Libri per ragazzi

Little Ragged Blossom & More About Snugglepot & Cuddlepie

May Gibbs · 1920 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Sydney, Angus & Robertson Ltd, [1920]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated children's book by the popular Australian children's author and illustrator May Gibbs. The first edition. Illustrated by the author with a colour frontispi...

Diggory Goes to Never-Never

Myfanwy Evans · 1937 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Collins , 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce children's book with colour illustrations by Margaret Tempest. The first edition. Printed purposefully upside down. In the publisher's original quarter cloth with the original picto...

Biggles Takes the Case

Captain W. E. Johns · 1952 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of Biggles adventures from Captain W. E. Johns. First edition, first impression. Illustrated throughout. The forty-first book in the Biggles series. A collection of sho...

Biggles Works It out

Captain W. E. Johns · 1951 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A bright and illustrated first edition, first impression of this exciting novel from the Biggles series. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, w...

A Sailing Boat in the Sky

Quentin Blake · 2002 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Jonathan Cape, 2002. First edition. Hardback. A pleasing first edition of Quentin Blake's children's picture book about poverty, child slavery, pollution, racism and war. A first edition copy of this work, published 2002.Walking along a beach one day, Isobel...

The Bear

Raymond Briggs · 1994 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London , Julia MacRae Books, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition of this brightly illustrated children's tale from Raymond Briggs, with vanishingly scarce original dust wrapper. First edition, first impression. With vanishingly scarce original clipped du...

Feats on the Fiord

Harriet Martineau · 1953 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1953. Cloth. A bright copy of this children's tale of Norway, illustrated by Arthur Rackham. In the scarce original price-clipped dust wrapper. With the vanishingly scarce original price-clipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a colour fronti...

Untold Tales of the Past

Beatrice Harraden · 1897 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1897 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of charming stories retold for children by author and suffragette Beatrice Harraden. The first edition of this work.Beatrice Harraden was a British author and a ...

Moominsummer Madness

Tove Jansson; Thomas Warburton [trans.] · 1955 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.99 | $1,981.71 | ¥316,453)

London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of Tove Jansson's fifth Moomin novel, in the very scarce original dust wrapper. Translated from the original Swedish by Thomas Warburton.The first UK edition, first impression, in the ve...

Gulliver&Apos;S Travels

Jonathan Swift · 1918 · Rooke Books

£148.00 (€177.40 | $195.53 | ¥31,223)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, [1918]. Cloth. Jonathan Swift's popular tale about a land of tiny people, illustrated by the celebrated Arthur Rackham and in the very scarce dust wrapper. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth with the original, vanishingly scarc...

Feats on the Fjords

Harriet Martineau · 1910 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London , J.M. Dent & Sons Limited. c1910. Cloth. An early edition of Harriet Martineau's captivating children's tale, with eight colour plates by renowned book illustrator Arthur Rackham. An early edition of this captivating children's tale, published circa 1910...

Little Folks Magazine

Various; Charles Stuart Pratt [ed.]; Ella Farman Pratt [ed.] · 1885 · Rooke Books

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

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1885-1908. First edition. Cloth. Nine profusely illustrated volumes from the Little Folks magazine, containing issues from 1885 to 1908. Ten volumes in the publisher's original pictorial cloth bindings. All edges gilt.Ink inscription ...

Storyland: An Illustrated Volume for Young Folks from St. Nicholas. Series H, No. 1 & 2, and Series I, No. 1

Various · 1913 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1913-1915. First edition. Cloth. A charming set of volumes from the Storyland series, with illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Three volumes in the publisher's original pictorial cloth bindings. Bookplate of Sydney John Robinson to the front p...

The Greek Heroes: Stories Translated from Niebuhr

Barthold Georg Niebuhr · 1903 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Cassell & Company, 1903 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this collection of stories of the heroes of Ancient Greece, illustrated with colour plates by Arthur Rackham. The very scarce first edition of this work.An anthology of stories tran...

Old Rhymes and New Stories with Pictures That Spring Up in Model Form

S. Louis Giraud [editor and producer] · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Strand Publications, c1930. Hardback. A smart copy of this charming pop-up book for children full of nursery rhymes and stories. Illustrated with many black-and-white figures in-text, with three full colour pop-up pages. Collated complete. A charming collection of nurs...

The Children and the Pictures

Pamela Tennant · 1907 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, William Heinemann, 1907. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brightly illustrated book for children. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and twenty plates, many of which are in colour. Collated complete. A charming children's book in ...

Maidlin Bears the Torch

Elsie Jeanette Oxenham · 1937 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, The Girl's Own Paper Office [R.T.S], 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming children's novel by E. J. Oxenham, one of the latest titles in the original run of her Abbey series. The first edition of this novel.This work is one of only t...

The Troubles of Tazy

Elsie Jeanette Oxenham · 1926 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, W. & R. Chambers, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this charming novel by Elsie J. Oxenham, the fourth work in her 'Swiss Set' series. The very scarce first edition of this novel.Illustrated with a frontispiece and three fu...

The Cat in the Hat, Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!, I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today!

Dr. Seuss · 1970 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Collins, 1970-76. First edition. Hardback. A nice set of three of the comical works of Dr. Seuss, a colourfully illustrated set which includes one of his most famous works. Three of the popular entertaining works of Dr. Seuss, including a later edition of his best know...

One Family: A Dream of Real Things

Owen Rutter; Walter Creighton · 1930 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Elkin Mathews & Marrot Ltd. 1930. First edition. Cloth. A scarce children's book adapted by Owen Rutter, from the 1930 film of the same name, directed by Walter Creighton. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with a colour...