Cucina e giardinaggio

Food for the Gods

Lucullus [Pseudonym] · 1931 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.85 | $72.75 | ¥11,631)

London, Grant Richards, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this sophisticated and eclectic culinary collection from the 1930s, featuring classic and unusual recipes. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.This volume is a first edition.This volume offer...

The Art and Technique of Wine

F. C. Lloyd; [Stephen Gwynn] · 1936 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.61 | $185.19 | ¥29,605)

London, Constable and Co Ltd, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of F. C. Lloyd's uncommon study on wine and how to preserve it, in the original scarce dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. A study on ...

American Cooking for English Homes

Edith Fulcher · 1928 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.75 | $119.05 | ¥19,032)

London, Thornton Butterworth Limited , 1928. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this American-inspired cookery book by Edith Fulcher, adapted for English kitchens. The second edition of this work. First published in 1925 under the title 'What shall we eat?&apos. Published for ...

The Seasonal Cookery Book: A Comprehensive Guide to the Whole Art of Modern Cookery Arranged According to the Seasons with Typical Menus for Every Day of the Year and Numerous Original Recipes and Other Special Features

Jessie J. Williams · 1934 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.80 | $92.59 | ¥14,803)

London, The New Era Publishing Co. Ltd, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing copy of this very scarce seasonal cook book, illustrated with colour plates. First edition. Undated, dated from the British Library. Publisher's note inserted to the half title page, "This edi...

Cookery Made Easy: A Simple Handbook to the Kitchen

1923 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.80 | $92.59 | ¥14,803)

London, George Newnes Limited , 1923. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this wholesome early 20th-century cook book. A very scarce copy of this cookery volume. Undated, dated from the British Library and other institutional copies. In the publisher's cloth-backed wraps. Pro...

A Life-Time Collection of 688 Recipes for Drinks

1934 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.50 | $238.10 | ¥38,064)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this vast collection of drinks recipes from cobblers and coolers to toddies. First edition. A collection of six hundred and eighty-eight recipes of the most useful and common drinks for barte...

Elizabeth Craig&Apos;S Simple Gardening

Elizabeth Craig · 1936 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.87 | $59.52 | ¥9,516)

London, The Literary Press Ltd. 1936. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this charming guide to gardening from Scottish journalist and home economist Elizabeth Craig. First edition. Very scarce work. An entirely new book on the economical lines for the modern...

Savoury Snacks, Open Sesame, and, What&Apos;S Left in the Larder?

Ambrose Heath · 1939 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€472.89 | $522.49 | ¥83,529)

London, Nicholson & Watson, 1939-40. First edition. Cloth. A nice set of three scarce cookery works by Ambrose Heath, all first edition works offering recipes on for savoury food, tinned food, and leftovers. A charming set of three cookery works by Ambrose Heath, all first edi...

War-Time Recipes, Making the Most of It, and, How to Cook in War-Time

Ambrose Heath · 1941 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.45 | $257.94 | ¥41,236)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode; The Holloway Press, 1941-42. First edition. Paperback. Three very scarce cookery pamphlets by Ambrose Heath, all offering recipes within rationing restrictions during World War Two. A nice set of three very scarce war-time cookery pamphlets by Ambr...

A Collection of Six Cookery Works by Ambrose Heath

Ambrose Heath · 1945 · Rooke Books

£1,295.00 (€1,550.38 | $1,712.96 | ¥273,848)

London, Faber, 1945-1949. First edition. Cloth. A lovely set of six cookery works by Ambrose Heath - five of which are first editions - offering a look at food in the mid-twentieth century during rationing. A collection of six first edition recipe books by Ambrose Heath, a pr...

Mrs Beeton&Apos;S Cake-Making

Mrs. Beeton [Isabella Beeton] · 1920 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.50 | $238.10 | ¥38,064)

London, Ward, Lock & Co, c1926. Cloth. An early edition of this charming 1920s work on baking and cake making, styled after the works of famous cookery writer Isabella Beeton. First published in 1924, this is an early edition, dated circa 1926 via list of titles to dust wrappe...

English Cheeses of the North; English Cheeses of the South and West

Ambrose Heath; John Arlott · 1957 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.82 | $85.98 | ¥13,745)

London, G. G. Harrap and Co Ltd , 1957-1958. First edition. Cloth. A delightful pair of little books on English cheeses, written by journalists John Arlott and Ambrose Heath. First editions. Published in association with the English Country Cheese Council.Undated, both dated f...

Elizabeth Craig&Apos;S Menus for a Year

Elizabeth Craig · 2001 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.82 | $85.98 | ¥13,745)

London, Collins, c1933. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce volume of menus for an entire year by Elizabeth Craig, alongside unused shopping lists. The first edition of this very scarce work.Elizabeth Craig's presentation of multi-course menus for an entire year, alongsid...

Savings and Savoury Dishes

1917 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.80 | $92.59 | ¥14,803)

Edinburgh, The Patriotic Food LEague, 1917. Paperback. A scarce wartime cookery book published by the Patriotic Food League, presenting economical recipes. A scarce work.Published during the First World War, this work contains all manner of hints on how to save economically on...

Cantaloup to Cabbage: How to Cook and Serve Vegetables

Mrs. Philip Martineau · 1929 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.65 | $165.34 | ¥26,433)

London, Cobden-Sanderson, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this delightful cookery book centring on vegetables, with the very scarce unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wra...

Housecraft Principles and Practice

Ruth Binnie; Julia E. Boxall · 1926 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.79 | $99.21 | ¥15,860)

London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this illustrated guide to housekeeping and domestic economy. First edition. Scarce edition. Illustrated throughout. A book on housecraft, not intended to be an exhaustive treatise on th...

The Medical Cookery Book

Dorothy Sewart; J. W. McNee · 1935 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.66 | $158.73 | ¥25,376)

Bristol; London, John Wright & Sons; Simpkin Marshall, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this vanishingly scarce cookery book for medical uses from Dorothy Sewart. First edition. Very scarce work. A collection of three hundred recipes "for the use of invalid...

Cooking from the Commonwealth & Russian Cooking

Robin Howe · 1958 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.61 | $185.19 | ¥29,605)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1958-1964. First edition. Cloth. A smart two volume set of cookery books from across the world by British cook book author Robin Howe. Two volumes. First edition. Scarce works. Written by Robin Howe, a British cookbook writer. This set contains: Cooking ...

Cocktails: How to MIX Them

Robert" [Robert Vermeire] · 1922 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.45 | $257.94 | ¥41,236)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, c1930. Cloth. A smart nineteenth printing of this renowned cocktail book from Belgian bartender Robert Vermeire, with the original dust wrapper. Nineteenth printing, completing 138,366 copies. First printed in 1922. Perhaps the most commerciall...

Summer Drinks and Winter Cordials

Mrs. C. F. Leyel; Hilda Leyel · 1925 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.02 | $462.96 | ¥74,013)

London, George Routledge and Sons, Ltd, [1925]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce volume of drink recipes for both summer and winter by Hilda Leyel, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition.A scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, desig...