Cucina e giardinaggio

The Book of the Garden

Charles M'Intosh · 1853 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1853. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated set on constructing and cultivating gardens. Complete in two volumes. First edition. A comprehensive high Victorian gardening book with specific reference to creating structur...

French Provincial Cooking

Elizabeth David · 1960 · Rooke Books

£1,295.00 (€1,552.24 | $1,710.77 | ¥273,189)

London, Michael Joseph, 1960 . First edition. Fine Binding. A beautifully bound first edition of this illustrated cookery book on French provincial cooking, housed in a slip case. A first edition of the work, rebound in a beautiful dark blue, full morocco binding, with five ra...

Royal Palace & Gardens

Mima Nixon · 1916 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London , A & C Black , 1916 . First edition. Cloth. An illustrated guide to various royal palaces and gardens, with colour plates. A first edition copy. A wonderful travel volume exploring Royal Palaces and their gardens around Europe including England, Spain and France. With...

Sales Through Display

Rosabel · 1936 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

Not stated , Maclaren & Sons Limited, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated guide to bakery window design. Sales Through Display is a guide for how bakers and confectioners should design their window displays. The volume details the art of a dis...

In a City Garden

J. R, Aitken · 1913 · Rooke Books

£43.00 (€51.54 | $56.81 | ¥9,071)

London and Edinburgh , T. N. Foulis, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of In a City Garden, with colour plates. In a City Garden explores the changing seasons through the lens of a city garden. A charming volume by the author of My Garden of the Red, Red Rose ...

Handy Book of the Flower-Garden

David Thomson · 1887 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

1887, William Blackwood, 1887. Cloth. David Thomson's practical guide to planting a flower gardening. With eleven plates, including eight folding plates. The fourth edition of David Thomson's practical guide to planting a flower gardening. With eleven plates, includi...

1929 Trees and Shrubs: Catalogue of Fruit, Ornamental and Forest Trees

None · 1929 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Cirencester, Jefferies & Son Ltd, 1929. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce catalogue of fruit, ornamental and forest trees. Scarce work. A catalogue of fruit, ornamental and forest trees, including: apple, cherry, nectarine, acer, calycanthus, magnolia, and vitus. With a selection of...

Historical and Literary Botany

Eliza P. Reid · 1826 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Windsor, C. Andrews, 1826. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Eliza P. Reid's three volume botanical study. A charming three volume early nineteenth century study of the history of botany, with discussions of anecdotes and superstitions relating to trees, p...

Modern Household Cookery: A New Work for Private Families; Containing a Great Variety of Valuable Receipts; with Directions for the Preparation of Food for Invalids, and for Children

A Lady [Sarah Josepha Hale] · 1858 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1858. Cloth. America writer and activist Sarah Josepha Hale muses on the philosophy of cookery before sharing some of her favourite recipes in this early edition A interesting recipe book by American writer and activist Sarah Josepha Hale, with eigh...

Plain Directions on Cookery

Alice Massingberd · 1898 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co, 1898. Cloth. A very scarce and charmingly brief simple late nineteenth century cookery work, by Alice Massingberd. The second edition of the first part of this scarce work by Alice Massingberd.Consisting of nine chapters, Massingberd covers ...

The Little Book of Salads and Savouries and the Little Book of Simple Remedies

Anonymous · 1912 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, George Newnes Ltd. 1912 . First edition. Cloth. The first editions of two charming miniature volumes from the early twentieth century, concerning home remedies and salad recipes. Two delightful volumes published by George Newnes in the years prior to the First World Wa...

Flowers of the Field

Rev C. A. Johns; G. S. Boulger · 1902 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,594)

London , Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , 1902. Cloth. A smart, richly illustrated volume of Flowers of the Field. This edition of Flowers of the Field has been entirely rewritten and revised by G. S. Boulger from the original text by Rev. C. A. Johns. This volume ...

A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings

Sir John Lubbock · 1892 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London , Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1892. First edition. Cloth. A smart two volume set on the germination of seedlings, extensively illustrated throughout. A two volume set of John Lubbock's A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings where Lubbock considers the g...

Flowers for the Parlor and Garden

Edward Sprague Rand Jr. · 1864 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Boston, J. E. Tilton and Company, 1864 . Cloth. A bright copy of Edward Sprague Rand's delightful and illustrated guide to the growing of flowers in both the parlour and the garden. The second edition of American horticulturalist Edward Sprague Rand's guide to parlou...

Good Things to Cook and Eat

Anon · 1936 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Tipton, Revo Electric Co. Ltd, 1936. Brochure/Pamphlet. A delightful little cookery guide to the Revo electric cooker. With recipes for ice creams, jam, soups, meat, stuffings, cakes, puddings and breads.Produced by Revo Electric Cookers, a Staffordshire-based company.Undated;...

A Treatise on the Esculent Funguses of England

Charles David Badham · 1863 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Lovell Reeve & Co. 1863. Cloth. A smart second edition of this important mycological work, illustrated with twelve beautiful hand coloured plates. First appearing in 1847, this is the second edition, edited by Frederick Currey, which appeared after the author's de...

The Whole New Art of Confectionary, Sugar Boiling, Iceing, Candying, Jelly Making, &C. Which Will Be Found Very Beneficial to Ladies, Confectioners, Housekeepers, &C. Particularly to Such As Have Not a Perfect Knowledge of That Art

S. W. Stavely · 1824 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.42 | ¥84,383)

Blackburn , Printed for R. Wood, 1824. Disbound. A scarce cookery pamphlet by S. W. Stavely, comprised of various different confectionary recipes. A scarce disbound pamphlet, in need of a sympathetic rebound. S. W. Stavely proposes a recipe book comprised of various confectio...

Domestic Management; or, the Healthful Cookery-Book

[Annabella Plumtree] · 1810 · Rooke Books

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

London, B. Crosby and Co, 1810. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition cookery and dietician work by Annabella Plumtree, a lovely copy of this sought after work. The first edition of this scarce work.'Domestic Management' is an interesting cookery work of th...

The Ferns of Great Britain

Charles Johnson · 1855 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

London, John E. Sowerby, 1855. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this wonderful study of British ferns, illustrated with James Sowerby's lovely hand-coloured plates throughout. The first edition of this work.John Sowerby's beautifully illustrated to the nati...

Cookery Recipes

Edith Sanderson · 1928 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,915)

Birmingham, Evans & Adlard Ltd. 1928. Cloth. A smart cookery book with recipes by Edith Sanderson. Containing such recipes as toad in the hole, bread sauce, macaroni cheese with eggs, kidney omelette, rice pudding, trifle and Christmas cake.A scarce work.Written by Edith Sande...