Cucina e giardinaggio

The Pollination of Flowers

Michael Proctor · 1973 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Collins, 1973. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated study on pollination by Michael Proctor and Peter Yeo from 'The New Naturalist' series, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. Illustrated with nineteen co...

Floral Dissections Illustrative of Typical Genera of the British Natural Orders

Rev. George Henslow · 1879 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Edward Stanford , 1879. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce series of illustrations that demonstrate the structure of British flora, intended for botanists' educational use. The first edition of this very scarce work. In the publisher's original quarter c...

Conifers in Britain; an Illustrated Guide to Identification

B. Alwyn Jay · 1952 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1952. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this informative illustrated guide to identifying British conifers by B. Alwyn Jay, in the original very scarce dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the ori...

The Art of Grafting and Budding

Charles Baltet · 1873 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, William Robinson, 1873. Cloth. A scarce copy of this illustrated work on the art of grafting and budding in the garden from French nurseryman Charles Baltet. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text images. A detailed and comprehensive guide to...

Greater Perfections: The Practice of Garden Theory

John Dixon Hunt · 2000 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Thames & Hudson, 2000. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this profusely illustrated study on the theoretical basis of gardening by John Dixon Hunt, previously owned by art historian Sir Roy Strong. The first edition. Previously owned by Sir Roy Strong, an Eng...

A Gardener&Apos;S Year

H. Rider Haggard · 1905 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

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

American Cookery, Formerly the Boston Cooking School Magazine

Various · 1915 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)

Boston, The Boston Cooking School Magazine Co, 1915-37. Magazine. Ten issues of this illustrated American culinary magazine, containing a wide variety of recipes, and articles on food and housekeeping. Ten issues of the 'American Cookery' magazine, which had formerly...

Handbook of Cultivated Sedums

Ronald L. Evans · 1985 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Middlesex, Science Reviews Limited, 1985 . Cloth. The second impression of this uncommon illustrated botanical handbook by Ronald L. Evans. The first edition, second impression, with the first impression being published in 1983.Illustrated with monochrome vignette line drawing...

Sanders&Apos; Orchid Guide, and, Orchid Hybrids

Henry Frederick Conrad Sander · 1901 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

St. Albans, Sander & Son, 1901-06. Leather. A set of three important orchidologist reference works, compiled by the eminent botanical figure Henry Frederick Conrad Sander. Three detailed reference works on orchids, containing detailed lists on orchids and their hybrids.Detaili...

The Orchard: Including the Management of Wall and Standard Fruit Trees

Charles M'Intosh; Charles McIntosh · 1847 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, Wm. S. Orr and Co, 1847. Cloth. A beautiful work on pomology, vividly illustrated with striking hand-coloured plates. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, a hand-coloured title page, and sixteen hand-coloured plates, as well as some in-text engravings.A vivid...

On Gardens: Two Essays

Francis Bacon; Abraham Cowley · 1910 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Siegle, Hill & Co. 1910. Paperback. A scarce work of two charming essays on gardens, for the Astolat Oakleaf Series. Scarce work. Astolat Oakleaf Series. Two charming and lyrical essays on gardens from Francis Bacon, an English philosopher and statesman whose work rema...

The Country Year Book Descriptive of the Seasons, Rural Scenes and Rustic Amusements, Birds, Insects, and Quadrupeds

Thomas Miller · 1848 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1848 . Cloth. The scarce full works of the Country Year Book bound in one, with beautiful hand coloured plates. Early edition of The Country Year Book Descriptive of the Seasons, Rural Scenes and Rustic Amusements, Birds, Insects, and Quadrupeds in th...

Sweet Dishes: A Little Treatise on Confectionary on Entremets Sucres

Wyvern [Arthur Robert Kenney-Herbert] · 1900 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

Madras, Higginbotham & Co. 1900. Cloth. An uncommon edition of this recipe book by Brigadier General Arthur Robert Kenney-Herbert The fourth, revised edition of this recipe book by Brigadier General Arthur Robert Kenney-Herbert. As well as serving in the British Indian Army in...

Bills of Fare in English and French for Every Day in the Year

Frances L. Tupper · 1929 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, S.W. Lord, c1930. Cloth. Frances L. Tupper provides a menu for every day of the year in this very scarce volume. Menus printed in English and French. This very scarce first edition volume by Frances L. Tupper sheds light on the fashionable dishes and cuisines of the ea...

The Modern Family Cook; or, Housekeeper&Apos;S Instructor

Anonymous · 0 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, T. Goode, c1880 . Cloth. An exceptionally scarce late nineteenth century miniature cookery work, 'compiled with a view to enable every person to obtain a knowledge of this useful art&apos. A very scarce work, in the publisher's original cloth binding.A deligh...

A Practical Treatise on the Choice and Cookery of Fish

Piscator [William Hughes] · 1854 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.08 | ¥55,904)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854. Cloth. The second edition of this interesting treatise on the different methods of preparing and cooking fish. An interesting treatise on preparing and cooking fish, including chapters on cod, flounder, carp, herring, mackerel...

Many Ways of Cooking Bananas

1910 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London , Elders & Fyffes , 1910. Paperback. A charming volume of banana recipes with colour illustrations. Elders & Fyffes was an importer of bananas, building special steamers for bringing bananas to the United Kingdom from the other side of the Atlantic. This volume celebrat...

Our Native Fern; or, a History of the British Species and Their Varieties

E. J. Lowe · 1865 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Groombridge and Sons , 1865-67. First edition. Leather. Very scarce first edition of this botanical work dedicated to British ferns by E.J. Lowe, complete in two bright uniform volumes. The first edition of this work, a very scarce copy. Complete with two volumes. A hi...

Sweet Scented Flowers and Fragrant Leaves

Donald McDonald; W. Robinson · 1895 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London , Sampson Low, Marston & Company , 1895. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition copy of this stunningly illustrated work by Donald McDonald. A scarce first edition copy of this beautifully colour illustrated work from Donald McDonald, who has also written My ...

Our Gardens

Samuel Reynolds Hole · 1899 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, J. M. Dent & Co. 1899. Cloth. A second edition of S. R. Hole's beautifully illustrated gardening guidebook. Second edition in original publisher's binding of Samuel Reynolds Hole's illustrated book of British gardening published as part of the Haddon Hal...