Cucina e giardinaggio

Wit, Wisdom, and Morals, Distilled from Bacchus

Charles Tovey · 1878 · Rooke Books

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

London, Whittaker & Co. 1878. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first edition of this scarce study on wine through the ages, being the author's presentation copy to a friend. First edition. Scarce work. The author's presentation copy, signed with ink inscriptions to ...

German Cooking & Rice Cooking

Robin Howe · 1953 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1953-1959. First edition. Cloth. Two pleasing first edition cookery books from connoisseur of regional cooking, Robin Howe. Two volumes. Written by Robin Howe, a British connoisseur of regional cookery and dining. This set contains: German Cooking, 1953....

Cooking from Scratch

Kathleen Le Riche · 1951 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1951 . First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce first edition of Kathleen Le Riche"s beginner-friendly primer on the fundamentals of cooking from scratch. In the publisher's original cloth binding.This volume is a very scarce first editi...

Betty Crocker&Apos;S Guide to Easy Entertaining

Betty Crocker [Pseudonym] · 1959 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

New York, Golden Press, 1959. First edition. Hardback. A charming entertaining manual by "Betty Crocker", General Mills" house persona, illustrated in colour by Dutch-American artist Peter Spier. In the publisher's original pictorial hardback ring binding.This volume is t...

Chats About Wine

C. E. Hawker · 1908 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Daly & Co. 1908. Cloth. A smart early edition of this very scarce collection of essays on wine from author C. E. Hawker. Early edition, first published in 1907. Very scarce work. A collection of essays or "chats" about wine, with titles including: wine merchants - and ...

Round the World with an Appetite; Choose Your Kitchen; Cooking for One; Hungarian Cooking; Home Baking Recipe Book; the Plain Man"S Guide to Wine

Molly Castle; Adie Ballantyne; Marjorie Baron Russell; Elisabeth de Biro; Katalin Frank [Translation] Ivan Baker; Raymond Postgate · 1936 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

London, Hodder and Stoughton Limited; Faber and Faber Ltd; William Heinemann Ltd; Andre Deutsch; G. Bell and Sons Ltd; Michael Joseph, 1936-1963. First edition. Cloth. A six-volume collection of mid-century British cookery and domestic works, with four first editions and origi...

Fine Bouche: A History of the Restaurant in France

Pierre Andrieu; Arthur L. Hayward [translator] · 1956 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Cassell and Company Ltd. 1956. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first translated edition of this history of fine dining and cookery in France, by notable French gastronomic critic and author, Pierre Andrieu. In the publisher's original vibrant moire silk boards....

The Book of Ices

A. B. Marshall · 1885 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

London, Marshall's School of Cookery, 1885 . Cloth. A charming late 19th century guide to ice creams and iced deserts, illustrated throughout and with colour plates. The fourteenth thousand of this work, 'revised and enlarged&apos.With vignette illustrations througho...

Good Housekeeping A.B. C. Of Cookery

D. D. Cottington Taylor · 1929 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Good Housekeeping Magazine, 1929 . Cloth. A wonderful late 1920s cookery book by D.D. Cottington Taylor, retaining the very scarce original vibrant dust wrapper. The second edition of this work from Dorothy Daisy Cottington Taylor.In the very scarce unclipped dust wrap...

The Food of the Gods: A Popular Account of Cocoa

Brandon Head · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, George Routledge & Sons, c1905. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce illustrated commentary on the history and uses of cocoa. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, thirty-six plates, two of which are in colour, thr...

A Collection of Cookery and Hosting Books from Nell Heaton

Nell Heaton · 1950 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Faber and Faber; Cresta Books, 1950-1958. First edition. Cloth. Three smart volumes of cookery and hosting guides from British author Nell Heaton. Three volumes. Written by Nell Heaton, a British author best known for cookery books. This set contains: A Calendar of Cou...

Beeton&Apos;S All About Gardening: A Popular Dictionary of Garden Work

Samuel Orchart Beeton · 1897 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1897. Cloth. A scarce new edition of this fruitful dictionary of garden work, adorned with illustrations throughout the text. New edition, re-written, revised, re-arranged, and extended. With five hundred and fifty in-text images. A popular ...

Sun Diet or Live Food for Live Britons

T. H. Sanderson-Wells · 1939 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, John Bale, Sons & Curnow, Ltd. 1939. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce diet book from British surgeon Thomas Henry Sanderson-Wells. First edition. Very scarce work. A book intended for every man and woman who has dealt with hospital practi...

The St. James&Apos;S Cookery Book

Louisa Rochfort · 1903 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, The Robinson Printing Co. Ltd , 1903. Cloth. The second edition of this uncommon late-Victorian cookery book from Louisa Rochfort. The second edition of this work. In the original cloth binding. A practical cookery book containing instruction and hints for a wide varie...

The Making of the Home: A Reading Book of Domestic Economy

Mrs. Samuel A. Barnett [Henrietta Barnett] · 1884 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited , c1885. Cloth. An uncommon guide to the various domestic labours of keeping a home, from English social reformer Henrietta Barnett. The "nineteenth thousand" edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth boards. This guide b...

The Delmonico Cook Book: How to Buy Food, How to Cook It, How to Serve It

Alessandro Filippini · 1893 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Gay and Bird, 1893. Cloth. A new and revised edition of this fascinating cookery book based on the author's time as the head chef at Delmonico's in New York. New and revised edition. With two pages of facsimile letters of Filippini and Delminco. Collated comp...

Recipes of American and Other Iced Drinks

1860 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.69 | ¥137,122)

London, Tapp & Toothill Ltd. c1916. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this collection of cocktail and iced drink recipes, illustrated by Farrow and Jackson. Very scarce work. Illustrated throughout. A collection of recipes for American iced drinks and other cocktail, including some...

Collins Nutshell Books: Wine and Other Drinks, Cold Cookery, Cocktail Fare, & Cooking for Pleasure

Rupert Croft-Cooke; Betty Owen Williams; Jean Balfour · 1963 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Collins, 1963-1967. Cloth. Four smart volumes from the Collins Nutshell Books series on wine, cookery, and cocktails. Four volumes. From the Collins Nutshell Books series. This set contains: Wine and Other Drinks, 1966. Number six in the series, later printing. A colle...

Complete Guide to Sound, Successful and Attractive Food Reform

Maud Baines; Edgar J. Saxon · 1929 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, The C. W. Daniel Company, 1929. Cloth. A very scarce third edition of this collection of recipes with focus on the presentation of individual dishes. Third edition. A scarce edition, with few copies available earlier than the fifth edition of 1930. A collection of over...

Kitchen Essays: With Recipes and Their Occasions

Lady Jekyll · 1922 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd , 1922. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Agnes Jekyll's 'Kitchen Essays', first appearing as articles in The Times from 1921-22. First edition of these articles collected in book form. In the original clo...