Libri per ragazzi

The a&Apos;S. And the K&Apos;S.

B. Parker · 1915 · Rooke Books

£480.00 (€575.36 | $634.15 | ¥101,265)

London, W. & R. Chambers Limited, 1915. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of sisters Bessie and Nancy Parker's charming tale of kittens and puppies, a colourfully illustrated work. The first edition of this work.An entertaining volume of juvenile poetry by Bessie...

Children&Apos;S Stories from Dickens, Re-Told by His Grand-Daughter and Others

Mary Angela Dickens; Edric Vredenburg [editor] · 1897 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Raphael Tuck & Sons , 1897. Hardback. A charmingly illustrated copy of this collection of stories for children, produced by Charles Dicken's granddaughter, Mary Angela Dickens. Published as part of Father Tuck's "Golden Gift" series (Book 2)In the original il...

The Pie and the Patty-Pan

Beatrix Potter · 1905 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Frederick Warne & Co, c1915 . Hardback. An early edition of this charming children's work by much loved author, Beatrix Potter. An early edition, with 1905 on the copyright page, but conforming largely to Quinby 9b, aside from the presence of the comma after Joan ...

A Collection of Noddy Stories

Enid Blyton · 1949 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, 1949-1959. First edition. Hardback. A smart collection of Noddy stories from popular English children's author Enid Blyton, with illustrations throughout. Six volumes. First edition. No. 1, 3, 8, 9, 10, and 18 of the Noddy Library. ...

The New Rupert Book

Mary Tourtel; Alfred Bestall · 1951 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Daily Express Publications, 1951. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of the new Rupert Bear book for the year 1951, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Brightly illustrated in colour throughout. A collection of stories about Rupert, a bear who liv...

Mr Hare Makes Stone Soup

Muriel Holland · 1959 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1959. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce Mr Hare anthology of stories by Muriel Holland, illustrated throughout. The first edition, first impression, of this scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.An anthology of c...

Imagina

Julia Ellsworth Ford · 1914 · Rooke Books

£590.00 (€707.21 | $779.47 | ¥124,472)

New York, Duffield & Company , 1914. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this brightly illustrated children's work from New York socialite Julia Ellsworth Ford, the author's own copy signed by Percy MacKaye. First edition. Author's own copy of th...

The Singing Wood

Lady Frazer · 1931 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)

London, A. & C. Black, Ltd. 1931. Cloth. A smart first edition of this beautifully illustrated collection of fairy stories from British writer Lady Frazer. First edition. With a colour frontispiece and many in-text images. A charming collection of eighteen original fair storie...

The Surprising, Unheard of and Never-to-Be-Surpassed Adventures of Young Munchausen

C. H. Bennett · 1865 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1865 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Charles H. Bennett's collection of thrilling tales for children, all following the youth of Young Munchausen. The first edition of this work.A series of twelve charming and humorous...

Biggles in the Orient; Biggles Takes a Holiday; Another Job for Biggles; Biggles at the World"S End

Captain W. E. Johns · 1948 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London; Leicester, Hodder and Stoughton; Brockhampton Press, 1948-1959. First edition. Cloth. Four first editions from the popular Biggles series written by Captain W. E. Johns, all illustrated by Leslie Stead. The first edition, second impression of Biggles in the Orient and ...

St. Nicholas Magazine: Volume XLI July - Volume XLII December

William Fayal Clarke [Ed.]; et al. · 1914 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

New York, The De Vinne Press, 1914 . First edition. Cloth. A compilation of short stories and anthologies from Volume XLI and XLII of St. Nicholas Magazine, wonderfully illustrated by artists including Arthur Rackham. Comprised of six issues of St. Nicholas Magazine, bound tog...

Edmund Dulac&Apos;S Picture-Book for the French Red Cross

Edmund Dulac · 1915 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

London, For The Daily Telegraph by Hodder and Stoughton, 1915. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming children's picture book illustrated by famed French-British illustrator and painter Edmund Dulac. First edition. Illustrated with nineteen tipped in col...

Donald Duck Annual

1942 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Collins, 1942. Cloth. An illustrated entertaining annual featuring the beloved Donald Duck, a comical work of tales and jokes, The Donald Duck annual for 1943, an entertaining work for children comprising of stories, puzzles, jokes, rhymes, and more.Illustrated with a ...

The Nome Trilogy: Truckers, Diggers, Wings

Terry Pratchett · 1989 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.82 | ¥78,059)

London, Doubleday, 1989-1990 . First edition. Cloth. A complete first edition set of Terry Pratchett's Nome Trilogy, in the exceptionally bright original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of all three works in Terry Pratchett's Nome Trilogy of childre...

An Abbey Champion

Elsie Jeanette Oxenham · 1946 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Frederick Muller Ltd. 1946 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the fourth entry in Elsie J. Oxenhams second generation Abbey girls series. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.With a fr...

The Abbey Girls Again

Elsie J. Oxenham · 1924 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1924 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Elsie J. Oxemham's sixth entry in the Abbey girls series, illustrated with a colour frontispiece. The very scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with a colour fro...

Longman&Apos;S Union South African Readers

1917 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1917 . Cloth. A vanishingly scarce copy of this charming 'reader' book, aimed to improve a person's reading or writing, with this copy being on the subject of South Africa. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial cloth p...

The Blue Fairy Book

Andrew Lang [ed.] · 1890 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1890 . Cloth. The third edition of the first of Andrew Lang's influential 'Fairy Books', with this blue volume containing the tales of many eminent folklorists. The third edition of this work, published the year after the first.I...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

J. K. Rowling · 1999 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,557)

London, Bloomsbury, 1999 . First edition. Paperback. A first edition of J. K. Rowling's third installment to the popular Harry Potter series, a paperback edition. First edition, in the publisher's original pictorial paperback binding. The third in J. K. Rowling'...

The Definitive Harry Potter Guide Books Series: Books 1-4

Marie Lesoway [Ed.] · 2001 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Not Stated, Suggitt Group, 2001 . First edition. Paperback. An extremely scarce collection of guides to the first four Harry Potter books, edited by Marie Lesoway. Very scarce. Spiral bound in the publisher's original pictorial card. This collectable set is comprised of a...