Cucina e giardinaggio

Ikebana card book Mishoryu Love and flowers, with, Scandanavian glass, with, Kakubana style, with, Shinka style (4 booklets).

Nakayama, Shoko and Bumpo · 1970 · Aucott & Thomas

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Japan: Shufunotomo Co. Ltd. 1970. First Edition. Softcover. 4 clean and tightly bound paperbacks, spines uncreased, card covers rubbed at edges, remains of labels on the front covers but no inscriptions. 20 pages, colour photos and illustrations in the text. Good.

Ikebana text cards Nageire Japanese flower arrangements made in a tall vase, with, Moribana Japanese flower arrangements made in a shallow vase (2 pamphlets).

Teshigahara, Kasumi & Shoji, Tosho · 1968 · Aucott & Thomas

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd. 1968. First British Edition. Softcover. 2 cardboard folders with 20 text cards with colour photos and an 8 page leaflet in each folder. Card folders are rubbed and marked, with remains of a label on the front cover but no inscriptions. Good.

The Book of Magnolias

Neil G. Treseder · 1981 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London , Collins, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A history of magnolias from Neil G. Treseder. First edition. Illustrated throughout with numerous coloured plates by Marjorie Blamey. Including tips of propagation and breeding, flowers and fruits, and more In a green cloth binding...

Villa Gardening

'A Practical Hand' · 1875 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, The Bazaar Office, c1875. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated handbook to the management of small gardens. With thirteen figures spread out over 9 plates, and illustrations in the text. Dated from original publisher's advertisements to front and rear, which are dated...

Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of S. Tome

Arthur Wallis Exell · 1944 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, Order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1944. First edition. Cloth. This is an illustrated first edition of this catalogue of plants. With three maps and twenty six figures. Arthur Wallis Exell was initially an assistant and later Deputy Keeper of Botany at the Br...

Good Fare: A Code of Cookery

Edouard de Pomiane · 1932 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Gerald Howe, 1932 . First edition. Cloth. A good copy of this cook book from the works of Édouard de Pomiane, translated by Blanche Bowes, and edited by Doris Langley Moore.  The first edition in the publisher's original cloth.Translated by Blanche Bowes, and ed...

Cooking with Pomiane

Edouard de Pomiane; Peggie Benton [ed.] · 1969 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, The Cookery Book Club, 1969 . Cloth. A very smart copy of this collection of recipes by French scientist, radio broadcaster and food writer Eduoard de Pomiane. A later edition of the work, first published in 1962.In the original blue cloth binding. In the original uncl...

The Science of Horticulture: Comprising a Practical System for the Management and Training of Fruit-Trees, Exemplified by Sketches from Trees Actually Trained

Joseph Hayward · 1824 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.63 | $356.69 | ¥56,958)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824. Hardback. The second edition of this scarce study in the cultivation of fruits by Joseph Hayward, illustrated with folding plates. Second edition.Scarce.Contemporary quarter spine to paper boards. Paper spine label.Wi...

The Boy&Apos;S Book of Sports and Things to Make

Archibald Williams; E. Keble Chatterton · 1910 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Stanley Paul & Co.; Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1910-1913]. Cloth. An entertaining two volume illustrated set of guides to hobbies, sports, pastimes and amusements. A charming two volume set of works on hobbies and crafts.In publisher's original red cloth bindings.Co...

Field Flowers: A Handy Book for the Rambling Botanist

Shirley Hibberd · 1876 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,704)

London, Groombridge and Sons, 1876. Cloth. A bright copy of this charming field guide by Shirley Hibberd, offering an accessible, rambler-friendly introduction to British wildflowers, illustrated with colour plates. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding.Illustrat...

The Floral Magazine: Figures and Descriptions of the Choicest New Flowers for the Garden, Stove, or Conservatory

Rev. H. Honywood Dombrain; Richard Dean · 1872 · Rooke Books

£1,850.00 (€2,217.49 | $2,443.96 | ¥390,270)

London, L. Reeve & Co. 1872-1877. First edition. Leather. A very scarce group of issues of the copiously illustrated 'Floral Magazine', featuring upwards of 100 hand-colour plates. A selection of issues from 1872-1873 and 1877-1878 of the New Series for this very sca...

