Cucina e giardinaggio

A New System of Domestic Cookery; Founded Upon Principles of Economy, and Adapted to the Use of Private Families

[Maria Eliza Rundell] · 1841 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, John Murray, 1841. Cloth. Maria Rundell's hugely successful recipe book, an illustrated edition of this immensely popular work. Illustrated with nine plates.Collated, bound without the frontispiece. 'A New System of Domestic Cookery' was the most popular...

The Book of Household Management

Mrs. Isabella Beeton · 1861 · Rooke Books

£1,575.00 (€1,887.86 | $2,080.67 | ¥332,257)

London, S. O. Beeton, 1861. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Mrs Isabella Beeton's important cookery work, one of the most influential of its genre ever publisher, complete here with the original colour plates. The first edition, first impression of this work,...

Old Wives&Apos; Lore for Gardeners

Maureen Boland; Bridget Boland · 1976 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, The Bodley Head, 1976. Cloth. A very smart reprint of this charming collection of old wives' tales related to gardening, with illustrations. Reprinted the same year as the first edition. Illustrated throughout. A collection of old wives' tales or superstitiou...

Le Code de la Bonne Chere

Edouard de Pomaine · 1948 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Paris, Albin Michel, 1948 . Brochure/Pamphlet. A later edition of this extensive French cook book. A later edition of Le Code de la Bonne Chere, in the original French. This French cook book by Edouard de Pomaine contains seven hundred recipes. Some pages remain unopened, incl...

Flora of Jersey

Frances Le Sueur · 1984 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Jersey, Societe Jersiaise, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this scarce work from Le Sueur on the flora of Jersey. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated highly throughout with frontispiece, seventeen colour plates, eighteen black and white illustrati...

The Tulip

Anna Pavord · 1999 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Bloomsbury, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of Anna Pavord's best selling horticultural work. First edition of The Tulip by Anna Pavord in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. A fine copy of this New York Times b...

Kalendarium Universale: Or, the Gardiner&Apos;S Universal Calendar

Benjamin Whitmill · 1726 · Rooke Books

£1,495.00 (€1,791.97 | $1,974.99 | ¥315,381)

London, James Lacy, 1726 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of Benjamin Whitmill's early eighteenth century guide to gardening. The very scarce first edition of this work, very scarce in all editions.Benjamin Whitmill's guide offers information o...

Mexico&Apos;S Ancient and Native Remedies

Evelyne Winter · 1972 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Mexico, Editorial Fournier, 1972. Paperback. A scarce work on the ancient and natural remedied used in Mexico. Second impression. Originally published 1968. Scarce work. Illustrated with in-text drawings of plants and flowers. A handbook of ancient remedies for general ailment...

Souvenir Book About the Bazaar and Garden Fete in Braggchurch, Yeovil

None · 1901 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Yeovil, Western Gazette & Co. Ltd, 1901. Cloth. A very scarce souvenir book from the Braggchurch garden fete and bazaar. Scarce work. A souvenir book from the Braggchurch Bazaar and Garden Fate, dated 26th and 27th June, 1901. Includes information, illustrations, and advertise...

An Encyclopaedia of Domestic Economy: Comprising Such Subjects As Are Most Immediately Connected with Housekeeping: As, the Construction of Domestic Edifices, with the Modes of Warming, Ventilating, and Lighting Them; a Description of the Various Articles of Furniture with the Nature of Their Materials; Duties of Servants; a General Account of the Animals and Vegetable Substances Used As Food, and the Methods of Preserving and Preparing Them by Cooking; Making Bread; the Chemical Nature and the

Thomas Webster; Mrs. Parkes · 1844 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.10 | $1,849.49 | ¥295,340)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition domestic encyclopedia, an extensive Victorian publication on the effective running of a household. The scarce first edition. Illustrated with nearly one thousand woodcuts thr...

The Art of Pastry Making

Emile Herisse · 1893 · Rooke Books

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

London, Ward, Lock, Bowden & Co, 1893. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of pastrycook-confectioner Emile Herisse's illustrated work on the art of pastry making, 'according to the French and English methods&apos. The very scarce first edition of thi...

Handbook on the Principles of Cooking

Septimus Berdmore · 1884 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London , William Clowes and Sons, 1884. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce pamphlet on the principles of cooking. A scarce volume. This pamphlet, a Handbook on the Principles of Cooking was published for the International Health Exhibition in London in 1884 by Septimus...

Praktische Konditorei-Kunst "Pra-Ko-Ku" Das Grosse Konditoren-Fachwerk Der Welt

J. M. Erich Weber · 1923 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Dresden, J. M. Erich Weber, 1923. Cloth. An impressive work on confectionary, a beautiful volume with ninety striking colour plates showing various designs for confectionary. The sixth edition.Text is in German, English, and Swedish.An extensive volumes delving into confection...

Permanent and Temporary Pastures

Martin J. Sutton; Martin H. F. Sutton; John Percival · 1929 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,962)

London , Simpkin Marshall, 1929. Cloth. A very smart and beautifully illustrated copy of Permanent and Temporary Pastures. This is a ninth edition copy of Permanent and Temporary Pastures, by Martin J. Sutton, which has been revised and extended by his son, Martin H. F. Sutton...

The Cottage Gardener; or, Amateur and Cottager&Apos;S Guide to out-Door Gardening and Spade Cultivation

George W. Johnson · 1849 · Rooke Books

£670.00 (€803.09 | $885.11 | ¥141,341)

London, Wm S Orr and Co. 1849. Cloth. Seventeen volumes of George W. Johnson's sweeping and detailed gardening guide, with illustrations. A guide to outdoor gardening by George W. Johnson, British writer on gardening. Weekly periodical devoted to the advancement and devel...

Our Flower Garden, How We Made the Most of It; with Instructions As to the Construction of Miniature Ruins, Etc. , for Fern Cases

Henry Allnutt · 1875 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, Estates Gazette Office , [1875]. Cloth. Scarce second edition of this pocket sized gardening work by Henry Allnutt, with illustrations. Second edition of this work. Little gardening book by Henry Allnutt, author of numerous gardening volumes. Concerning the growing of ...

Green Grows the City: The Story of a London Garden

Beverley Nichols · 1939 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London and Toronto, Jonathan Cape, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic first edition of Beverley Nichol's account of his beautiful garden, illustrated and presented in a smart dust wrapper. This work details the author's modern house and garden, located close to ...

The New Garden

Richard Sudell · 1935 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, The English Universities Press Ltd, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Richard Sudell's gardening work with illustrations by Bip Pares, complete with the scarce dust wrapper. This work contains chapters on soils, the garden plan, lawns, plants, vegetab...

Cassell&Apos;S New Universal Cookery Book

Lizzie Heritage · 1896 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Paris and Melbourne, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1896. Leather. A Bayntun-Riviere bound late Victorian cookery book, illustrated with twelve colour plates. Remarkably smart for a cookery book. With recipes for fish, hors d'oeuvres, sauces, stocks, joints, scrap ...

Savings and Savoury Dishes

Anon · 1916 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Edinburgh, The Patriotic Food League, 1916. Paperback. A fantastic Scottish recipe book, published by the Patriotic Food League during the Great War. Published in 1916 during the First World War, this work contains all manner of hints on how to save economically on food prepar...