Libri per ragazzi

Fables in Monosyllables, by Mrs. Teachwell. Book I. To Which Are Added the Morals in Dialogues between a Mother and Her Children.

Mrs. Teachwell [Ellenor Fenn; Mrs. Lovechild] · 1823 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1823 . Cloth. A delightful and very scarce volume of fables and moral lessons for the young, illustrated with vignette woodcuts. A nineteenth century edition of Ellenor Fenn's very scarce volume of fables. First published in 1783, the wo...

The Golden Gift a Book for the Young

1868 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Edinburgh , William P. Nimmo, 1868. Cloth. A charming collection of stories for young people, richly illustrated. A charming book for the young containing stories and poems from great and popular writers. Some of the stories that appear within this collection are The Child&apo...

Jackanapes; the Story of a Short Life; Daddy Darwin&Apos;S Dovecot

Juliana Horatia Ewing · 0 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , c1890. Leather. Three illustrated children's tales by Juliana Horatia Ewing charmingly in prize binding from Queen's School of Chester. Dated via Jisc. Containing two children's stories in one volume, rebacked ...

Doris and David All Alone

Elizabeth Marc · 1922 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London , Hutchinson & Co. 1922. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this smart and charming children's book by Elizabeth Marc, with colour illustrations. A first edition copy of this work. This is a charming children's book by Elizabeth Marc and illustrate...

The Moon-Boat

Alice M. Brown · 1913 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,907)

London, F & E Stoneham Ltd, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated first edition of this collection of verses for children, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated throughout with six plates, each with tissue guard. Collated, bound wi...

New Cautionary Tales

H. Belloc · 1930 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

London, Duckworth, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, second impression of this charming illustrated children's work by Hilaire Belloc, a presentation copy signed by the author to his friend, fellow writer D.B. Wyndham Lewis. New Cautionary Tales is a charming...

Two Rupert the Bear Pop-Up Books

1974 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London and Berkshire, Purnell & Sons Ltd. 1974-1975. First edition. Hardback. The first editions of these two pop-up books from the Rupert the Bear series. First editions of these two Rupert Bear pop-up books for children in the original publisher's hardcover binding. In...

Raggedy Ann and Andy with Animated Illustrations

1944 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Akron, Ohio, The Saalfield Publishing Company , [1944]. Hardback. A charmingly animated edition of children's tale featuring Johnny Gruelle's characters of Raggedy Ann and Andy, enclosed in its unclipped dust wrapper. First animated edition. Tale of Raggedy Ann and A...

Children&Apos;S Rhymes Children&Apos;S Games Children&Apos;S Songs Children&Apos;S Stories

Robert Ford · 1904 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Paisley , Alexander Gardiner , 1904. Cloth. A bright copy of this scarce collection of children's rhymes, games, songs, and tales by Robert Ford. Entertaining volume containing rhyming games, songs, anecdotes and jokes, sayings, and many beloved stories including 'Bl...

Lady Filmy Fern or the Voyage of the Window Box

Thomas Hennell · 1980 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this children's book by Thomas Hennell, with colour illustrations by Edward Bawden. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, with the or...

Schnick Schnack Trifles for the Little-Ones & Buds and Blossoms of Childish Life Uncommon

1867 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, George Routledge, 1867-70. Cloth. Two uncommon late nineteenth-century collections of children's stories, colourfully illustrated throughout by German artist Oscar Pletsch. Two charming collections of children's short stories and poems, written in the ninetee...

Smoky, the Little Kitten Who Didn&Apos;T Want to

Nancy Raymond [Raymond Edwin Fideler] · 1946 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, W. H. Allen, 1946 . First edition. Hardback. In the exceptionally bright publisher's pictorial boards, this is a delightful children's tale about Smoky, a stubborn black kitten. The scarce first UK edition of this work, first published the year prior in the U...

The Adventures of Chunky

Leila Berg · 1950 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Geoffrey Cumberlege Oxford University Press, 1950 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition, first printing of this illustrated children's novel by Leila Berg in the original dust wrapper. First edition of The Adventures of Chunky by Leila Berg in the origi...

Fairy Flowers, Nature Legends of Fact & Fantasy

Isidora Newman · 0 · Rooke Books

£500.00 (€599.33 | $660.57 | ¥105,484)

London, Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press, c1926. Cloth. A brightly illustrated volume of fantasy children's tales by Isidora Newman, enclosed in the original bright slipcase. With fourteen colour plates, frontispiece, and further illustrations. Collated, complete...

Masterman Ready; or, the Wreck of the Pacific

Captain Marryat [Frederick Marryat] · 1883 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1883. Paperback. A scarce softcover edition of this children's robinsonade by Frederick Marryat. A scarce softcover edition of this children's book by Frederick Marryat, Royal Navy Officer and novelist, known pioneer of nautical fiction....

Children&Apos;S Books of Yesterday

Phillip James · 1933 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , The Studio , 1933. Paperback. A beautifully presented copy of a collection of illustrations from numerous children's books, including eight charming coloured plates. A beautifully presented copy of illustrations from numerous children's books, largely from t...

The Air Scout

Herbert Strang · 1912 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Henry Frowde; Hodder and Stoughton, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated children's work by Herbert Strang, the pseudonym writer of 'Round the World in Seven Days', with several colour plates. Uncommon first edition. Illustrations inclu...

The Children&Apos;S Hour Annual

Uncle Mac of the B.B.C. [Derek McCulloch] · 1935 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London, Hutchinson, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. A charming 1935 annual for the immensely popular BBC radio broadcast, containing a wealth of short stories to delight and entertain the children of Great Britain. The 1935 annual for the BBC's radio broadcast 'The Chil...

Soul Eater

Michelle Paver · 2006 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Orion Children's Books, 2006. First edition. Cloth. An exceptional signed first edition of the third work in Michelle Paver's 'Chronicles of Darkness' series. Signed by the author to the title page.The third title in the 'Chronicles of Darkness...

The Children&Apos;S Christmas Carol

Johanna Spyri; Darlene Geis · 1957 · Rooke Books

£74.00 (€88.70 | $97.76 | ¥15,612)

New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 1957 . First edition. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated festive story for children, set in the Swiss Alps. From Johanna Spyri, author of 'Heidi&apos. The scarce first edition of this brightly illustrated work, in the publisher's original pri...