The Book of Household Management; Comprising Information for the Mistress, Housekeeper, Cook, Kitchen-Maid, Butler, Footman, Coachman, Valet, Upper and Under House-Maids, Lady&Apos;S-Maid, Maid-of-All-Work, Laundry-Maid, Nurse and Nurse-Maid, Monthly, Wet, and Sick Nurses Etc. Etc. Also Sanitary, Medical & Legal Memoranda; with a History of the Origin, Properties, and Uses of All Things Connected with Home Life and Comfort

Mrs. Isabella Beeton · 1864 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)

London, S. O. Beeton, 1864. Cloth. An early edition of Isabella Beeton's hugely popular household guidebook, complete with colour plates. "Sixty-fifth thousand" edition. First published in 1861.A very scarce edition.Illustrated with twelve colour plates and numerous in-te...

Folk Life Journal of Ethnological Studies Volumes 1 and 40, 41, and 43

Linda-May Ballard [ed.] · 1963 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Cardiff, The Society for Folk Life Studies, 1963-2004. First edition. Paperback. A lovely set of four illustrated volumes from Folk Life: Journal of Ethnological Studies, in the publisher's original paper wraps. A set of four volumes from Folk Life: Journal of Ethnologica...

Japan Tourist Library

Board of Tourist Industry; Matsunosuke Tatsui; Koya Nakamura; Bunsyo Zyugaka et al. · 1935 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

Tokyo, Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways, 1935-1942 . First edition. Paperback. A wonderful collection of thirteen illustrated mid-20th century guides to various aspects of Japanese culture, produced by Japan's tourist board during WWII. A beautifull...

Mrs. Beeton&Apos;S Book of Household Management

Mrs. Beeton [Isabella Beeton] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£1,275.00 (€1,528.27 | $1,684.35 | ¥268,970)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1909. Leather. A special copy of Mrs Isabella Beeton's important cookery work, one of the most influential of its genre ever published, illustrated with colour plates and complete with the original dust wrapper. In the publisher's or...

Constable&Apos;S Wine Library: Madeira, Wine, Cakes, and Sauce

Andre L. Simon; Elizabeth Craig · 1933 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Constable & Co. Ltd. 1933. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this volume from Constable"s Wine Library, combining André L. Simon"s authoritative study of Madeira with Elizabeth Craig"s recipes, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the pub...

Handbook of Housekeeping for Small Incomes

Florence Stacpoole · 0 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.36 | ¥16,666)

London , Walter Scott, c1898. Cloth. A practical handbook for housekeeping in the 19th century for small incomes, with 18 pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original publisher's green cloth binding. With 18 pages of publisher's advertisemen...

Mrs. Beeton&Apos;S Everyday Cookery with About 2,500 Practical Recipes

Mrs. Beeton [Isabella Beeton] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1923. Cloth. A new edition of Isabella Beeton's celebrated cookery work, with illustrations throughout. New edition. Illustrated with sixteen plates in colour and nearly three hundred in-text illustrations. Collated complete. First publ...

The Follies and Garden Buildings of Ireland

James Howley · 1993 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.62 | ¥12,235)

New Haven; London, Yale University Press, 1993. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of James Howley's richly illustrated study of Ireland's follies and garden buildings, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original dark gree...

The Dictionary of Practical Receipts; Containing the Arcana of Trade and Manufacture; Domestic Economy; Artistical, Ornamental & Scientific Processes; Pharmaceutical and Chemical Preparations &C. &C. &C.

G. Francis · 1848 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.94 | ¥12,446)

London, D. Francis , 1848. Leather. A scarce copy of this Victorian work discussing useful tips for the use in running a successful household. Scarce work. An extensive Victorian receipts book, guiding the reader on the correct running of a household and domestic economy. With...