Libri per ragazzi

The Broken Pitcher and Other Stories

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, George Routledge and Sons, c1860. Cloth. A very scarce anthology of illustrated children's tales. A very scarce work, rarely seen in commerce and found institutionally only at Leeds libraries and University of Liverpool. Collection of children's tales by aut...

Over the Moon

M. A. Peart · 1927 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, A. & C. Black, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this delightful anthology of short stories for children, illustrated in colour by the author. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth binding with pictorial gilt t...

Diloy le Chemineau

Sophie Rostopchine, Countess of Ségur · 1907 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1907. Cloth. A new edition of this novel for children by the Countess of Ségur, illustrated by H. Castelli. An illustrated work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front board. Sophie Rostopchine, Countess of S...

Tom Brown&Apos;S School-Days

An Old Boy [Thomas Hughes] · 1902 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1902. Leather. A lovely copy of Thomas Hughes' popular children's novel, in a full calf prize binding. The second reprint of the 1896 edition, in a full calf prize binding, with a gilt crest to the front board with the motto 'Esse Quam ...

Jungbrunnen: Liederbuch

Various · 1900 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Berlin, Fischer und Franke, [1900-03]. Cloth. Collection of German children's songs and verses, an uncommon edition. From the publisher's 'Fountain of Youth' series.An uncommon edition, unbound with silver and orange decorated endpapers by Franz Hein and pu...

My Very First Little Book About Other Countries

0 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London , Humphrey Milford, c1920. Hardback. A copy of My Very First Little Book About Other Countries with colour plates. A charming children's volume that introduces little ones to new countries. With sixteen colour plates.Collated, complete. In the original hardback bi...

Rupert Annual 1948; 1949; 1951; 1952; 1955

Alfred Bestall · 1999 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

Not Stated , Pedigree Books, [1999-04]. Hardback. A set of five bright copies from the limited facsimile edition of 'The Rupert Annual,' each enclosed in its original slipcase. Five facsimile reproductions from the original editions of 'The Rupert Annual,' ...

Rupert&Apos;S Adventure Book

Alfred Bestall · 1992 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Not Stated , Pedigree Books, 1992. Hardback. An exceptional facsimile edition of the 1940 Rupert Annual still enclosed in the original shrinkwrap. The authentic facsimile edition from the 1940 volume of the 'Daily Express Rupert Bear Annual No. 5,' this copy still en...

Professor Branestawm&Apos;S Treasure Hunt

Norman Hunter · 1937 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London , John Lane The Bodley Head , 1937 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this collection of stories featuring Professor Branestawm. A first edition copy. A collection of adventure tales featuring Professor Branestawm. Professor Branestawm features in a series...

Rupert the Bear Comic

Dailey Express · 1955 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , The Daily Express, 1955-1973. Brochure/Pamphlet. Two charming Rupert the Bear Comics, with colour illustrations. Two comics of Rupert the Bear. Rupert the Bear is a British children's comic strip by artist Mary Tourtel which first appeared in the Daily Express i...

Children&Apos;S Annuals

Various · 1913 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London , Blackie and Son; Cassell and Compnay, 1913-1935 . First edition. Hardback. Three children's albums with colour illustrations. Three first edition volumes of children's annuals published by Blackies and Son and Cassell. Cassell's Annual for Boys and Gir...

Shadowmancer

G.P. Taylor · 2002 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Whitby, Mount Publishing Ltd, 2002 . First edition. Paperback. A fine, signed copy of the self-published first edition of G.P. Taylor's children's fantasy novel, a work of Christian allegory. Housed in a lovely cloth covered, felt-lined clamshell box. Taylor wrote th...

The Girls Own Paper Volume 4

Various · 1883 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London , The Religious Tract Society , 1883. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of the fourth volume of The Girls Own Paper. Volume four of the Girls Own Paper from October 7, 1882-September 22, 1883 from no. 145 to no.195, containing fifty issues. The Girls Own Paper...

The Island School

E. Harcourt Burrage · 1896 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

London , Aldine Publishing Co, 1896. Cloth. A rare complete collection of The Island School A rare volume. Bound from the parts with the original colour covers by Prowse bound in. The Island School by E. Harcourt Burrage was published in thirty-eight parts which are complete ...

Fire-Side Verses

Mary Howitt · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , Darton and Clark, c1845. Cloth. An uncommon copy of Fire-Side Verses by poet Mary Howitt. Fire-Side Verses by Mary Howitt.Mary Howitt was an English poet and author who wrote sometimes alongside her husband. Many of her works were intended for young people. This is a...

The Family Album

John Yeoman; Quentin Blake · 1993 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1993. First edition. Hardback. The first impression of this charming children's work by John Yeoman and Quentin Blake. The first edition, first impression of this work. A children's book concerning a family's reminiscences through their ...

Monday Adventure the Secrets of Blackmead Abbey

John Pudney · 1952 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Evans Brothers Limited, 1952 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of John Pudney's book for children in the very scarce original dust wrapper. First edition of Monday Adventure The Secrets of Blackmead Abbey by John Pudney in the original publisher&apo...

True Stories; or, Interesting Anecdotes of of Young Persons: Designed Through the Medium of Example to Inculcate Principles of Virtue and Piety

[Elizabeth Frank] · 1820 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. Leather. A third edition of this charming volume comprised of forty eight stories to amuse and inculcate virtuous behaviour in Victorian children. The third edition of Elizabeth Frank's scarce story book for children. W...

Danish Fairy Tales and Legends

Hans Christian Andersen · 1846 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Paisley, Alexander Gardner , c1910. Cloth. Illustrated edition of this anthology of Danish tales by the popular author of fairy tales Hans Christian Andersen. 'Verbatim reprint of the fourteen tales of the 1846 edition and of the remaining thirty-one of the second edition...

An English Girl in Serbia the Story of a Great Adventure

May Wynne; [Mabel Winifred Knowles] · 1916 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London and Glasgow, Collins' Clear-Type Press, [1916]. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce adventure novel set in Serbia during World War One, an illustrated novel with both colour and monochrome plates. The first edition of this very scarce work.An adventure novel follow...