Libri per ragazzi

The Tale of Two Bad Mice

Beatrix Potter · 1904 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1904. First edition. Hardback. A very smart first edition of this delightful illustrated tale from Beatrix Potter. First edition. Quinby No. 7, endpapers Plate II as called for. Rebacked, with the publisher's original boards laid down and r...

Deadwood Dick 12: Flying Floyd&Apos;S Great Leap 13: Buckhorn Bill and the Moonshiners 14: Gold Rifle and Tiger Track 19: Rosebud Rob and the Man from Texas

Anonymous · 1877 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Morrison and Gibbs Ltd, c1920. Magazine. Four volumes of the popular American dime novel series, Deadwood Dick, here first published in Great Britain. Deadwood Dick is a fictional character who appears in a series of stories published between 1877 and 1897 by Edward Ly...

Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes

Edmund Evans · 1846 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London and New York, George Routledge and Sons, c1881. Cloth. A collection of Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes with colour illustrations to each page by Kate Greenaway. The familiar figure of Mother Goose is an imaginary author of a collection of fairy tales and nursery ...

See Through the Jungle

Millicent Selsam · 1958 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.23 | ¥7,382)

London, Constable and Co, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A brightly illustrated children's book on the jungle, with pictures by Winifred Lubell. First UK edition. Winifred Milius Lubell was an American illustrator artist and writer. In a cloth covered binding with original u...

Bobo&Apos;S Motor Car

Anonymous · 1866 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

England/London, Alf Cooke, c1905. Hardback. A scarce twentieth century children's book. An author and date is not stated to this work. Only 'Made in England.' 'Alf Cooke' colophon to the rear board. Alf Cooke Printworks was a business founded by its na...

Astray in the Forest

Edward S. Ellis · 1898 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, Paris, New York and Melbourne, Cassell and Co Ltd , 1898. Cloth. A scarce piece of children's fiction which originally appeared in "Little Folks". With six illustrated plates by Stanley L. Wood, featuring a frontispiece depicting a scene from page 89. From the aut...

Vom Kamin, Der Ein Aussichtsturm Werden Wollte

Karl Heintz Erzahlt · 1958 · Rooke Books

£36.99 (€44.34 | $48.87 | ¥7,804)

Verlag, Ravensburg, 1958. Hardback. A scarce copy of this German children's story dating from the 1950s. A scarce copy of this German children's story dating from the 1950s. In German. 'Mit bildren von Maleen Pacha&apos. 'Illustrated by Maleen Pacha&apos. I...

The Misfortunes of Sophy (First Series)

Comtesse de Segur [Sophie Rostopchine]; Honor Skinner [Trans.]; Edgar Skinner [Trans.] · 1936 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Williams & Norgate Ltd. 1936. Cloth. A charming copy of the first English edition of the Comtesse de Ségur"s classic tale of childhood mischief, illustrated by Marie-Madeleine Franc-Nohain. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with pictorial paper bo...

Juliette the Mail Carrier About Peggy Saville More About Peggy the Head Girl at the Gables

Bessie Marchant; Mrs George DeHorne Vaizey; Angela Brazil · 1907 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Collins; The Religious Tract Society; Blackie and Son Limited, [1907]; [1900]; [1901] ; c.1920 . Cloth. A bright collection of illustrated girl's titles from the turn of the 20th Century. A charming collection of 4 works of girl's fiction, published at the tu...

2 Vols the Osborne Collection of Early Children&Apos;S Books: A Catalogue

Judith St. John [Ed.]; Edgar Osborne [Intro.] · 1958 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Toronto, Toronto Public Library, 1958-1975. First edition. Cloth. A two-volume bibliographical catalogue of the celebrated Osborne Collection, a richly illustrated reference work detailing the history of early children"s books. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.Â...

Dream Days by Kenneth Grahame

Kenneth Grahame · 1902 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, [1902]. Cloth. A delightfully illustrated volume of children's tales by Kenneth Grahame. A later edition, originally published in 1898.In the original decorative green cloth binding. With an illustrated title page and 8 photogravures b...

The Allies&Apos; Fairy Book

Edmund Gosse [intro.] · 1916 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, William Heinemann, 1916. First edition. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated with colour plates by Arthur Rackham, this is the first trade edition of this wartime fairy tale anthology, gathering short stories native to the Allied powers. The first trade edition of this work....

La Civilitãƒâ© Puãƒâ©Rile Et HonnãƒâªTe

L'Oncle Eugene · 1887 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Paris, Plon, Nourrit et Cie, [1887]. First edition. Cloth. A charming illustrated French children"s guide to manners, illustrated by Bernard de Monvel in colour throughout. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition. This copy is undated. Dated here using ...

Eighteen Maxims of Neatness and Order; to Which Is Prefixed an Introduction

Theresa Tidy [Elizabeth Susanna Graham] · 1818 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Printed for J. Hatchard, 1818. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this guide to tidiness for children. The very scarce sixth edition of the work, stated in the postscript.In the original brown paper wrap binding.A work by Theresa Tidy, the pseudonym for Elizabeth Susanna...

Peter Parley&Apos;S Annual

Peter Parley [Samuel Griswold Goodrich]; William Martin [ed.] · 1862 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Darton & Co. 1862 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce annual from American author Peter Parley, with colour illustrations. A scarce work.In publisher's original red decorative cloth boards, rebacked with the original spine laid down. Illustrated with a hand-coloured...

Popular Tales from the Norse

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen; Sir George Webbe Dasent [Trans.] · 0 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, George Routledge & Sons, Limited, c1907. Cloth. A smart copy of Sir George Webbe Dasent"s rare English translation of "Norske Folkeeventyr", issued as part of the "London Library" series. In the publisher's original cloth binding. The second edition of Sir George...

The Wonder Book of Nature for Boys and Girls; the Wonder Book of Then & Now; the Wonder Book of Ships for Boys and Girls; the Wonder Book of Pets and How to Keep Them; the Wonder Book of Empire for Boys and Girls

Harry Golding [ed.] · 1910 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London; Melbourne, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, c1910-c1930. Cloth. A charming collection of five volumes from The Wonder Book series, richly illustrated with colour plates and photographs, with three volumes complete with their original unclipped dust wrappers. In the publisher&...

Adventure Bound; Adventure Unlimited

Captain W. E. Johns · 1955 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Thomas Nelson, 1955-1957 . First edition. Cloth. Two thrilling first edition works of children's adventure fiction from W. E. Johns, illustrated throughout and following a group of children as they search for lost treasure in South America. First editions, first i...

Walt Disney&Apos;S Mickey Mouse

Walt Disney Studios · 1937 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

California, Walt Disney Enterprises, 1937. Cloth. Charmingly illustrated throughout in colour, this is prominent animator David Tendlar's own copy of this scarce illustrated volume, retelling Disney's 'Silly Symphonies' shorts. First published in 1935, this...

Mickey Mouse Waddle Book

Staff of the Walt Disney Studios · 1934 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.12 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,357)

New York, Blue Ribbon Books, 1934 . First edition. Hardback. The uncommon first edition of this wonderfully illustrated and pioneering interactive "Waddle Book", in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this uncommon work, in the publisher's original unclipped d...