Cucina e giardinaggio

The Housekeeper&Apos;S Instructor; or, Universal Family-Cook; Being a Full and Clear Display of the Art of Cookery in All Its Branches

W. A. Henderson · 1823 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)

London, Thomas Kelly , 1823. Leather. A smart calf-bound edition of this bestselling English cookery book from William Augustus Henderson, complete with engraved plates. Seventeenth edition. Corrected, revised and considerably improved by Jacob Christopher Schnebbelie. Bound i...

Vegetarian Cookery

A Lady [Martha Brotherton] · 0 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.08 | ¥55,904)

London, Fred. Pitman, c1866. Cloth. A scarce copy of this pioneering vegetarian cookbook from Martha Brotherton. The sixth edition of this scarce and important vegetarian cookbook, considered the earliest known published cookbook to advocate a meat-free diet. In the original b...

Health Cookery Instruction and Recipe Book for Easiwork Health Cookers the Easiwork Autoclave - V Range

[Helen Burke] · 1950 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Kent, Easiwork Ltd, c1960. Paperback. A scarce manual for the Easiwork Venus health cooker, with helpful advice on caring for cookers and a range of recipes. A scarce manual for the Easiwork Autoclave Venus health cooker, a model of pressure cooker brought to market by Easiwor...

The Century Book of Gardening

E. T. Cook · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London; New York, Published at the Offices of "Country Life"; George Newnes Ltd.; Charles Scribner's Sons, c1900. Cloth. Wonderfully illustrated essay collection on gardening to celebrate the turn of the twentieth century. In publisher's original decorative cloth bin...

Hortus Cantabrigiensis

James Donn · 1811 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

London, W Metcalfe, 1811. Leather. 'Hortus Cantabrigiensis; or a Catalogue of Plants, Indigenous and Exotic&apos. Written by James Donn (1758–1813), an English botanist. He was Curator of the Cambridge University Botanic Gardens, Cambridge, from 1790 until his death. His...

Decorated Cakes and Confectionery and Fancies, Small Cakes and Chocolate Goods Two Volumes

T. E. Thompson and "Nirvana · 0 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London , Maclaren & Sons, Ltd. c1959. Cloth. Two cookery books on baking published by Maclaren & Sons, Ltd. The set consists of Decorated Cakes and Confectionery by Nirvana and Fancies, Small Cakes, and Chocolate Goods by T. E. Thompson. With numerous illustrations and photogr...

Petit & Grands Plats

Suzanne Laboureur; X.-M. Boulestin · 1928 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Paris, Au Sans Pareil, 1928. Hardback. A comprehensive recipe book celebrating French cuisine, particularly tradition and rustic recipes which are created with fine local produce. An early edition of Petits & Grands Plats, or the Treasure Trove for Lovers of True Cuisine, writ...

A New System of Domestic Cookery; Formed Upon Principles of Economy

A Lady [Maria Eliza Rundell] · 1809 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, John Murray, 1809 . Leather. An early example of this enormously popular and influential early 19th century cookery work, illustrated with engraved plates. 'A New System of Domestic Cookery' was the most popular cookery book of the first half of the nineteent...

English Housewifery, Exemplified in Above Four Hundred and Fifty Receipts, Giving Directions in Most Parts of Cookery; and How to Prepare Various Sorts of Soups, Made Dishes, Pastes, Pickles, Cakes, Creams, Jellies, Made Wines, &C. &C. &C.

Elizabeth Moxon · 1800 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, Printed and Sold by H. and B. Mozley , 1800. Leather. The fourteenth edition of Elizabeth Moxon's pioneering cookery book, with supplement. The fourteenth edition of this influential cookery book from Elizabeth Moxon. Bound with the thirty-two page supplement, als...

Pot-Luck or the British Home Cookery Book

May Byron · 1915 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1915. Cloth. The scarce second edition to May Byron's home cookery book, containing 1097 recipes of "good pain cooking" from across Britain. The scarce second edition of May Byron's Pot-Luck of The British Home Cookery Book, published by...

Well Tried Dishes: A Cookery Book of Specially Selected Recipes for Various Occasions

Mrs. Annie Kean; Mary Countess Lovelace [Ed.] · 1924 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, The Chelsea Publishing Co. 1924. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this elegant cookery book, offering a refined selection of recipes, introduced by Mary, Countess of Lovelace, daughter-in-law of Ada Lovelace, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. I...

Mrs. Beeton&Apos;S Cookery Book

Mrs. Beeton [Isabella Beeton] · 1922 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1922. Cloth. A lovely copy of the New and Revised Edition of Mrs. Beeton"s Cookery Book, complete with the scarce unclipped dust wrapper, richly illustrated throughout. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Complete with the v...

In a Yorkshire Garden

Reginald Farrer · 1909 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Edward Arnold, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this illustrated study that passionately describes the author's own garden in Clapham, Yorkshire. In the publisher's original cloth binding with a decorative botanical illustration to the fr...

Alpine Plants of Europe Together with Cultural Hints

Harold Stuart Thompson · 1911 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, [1911]. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this profusely illustrated botanical work on Alpine flowers by Harold Stuart Thompson, in the very scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition. Illustrated with coloure...

Practical Gastronomy and Practical Dictionary

Charles Herman Senn · 1895 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Spottiswoode & Co. 1895. Leather. A handsomely bound third edition of this scarce gastronomical work, rebound in smart half morocco. Rebound with endpapers renewed. Half title and nine pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear are present.The third edition o...

The Complete Cake Book

May Little · 1929 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, T. Werner Laurie Limited, 1929. Hardback. A vanishingly scarce copy of this charming all-occasion cake guide, with clear, practical recipes made from simple ingredients. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial paper hardback binding. This exceptionally scarce...

Everybody"S Dinner Book from One Shilling to Ten; Sweetmeat-Making at Home; the Pot-Luck Cookery Book: 700 Tried and Tested Recipes; Good Housekeeping: Menu and Recipe Book; the Book of Breakfasts with Menus, Recipes and Breakfast Lore; Round the World with an Appetite; What Every Cook Should Know; Chinese Cookery: A Hundred Practical Recipes; Uncommon Vegetables and Fruits: How to Grow and How to Cook

Lady Constance Howard; Eleanour Sinclair; F. Marian McNeill et al · 1892 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, Henry and Co; Hodder and Stoughton; Faber and Faber et al, 1892-1951. Cloth. A smart selection of nine cookery books, offering a range of recipes, cuisines, a gastronomy world tour and more. Offering a wonderful selection of cookery books, ranging from traditional Brit...

Good Food for Children & Cooking in Wartime

Ambrose Heath · 1941 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, Faber and Faber, 1941. First edition. Cloth. Two smart cookery books from English journalist and food writer Ambrose Heath, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Two volumes. Written by Ambrose Heath, an English journalist and food writer who authored many cookboo...

The Hare Krsna Cookbook: Recipes for the Satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead

Kṛṣṇa DevÄ« DāsÄ« [Editor]; Sama DevÄ« DāsÄ« [Editor]; KÄ«rtanānada SvāmÄ« [Introduction] · 1973 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

New York , The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 1973. First edition. Paperback. A first edition, fourth printing of this foundational 1973 Hare Kṛṣṇa cookbook, offering a diverse selection of devotional vegetarian recipes. In the publisher's original pictorial pap...

Virginia Hostess: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Volume I

Caroline E. Mansur [Editor]; Various · 1960 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Virginia, Judd & Detweiler, Inc. 1960 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition collection of 100 authentic 18th-century Virginian recipes, featuring dishes like "Fairy Butter," "Princess Amelia Biscuits," and "Moon-Shine." In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding ...