Cucina e giardinaggio

A Collection of Books on Sandeman Port and Sherry

Ned Halley · 1964 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Geo. G. Sandeman Sons & Co, Limited; The House of Sandeman, 1964-1990. Cloth. Three smart volumes on the history of port and sherry, particularly that of Sandeman, with illustrations throughout. Three volumes. This set contains: Port and Sherry: The Story of Two Fine W...

Napa Wine Country

Earl Roberge · 1975 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Portland, Charles H. Belding, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this guide to the wines of Napa Valley, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the half-title. Illustrated throughout with over two hundred colour photographs. A major pict...

Chats About Wine

C. E. Hawker · 1907 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

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

The Wine and Spirit Merchant: A Familiar Treatise for Practical Men, on the Management of Wines and Spirits in All Their Varieties.

1885 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.63 | $356.69 | ¥56,958)

London, W. R. Loftus, 1885. Cloth. A new revised edition of this very interesting and scarce volume on wine and its trade. New and revised edition. A scarce work. Being a detailed treatise discussing wine and spirits with general facts, culture of the vine as a branch of the i...

The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening: A Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture

George Nicholson [editor] · 1884 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.45 | ¥49,575)

London, L. Upcott Gill, 1884-1887. Cloth. A smart eight volume set of this important nineteenth century illustrated encyclopaedia of horticulture. Complete in eight volumes, including the supplement to the rear of volume VIII. A practical and scientific encyclopaedia of hortic...

The Glorious Oyster

Hector Bolitho · 1929 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

London, Knopf, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A scarce celebration of the oyster's impact on society and culture, and its historical and culinary legacy. With the original dustwrapper. In the publisher's original quarter grey cloth, paper board binding.With the very sca...

Every Man His Own Gardener

Thomas Mawe; John Abercrombie · 1794 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, T. Longman, B. Law and Son et al, 1794 . Leather. The fourteenth edition of Mawe and Abercrombie's influential and impressive gardener's calendar, corrected and greatly enlarged. The fourteenth edition of this work, which was first publishedThis copy conclude...

A System of Hygienic Medicine, or the Only Rational Way of Treating Disease;

T. R. Allinson · 1889 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, L. N. Fowler , 1889-1905. Leather. A scarce volume containing essays on medicine by English physician and wholemeal bread proponent, Thomas Allinson. This scarce volume consists of eleven treatises on medicine, health and nutrition by English physician and dietetic ref...

The Theory of Horticulture: Or, an Attempt to Explain the Principal Operations of Gardening

John Lindley; A. J. Downing · 1852 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

New York, John Wiley, 1852. Cloth. A smart second American edition of this detailed study of horticulture from English botanist John Lindley. Second American edition. Illustrated throughout. A detailed and comprehensive horticultural study, being an attempt to explain the prin...

Trees & Shrubs for English Plantations

Augustus Mongredien · 1870 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, John Murray, 1870. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated study of English gardening from British merchant Augustus Mongredien. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous images throughout the text. A selection and description of the...

The World Guide to Whisky Plus a Comprehensive Taste-Guide to Single Malts and the World&Apos;S Best-Known Blends

Michael Jackson · 1987 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Dorling Kindersley, 1987. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this guide to the world of whisky from English journalist Michael Jackson, previously held in the library of Jill Norman. First edition. Illustrated with over two hundred colour images. The fir...

A Taste of Zanzibar: Chakula Kizuri

Zarina Jafferji · 2002 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Zanzibar , The Gallery Publications , 2002. Paperback. A fine copy of this very scarce Zanzibari cookbook. First edition. A very scarce cookbook offering Zanzibari recipes, using ingredients inspired by the tropical climate and rich selection of spices and aromas. In the publi...

Hors-D&Apos;Oeuvres, Savouries, Salads, Pates, and Cheese, Etc.

A. Bautte · 1905 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London, Love and Malcomson, Ltd , 1905. Cloth. An uncommon volume of recipes for hors d'oeuvres, from award-winning French chef A. Bautte's. An uncommon volume. Undated, dated from a copy held at the British Library.Contains recipes for camembert fritters, lobster pa...

Blue Trout and Black Truffles

Joseph Wechsberg · 1954 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1954 . Cloth. The second impression of this culinary masterclass of the "haute cuisine" of Europe in the mid twentieth-century, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The second impression of the UK edition. Published the year after the first e...

Les Produits Coloniaux Origine: Production, Commerce

G. Capus; D. Bois · 1912 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

Paris, Librairie Armand Colin , 1912. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this French illustrated work on colonial produce by Capus and Boid, previously owned by the celebrated cookery writer, Elizabeth David. The first edition. From the library of the influential cooke...

Food: Some Account of Its Sources, Constituents and Uses

A. H. Church · 1876 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1876. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this study into the nature of food on the human body, by British chemist A. H. Church. The very scarce first edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With nine p...

Between Trent and Ancholme" in and Around an Old-Fashioned Garden

Anonymous [Elizabeth Fowler] · 1908 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

Brigg, Jackson & Sons, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of an old-fashioned garden, inscribed by the author in presentation to her brother. First edition. With an ink inscription to the front endpaper that reads "J. F. from E. F. Xmas...

The Curious Gardener

Jason Hill · 1932 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Faber and Faber, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated gardening work, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with five plates and two vignettes. ...

Green&Apos;S of Brighton

1932 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Brighton, H. J. Green & Co LTD. 1932. Paperback. A very scarce booklet promoting the cake mix company Green's of Brighton, an illustrated collection of both sweet and savoury recipes. A very scarce promotional pamphlet for Green's of Brighton.Founded in 1907, Green&a...

Bordeaux Et Ses Vins

Charles Cocks; Edouard Feret · 1922 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

Bordeaux, Feret & Fils, 1922. Cloth. An illustrated edition of the most important comprehensive guide to the wines of Bordeaux ever published. In French.'Bordeaux et Ses Vins', now commonly known as 'Cocks & Feret', is the classic reference work on Bordeaux...