Libri per ragazzi

Animal Life in Fact, Fancy and Fun

S. Louis Giraud [editor and producer] · 1939 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Daily Sketch & Sunday Graphic Ltd. 1939. First edition. Hardback. A bright first edition of this charming animal pop-up book for children. First edition. Illustrated with six pop-up pages all in perfect working condition. Collated complete. An exciting and informative ...

The Bear

Raymond Briggs · 1994 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

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

Tales from Watership Down

Richard Adams · 1996 · Rooke Books

£1,175.00 (€1,408.42 | $1,552.34 | ¥247,889)

London, Hutchinson, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition copy of Richard Adams' sequel to his popular work, signed and doodled by the illustrator, John Lawrence. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the illustrator to the dedication page, 'For Da...

William

Richmal Crompton · 1929 · Rooke Books

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

London, George Newnes, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The second impression of the tenth 'Just William' volume, a collection of entertaining short stories following the young schoolboy. The first edition, second impression, being the first cheap edition.In the original ...

William the Explorer

Richmal Crompton · 1960 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, George Newnes Limited, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this later collection of Just William short stories by Richmal Crompton. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.The thirty-second installment of the immensely pop...

The White Cat

Errol Le Cain · 1973 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London, Faber and Faber, 1973. First edition. Hardback. A very smart first edition of this illustrated retelling of The White Cat, by Errol Le Cain. First thus. Illustrated in colour throughout with thirteen full page images. A charming fairy tale following a king, who fears t...

Poems of Childhood

Githa Sowerby · 1912 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London , Henry Frowde; Hooder and Stoughton , [1912]. First edition. Cloth. A charming book of childhood poems written by Githa Sowerby. The first edition. A collection of nineteen children's poems written by Githa Sowerby. Githa Sowerby was an English playwright, childre...

The Return of Robinson Crusoe

Henry Treece · 1958 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London , Hulton Press, 1958. First edition. Hardback. A classic eighteen century character returns for new adventures. The first edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Robinson Crusoe was originally written by Daniel Defoe and first published in 1719. The book follow...

The Wombles at Work

Elisabeth Beresford · 1973 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Ernest Benn, Limited, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this children's book featuring The Wombles, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Illustrated throughout. As the Wombles carry out their usual business of tidying up after the ...

Toys

Oscar Seyffert · 1922 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

Berline, Ernst Wasmuth, 1922 . Cloth. An uncommon 1920s children's work, illustrated with forty colour plates by Walter Trier. An uncommon Berlin edition of this work, which was published shortly after in London by T. Fisher Unwin.Illustrated with forty chromolithograph p...

The Kiltartan Wonder Book

Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory · 1910 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

Dublin, Maunsel & Co, 1910 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the scarce first edition of Lady Gregory's children's work about her home town, the civil parish of Kiltartan in County Galway. Illustrated with eight colour plates - each retaining their original ti...

8192 Crazy People in One Book

Walter Trier · 1936 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Atrium Press, c1950. Hardback. A charming children's juvenile work from Czech-German illustrator Walter Krier, with movable pieces designed to be combined to make amusing characters. Illustrated with a total of forty-eight double-sided colour pieces; with sixteen ...

Penny Pullet

Isobel St. Vincent · 1948 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Hutchinson, 1948 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally charming, scarce, first edition of this children's book by Isobel St. Vincent, with illustrations by Helen Haywood. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original dust wrap...

Fables of la Fontaine

Jean de La Fontaine; Walter Thornbury [translator] · 1988 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Bibliophile Books, 1988. Hardback. A very smart copy of this translation of the fables of Jean de La Fontaine, with hundreds of illustrations. With three hundred and twenty illustrations. The fables of Jean de La Fontaine, a French fabulist and one of the most widely r...

My Children

1880 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London , Frederick Warne, c1880. First edition. Magazine. A charming book from the Aunt Louisa's London Toy Book Series from 1880. The first edition. Very scarce. Dated c.1880 from JISC. My Children was part of the Aunt Louisa's Toy Books sold for 1 to 2 shillings.Au...

The Panjandrum Picture Book

Randolph Caldecott · 0 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1895. Cloth. A delightfully illustrated collection of children's tales by Randolph Caldecott, with colour images. Illustrated with twenty-three full-page colour illustrations and many black-and-white images in-text. Collated complete. A co...

The Boy in the Dress

David Walliams · 2008 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, HarperCollins Children's Books, 2008. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition copy of David Walliams debut novel, an entertaining children's work with illustrations by Quentin Blake. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wr...

1946 Orlando the Marmalade Cat: His Silver Wedding

Kathleen Hale · 1946 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Country Life Limited, 1946. Cloth. A charming tale of Orlando at his silver wedding, from The Marmalade Cat series by author and illustrator, Kathleen Hale. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding, with pictorial boards featuring Orlando himself. First p...

Thy Servant a Dog Told by Boots

Rudyard Kipling · 1930 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1930. First edition. Leather. A Kipling story of friendship and discovery told from the perspective of dogs. The first edition in book form. First published in the Liberty in the United States and Cassell's magazine in the UK in the same year. A ...

&Apos;Captains Courageous&Apos; a Story of the Grand Banks

Rudyard Kipling · 1913 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1913. Leather. Following the narrative of Henry Cheyne Jr, Kipling explores themes of growth and development to enable the narrator to mature into a young man. Fourth edition of the uniform edition. The Story was originally published in 1897 and the f...