Libri per ragazzi

Jumpy and Cuddles

1800 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Dean & Son Ltd. c1900. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this brightly illustrated children's story from Dean & Sons. Very scarce work. Illustrated with four full-colour pages and numerous in-text images. A charming children's story following Jumpy the frog an...

Aunt Louisa&Apos;S Oft Told Tales

Aunt Louisa [Laura Valentine] · 1870 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

New York, McLoughlin Bros, 1870. Cloth. A very scarce volume of tales for children by Laura Valentine, beautifully illustrated with chromolithographs. A very scarce work.A charming anthology of four tales, by Lauria Valentine. Comprising of an abridged version of 'Robinso...

Large Print Lessons: II. Easy Words.

1858 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Petter and Galpin, Belle Sauvage Printing Works , c1855 . First edition. Hardback. An exceptionally scarce educational work presenting twenty-two lessons of "easy words" to teach children to read and write, printed on cloth and decorated with eight illustrations. Vanis...

Measle and the Wrathmonk, Measle and the Dragodon & Measle and the Mallockee

Ian Ogilvy · 2004 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

Oxford , Oxford University Press, 2004-2005. First edition. Paperback. A terrific set of signed 'Measle' books by English actor, playwright and novelist Ian Ogilvy, including one uncorrected proof copy. Double signed by the author and illustrator to the half titles o...

The Story of Four Little Sabots

Dora W. Pearsall · 1906 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1906 . First edition. Hardback. A colourfully illustrated children's tale telling the story of two Dutch children and their wooden shoes, written by Dora Pearsall. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's pictorial paper-covered boa...

The Story without an End

Sarah Austin · 1844 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,667)

London, Effingham Wilson, c1850 . Cloth. A very smart copy of Sarah Austin's translation of this delightful children's tale, illustrated by William Harvey. Bound in the publisher's cloth. Dated using Jisc, from the imprint of the publisher 'Effingham Wilson...

Little Songs for Me to Sing

Henry Leslie · 1865 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)

London, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1865. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce volume of songs put to music by Henry Leslie, the first edition of this work illustrated by Millais. The very scarce first edition, the blue cloth variant. A lovely volume of songs for children by H...

Dancing Peel, the Little Dancer, & Swan Feather

Lorna Hill · 1954 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons; Evans Brothers Limited, 1954-1958. First edition. Cloth. A charming collection of first edition children's books telling stories of dancers from English writer Lorna Hill, with illustrations throughout. Three volumes. First edition. Illustrat...

Animals on Parade

E. A. Cabrelly · 1948 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, The Conrad Press LTD, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A scarce work for children on the nature of animals, the first edition of this work strikingly illustrated, and signed, by Tom Eckersley. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Sign...

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame · 1959 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1959. Cloth. The first of this illustrated edition of Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. The first edition published in this form. Illustrated with eight colour plates and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A classic children's nov...

A Jubilee Thought

Joseph Crawhall · 1887 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

Newcastle-on-Tyne, Mawson, Swan, & Morgan, 1887 . First edition. Paperback. An uncommon, first edition of this delightfully illustrated work compiled by Joseph Crawhall to commemorate Queen Victoria's Jubilee. First trade edition. Bound in the publisher's original pi...

The Gold Thread: A Story for the Young

Rev. Norman Macleod · 1867 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London, Alexander Strahan , 1867 . Cloth. A bright copy of this illustrated nineteenth-century morality tale for children, written by Rev. Norman Macleod. Eighth edition. Bound in the publisher's blue cloth. A children's morality tale, written with the intention to t...

The Daisy: Or, Cautionary Stories in Verse

[Elizabeth Turner] · 1899 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, The Leadenhall Press LTD; Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Co Ltd, 1899. Hardback. A faithful facsimile of this anthology of cautionary poems for children by Elizabeth Turner, complete with the original woodcuts. A faithful facsimile of this work, originally publis...

An Easy Introduction to the Knowledge of Nature, and Reading the Holy Scriptures

Sarah Trimmer · 1793 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, T. Longman and G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1793. Leather. A scarce educational volume on nature and religion by Sarah Trimmer, her first work to be published. The eighth edition of this scarce work.An educational volume by Sarah Trimmer, in which the reader follows two c...

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Tony DiTerlizzi; Holly Black · 2003 · Rooke Books

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

London, Simon and Schuster, 2003-07. First edition. Hardback. A smart first impression set of this popular children's fantasy series, each volume signed by both authors, Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. The first editions, first impressions.Each volume is double signed by...

Children&Apos;S Treasury of Great Stories

Lewis Carroll; Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb; Dean Swift · 1904 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Daily Express" Publications, c1933. Cloth. A treasury of popular stories, such as 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Tales From Shakespeare', with illustrations by Harry Rountree and Arthur Rackham. An illustrated work in the publisher's original cloth...

Baby&Apos;S Doings

Anonymous · 1904 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Akron, Ohio, The Saalfield Publishing Co. 1904 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this rhyming children's tale for children, printed on muslin by the Saalfield Company. A vanishingly scarce first edition. The work was reissued in 1908.In the early 19...

Push and Pull Pictures: A Novel Mechanical Picture Book

F. Gray Severne · 1897 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London; New York, Ernest Nister; E. P. Dutton, 1897 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this beautiful late nineteenth century children's work, illustrated with six colour moving plates. A scarce first edition.Illustrated with six colour plates with pull t...

The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby

Charles Kingsley · 1863 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.12 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,357)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1863 . First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound, first edition of Charles Kingsley's celebrated piece of children's literature, bound by Bayntun-Riviere in half crushed morocco. Bound by Bayntun-Riviere in an elegant half crushed morocco....

A Flower Fairy Alphabet

Cicely Mary Barker · 0 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Blackie and Son Limited, c1937. Hardback. A beautiful volume of Cicely Mary Barker's Flower Fairy poems, complete with her striking colourful plates. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A beautiful anthology of floral poems for each letter of the alphabet. Stri...