Cucina e giardinaggio

A Book of Scents and Dishes

Dorothy Allhusen · 1927 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.83 | $86.22 | ¥13,777)

London, Williams and Norgate Ltd , 1927. Cloth. A charming illustrated cookery book comprising unique British and French-inspired recipes. The second edition. In the original quarter cloth binding.Offering a collection of various British and French-inspired recipes, including...

Your Foods and You or the Role of Diet

Ida Bailey Allen · 1926 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.88 | $59.69 | ¥9,538)

New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition, offering early 20th-century practical dietary advice, alongside charming illustrations, with guidance on nutrition, emotion, and wellness. In the publisher's original green clot...

The Art of Spinning and Casting Sugar

Alphonse Landry · 1872 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.58 | $212.23 | ¥33,913)

London, E. W. Janson and the Author, 1872 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout, this is the very scarce first edition of Alphonse Landry's detailed guide to decorative sugar work. A vanishingly scarce first edition.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and ei...

The Queen Cookery Books: No. 5 Meats and Game

S. Beaty-Pownall · 1902 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.88 | $59.69 | ¥9,538)

London, Horace Cox, 1902. Cloth. An early edition of this very scarce "Queen" Cookery Book, compiled by S. Beaty-Pownall. The second edition of this very scarce volume from the "Queen" Cookery Books series.In the publisher's original cloth boards. Comprising instruction ...

Cognac & Cognac: The Treowe Knaulage

Cyril Ray; Jean-Marc Soyez; D. Gallagher [translator] · 1973 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.84 | $79.59 | ¥12,717)

London, Peter Davies; Bureau National Interproffesionnel du Cognac, 1973. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition volumes of these illustrated works on the history of Cognac. Two volumes. First edition. This set includes: Cognac, 1973. Illustrated with eight plates and n...

Les Huãƒâ®Tres Les Moules Les Coquillages

1957 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.82 | $92.85 | ¥14,837)

Marennes , Imprimerie Typographie, 1957. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce French illustrated pamphlet on oysters, mussels, and shellfish. The first edition.A very scarce work.In the original French.A concise pamphlet discussing oysters, mussels, ...

A Book of Wine

P. Morton Shand · 1926 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.09 | $464.25 | ¥74,185)

London, Guy Chapman, 1926. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce guidebook to wines of the world by Philip Morton Shand. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.An exploration of wine by Philip Morton Shand, discussing the differences...

Cook with Ease: The Complete Cookery Book

Olive L. Humphries · 1935 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.82 | $92.85 | ¥14,837)

Birmingham, Cornish Brothers Limited , 1935. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this scarce interwar cookery book by Olive L. Humphries. The first edition of this scarce cookery book.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. Undated, dated from an i...

Surprises for Breakfast and Tea: Being a Collection of Simple Receipts for Those Who Care to Eat Well

Ann Gurney · 1936 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.82 | $92.85 | ¥14,837)

London, The Medici Society, Ltd. 1936. Paperback. A second impression of this very scarce collection of recipes for breakfast and tea from Anne Gurney. Second impression, printed December 1936. Originally published August 1936. With a frontispiece and numerous in-text illustra...

Camp Cookery

Horace Kephart · 1910 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.62 | $192.33 | ¥30,734)

New York, Outing Publishing Company, 1910. Cloth. A smart second edition of this illustrated camp cookery book from American travel writer Horace Kephart. Second edition. Illustrated throughout. A detailed and practical guide to cooking while camping, with commentary on the ut...

Home Catering and Cookery

Marjorie Bruce-Milne [editor] · 1959 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.81 | $99.48 | ¥15,897)

London, The Caxton Publishing Company, 1959. Cloth. A brightly illustrated later printing of this detailed home catering and cookery book. Later printing, November 1959. Originally published March 1956. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, nineteen colour plates, and forty-...

Mrs Beeton&Apos;S Household Management

Mrs. Beeton [Isabella Beeton] · 1861 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.77 | $119.38 | ¥19,076)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited , c1950 . Cloth. A wonderfully bright, new edition of Mrs. Beeton's book of household management, complete with sixteen colour plates and many other illustrations. A new edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth. Dated using Jisc, from ...

L&Apos;Olivier Et L&Apos;Huile Dans L&Apos;Afrique Romaine

Henriette Camps-Fabrer · 1953 · Rooke Books

£690.00 (€826.21 | $915.23 | ¥146,250)

Alger, Imprimerie Officielle, 1953. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce treatise exploring the historical importance and manufacture of olive oil in Roman Africa, the first edition of this work, from the library of Elizabeth David. The first edition of this very scarce wor...

Gastronomie Pratique Etudes Culinaires Suivies Du Traitement de L&Apos;Obesite Des Gourmands

Ali-Bab · 1950 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.49 | $258.65 | ¥41,332)

Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1950. Cloth. A smart eighth edition of this study of practical gastronomy from French food writer Ali-Bab, in the original French. French. Eighth edition. A detailed and comprehensive study into practical gastronomy, providing information on the funda...

Flora of Herefordshire

William Henry Purchas; Augustin Ley · 1889 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.64 | $185.70 | ¥29,674)

Hereford, Jakeman and Carver, [1889]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this comprehensive illustrated work on the flora of Herefordshire. The first edition. The introduction of this work was first published in 1967 under the title 'A Flora of Herefordshire: Part...

The Hare

H. A. Macpherson; Gerald Lascelles; Charles Richardson; J. S. Gibbons; G. H. Longman; Col. Kenney Herbert · 1912 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.86 | $72.95 | ¥11,658)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1912. Cloth. The third impression of this comprehensive guide to hunting and cooking hares, with illustrations throughout by Horburn, Whymper and Giles, and a letter from A. B. Simpson, the owner of a shooting enterprise. The third impression.Â...

Hardy Bulbs for Amateurs

Joseph Jacob · 1924 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.79 | $106.11 | ¥16,957)

London, Country Life, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce instructional handbook on growing bulbs for beginners by Joseph Jacob, in the original vanishingly scarce dust wrapper and signed by the publisher. The first edition.Inscribed by the publis...

Bien Manger Pour Bien Vivre

Edouard de Pomiane; Henri Babinski · 1926 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.81 | $99.48 | ¥15,897)

Paris, Albin Michel, 1926. Paperback. An interesting French essay on gastronomy and how to eat well to live a good life, by the gastronome Edouard de Pomiane. The sixth thousandth of this work, in the original French.A theoretical essay on gastronomy by the French activist for...

More Good Food

Ambrose Heath · 1933 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€472.98 | $523.94 | ¥83,723)

London, Faber and Faber, 1933 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this delightful 1933 cookery work from Ambrose Heath. The first edition, first impression of this work.A follow-up to Heath's popular 1932 work 'Good Food&apos.The work of English journalist a...

Good Potato Dishes

Ambrose Heath · 1935 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.39 | $311.71 | ¥49,810)

London, Faber and Faber, 1935 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Ambrose Heath's wonderful guide to cooking with the potato. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.The work of English journalist and ...