Libri per ragazzi

Twilight Tales

Stephen Southwold · 1925 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Faber and Gwyer, Ltd. 1925. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this charming collection of short stories for children by Stephen Southwold, copiously illustrated throughout with beautiful black and white illustrations by Marion Board A first edition copy. Step...

The Boy on the Boat-Train

D Rice · 0 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London and Glasgow, Blackie and Son Ltd. c1955. First edition. Hardback. A children's adventure novel by D Rice. Undated, dated using Copac. With a frontispiece by Thomas Perks. Undated, dated using Copac. This novel follows the two Fox brothers on their holiday in France...

The Surprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion with Those of General Napoleon Smith an Improving History

S R Crockett · 1897 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Gardner, Darton and Co, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A children's novel by Samuel Rutherford Crockett. Illustrated by Gordon Browne The first edition. In the original pictorial binding. This work is subtitled as 'An Improving history for old boys, young boys, ...

Dug out from Below: And Other Stories Reprinted from Peter Parley&Apos;S Annuals

Samuel Griswold Goodrich · 0 · Rooke Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

London, Ben George, c1871. Cloth. A collection of tales reprinted from the 'Peter Parley's Annuals' periodical. Illustrated throughout, with numerous illustrations throughout. Illustrations comprise of full page plates and vignettes. These tales are taken from t...

The Luck of the Bean-Rows a Fairy Tale

Charles Nodier · 1921 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Daniel O'Connor, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A charming fairy-tale by Charles Nodier. Translated into English. First thus, the first edition of this particular translation. Illustrated, with several colour vignettes by Claud Lovat Fraser. In the original publisher...

My Animal Book

Anon · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1920. Hardback. A brightly illustrated children's book, naming several animals. A short book, printed on thick hard boards rather than paper. This curious and uncommon work lists and illustrated many animals such as elephants, camels, giraffes, ze...

Smith of Wootton Major

J. R. R. Tolkien · 1967 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A very smart copy of the first American edition, first impression, illustrated throughout, and with original dust wrapper. A very smart copy. The first American edition and first printing, marked 'H' to th...

Told to the Children Series: Stories from the Faerie Queen; Stories from Chaucer; Fairy Tails from Hans Andersen

Louey Chisholm [ed.]; Jeanie Lang; Janet Harvey Kelman; Mary Macgregor · 1905 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London; Edinburgh , Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd.; T.C. & E.C. Jack, Ltd. [1905-1906]. Cloth. A charming three volume set of beautifully illustrated tales told for children, with coloured plates. A three volume set. From the 'Told to the Children Series', edited by Lo...

The Tale of Mr. Tod

Beatrix Potter · 1912 · Rooke Books

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

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1912 . First edition. Hardback. A lovely example of the beautifully illustrated first edition of this popular Beatrix Potter tale, in which the children of Benjamin Bunny are kidnapped. The first edition, one of the first or second printings whi...

The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

Beatrix Potter · 1908 · Rooke Books

£199.00 (€238.53 | $262.91 | ¥41,983)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, c1910 . Hardback. A wonderful early edition of Beatrix Potter's charming tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, colourfully illustrated throughout by Potter herself. First published in 1908, this is an early edition of Potter's popular work, with...

The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse

Beatrix Potter · 1910 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1910 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Beatrix Potter's delightful story about housekeeping and the blight of insect invaders, illustrated throughout by Potter herself. The first edition of this charming tale from Beatrix Pott...

The Yellow Fairy Book

Andrew Lang [ed.] · 1894 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

London, Longman, Green, and Co, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the fourth work in Andrew Lang's popular fairy book series, beautifully illustrated throughout by H. J. Ford and in the publisher's original cloth binding. A first edition. Illustrated ...

Harry Potter and the Philosopher&Apos;S Stone

J. K. Rowling · 2015 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London; Oxford; New York; New Delhi; Sydney, Bloomsbury, 2015. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition copy of Tim Kay's illustrated Harry Potter book, with unclipped dust wrapper. A very smart copy of the first Tim Kay illustrated edition. The seventh printing. ...

Cat & Dog Life

Eliza Keary · 1851 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Marcus Ward & Co. c1890. Hardback. A vanishingly scarce and beautiful picture book on two lovely tales on cats and dogs, from Marcus Ward's scarce Colour Picture book series. Cat & Dog Life, a vanishingly scarce book within the equally scarce Marcus Ward's Co...

Edmund Dulac&Apos;S Picture-Book for the French Red Cross

Edmund Dulac · 1915 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, For The Daily Telegraph by Hodder and Stoughton, 1915. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this stunning children's picture book illustrated by famed French-British illustrator and painter Edmund Dulac. A first edition. Illustrated with nineteen tipped in c...

The Mongrel Puppy Book

Cecil Aldin · 1912 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Oxford, Humphrey Milford, [1912]. Cloth. A charming, early edition of this illustrated children's book by Cecil Aldin. An early edition, with the first edition and multiple subsequent editions all appearing in 1912.  Bound in the original publisher's pictorial cloth...

Erster Anschauungs-Unterricht Fur Die Jugend

None · 1809 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

Esslingen, Schreiber , c1850. Hardback. A scarce early German children's picture book from J. F. Schreiber, with thirty vibrant hand-coloured plates. A 'visual lesson' for children, intended to identify various animals, household objects, appliances, tools, game...

Prefabulous Animiles More Prefabulous Animiles

James Reeves · 1957 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London; Melbourne; Toronto; Cape Town; Auckland; The Hague, Heinemann; William Heinemann Ltd, 1957-1975. First edition. Hardback. A pair of illustrated first edition titles, in original unclipped dust wrappers. A pair of entertaining first editions by British writer, broadcast...

Mimff Takes over

H. J. Kaeser; David Ascoli [Trans.] · 1954 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Oxford University Press, 1954 . Cloth. The scarce first English edition of this spirited Ardizzone-illustrated tale of childhood mischief and escalating suburban adventure, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Com...

Champion: The Story of a Motor Car; a Lion, a Mouse & a Motor Car; the Lady from the Air; the Secret of the Silver Car

C. N. & A. M. Williamson; Dorothea Townshend; C. N. & A. M. Williamson; Wyndham Martyn · 1913 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London; New York, Cassell and Company; Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.; A. L. Burt; Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1913-1928. Cloth. Four scarce children's novels centered around cars, written during a period when they were becoming increasingly popular. Four scarce chi...