Libri per ragazzi

Children of the Arctic

A Snow Baby and Her Mother [Marie Ahnighito Peary; Josephine Peary] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Isbister and Co. Limited , 1903. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon children's book capturing the adventures of Marie Ahnighito Peary, the daughter of famous polar explorers Robert and Josephine Peary. The first edition of this children's book. In the publishe...

Edward the Blue Engine

Rev. W. Awdry · 1954 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Leicester, Edmund Ward Ltd. 1954. First edition. Cloth. A brightly illustrated first edition of the ninth volume of the Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry. First edition. Railway Series No. 9. Illustrated with thirty full-page colour images. A charming story book focused on Edwar...

Les Anges de Bontã©

M. A. Blanchard · 1855 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Paris , Fonteney et Peltier, 1855 . First edition. Leather. A delightfully illustrated and very scarce French novel surrounding the good deeds carried out by "Les Anges de Bonte", or "The Angels of Good". The first edition. Beautifully bound in quarter calf. Written in French....

Original Poems for Infant Minds by Several Young Persons

Various · 1805 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Darton and Harvey, 1805. Leather. A vanishingly scarce copy of the third edition of this volume of poems for children, featuring works by Jane and Ann Taylor, O'Keeffe, and others, including the classic poem "My Mother." Bound in a full calf binding. This is volum...

Noddy at the Seaside & Cheer Up, Little Noddy!

Enid Blyton · 1960 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, c1953-1960. Hardback. Two delightful children's stories featuring the character of Noddy from Enid Blyton. Two volumes. Two delightful stories following Noddy, a fictional character depicted as a wooden toy with a childlike view of ...

My Lovely Picture Book

0 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, c1900. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this brightly illustrated children's story book from A. E. Kennedy. Very scarce work. Illustrated throughout with sixteen full colour pages. A delightful collection of short stories for children f...

Blue Peter Ninth Book

Various · 1972 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 1972. Hardback. A delightful copy of the ninth Blue Peter book from the BBC, signed by presented John Noakes. Signed by the presenter John Noakes, an English television presenter and actor. He co-presented the BBC children&ap...

Little Folks&Apos; Book of Coloured Pictures

None Stated · 1934 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1934. Cloth. A charming Thomas Nelson picture book with twelve full-colour plates by beloved illustrators like Mabel Lucie Attwell and Lawson Wood, affixed to seven thick card boards. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding, with ...

The Hungarian Fairy Book

Nandor Pogany · 1913 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. A handsome example of the first edition of Nandor Pogany's scarce volume of Hungarian fairy tales, beautifully illustrated by his brother, Willy Pogany. A scarce first edition.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, vi...

A Nonsense Birthday Book

Edward Lear · 1894 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this charming 'birthday book', in which blank spaces for writing in the names of people who have birthdays on various dates are accompanied by illustrations and quotations from...

Nicholas and the Fast Moving Diesel

Edward Ardizzone · 1947 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1947. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Edward Ardizzone's charming tale written for his son, about a boy and a diesel train, with Ardizzone's classic coloured illustrations, and in the original dust wrapper. The first edition...

The Varmint

Owen Johnson · 1910 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

New York, The Baker & Taylor Company, 1910 . First edition. Cloth. Charmingly illustrated throughout, this is the first edition of Owen Johnson's classic prep school tale, in the publisher's original pictorial cloth. The first edition, first printing.A charming tale ...

The Hamper of Mr Books

Lawson Wood · 0 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, c1920. Paperback. A charming collection of Lawson wood's illustrated 'Mr' stories, a series of short animal stories for children, in the original illustrated box. The collected 'hamper' edition. In the publisher's o...

The Babes in the Wood, and, the Farmer&Apos;S Boy

1879 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Geo. Routledge and Sons; George Routledge & Sons, 1879-81. Paperback. Two traditional folk ballads, colourfully illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. Two volumes from R. Caldecott's 'Picture Books' series.Both of these titles are traditional English folk ba...

The Maypole, and, the Baby&Apos;S Debut

1882 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Thos. de la Rue & Co, 1882-83. Paperback. Two very scarce juvenile poems, both colourfully illustrated by Konstam and Casella. Two very scarce juvenile poems.Both poems are entertaining and lively, one about the European folk tradition of dancing around the maypole, an...

The Yellow Fairy Book

Andrew Lang [ed] · 1894 · Rooke Books

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

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1894. Hardback. The scarce limited large paper edition of Andrew Lang's beloved yellow fairy book, illustrated throughout with Ford's stunning plates. The limited edition, large paper edition. Number 6 out of one hundred and forty cop...

The English Struwwelpeter

Heinrich Hoffman · 0 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London; Frankfurt, A. N. Myers & Co; Literarische Anstalt, c1885. Cloth. An English edition of Heinrich Hoffmann's popular Struwwelpeter, complete with colourful illustrations. 'Struwwelpeter' is a popular collection of children's tales, written to teach ch...

Happy Schooldays

'Freckles' · 1910 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Gale & Polden, c1910 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce early 20th century Louis Wain work, delightfully illustrated throughout with Wain's anthropomorphic felines. A vanishingly scarce first edition.With numerous vignette ill...

The Three Little Kittens &C: Coloured Picture Book for the Nursery

Anonymous · 1862 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London & Edin. Nelson & Sons, 1862 . Cloth. A delightful Victorian era juvenile work illustrated with a wealth of vibrant chromolithographic plates of kittens, and in an attractive cloth binding. Illustrated with sixteen chromolithograph plates, each facing an amusing verse re...

Lady Filmy Fern or the Voyage of the Window Box

Thomas Hennell · 1980 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1980. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition copy of this interesting children's book by Thomas Hennell, illustrated in colour by Edward Bawden. First edition. Written in 1930 around the series of illustrations presented in this volume by...