Libri per ragazzi

The Lion City of Africa: A Story of Adventure

Willis Boyd Allen · 1892 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, S. W. Partridge & Co, 1892 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Willis Boyd Allen's charming children's adventure novel, illustrated throughout. The first UK edition, published two years after the US true first edition.Illustrated with a frontispie...

The Rupert Companion: A History of Rupert Bear

Ian Robinson · 2010 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Egmont, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, first impression of this history of Rupert Bear. First edition, first impression. Illustrated throughout, with many images in colour. A delightful history of the beloved British children's comic strip...

Rupert&Apos;S Fun & Puzzle Book and the Rupert Annuals for the Years 1995 to 2007

Mary Tourtel; Alfred Bestall · 1983 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Optimum Books; Pedigree Books Limited; Express Newspapers, 1983-2006. First edition. Hardback. A collection of smart first edition Rupert Bear books filled with stories and illustrations, two of which are signed by the illustrator. Ten volumes. First edition. Both The ...

Rupert Story Book

Mary Tourtel; Alfred Bestall · 1935 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Paulton (Somerset) and London, Purnell and Sons, Ltd. c1960. Hardback. A charming collection of stories following the beloved children's character Rupert Bear. Brightly illustrated in colour throughout with four plates. Collated complete. A collection of stories about Rup...

The Kingdom of Why Being the Strange Story of Lucile&Apos;S Adventures with the Sapient Sage, the Foolish Idea, the Striped Jester, and Other Folk, Creatures, Kings, Beasts, Bogies, Wizards and Witches Who Dwell in That Wonderful Land.

Stuart Stone · 1913 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1913. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce children's fiction book about a magical land, with beautiful illustrations by Peter Newell. The first edition. A very scarce work. Illustrated by children's i...

The Rupert Book

The Daily Express · 1948 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Daily Express, 1948. First edition. Paperback. A smart copy of this Rupert book with a delightful array of illustrated short stories. An unclipped Rupert Daily Express Annual.In the publisher's original illustrated wraps.Illustrated throughout, this work features ...

Forgotten Children&Apos;S Books

Andrew W. Tuer [ed] · 1898 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London , TheLeadenhall Prefs, Ltd, 1898-9. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fascinating exploration of forgotten children's books, profusely illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.With a plethora of charming illustrations throughout.In the p...

Palestine for the Young

Reverend Andrew A. Bonar · 1866 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1866. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated work on Palestine, written for young Christian children. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a folding map to the front of the text, and many in-...

Rupert Annuals from 1957-8

Alfred Bestall · 1957 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, The Daily Express, 1957-58. First edition. Hardback. Two Rupert Bear annuals from the years 1957 and 1958, with Alfred Bestall's original illustrations. The first edition. Illustrated with numerous full colour comic strip illustrations by Alfred Bestall. Two vol...

The Black Opal: A Romance of Thrilling Adventure

Fenton Ash [Francis Henry Atkins] · 1928 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, J. F. Shaw, 1928 . Cloth. A smart copy of this very scarce children's adventure novel, set in the Sargasso sea. First published in 1914, this work is very scarce in all editions.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and four further colour plates. Collated, comp...

The Child&Apos;S Companion and Juvenile Instructor

Various · 1889 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1889. First edition. Cloth. The first of this edition of the Child's Companion from the Religious Tract Society, full of stories and illustrations for young readers. First edition for 1889. Very scarce edition. Illustrated with a colou...

The Mountain of Mystery: A Tale of the Arabian Desert

Kenlis Langley [Lieutenant-Colonel Kenlis Langley Stevenson] · 1929 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. A publisher's file copy of the first edition of Kenlis Langley's vanishingly scarce children's science fiction novel, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this very scarce...

Cloudland and Shadowland

J. Thackray Bunce · 1877 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, William Tegg and Co, 1877 . Cloth. The second edition of John Thackray Bunce's charming and scarce collection of fantastical children's tales. The second edition of this scarce work, which was first published in 1868.Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven ...

Grimm&Apos;S Fairy Tales

The Brothers Grimm; John Ruskin [Intro.] · 1911 · Rooke Books

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

London, A. & C. Black , 1911 . Cloth. A scarce edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales, with an introduction by John Ruskin and colour illustrations by Charles Folkard. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial cloth. With an introduction by John Ruskin. Illustrated with ei...

Peter Trawl: The Adventures of a Whaler

W. H. G. Kingston · 1910 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Henry Frowde, 1910. Cloth. A bright copy of this thrilling tale of Peter's adventures at sea, with colour illustrations by James Durden. An illustrated edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, with a colour plate inset to the ...

Where the Rainbow Ends

Clifford Mills · 1924 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1924 . Cloth. A beautifully illustrated edition of Clifford Mills's fantastical children's work, in the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Based upon the 1911 play of the same name, the work was first published in prose form in...

The Monster Rupert: A Story and Picture Book with 200 Cut-Outs in Colour

Mary Tourtel · 1953 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Sampson Low, Marston and Co, 1953 . Cloth. A charming collection of four Rupert Bear tales, accompanied by 120 coloured figures intended for cutting out and playing with. First published in 1950, this is the 1953 second printing of this charming work.Lofts and Adley, &...

The New Rupert Book

Alfred Bestall · 1938 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Daily Express Publication, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the third ever Rupert Bear annual, following the beloved anthropomorphic bear and his friends. The third Rupert Bear annual, containing a selection of the classic and charming comic strips.Rup...

The Cat in the Hat French and English Dictionaries

Dr. Seuss; Odette Filloux; P. D. Eastman · 1964 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Collins & Harville; Collins, 1964-86 . First edition. Hardback. Two vibrant Dr Seuss 'Cat in the Hat' dictionaries in French and English . The first UK edition for the 'Dictionary', with the 'Dictionary in French' being a later UK edition,...

Pages and Pictures from Forgotten Children&Apos;S Books

Andrew W. Tuer [ed] · 1898 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, The Leadenhall Press Ltd, 1898-9. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of children's illustrations and stories from various forgotten children's books, compiled and shared by Andrew W. Tuer. The first edition. Illustrated profusely thro...