Libri per ragazzi

Bookano Stories

S. Louis Giraud · 1920 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Strand Publications; Bookano Books, c1942. Hardback. A scarce number of Bookano stories, an entertaining volume, complete with five colourful pop-ups. A scarce number of 'Bookano Stories', this being Number 9. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, five str...

The Magician&Apos;S Animals

Milank Ferko · 1965 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Golden Pleasure Books, 1965 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition thus of this charming children's work, illustrated by Ludek Manasek with folding colour plates. An English language edition of Milan Ferko's Slovak work.With ten short tales about animal...

Pinto&Apos;S Panto or Round-About Tales

S. Louis Giraud [ed.] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Fleetgate Publications, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this charmingly illustrated collection of children's tales and poems. The first edition of this very scarce work, edited by S. Louis Giraud, editor of children's newspaper t...

Six Famous Five Novels

Enid Blyton · 1949 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London; Leicester, Hodder and Stoughton; Brockhampton Press, 1949-72. First edition. Cloth. A collection of adventure packed 'Famous Five' novels by Enid Blyton, with one being a first edition and all in the original dust wrappers. The first edition, first impression...

Schoolgirls Album 1947

Various · 1947 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Gerald G. Swan Ltd, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the Schoolgirls Album for the year 1947. First edition for this year. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout. A collection of stories and articles for young girls, including: The Queen of St. Brenda&...

The Water-Babies Told to the Children

Charles Kingsley; Amy Steedman; Louey Chisholm [editor] · 0 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, T. C. & E. C Jack Ltd, c1905. Cloth. A smart retelling of Charles Kingsley's The Water-Babies, with illustrations throughout. Told to the Children Series. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and seven colour plates. Collated complete. A retelling of The Water-B...

Peter Churchmouse

Margot Austin · 1943 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons LTD, 1943. First edition. Cloth. Margot Austin's first tale set in the church of Parson Pease-Porridge, the first edition of this illustrated work. The first U. K. edition of this work.The first of Margot Austin's tales set in the church of ...

Wise Sayings for Wee Folks

Bessie Hitch · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London; New York, Ernest Nister; E. P. Dutton & Co, c1902. First edition. Cloth. Bessie Hitch's charming collection of proverbs for children, a colourfully illustrated first edition copy of this very scarce work. The first edition of this very scarce work.A charming antho...

Die Schule IM Walde

Adolf Holst · 1931 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Oldenburg, Verlag Gerhard Stalling, 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this German tale for children by Adolf Holst, colourfully illustrated by Else Wenz-Vietor. The first edition of this work.In the original German.A charming children's tale in verse by Ado...

Bunnyborough

Cecil Aldin · 1946 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition thus of Cecil Aldin's charming children's picture book about anthropomorphic rabbits. A first edition thus, being Eyre & Spottiswoode's reissue of a work initially published by Humphrey Mi...

Little Grey Rabbit&Apos;S Second Painting Book; Little Grey Rabbit&Apos;S Third Painting Book

Alison Uttley · 1955 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Collins, 1955 . First edition. Paperback. Two scarce first edition children's colouring books by children's author Alison Uttley, featuring her beloved character, the 'Little Grey Rabbit&apos. Present here are two first edition children's painting b...

The New Rupert Book

Alfred Bestall · 1946 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)

London, The Daily Express, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the charming 1946 Rupert Bear annual, following the adventures of the beloved anthropomorphic bear and his friends. The eleventh Rupert Bear annual, containing a selection of the classic and charming ...

A New Rupert Book

Alfred Bestall · 1945 · Rooke Books

£128.00 (€153.43 | $169.11 | ¥27,004)

London, Daily Express, 1945 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of the charming 1945 Rupert Bear annual, following the adventures of the beloved anthropomorphic bear and his friends. The tenth Rupert Bear annual, containing a selection of the classic and charming com...

The Rupert Book: The Daily Express Annual

Alfred Bestall · 1948 · Rooke Books

£89.00 (€106.68 | $117.58 | ¥18,776)

London, The Daily Express, 1948 . First edition. Paperback. A lovely copy of the 1948 Rupert Bear annual, following the beloved anthropomorphic bear and his friends, and illustrated in colour. The first edition of the 1948 Rupert Bear annual, containing a selection of the clas...

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1906 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1906. Cloth. A smart illustrated edition of Frances Hodgson Burnett's popular tale of Little Lord Fauntleroy. Illustrated with a frontispiece, thirteen plates, and many in-text images. Collated complete. Young Cedric Errol lives with his mo...

Hans IM Gluck Ein Marchen Der Bruder Grimm

Brothers Grimm; Herbert Leupin · 1944 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Zurich, Globi-Verlag, 1944. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated story originally recorded by the Brothers Grimm, in the original German. German. First thus. Illustrated with six full page colour images and one double page colour image. Coll...

The Hole Book

Peter Newell · 1908 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. A brightly illustrated, first edition copy of this charming children's book in which you must "follow the hole", written and illustrated by Peter Newell. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original cl...

Tootleoo Two

Bernard Darwin · 1927 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1927 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of the second of Bernard Darwin's Mr. Tootleoo children's work, illustrated with colour plates by Elinor Darwin, the author's wife. The first edition, first impression of this charming...

Sleeping Beauty

The Brothers Grimm; Erica von Baravalle · 1929 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Stuttgart, Waldorfschul-Spielzeug & Verlag, 1929. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated moveable part edition of this beloved fairy tale, with beautiful plates by Hilde Langen. A very scarce and unique edition of the beloved fairy tale 'Sleeping Beauty', with entertaining...

When We Were Very Young

A. A. Milne · 1927 · Rooke Books

£215.00 (€257.71 | $284.05 | ¥45,358)

London, Methuen & Co, 1927 . Leather. The scarce and sough after monogram edition of A. A. Milne's 'When We Were Very Young&apos. A beautiful edition of a much loved work. In the original tan calf deluxe edition binding. The author's initials are monogrammed to ...