Libri per ragazzi

The Brownies and the Golden Hand, the Brownies and the Ponies

Verily Anderson · 1963 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1963-65. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition copies of Verily Anderson's 'Brownies' books, following a group of girls on adventures. The first edition, first impressions.In the original unclipped dust wrappers.Two of Veri...

The History of Sandford and Merton

Thomas Day · 1828 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Chiswick, C. and C. Whittingham, 1828. Leather. A smart copy of the first volume of this best-selling children's book from British author Thomas Day. Volume I only. A best-selling children's book. An assemblage of stories held together by a thread narrative, followin...

The Magic Finger

Roald Dahl · 1968 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.67 | $376.59 | ¥60,143)

London, George Allen and Unwin LTD, 1968 . First edition. Hardback. The first UK edition of Roald Dahl's charming children's novel, about an eight-year-old girl with special powers. The first UK edition of this work, which was first published two years prior by Harpe...

The Rupert Story Book

Mary Tourtel · 1938 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co LTD, [1938]. First edition. Hardback. A lovely Rupert volume by the inventor of the bear, Mary Tourtel, the first edition of this illustrated work. The first edition of this uncommon work.A charming collection of Rupert tales by Mary Tourtel, ...

The Smugglers of Barnard&Apos;S Head

Paul Creswick · 1899 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Ernest Nister, 1899. Cloth. A superb copy of this scarce and adventurous tale for young readers, by Paul Creswick, notable for 'Robin Hood and His Adventures&apos. An illustrated edition of this scarce work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding....

With Airship and Submarine: A Tale of Adventure

Harry Collingwood [William Joseph Cosens Lancaster] · 1908 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Blackie and Son Limited, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this exciting adventure novel by Harry Collingwood, with illustrations throughout. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Illustrated...

Penelope&Apos;S English Experiences: Being Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton

Kate Douglas Wiggin · 1904 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Gay and Bird, 1904. Cloth. A smart copy of Kate Douglas Wiggin's stories of the adventurous Penelope, illustrated throughout. Sixth edition. Illustrated throughout. Extracts from the commonplace book of Penelope Hamilton, a young American lady as she travels abroa...

Gimlet Comes Home

Captain W. E. Johns · 1946 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, University of London Press, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition, first impression of the third "Gimlet" King book by Biggles creator Captain W. E. Johns. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth bi...

No Rest for Biggles

Captain W. E. Johns · 1951 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition, first impression of this Biggles novel, illustrated by Leslie Stead. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, with the orig...

Plot Night & on the Stepping Stones

William Mayne · 1963 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1963. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition children's stories from English writer, William Mayne. Two volumes. First edition. Illustrated throughout. Written by William Mayne, an English writer of children's fiction named one of the ...

Maurice or the Red Jar

The Countess of Jersey [Margaret Elizabeth Child Villiers] · 1894 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charmingly illustrated children's novel by Margaret Elizabeth Child Villiers, the Countess of Jersey. The first edition of this work, a children's novel by the Countess of Jersey, Margar...

Little Folks a Magazine for Young People

Various · 1901 · Rooke Books

£465.00 (€557.46 | $614.43 | ¥98,129)

London, Cassell and Company, 1901-3. Leather. Four volumes of Cassell's literary periodical for children, profusely illustrated by noted artists such as the celebrated Arthur Rackham. Four volumes.Five volumes of the 'Little Folks magazine' bound over four volum...

Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales

Dr. Ignacz Kunos · 1913 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.45 | $627.65 | ¥100,239)

New York, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first US edition of this charming collection of Turkish tales, accompanied with tipped in colour plates by Willy Pogany. The scarce first US edition of this work, published in the same year as the first UK ed...

The Grey House on the Hill

Mrs. Greene [Louisa Lillias Plunket Greene] · 1905 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1905. Cloth. An early Rackham edition of Mrs. Greene's children's story, brightly illustrated with colourful plates by Arthur Rackham. An early Rackham edition, without the pink paper and advertisements. Bound in the publisher's o...

Wet Magic

Edith Nesbit · 1913 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, T. Werner Laurie LTD, [1913]. First edition. Cloth. The scarce to see first edition of one of Edith Nesbit's popular children's fantasy novels, an illustrated mermaid adventure. The first edition of this scarce work.A charming children's fantasy book by ...

Harry Potter Calendars

None · 2000 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Danilo Calendars Limited, 2000-2003. First edition. Paperback. Four very smart sealed Harry Potter calendars from Warner Bros. Four calendars. All sealed in original wraps. Four brightly illustrated calendars from the Harry Potter universe, including images of characte...

Guardians of the Abbey

Elsie J. Oxenham · 1950 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Frederick Muller, 1950 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the seventh title in Elsie J. Oxenham's second generation Abbey series, in the scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original pric...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

J. K. Rowling · 1999 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Bloomsbury, 1999 . First edition. Paperback. A paperback first edition of J. K. Rowling's third book in the popular Harry Potter series. First edition, in the publisher's original pictorial paperback binding. The third in J. K. Rowling's celebrated Harry...

The Orange Fairy Book

Andrew Lang · 1919 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1919 . Cloth. A new impression of Andrew Lang's tenth 'Fairy Book', illustrated throughout by H. J. Ford. A new impression of this work, which was first published in 1906.This orange volume contains tales from Jutland, Rhodesia, U...

The Tall Student

Charles T. Brooks · 1873 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1873. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce fable translated from German by Charles Timothy Brooks, the first edition of this entertaining work. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work.A fable of a student who was so tall that he could ...