Libri per ragazzi

In Fairyland. A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World

Richard Doyle; W Allingham · 1870 · Rooke Books

£1,700.00 (€2,037.72 | $2,245.94 | ¥358,647)

London, Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1870. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this charmingly illustrated, famous work by Richard Doyle. 'In Fairyland' comprises of sixteen coloured plates depicting fairy scenes by prolific Victorian illustrato...

Our Old Nursery Rhymes

Alfred Moffat · 1911 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Augener Ltd, 1911. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the colourfully illustrated collection of nursery rhymes for children, composed by Alfred Moffat, and illustrated by Henriette Willebeck le Mair. The first edition of this work. A collection of classic nurse...

Retrospection: A Tale

Ann Taylo · 1823 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Taylor and Hessey, 1823. Leather. The third edition of this moral tale for children, written by Ann Taylor, illustrated with a frontispiece. The third edition of this work. 'Retrospection' is a children's work, written with the intended to guide them in ...

Don Quichotte de a Manche. Edition Reduite Et Mise a la Portee de la Jeunesse.

Miguel de Cervantes; Paul Lefevre-Geraldy (ed.) · 1936 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,303)

Paris, Delagrave, 1936. Cloth. A very scarce abridged children's edition of Cervantes' renowned novel 'Don Quixote', edited by Paul Lefevre-Geraldy and copiously illustrated throughout by Rene Giffey This work is in the original French. With sixteen charmin...

Trotty Veck and His Daughter Meg and Other Stories

Mary Angela Dickens · 0 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd, c1920. Cloth. An illustrated collection of three works by Charles Dickens, adapted for children by his granddaughter Mary Angela Dickens. This work includes 'Trotty Veck and His Daughter Meg', 'Oliver Twist', and 'Pip&...

Lafcadio the Lion Who Shot Back

Shel Silverstein · 1963 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

USA, Harper Collins, 1963. Cloth. A wonderful copy of Shel Silverstein's 'Lafcadio', the bittersweet tale of the a lion turned hunter. Undated, circa date taken from the copyright date. Born in 1930, Shel Silverstein was a cartoonist, song writer and children&ap...

The Eye of the Earth

Lennox Kerr · 1936 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, c1955. Cloth. An adventure novel by Scottish children's author, Lennox Kerr. With original, unclipped dustwrapper. This copy is undated and from the 'Triumph Series' by Nelson. Copy on copac dated [1936] is from the 'New Era ...

Ameliaranne at the Circus

Margaret Gilmour · 1931 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, George G Harrap, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A charming children's work, following a little girl and her friendship with an elephant. In a fair condition due to binding, though relatively bright internally. An uncommon work, with charming illustrations by popular ...

The Bad Family

Eliza Fenwick · 1900 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London, Grant Richards, 1900. Cloth. A pocket sized edition of this children's book. From the 'Dumpy Books For Children' series. Written by Eliza Fenwick, an English children's author. With illustrated endpapers. In publisher's cloth binding. Externall...

The Grateful Sparrow and Other Tales

Angela Thirkell · 1935 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A collection of children's tales translated from German into English. Charmingly illustrated by Ludwig Richter This collection has been translated by Angela Thirkell, an English/Australian novelist. The stories are a se...

The Hunting of the Snark

Lewis Carroll · 1897 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1897 . Cloth. A charmingly illustrated and beautifully bound example of Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem, with plates from Henry Holiday. First published in 1876, this is a later 1897 printing of this work. 'The Hunting of the Snark', subt...

Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor

Mervyn Peake · 1967 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1967 . Cloth. The first American edition of Peake"s first book, an eccentric pirate fantasy, profusely illustrated by the author in its striking revised two-colour format. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth boards.  Complete with...

Fungus the Bogeyman

Raymond Briggs · 1977 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1977 . First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition copy of this fantastically illustrated graphic novel about a bogeyman, by acclaimed cartoonist Raymond Briggs. The first edition.  In the publisher's original pictorial hardback binding.  Ill...

The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse

Beatrix Potter · 1910 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1910 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Beatrix Potter's delightful story about housekeeping and the blight of insect invaders, illustrated throughout by Potter herself. The first edition of this charming tale from Beatrix Pott...

The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse

Beatrix Potter · 1910 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1910. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Beatrix Potter's delightful story about housekeeping and the blight of insect invaders, illustrated throughout by Potter herself. The first edition of this charming tale from Beatrix Potte...

The Dog Who Wasn&Apos;T What He Thought He Was

Walter Emanuel · 1914 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd, 1914. Cloth. A charming children's work written from the point of view of the diary extracts of Gibus the dog, with Cecil Aldin's colour plates. Illustrated by British artist Cecil Aldin in his signature style. Aldin is best known f...

Down in the Cellar

Nicholas Stuart Gray · 1961 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)

London, Dennis Dobson, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this mysterious children's novel from Nicholas Stuart Gray, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. The scarce first edition of this work. With the publisher's original dust wrapper, clipped to th...

Harry Potter Hogwarts House Editions: Slytherin

J.K. Rowling · 2017 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Bloomsbury, 2017-2021. Paperback. A very attractive Hogwarts House edition of Harry Potter, the complete set in the original slipcase, celebrating the glory of Slytherin. The attractive Slytherin House edition of Harry Potter, complete in seven volumes. The Hogwarts Ho...

Five Are Together Again

Enid Blyton · 1963 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1963. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the final novel within the bestselling Famous Five series, also among the final children's novels written by Blyton. The first edition of Five are Together Again, the twenty-first and final nov...

Five on Finneston Farm

Enid Blyton · 1960 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a Famous Five adventure involving hidden treasure in the cells and chapel of a spooky castle. The first edition of Five on Finniston Farm, the eighteenth novel in Enid Blyton's Famous Five seri...