Cucina e giardinaggio

Cookery and Housekeeping a Manuel of Domestic Economy for Large and Small Families

Mrs Henry Reeve · 1882 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1882. Cloth. A handy guide to cookery and household management, with colour plates. A third edition copy of Cookery and Housekeeping A Manuel of Domestic Economy for Large and Small Families by Mrs Henry Reeve. The volume details the art of giv...

Household Cookery and Laundry Work

Mrs. Black · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London and Glasgow , William Collins, Sons and Co, c1900. Cloth. A new edition of this handy household guide to cooking and laundry. A new and enlarged edition of this handy household guide to cookery and laundry work by Margaret Black. Stated one hundred and forty-fourth thou...

The Accomplished Housekeeper and Universal Cook

T. Williams · 1797 · Rooke Books

£2,650.00 (€3,176.40 | $3,500.81 | ¥559,036)

London, J. Scatcherd, 1797 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of T. Williams's late eighteenth century illustrated instructional guide for the 'accomplished housekeeper and universal cook&apos. The first and only edition of this very scarce work....

The Book of Household Management

Mrs. Isabella Beeton · 1861 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Ward, Lock and Co, c1882 . Leather. A brightly illustrated and smartly bound late nineteenth century edition of Isabella Beeton's renowned work. The three hundredth and sixty-first thousand of this immensely popular work.Collated, illustrated with a colour frontis...

Practical Economy; or, the Application of Modern Discoveries to the Purposes of Domestic Lif

Anonymous · 1822 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Henry Colburn & Co, 1822 . Leather. The second edition of this early nineteenth century guide to the running of an economically efficient home. The scarce second edition of this uncommon work, published the year after the first edition.With chapters exploring economy i...

The Fern Garden: How to Make, Keep, and Enjoy It; or, Fern Culture Made Easy

Shirley Hibberd · 1869 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London , Groombridge and Sons , 1869. Cloth. A charming volume on the gardening of ferns illustrated with eight chromolithographic plates. Second edition. A small volume adapted to suit the unskilled and unlearned in fern gardening, covering topics of fern collection, cultivat...

A Celebration of Flowers

Ray Desmond · 1987 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London, Collingridge Books, Hamlyn, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A lovely work by Ray Desmond celebrating exotic garden and greenhouse plants introduced to the British Isles with stunning colourful and black and white illustrations. The first edition of this work. Celebrating t...

An Essay on the Soils and Composts

Thomas Haynes · 1821 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, J. Harding, 1821. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce and informative gardening work, detailing soils and composts for trees, shrubs, and flowers, written by Thomas Haynes. First and only edition, very scarce. An informative work on the soils and composts that are need...

The Old Shrub Roses

Graham Stuart Thomas · 1979 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons , 1979. Cloth. A new revised edition of Graham Stuart Thomas' work on the old "period" roses, with a foreword by Vita Sackville-West. A charming revised edition of this gardening work by Graham S. Thomas regarding the 'old' period roses...

Alpine Flowers and Gardens

G. Flemwell · 1910 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, A. & C. Black, 1910. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of George Flemwell's delightfully illustrated work on gardening. This work covers spring and summer in the alps, the crocus, alpine plants, autumn in the alps and gardens of the alps. Both writt...

Dans Nos Forets

Hans Meierhofer · 1959 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Zurich, Silva Zurich, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful French exploration of forests and their flora, with tipped-in plates by Pia Roshardt throughout. In the original French language.With delightful tipped-in illustrations throughout by Pia Roshardt. Complete with the ...

The Bamboo Garden

A. B. Freeman-Mitford · 1896 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 1896. Cloth. A first edition of Algernon Freeman-Mitford's gardening work on the tending of bamboos, illustrated throughout. A fascinating examination of the cultivation of bamboos. With chapters on soil, uses, species, propagation and those...

British Ferns and Their Allies

Thomas Moore · 1861 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1861. Cloth. A fascinating botanical work regarding ferns, illustrated with excellent colour plates. This work is an abridgement of Moore's extremely successful 'The Popular History of British Ferns', and describes ferns, ...

The Philosophy of Artificial and Compulsory Drinking Usage in Great Britain and Ireland

John Dunlop · 1839 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Houlston and Stoneman, 1839. Leather. A scarce study on the drinking usage in Great Britain and Ireland. The sixth edition of this scarce volume detailing the drinking usages in Great Britain and Ireland. With the national laws of British society, examining compulsory ...

Meals for the Million

Cre-Fydd · 1867 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, and Co, 1867. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this charming mid-Victorian recipe collection, intended for families who live by a strict economy. The first edition of this work.A scarce work.'Meals for the Million' is a mid-V...

Dutch Bulbs and Gardens

Una Silberrad; Sophie Lyall · 1909 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1909. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this colourfully illustrated work on the gardens in the Netherlands, illustrated by Mima Nixon, and written by Una Sibberad and Sophie Lyall. The first edition of this work. This work looks at the...

A Supplement to the Flora of Somerset

Edward Shearburn Marshall · 1914 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Taunton, Somersetshire Archaeological Natural History Society, 1914. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of Edward Shearburn Marshall's 'A Supplement to the Flora of Somerset', that provides additions and corrections to Richard Paget Murray&apo...

The Subtropical Garden; or, Beauty of Form in the Flower Garden

W. Robinson · 1879 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, John Murray, 1879. Cloth. The second edition of Robinson"s richly illustrated challenge to formal Victorian bedding, championing bold, architectural planting with hardy subtropical species. In the publisher's original brown cloth binding, rebacked with the origina...

The Secrets of Many Gardens

Mrs. Philip Martineau [Alice Martineau] · 1924 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Williams and Norgate, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an insightful gardening handbook from a prominent writer in the field, including on advice on rock gardens, alpine plants and Spring beds. The first edition of The Secrets of Many Gardens, an insigh...

The Gardener&Apos;S Assistant

William Watson [ed.]; Sir Frederick W. Keeble [preface] · 1925 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)

London, The Gresham Publishing Company Limited, 1925 . Cloth. A beautifully illustrated complete six volume set of this detailed guide to gardening edited by William Watson, with coloured plates. A complete six volume set.In the publisher's original green cloth bindings.O...