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Adam the Gardener

Cyril Cowell & Morley Adams · 1947 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Not Stated, The Sunday Express by Lane Publications Ltd. 1947. Paperback. A scarce guide to gardening, illustrated with cartoons featuring the loveable character Adam the Gardener. This work describes the work of each week through the year, as well as suggestions for garden pl...

The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy

Hannah Glasse · 1755 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London, Mrs Ashburn's China-Shop, c1755. Disbound. A scarce edition of this important and immensely popular cookery book, signed by the author to prevent the publication of unauthorised reproductions. Circa 1755, this is likely the fifth edition of Hannah Glasse's im...

The Art of Sweetmaking

Beatrice Manders · 1901 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

London, The Secretarial Bureau, 1901. Cloth. An charming and uncommon guide to confectionary making, containing recipes for bonbons, chocolates, fondants and marzipan. Containing recipes including almond princess, brilliantine, berlingots, candies, caramels, pralines, gum drop...

The Epicure&Apos;S Almanac and Directory

Benson E. Hill · 1843 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, J. How, 1843. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this early Victorian almanac containing seasonal recipes and menus. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.An almanac containing a wide variety of recipes and seasonal menus for use throughou...

Recettes de Cuisine Pratique

G. Shefer; H. Francois · 1927 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Paris, Librairie Delagrave, 1927. Cloth. A beautiful French work discussing practical cuisine, illustrated with detailed in-text engravings throughout. In the original French.A fascinating French work on practical cookery, containing a wide variety of delicious recipes.Illustr...

Practical Dinners

[Victor Chevalley De Rivaz] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Horace Cox, 1887. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fascinating recipe collection that guides the readers in meals that are ideal for each season of the year. The first edition of this work.The recipes in this work appeared originally in the pages of &apo...

The Complete Confectioner

Hannah Glasse · 0 · Rooke Books

£2,350.00 (€2,816.85 | $3,104.68 | ¥495,777)

London, J Cooke, c1760. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition, early impression of this cookery work by the prolific author in this field, Hannah Glasse. A very scarce edition of this work. This was one of Glasse's later publications, following her great suc...

A Flora of Herefordshire

William Henry Purchas; Augustin Ley · 1889 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

Hereford, Jakeman and Carver, 1889. Cloth. A signed copy of William Henry Purchas and Augustin Ley's work on the flora in Herefordshire, illustrated with a folding map. Signed by the author to the verso to the front endpaper, 'With A. Ley's kind regards&apos. Th...

The Flower Grower&Apos;S Guide

John Wright · 1897 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)

London, H. Virtue and Company Ltd. 1897. Cloth. A lavishly illustrated six-volume late 19th-century guide to flower growing by British horticulturist John Wright, with colour plates and further illustrations. Six volumes in the publisher's original cloth.With forty-six fu...

Beeton&Apos;S Dictionary of Universal Information

Samuel Orchart Beeton · 1861 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

London, W. Kent and Co, 1861. Leather. Beeton's comprehensive and illustrated Victorian dictionary of general knowledge. Featuring a fold-out illustrated frontispiece. With numerous illustrations in the text. 'Comprising Geography, History, Biography, Mythology, Bibl...

Gardener&Apos;S Frenzy Being an Alphabet of the Garden

Minnie Pallister · 1933 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Methuen & Co Ltd. 1933. First edition. Cloth. This is a scarce copy of this gardening alphabet by Minnie Pallister. Scarce. First edition. Written by Minnie Pallister. A teacher and writer, she was a keen supporter of the Labour movement, and remained political active ...

Dans Les Jardins Et Dans Les Villes

Edmond Pilon · 1909 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Paris, E. Sansot et Cie, 1909. Leather. A handsomely-bound work on homes and gardens from Edmond Pilon. With the original wraps bound in. Bound by M. Marshall. In a morocco binding. Externally, smart, with just a few marks and fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pre...

Variae Ac Multiformes Florum Species Appressae Ad Vivum Et Aeneis Tabulis Incisae

N. Robert · 1975 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London , The Scholar Press, 1975. Cloth. A beautiful hand-coloured facsimile reproduction of Nicholas Robert's floral illustrations. Limited to 500 copies, of which this is hand-numbered 2. Signed by the artist, Yvonne Skargon. In a cloth covered binding. Externally, love...

The Gardeners&Apos; Chronicle for 1843; the Gardeners&Apos; Chronicle for 1847.

Various · 1843 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.52 | $1,453.25 | ¥232,066)

London, Published for the Proprietors, 1843-1847. Leather. Two handsome annual volumes of The Gardener's Chronicle. Consisting of each issue from the years 1843 and 1847, with January 28th to December 30th, and January 2nd to December 25th, offered respectively. The Garde...

Kitchen Front Recipes and New Dishes for Old

Ambrose Heath · 1942 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1942. First edition. Cloth. Two cooking volumes by the prominent food writer Ambrose Heath, both written at the height of the Second World War and rationing. The scarce reprint of Kitchen Front Recipes and the first edition of New Dishes for Old...

Ambrose Heath: Little Cooking Guides

Ambrose Heath · 1953 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Herbert Jenkins, 1953-1957. First edition. Cloth. Four little volumes in Ambrose Heath's Home Entertaining series, including first editions and many delicious recipes to try at home. Four little cooking guides written by prominent British food writer Ambrose Heath...

Chow" Secrets of Chinese Cooking with Selected Recipes

Dolly Liu · 1939 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Shanghai, Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed and inscribed first edition of this recipe book, introducing the secrets and techniques of Chinese cookery, richly illustrated and complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publi...

The Finer Cooking

X. M. Boulestin · 1937 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney, Cassell & Company Limited, 1937 . First edition. Cloth. First edition of this delightful cookery work on hosting successful dinner parties. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding with leather label to spine.Frontispiece ...

Mrs. Beeton&Apos;S Household Management: A Complete Cookery Book

Isabella Beeton · 1923 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. [1923]. Cloth. A highly illustrated new edition of this renowned guide to running a household in Victorian Britain from Isabella Beeton. A new edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, thirty-one colour plates, and numerous black-and-white ima...

Beeton&Apos;S Every-Day Cookery and Housekeeping Book: Comprising of over Fifteen Hundred Practical Receipts

Isabella Beeton · 1872 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Ward, Lock, and Tyler, [1872]. Cloth. A highly illustrated copy of this popular Victorian cookery book, with coloured plates. A n abundantly illustrated guide to cookery and housekeeping in the nineteenth century.In quarter blue cloth binding.Illustrated with two colou...