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The Book of Botany; Being a Popular Introduction to That Delightful Science

1841 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Robert Tyas, 1841. Leather. A smart leather bound copy of this pocket sized introduction to botany, illustrated with twelve beautiful colour plates. In full crushed morocco binding with gilt detailing. The third edition of this uncommon pocket sized botanical work, pu...

Flora Diaetetica: Or, History of Esculent Plants

Charles Bryant · 1783 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, B. White , 1783 . First edition. Leather. An excellent example of the first edition of Charles Bryant's detailed and informative study of edible plants. The scarce first edition of this work.A fascinating study of edible - or esculent - plants, both domestic and f...

Colour Schemes for the Flower Garden

Gertrude Jekyll · 1936 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Country Life, 1936 . Cloth. The eighth edition of Gertrude Jekyll's classic work on the usage of different colour schemes in the English flower garden. The eighth edition of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Gertrude Jekyll&a...

The Art of Beautifying Suburban Home Grounds of Small Extent

Frank J. Scott · 1881 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

New York, American Book Exchange, 1881 . Cloth. A smart copy of Frank J. Scott's beautifully illustrated guide to American suburban garden design in the latter half of the nineteenth century. A wonderful work of Americana. An attractive 1881 edition of Frank J. Scott&apos...

A Dictionary of Gastronomy

Andre L. Simon · 1949 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, The Wine and Food Society, [1949]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Andre Simon's extensive dictionary detailing gastronomical terms. The first edition of this work.In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.An extensive 'Dictionary of Gastronomy&ap...

Good Soups

Ambrose Heath · 1935 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Faber and Faber, 1935 . First edition. Hardback. An excellent example of the first edition of Ambrose Heath's guide to 'Good Soups&apos. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.The work of English jou...

English Pleasure Gardens

Rose Standish Nichols · 1902 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated work on the English Pleasure Garden. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, ten plans, sixty-five plates, and many in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed hist...

Lambeth Method of Cake Decoration and Practical Pastries

Joseph A. Lambeth · 1936 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, Virtue and Company Limited, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this striking work describing the Lambeth method of cake decoration, complete with colour plates. The first edition of this work.An in-depth study on the Lambeth method of cake decoration, a m...

The Forcing Garden or How to Grow Early Fruits, Flowers, and Vegetables

Samuel Wood · 1881 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Crosby Lockwood and Co. 1881. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this detailed guide to growing early fruits, vegetables, and flowers in your garden. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A detailed guide to gardening with plans and estimates showing the ...

Les Plaisirs de la Table

Edouard Nignon; Robert de Flers · 1926 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

Paris, Chez L'Auteur et Chez J. Meynial , 1926. First edition. Leather. A very smart copy of this delightful cookery book with delicious secrets from French chef, Edouard Nignon. In the original French language. French language. First edition. With the original paper wrap...

The Complete Book of Gardening

John Coutts · 1937 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited , 1937 . Cloth. A beautifully illustrated work on gardening by John Coutts, a previous curator of Kew Gardens. Revised, fourth impression of the work, in the publisher's original green cloth binding. First published in 1930. This work was ...

Days and Hours in a Garden

E. V. B [Eleanor Vere Boyle] · 1884 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Elliot Stock , 1884 . First edition. Vellum. The first edition of this work by artist Eleanor Vere Boyle on her time spent in her garden. The first edition of the work in book form. First published in 'The Gardener's Chronicle&apos. In the publisher's o...

Plant Life in Alpine Switzerland

E. A. Newell Arber · 1910 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, John Murray, 1910. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition account of the natural history of alpine plants in Switzerland. A first edition of this work, in original publisher's cloth binding. This works explores different plant life in Switzerland, incl...

Alpine Flowers and Gardens

G. Fleming · 1910 · Rooke Books

£67.00 (€80.31 | $88.52 | ¥14,135)

London, A. & C. Black, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated description of Alpine flowers and gardens. This is the first edition of the work on Alpine Flowers and Gardens, in original publisher's green cloth binding with floral motif to front. This decora...

Wild Flowers: Botanising in Britain

John Gilmour; Max Walters · 1954 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Collins, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition of this botanical study of Britain for the beginner. First edition. Illustrated with forty-five colour plates, twenty-seven black and white plates, and three line drawings. Collated complete. ...

An Old-World Recipe Book

Mrs. Willingham Rawnsley [Alice Julia Rawnsley] · 1908 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1908. Cloth. A scarce book of recipes from the author's grandmother. Scarce work. Dated from the British Library. A collection of old-world recipes from the author's grandmother's cookery notes. Includes instructions for a variet...

The Garden Bluebook: A Manual of the Perennial Garden

Leicester Bodine Holland · 1916 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, The Field & Queen Ltd, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this illustrated work on gardening, with fold-out plates. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout with two folding plates to the front, and many in-text photographs and diagrams. Co...

The Book of the Garden: Structural and Cultural

Charles M'Intosh · 1853 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1853-1855. First edition. Cloth. Two volumes on constructing and cultivating gardens in the mid-19th century, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this two volume set in the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated wit...

An Encyclopaedia of Gardening; Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape-Gardening

J. C. Loudon · 1826 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London , Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green , 1826. Leather. A fourth edition copy of this extensive encyclopaedia on gardening. A fourth edition copy. J. C. Loudon was a Scottish botanist, garden designer and author and was the first to use the term arboretum to refer to a...

Garden Architecture and Landscape Gardening

John Arthur Hughes · 1866 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1866. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Garden Architecture and Landscape Gardening, with illustrations. A first edition copy. Garden Architecture and Landscape Gardening illustrates the architectural embellishment of gardens, with...