Cucina e giardinaggio

A Handbook of the British Lichens

Annie Lorrain Smith · 1921 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Order of the Trustees, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this important exploration into lichens by a British expert, complete with illustrations. This guide to lichens functioned as a key to known British lichens, and held a firm place as a classic...

The American Family Receipt Book

1861 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Not Stated, 1861. Cloth. A mid-century American cookery book, delving into many popular recipes of the era. Reprinted from the American edition. This work offers an extensive variety of recipes from America, as the author states, many of the recipes in this work had no...

Mrs. Rundell&Apos;S Domestic Cookery

Maria Rundell · 1867 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1867. Cloth. An illustrated edition of Maria Rundell's bestselling recipe book for domestic Georgian cookery. Maria Rundell's immensely popular domestic cookery book, first published in 1805.This was a very popular work, aimed towar...

Breakfasts Luncheons and Ball Suppers

Major Landon · 1887 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1887. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of Major Landon's recipe collection for a variety of occasions, a lovely example of this vanishingly scarce work. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.A collection of menus and ...

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

[Maria Eliza Rundell] · 1843 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Thomas Allman, 1843. Cloth. A nicely illustrated copy of Maria Eliza Rundell's famous cookery book, a bestseller throughout the nineteenth century, which provided recipes, as well as advice on how to run a home. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page...

Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants in the British Museum (Natural History). The Cretaceous Flora.

Marie C. Stopes · 1913 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London, Longmans, Green & Co, 1913-15. Cloth. A two volume set of works written by Marie C. Stopes. An interesting work of British botanical history, illustrated with a folding plate to volume I. Two volumes. Part V and VI of the Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants In The Departm...

A Synoptic Guide to the Genus Primula

G. K. Fenderson · 1986 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Lawrence, Allen Press, Inc. 1986. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of G. K. Fenderson's 'Synoptic Guide to the Genus Primula&apos. A comprehensive and fascinating reference work to the genus 'Primula' that contains mainly herbaceous floweri...

British Botanical and Horticultural Literature 1800 Comprising a History and Bibliography of Botanical and Horticultural Books Printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland from the Earliest Times Until 1800

Blanche Henrey · 1975 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Oxford University Press, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating work of horticultural and botanical history by the eminent writer, Blanche Henrey. A handsome set, complete in three volume and held in a slipcase Complete in three volumes. Held in the original slipcas...

Popular Names of Flowers, Fruits &C,. As Used in the County of Somerset and the Adjacent Parts of Devon, Dorset and Wiltshire

A. S. Macmillan · 1922 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Yeovil, Western Gazette, 1922. Cloth. An interesting look at the popular colloquial names of flowers in Southern England from the early twentieth century. This is an interesting work looking at the local names of flowers and fruits, focused on Southern England in Somerset, Dev...

Chafing Dish and Casserole Cookery

C. Herman Senn [Charles Herman Senn] · 1905 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, The Food & Cookery Publishing Agency, [1905]. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of Charles Herman Senn's chafing dish cook book, with fantastic additional recipes inscribed by a previous owner. A first edition of this chafing dish and casserole cook b...

Pectine: Ein Wervoller Helfer Fã¼R Die Backstube. Erprobte Rezepte Und Verfahren

Margarinefabrik Hans Kaspar · 1948 · Rooke Books

£54.00 (€64.73 | $71.34 | ¥11,392)

Zürich, Hans Kaspar, 1948 . Cloth. A fine German work exploring baking with numerous illustrations of cakes, tarts, and other baked goods An appealing work exploring baking, in the publisher's original pebbled cloth with gilt embroidery.With numerous illustrations from bl...

The Dudley Book of Cookery and Household Recipes

Georgiana Countess of Dudley · 1913 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Edward Arnold, 1913. Cloth. A smart fifth impression copy of this scarce cookery book from Dudley House. Fifth impression. Scarce work. With a portrait frontispiece. A volume of simple recipes with tips for the preparation of various dishes, written with the hope that ...

The Gentle Art of Cookery: With 750 Recipes

Mrs. C. F. Leyel; Miss Olga Hartley · 1947 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Graham Watson, 1947 . Cloth. A bright copy of Hilda Leyel and Olga Hartley's comprehensive cookery book of 750 recipes, with the original, very scarce dust wrapper. The fifth edition. First published in 1929. In the original, unclipped dust wrapper. A comprehensiv...

Harmonized Food Selection Including the Famous Hauser Body Building System

Bengamin Gayelord Hauser · 1930 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

New York, Tempo Books, Inc. 1930. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this guide to food selection and nutrition from American nutritionist Bengamin Gayelord Hauser, signed by the author. First edition. Very scarce work. Signed and inscribed by the author to t...

Good Drinks

Ambrose Heath · 1939 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Faber, 1939. First edition. Hardback. In the original Edward Bawden dust wrapper, present here is the first edition of Ambrose Heath's charming guide to 'Good Drinks&apos. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher's original unclipped dust w...

Herbs, Salads, and Seasonings

X. Marcel Boulestin; Jason Hill · 1930 · Rooke Books

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

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce signed limited edition of Boulestin and Hill's concise and elegant guide to enhancing food with fresh herbs, flavourful dressings, and simple salads. Uncommon in the trade edition, this is ...

Cooking in the Wrong Century

Praauer, Teresa ; Updegraff, Eleanor (trans) · 2025 · San Francisco Book Company

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

London Pushkin Press Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 171 pp. Very good

THE FAMILY MEAL. Home Cooking with ...

Adrià, Ferran. · 2011 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Phaidon 2011. 1st UK Ed. 4to. 384pp. Profusely illus. with 1500 colour photos. Prospectus loosely inserted, very good in black lettered pale grey coloured pictorial boards. ‘Contains 31 menus and 93 recipes for the simple, tasty dishes ...’

Ikebana with roses.

Sparnon, Norman J. & Teshigahara, Kasumi · 1973 · Aucott & Thomas

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Almark Publishing Co Ltd, 1973. First British Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0855241349. Text in English and Japanese. Clean, landscape format, tightly bound paperback original, spine uncreased, card covers rubbed at the edges, remains of a label on the front cover but no inscripti...

Sogetsu School, with, Ikenobo School. Best of Ikebana.

Teshigahara, Sofu and Ikenobo, Senei · 1962 · Aucott & Thomas

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Japan: Shufunotomo Publishing Co. Ltd. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 hardbacks, colour and black & white photos plus illustrations in the text. Sogetsu: tightly bound hardback book, some damp staining to back board and final 6 pages, with remains of a label and name on the...