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The Family Friend, and Young Woman&Apos;S Companion; or Housekeeper&Apos;S Instructor: Containing a Very Complete Collection of Original and Approved Receipts in Every Branch of Cookery, Confectionery, &C

Priscilla Haslehurst · 1814 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.59 | $2,378.05 | ¥379,744)

London, C and W Thompson, 1814. Leather. A beautifully bound copy of this very scarce household compendium. With numerous useful nineteenth century recipes in a variety of branches of cookery. A second edition copy of this work. The British Library and Oxford University hold c...

The Orchardist: Or, a System of Close Pruning and Medication, for Establishing the Science of Orcharding, As Patronized by the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture, and Commerce

Thomas Skip Dyot Bucknall · 1805 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.54 | $455.79 | ¥72,784)

London, William Bulmer and Co, 1805. Leather. A smartly rebound copy of the scarce second edition of Thomas Bucknall's work on orchids. A scarce work. The second edition of this work. This work is a guide to the pruning and medication of orchids, a diverse family of colou...

The Acacia Tree, Robinia Pseudo Acacia: Its Growth, Qualities, and Uses, with Observations on Planting, Manuring, and Pruning More Facts Relative to the Culture, Qualities, and Uses of the Acacia, Being a Supplement to Mr. Withers&Apos;S Work on That Valuable Tree

William Withers · 1842 · Rooke Books

£255.00 (€305.66 | $336.89 | ¥53,797)

London; Ipswich, Longman, Orme, Rees, Brown, and Longmans; James Shalders, 1842-3. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of these two works by William Withers on the Acacia tree, an influential work that encouraged the timber trade in England. Two volumes in one. The first e...

The Present-Day Rock Garden Being a Complementary Volume to Farrer&Apos;S &Apos;English Rock-Garden&Apos;

Sampson Clay · 1937 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, T. C. & E. C. Jack, LTD. 1937. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated work on the best plants to be used in rock gardens, written by Sampson Clay. The first edition of this work. This work looks at the many plants that can be used within the landscaping of a rock...

Perpetual Carnations a Complete Manual, with All Details of Cultivation

Laurence J. Cook · 1912 · Rooke Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London, Cassell and Company Ltd, 1912. Leather. A charming illustrated volume about carnations, offering advice on the growing of carnations in England. This book is a helpful guide to growing carnations in England, at a time where a lot of available texts on growing carnation...

Hand-List of Herbaceous Plants (Excluding Rock Garden Plants and Hardy Monocotyledons) Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Gardens. (Third Edition)

Unamed · 1925 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1925. Paperback. A informative volume, ideal for a plant enthusiast, documenting the herbaceous plants found at the famous Kew Gardens in London. Third edition. A very scarce work. A charming volume documenting the variety of species grown at Kew...

Flora Europaea Check-List and Chromosome Index

D. M. Moore · 1982 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A first edition volume exploring the biology of plant life throughout Europe. Held in the original clipped dustwrapper, this is a lovely example of this useful botanical work. First Edition. A fascinating insig...

On Drink

Kingsley Amis · 1973 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. First edition. Hardback. A witty, informative, handbook for the amateur and professional drinker. The work looks into alcoholic literature and provides drink recipes. The first U.S edition of this work. With a publisher's note no...

The Subtle Alchemist a Book of Wine

George Rainbird · 1973 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Michael Joseph, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A guide to wine by George Rainbird and illustrated by Ronald Searle. The first edition of this work. With the bookplate of Hugo Dunn-Meynell to the front pastedown. Meynell was responsible for rejuvenating the International F...

An Introduction to Landscape Design and Garden Architecture

J. Cheal and Sons [Joseph Cheal] · 0 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

Crawley, Sussex, J. Cheal and Sons, c1900. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce booklet offering landscaping tips by a successful Edwardian designer influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement. An Introduction to Landscape Design and Garden Architecture, a very scarce bookle...

The Book of Ices: Including Cream and Water Ices, Sorbets, Mousses, Iced Souffles, and Various Iced Dishes

Agnes B. Marshall · 1900 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Robert Hayes, [1900]. Cloth. An early revised edition of a scarce cookery book on ice dishes, the first to be written by Victorian celebrity chef Agnes Marshall. The Book of Ices: Including Cream and Water Ices, Sorbets, Mousses, Iced Souffles, and Various Iced Dishes,...

Le Rãƒâ©Pertoire de la Cuisine

Louis Saulnier [trans. by Edouard Brunet] · 1950 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, L. Saulnier, 1950. Cloth. A scarce and early English translation of an easy cookery book inspired by Escoffier's Le Guide Culinaire classic, including new recipes from Saulnier. A scarce and early English translation of Le Répertoire de la Cuisine, (The Kitchen D...

Economical Cookery for the Middle Classes

[A Lady] Mrs. Kate Addison · 1879 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1879. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of an economical cookery book that introduces foreign recipes and advocates for the proper use of tinned foods. The very scarce first edition of Economical Cookery for the Middle Classes, p...

Plant Physiology

Meirion Thomas · 1956 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, J. & A. Churchill Ltd. 1956. Cloth. A smart, informative title, illustrated throughout, and in very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. A smart copy of this detailed scientific title, first published in 1935.This copy features the very scarce original unclipped dus...

A Catalogue of the Fruits Cultivated in the Garden of the Horticultural Society of London

Horticultural Society of London · 1842 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.46 | ¥84,388)

London, Horticultural Society of London, W Nicol, Longman and Co et al. 1842. Leather. A catalogue of fruit trees in the Horticultural Society Garden, London. This is the third edition of this work. The catalogue was mostly by Mr Richard Thompson, an English pomologist. Thomps...

Systematic List of the Trees, Shrubs and Woody-Climbers of the Bombay Presidency

William Alexander Talbot · 1894 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Government Central Press, 1894. Leather. An extremely scarce first edition of this comprehensive compendium of Bombay plants, in a presentation binding inscribed by the author Inscription to front free-endpaper reads: 'To J. B. D. Adams Esq from W. A. Talbot&apos....

O More Than Happy Countryman

H E Bates · 1943 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London , Country Life, 1943. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of H E Bates' O More Than Happy Countryman. With 10 plates. An English writer who mainly authored novels, H E Bates also compiled many non-fiction essays focusing on the outdoors and countryside. In a clot...

Days and Hours in a Garden

Eleanor Vere Boyle · 1884 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)

London , Elliot Stock, 1884. Cloth. An uncommmon copy of Days and Hours in a Garden by Eleanor Vere Boyle. Fifty large paper copies of Days and Hours in a Garden have been printed on handmade paper, with wide margin and uncut edges, for presentation, price One Guinea each. Sti...

C1950 Advanced Piping and Cake Designs

Nirvana · 1950 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Maclaren & Sons Ltd. c1950. Cloth. A good copy of this illustrated work on commercial cake decorating and piping techniques in the vanishingly scarce unclipped dust wrapper.  The follow-up to Nirvana's previously published Commercial Cake Decoration in the publish...

La Bonne Cuisine

E. Saint-Ange [Marie Èbrard] · 1929 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Paris, Larousse, 1929. Cloth. A scarce early edition of a charming French cookery book that has undergone numerous editions and influenced famous chefs such as Julia Child. A scarce and early edition of La Bonne Cuisine, written by French cookery writer Marie Èbrard under the ...