Libri per ragazzi

Daily Express Adventure Book for Boys and Girls

Various · 1934 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Daily Express Publications, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A spectacular copy of this charming children's annual published by the Daily Express. This work is in an extremely smart condition, and still contains the cut-out goalie from one of the games in addition to t...

The Baby&Apos;S Own Aesop Being the Fables Condensed in Rhyme with Portable Morals

Walter Crane · 1887 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1887. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated collection of Aesop's fables, condensed for children, illustrated by Walter Crane and Edmund Evans. This work is a reworking of Aesop's fables, worked into rhymes for babies and young children....

The Little Grey Pedlar

Newman Harding · 1914 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1914. Cloth. An uncommon, charmingly illustrated fantasy and adventure children's novel, written by Newman Harding, held in the original scrace dustwrapper. An uncommon work. Held in the original scarce dustwrapper. 'The Little Grey Ped...

Christian Verses for the Children

Various · 1862 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Hamilton, Adams, and Co, 1862. Cloth. A smartly bound collection of charming verses for Christian children. This work is a collection of insightful Christian verses for children. Some of the verses included in this volume are 'The Lord is My Shepherd', '...

Royal School Series the Infant Reader Short Stories in Simple Words

Unamed · 0 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, c1900. Cloth. A very scarce work of children's fiction, anonymously published with numerous vignettes throughout. Very scarce. Part of the Royal School Series. Undated, dated using Worldcat. Collated, incomplete according to the Worldcat pa...

Uncle Shelby&Apos;S Story of Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back

Shel Silverstein · 1963 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

New York; Evanston; London, Harper & Row, 1963. Hardback. A wonderful illustrated copy of Shel Silverstein's 'Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back', complete with original dustwrapper. Illustrated children's book by Shel Silverstein, an American writer and cart...

A Pilgrim in Fairyland Presents: Little Brownie, Jane, the Earth Fairy, Leaf Fairies

Daisy Sewell · 0 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Athenaeum Press, c1940. Paperback. A collection of short fairy stories by Daisy Sewell. Undated, dated using copac. In original wrappers with a colour plate tipped on the front cover by Jeannie McConnell. This appears to be an early version, possibly a proof copy of th...

Peter&Apos;S Pencil

Phyllis Morris · 1920 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, John Lane , 1920. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce children's book concerning the protagonist Peter and his relationship with drawing. Illustrated throughout, with many examples of the character Peter's drawings. This work is a charming tale following Pete...

The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book: A Book of Old Favourites with New Illustrations

Arthur Rackham · 1933 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, George G. Harrap, 1933 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming collection of fairy tales illustrated throughout by Arthur Rackham, with colour plates, and retaining the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.  In the publisher&apo...

The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes

Beatrix Potter · 1911 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Frederick Warne, c1912 . Hardback. A beautifully illustrated early edition of Beatrix Potter's charming tale, about a squirrel named Timmy Tiptoes. Illustrated throughout in colour by Potter herself. First published in 1911, this is early printing of this work, da...

The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes

Beatrix Potter · 1911 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Frederick Warne, c1912 . Hardback. A beautifully illustrated early edition of Beatrix Potter's charming tale, about a squirrel named Timmy Tiptoes. Illustrated throughout in colour by Potter herself. First published in 1911, this is early printing of this work, da...

Ginger & Pickles

Beatrix Potter · 1909 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1909 . First edition. Hardback. A lovely example of the first edition of this charming children's tale from Beatrix Potter, following the adventures of a cat and a dog who run a small village shop. The first edition, first impression, of th...

The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse

Beatrix Potter · 1910 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

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...

Goody Two Shoes; or, the History of Little Margery Meanwell

Anonymous · 1825 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, John Harris, c1870 . Cloth. Illustrated throughout with vignettes, this is the very scarce Bentley facsimile edition of the 1825 first edition of this rhyming children's tale. This is a circa 1870 facsimile edition of John Harris's 1825 first edition of this ...

Nursery Morals, Chiefly in Monosyllables

Maria Elizabeth Budden · 1825 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, J. Harris, 1825 . Leather. Illustrated throughout, this is the third edition of Maria Elizabeth Budden's scarce collection of didactic moral tales for young children. The third edition of this scarce work, which was first published in 1818.Illustrated with a front...

Trio of Works Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone

Multiple authors · 1978 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Andre Deutsch; The Bodley Head Ltd; Beehive, 1978-1987. Cloth. A fine first edition set of three works illustrated by Edward Ardizzone in the publishers' original cloth with the original bright dust wrappers. All the first edition.Dust wrappers price-clipped excep...

Not Bad for a Bad Lad

Michael Morpurgo · 2010 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Dorking, Surrey, Templar Publishing, 2010. First edition. Hardback. A collaborative work on an inspiring tale by two titans of children"s literature, signed by Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman, in the collector"s edition slipcase. The first edition of Not Bad for a Lad, an...

The True and Pathetic History of Desbarollda the Waltzing Mouse

Noel Langley · 1947 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Lindsay Drummond, 1947. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming and eccentric tale following Desbarollda the dancing mouse, illustrated in colour by Edward Ardizzone, complete with its original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original q...

Mog and the Vee Ee Tee

Judith Kerr · 1997 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

London, Collins Picture Lions, 1997 . Paperback. A wonderful signed example of Judith Kerr's charming children's tale, which follows the beloved cat Mog as she has to be taken to the vet after hurting her paw. A signed example of this amusing entry in Judith Kerr&apo...

The Jungle Books the Second Jungle Books

Rudyard Kipling · 1906 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1906. Cloth. Kipling's popular Jungle Book duology, in original uniform binding, and richly illustrated throughout. A pair of Uniform edition copies of Kipling's most popular work, and its sequel - The Second Jungle Book.Bound in or...