Libri per ragazzi

The Big Six and Missee Lee

Arthur Ransome · 1940 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1940-41. First edition. Cloth. Presenting two first edition copies of selected works from Arthur Ransome's famous children's adventure series, 'Swallows and Amazons&apos. Presenting The Big Six (1940) and Missee Lee (1941), two novels fr...

Stories of Children from Dickens

Charles Dickens; Mary Angela Dickens · 1922 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Paris, and New York, Raphael Tuck & Sons, c1915. Cloth. A charming retelling of Dickens' tales for children by his granddaughter, illustrated by Harold Copping with plates in colour. Containing stories such as 'Tiny Tim', 'Jenny Wren', 'Th...

Quasimodo Mouse

Bernard Stone · 1984 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)

London, Andersen Press, 1984. First edition. Hardback. A fine first edition of this children's work by Bernard Stone, brilliantly illustrated by Ralph Steadman and signed by the author to the title page. This fantastic tale tells of Quasimodo and Toothy travelling to the ...

Elidor

Alan Garner · 1986 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)

London, Collins, 1986. Cloth. A lovely eleventh impression of this children's fantasy novel by Alan Garner signed by the author. Complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The eleventh impression of this children's fantasy novel, following four English children who ac...

Rambles and Adventures of Our School Field-Club

G. Christopher Davies · 1881 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1881. Leather. A very scarce illustrated children's novel in a full calf school prize binding. The very scarce second edition of this children's novel, very scarce in all editions. In a lovely full calf school prize binding.A work of ficti...

Dog Tales, Cat Tales and Other Tales with Puzzle Pictures

Prescott Holmes · 1907 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Philadelphia, Henry Altemus Company, 1907 . First edition. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated interactive children's tale. The first edition of this delightfully illustrated children's work from author Prescott Holmes, better known for his works on American history. Cha...

Lost on the Moor

Taffy · 1891 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London; New York, National Society's Depository; Thomas Whittaker, 1891. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce Victorian children's novel set in the moors, the first edition of this novel, illustrated with a frontispiece. The first edition of this very scarce work.An e...

Secret Water

Arthur Ransome · 1939 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London and Toronto, Jonathan Cape, 1939. Cloth. An exciting children's adventure tale, the eighth in the popular 'Swallows and Amazons' series by Arthur Ransome. Set during the interwar period, this series of adventure novels follow groups of children exploring ...

My Dog

Maurice Maeterlinck; A. Teixeira de Mattos [trans.] · 1913 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, George Allen & Company, 1913. Cloth. A charming and very smart copy of this brightly illustrated, humorous children's work. A delightful illustrated children's work telling the humorous tale of a six month old bulldog, from Nobel Prize for Literature winning ...

Peter the Whaler, His Early Life and Adventures in the Arctic Regions

W. H. G. Kingston · 1814 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London and Glasgow, Collins' Clear-Type Press, c1900. Cloth. A splendid, pictorially bound later reprint of W. H. G. Kingston's first of many adventure novels for boys, illustrated by W. X. Symons. The thrilling juvenile tale narrating Peter's time at sea whalin...

The Donkey Child

Frank Ver Beck · 1917 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, [1917]. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon children's work about a donkey, illustrated and written by Frank Ver Beck. A humorous work for children following a young donkey.Frank Ver Beck (1858-1933) was an American illustr...

The Thackeray Alphabet

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1929 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, John Murray, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful illustrated alphabet of facsimile plates by important British author William Makepeace Thackeray. An illustrated alphabet, with letters including C for Cow, M for Medicine, O for Oyster and T for Trout.Written by Eng...

Nonsense Songs and Stories

Edward Lear · 1895 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. [1895]. Cloth. A charming edition of Lear's famous and popular nonsensical verses, complete with music and illustrations. A collection of Lear's renowned nonsense verse.This is a ninth edition of this work, demonstrating its popularity.Â...

Easter Eggs, and Robin Red Breast

Christopher Schmid · 1839 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Edinburgh, Thomas Clark, 1839. First edition. Paperback. The first escarce edition of this popular German Easter stoeis for children by Christopher Schmid. The first English edition of this scarce book, institutionally held only at two libraries.A copy containing two of Christ...

Lady Filmy Fern or the Voyage of the Window Box

Thomas Hennell · 1980 · Rooke Books

£43.00 (€51.54 | $56.81 | ¥9,072)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1980. First edition. Hardback. A fantastic first edition copy of this children's book by Thomas Hennell. With illustrations in colour by Edward Bawden. The first edition of this work.A lovely copy of this children's book by Thomas Hennell, wr...

Matilda

Roald Dahl · 1988 · Rooke Books

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

London, Jonathan Cape, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition copy of Roald Dahl's famous children's novel 'Matilda&apos. A fantastic copy of this award winning novel. 'Matilda' won the Children's Book Award in the year of its publicati...

The History of British Birds

[Thomas Bewick] · 1807 · Rooke Books

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

London, Richard Phillips, 1807. Leather. A charming and very rare children's edition of Thomas Bewick's influential work on British birds, illustrated here with eleven colour plates. A scarce children's edition of Thomas Bewick's popular natural history wor...

Millions

Frank Cottrell Boyce · 2004 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Macmillan Children's Books, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Frank Cottrell Boyce's Carnegie Medal winning children's novel 'Millions&apos. This first edition of Frank Cottrell Boyce's 'Millions' tells the story o...

Rural Employments; or, a Peep Into Village Concerns

Mary Elliott · 1820 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, William Darton, 1820. Leather. A scarce children's work discussing life and work in the country, illustrated throughout, and written by Mary Elliott. A scarce work, notoriously hard to find either complete or in acceptable condition. A children's work looking...

Japhet and Happy&Apos;S Annual

J. F. Horrabin · 1942 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, The "News Chronicle" Publications Department, 1942. First edition. Hardback. A first edition copy of this 'Japhet and Happy' annual, profusely illustrated throughout. A first edition copy of this children's annual. Dated from the foreword. 'Japhet a...