Naomichi Ishige; Jessica Kuper [editor] · 1977 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1977. First edition. Cloth. This handsome first edition, first impression of an illustrated book of recipes taken from across the globe and contextualised by several important anthropologists, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This han...

The Art of the Wine Maker, a Guide to the World&Apos;S Greatest Vineyards

Serena Sutcliffe [consulting editor]; Robert Barton-Clegg, Len Evans, Ralph B. Hutchinson, David Peppercorn. · 1981 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, QED, 1981. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition, first impression of this richly illustrated guide to the art of wine-making, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of the work, with no further editions or impressions ...

Exotic Seafood from Seychelles

Flavien Joubert · 2000 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Vannes and Bressuire, France, Printed by l'imprimerie Prouteau , No date [2000]. First edition. Paperback. This very scarce collection of Seychellois seafood recipes, colourfully illustrated and bound in the original publisher's pictorial paper wraps. The first editi...

The "Daily Mail" Cookery Book

Mrs. C. S. Peel [ed.] · 1919 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, Associated Newspapers, Ltd , 1919. Cloth. A very smart second edition of this uncommon post-war cook book, edited by English journalist Constance Peel. The second edition. Very scarce to find earlier copies. In the publisher's original illustrative cloth binding.P...

A New System of Domestic Cookery; with Medical Advice to Parents

J. Morrison · 1842 · Rooke Books

£1,175.00 (€1,408.40 | $1,552.25 | ¥247,874)

London, J. J. Chidley, 1842. Hardback. A vanishingly scarce guide to domestic cookery with medical advice for parents, from the library of British food writer, Jill Norman. A vanishingly scarce volume on domestic cookery and medical advice for parents. Seen only once at auctio...

The Edible Mollusks of Great Britain and Ireland with Recipes for Cooking Them.

M. S. Lovell · 1867 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

London, Reeve & Co. 1867. First edition. Cloth. This very scarce first edition of a nineteenth-century guide to the edible molluscs of Great Britain, complete with twelve leaves of colour lithograph plates. The first edition of the work. Illustrated with twelve leaves of colou...

Beeton&Apos;S All About Gardening: A Popular Dictionary of Garden Work

Beeton · 1909 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Ward, Lock and Co Limited , 1909. Cloth. A scarce new edition of this fruitful dictionary of garden work, adorned with illustrations throughout the text. A new and greatly enlarged edition of this popular gardening reference work, profusely illustrated throughout. In t...

Le Cuisinier Franã§Ais

Bertrand Guegan · 1934 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

Paris, Emile-Paul Freres, 1934. First edition. Paperback. A limited edition volume of French cookery, an illustrated deluxe edition. The first limited edition, being one of thirty-five deluxe copies.In the original French.In the original glassine wrap.Bertrand Guegan's vo...

A Gardener&Apos;S Year

H. Rider Haggard · 1905 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1905. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this guide to a year of gardening from popular Victorian author, H. Rider Haggard. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-four plates, of which are folding. Collated comple...

French Provincial Cooking

Elizabeth David · 1960 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Michael Joseph, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this important and influential volume on French cookery by Elizabeth David. The first edition, first impression.In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.An important cookery book by Elizabeth David, &ap...

Blumen Aus Dem Heiligen Lande Jerusalem

None · 0 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Jerusalem, A. Monsohn, c1910. Cloth. A scarce souvenir album from Jerusalem, with individual plates of dried flowers, with notes in German, French, and English. German, French, and English language. Scarce souvenir. Twelve plates of dried flowers local to areas of Jerusalem, i...

Bird Watch in an English Village

Ralph Whitlock · 1982 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Dorset , The Gavin Press, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of this bird watching book. A first edition copy. Signed by the author to the front pastedown and title page. This volume is a fascinating guide for the bird watcher as the author takes the reade...

A New System of Practical Domestic Economy; Founded on Modern Discoveries, and the Private Communications of Persons of Experience

Anonymous · 1825 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Henry Colburn, 1825. Hardback. A revised edition of this uncommon volume advising of practical domestic economy, an insightful look at Georgian households. A new edition of this uncommon work.This new edition includes estimates of household expenses, adapted to familie...