Libri per ragazzi

Three Jovial Puppies

E. D. Cuming · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Blackie and Son Limited, c1911. Cloth. A scarce reprint of this beautifully illustrated children's book from J. A. Shepherd. Scarce reprint. Early edition. A delightful children's story in verse about the adventures of three young hunting hounds. With illustr...

Mr. Popper&Apos;S Penguins

Richard Atwater; Florence Atwater · 1939 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A scarce edition of Mr Popper's Penguins published by George G. Harrap. A scarce edition of Mr Popper's Penguins published by George G. Harrap. First edition thus, with illustrations by Robert Lawson. Se...

Prince Uno: Uncle Frank&Apos;S Visit to Fairy-Land

Francis C. Moore · 1898 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, C. Arthur Pearson Ltd, 1898. Cloth. A scarce Victorian fairy tale, charmingly illustrated by W. D. Stevens. An early edition of this scarce work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. All edges gilt. First published in 1897, this scarce fairy tale te...

Rupert Annual

The Daily Express · 1974 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , The Daily Express, 1974-1979 . First edition. Hardback. Two first edition copies of the Rupert Annual, with colour comic strips. Two first edition annuals of Rupert the Bear. The first annual is from the year 1974 and contains stories such as Rupert and the Secret Pa...

Dame Wiggins of Lee, and Her Seven Wonderful Cats: A Humorous Tale Written Principally by a Lady of Ninety

John Ruskin · 1885 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, George Allen, 1885. Cloth. A bright facsimile edition of the 1823 edition of John Ruskin's famous children's tale with new illustrations by Kate Greenaway. Facsimile reprint of this book of nursery rhymes edited with additional verses by John Ruskin, this edi...

Strange and Spooky Stories

Andrew Fusek Peters · 1997 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Bath, Barefoot Books, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition copy of this uncommon children's book filled with stories and illustrations of fantastical creatures. In the original dust wrapper. A lovely first edition copy of this collection of dramatically illust...

The Girl&Apos;S Own Annual

Various · 1881 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, The Leisure Hour, 1881. Cloth. An early annual of the The Girl's Own Paper, featuring stories, poetry, music, and hundreds of illustrations. An annual of The Girl's Own Paper, containing every issue of the weekly paper published between October 1881 to Septem...

Valentine and Orson, the Twin Knights of France

S. R. Littlewood · 1919 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of R. S. Littlewood's children's fairy tale, illustrated in colour by Florence Mary Anderson. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and six further full colour plates, the...

Here Comes Mumfie

Katharine Tozer · 1936 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, John Murray, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition of this much loved children's story, in the original scarce dust wrapper. The first edition of the work. In the scarce original decorative unclipped dust wrapper. With a loosely inserted promotional...

Baseball Joe in the Big League or a Young Pitcher&Apos;S Hardest Struggles

Lester Chadwick · 1915 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New York , Cupples & Leon, 1915. First edition. Cloth. A first American edition of this sporting book about Baseball Joe. A first American edition. Baseball Joe a series of novels that follow Joe Matson a star baseball player, written by Howard R. Garis under the name Lester ...

Tom Brown&Apos;S School Days

An Old Boy [Thomas Hughes] · 1890 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Macmillan & Co. 1890. Leather. An illustrated copy of Thomas Hughes' novel set at Rugby School. With newspapers clippings related to the people certain characters are based on A charmingly illustrated copy of Tom Brown's School Days. Originally published in 1...

Little Folks&Apos; Books

Madame de Chatelaine · 1864 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

New York, Leavitt & Allen, c1858. Cloth. A scarce copy of Little Folks' Books, containing classic fairy tales and fairy tale retellings. In a quarter cloth binding with pictorial boards. Ink inscription to the front free end paper, dated 1864. This anthology of children&a...

The Tale of Tom Kitten

Beatrix Potter · 1907 · Rooke Books

£3,400.00 (€4,075.44 | $4,491.88 | ¥717,294)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A first edition Beatrix Potter tale, a very scarce unrecorded variant of the deluxe binding, compete with Potter's charming colourful illustrations. The first edition, one of the first three printings, which were...

The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes

Beatrix Potter · 0 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, c1912. Hardback. A sought after early edition of this charming Beatrix Potter tale, complete with her colourful original illustrations. An early reprint, with first edition endpapers but no date to the title. 'The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes&apo...

The Tailor of Gloucester

Beatrix Potter · 1909 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1909. Hardback. A near fine copy of an early edition of Beatrix Potter's charming tale about a mouse tailor. First published in 1903, this is an exceptionally lovely 1909 printing of Potter's beloved work, identified by the presence of...

Sacred Dramas Chiefly Intended for Young Persons the Subjects Taken from the Bible

Hannah More · 1818 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Chiswick Press by C. Whittingham, 1818 . Cloth. An early reprint edition of this beautifully illustrated early nineteenth century book of religious tales for children. Early edition of Sacred Dramas by Hannah More rebound in modern quarter cloth with marbled boards.  ...

The Chas Addams Mother

Charles Addams · 1967 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Collins, 1967 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this delightfully illustrated volume of children's nursery rhymes from American cartoonist Charles Addams. The first UK edition, first impression of this work, first published earlier in the same year i...

Tom Merry&Apos;S Schooldays, Levison&Apos;S Return, and the Removal of Horace Coker

Frank Richards · 1976 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Howard Baker Press, 1976-1980. Hardback. A charming set of signed collectors edition Magnet issues. 3 volumes. All signed by publisher. Volumes for the dedicated collector of the most rare assemblage of pre-war magazines. Highly illustrated throughout. Tom Merry's...

Miss Mouse and Her Boys

Mrs Molesworth [Mary Louisa Molesworth] · 1897 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 1897. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition children's book by Mary Louisa Molesworth, illustrated throughout by Leonard Leslie Brooke. The first edition. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. With an engraved fron...

Little Monsters

Jan Pienkowski · 1991 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Orchard Books, 1991. First edition. Hardback. A hilarious children's pop-up book in excellent condition. A first pop-up copy of Little Monsters by Jan Pienkowski.Five folding pages of pop-ups in colour of the little monsters being cheeky. All the pop-up elements a...