Libri per ragazzi

A Collection of Tales from Mrs. Molesworth

Mary Louisa Molesworth · 1916 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1916-1921. Cloth. A lovely collection of four scarce volumes from Mary Louisa Molesworth, with illustrations. Four volumes. Scarce editions. Written by Mary Louisa Molesworth, an English writer of children's stories. Illustrated by Leonard Leslie...

Six Just William Novels: More William; William the Showman; William the Dictator; William&Apos;S Crowded Hours; Sweet William; William Again

Richmal Crompton · 1937 · Rooke Books

£580.00 (€695.32 | $766.39 | ¥122,397)

London, Newnes, 1937-1939 . Cloth. Early impressions of six novels from Richmal Crompton's 'Just William' series, each in the publisher's original illustrated dust wrapper. Six late 1930s editions of these beloved children's works, each in the publishe...

Barnaby Rudge

Alice F. Jackson · 1913 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, T. C. & E. C Jack , 1913. Hardback. A smart copy of this beautifully illustrated retelling of Barnaby Rudge for children, with scarce dustwrapper. With scarce dustwrapper. Illustrated with eight colour plates. Collated complete. The retelling of Dicken's novel, Ba...

The History of Jack and the Bean-Stalk, and Michael Scott

0 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Glasgow, Privately printed, c1840. Unbound. A very scarce mid-19th century chapbook containing a retelling of the children's story of Jack and the Beanstalk, and the story of Michael Scott. A very scarce work, unbound but intact. A mid-19th century chapbook containing a r...

Green Outside

Elizabeth Godley · 1931 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Chatto and Windus, [1931]. Cloth. A whimsical collection of poetry illustrated by Rex Whistler. Found in the unclipped dust wrapper. This delightful and whimsical collection of children's poetry by Elizabeth Godley is accompanied by humorous illustrations by Rex W...

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Чёрный Саша [Sasha Black; Sasha Chorny] · 1921 · Rooke Books

£3,400.00 (€4,076.03 | $4,492.63 | ¥717,500)

Berlin, Slovo; Slowo-Verlagsgesellschaft, 1921 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent copy of the very scarce first edition of this volume of children's poems from exiled Russian-Jewish writer Sasha Chorny, illustrated throughout by Boris Grigoriev. In the original Russian....

Nursery Rhymes Set to Music No. 2

1920 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London , The Aldine Publishing Co. 1920. Brochure/Pamphlet. A pamphlet of nursery rhymes set to music, with illustrations. The second volume of Nursery Rhymes Set to Music. A charming collection of Nursery Rhymes for children with the accompanying music. Some of the nursery rh...

Old French Nursery Songs

Horace Mansion · 0 · Rooke Books

£96.00 (€115.09 | $126.85 | ¥20,259)

London, George G. Harrap & Company, c1920. Cloth. An illustrated collection of popular French Nursery Songs collected and arranged to music by Horace Mansion. An illustrated work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. A work o...

George the Bee and Other Bedtime Stories

Elisabeth Murray-White · 1948 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, F. P. Wilson Ltd, 1948. Paperback. A scarce collection of bedtime stories for young children, with illustrations throughout. Scarce work. Illustrated with twelve colour plates and many in-text sketches. A collection of short stories for children. Written by Elisabeth M...

My Aeroplane Book

1935 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.53 | ¥8,230)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1935. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce children's book about aeroplanes, with wonderful colour plates. A very scarce work in a quarter cloth binding with the original pictorial boards. Illustrated with 8 colour plates and numerous in-text illustr...

The Enchanted Toasting Fork

Arthur Lillie · 1869 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)

London, Tinsley Brothers, 1869. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this scarce children's narrative poem, with amusing illustrations, by Victorian writer Arthur Lillie. The first edition of this scarce work in a half calf binding. An amusing children's s...

The Adventures of Trooper Peak-a-Boo

May Bryon · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London , Humphrey Milford, c1916 . Hardback. An uncommon copy of The Adventures of Trooper Peak-A-Boo, with colour plates. An uncommon volume. The Adventures of Trooper Peak-A-Boo is written by May Byron and illustrated by Chloe Preston. With three colour plates, missing one p...

My Book of Fairy Tales

1908 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Griffith Farran Browne & Co. [1908]. Cloth. A very scarce book of fairy tales with colourful illustrations. A very scarce work, rarely seen in commerce. Dated via WorldCat. Containing a series of beloved fairy tales including 'Aladdin,' 'Puss in Boots,&a...

The English-Spelling Book Accompanied by a Progressive Series of Easy and Familiar Lessons

William Mavor · 1885 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1885. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this Kate Greenaway's illustrated book of English spelling. The first edition of this work. A charming pocket sized guide to English spelling for children, written by William Mavor and ...

With Haig at the Front, a Story of the Great Fight

Tom Bevan · 1916 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Collins' Clear Type Press, [1916] . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of children's novelist Tom Bevan's children's adventure novel, set in the First World War, and published before the war was over. Illustrated with twelve plates, incl...

The Wonder Book of Nature; the Wonder Book of How It&Apos;S Done; the Wonder Book of Why and What; the Wonder Book of Tell Me Why; the Wonder Book of the Army

Harry Golding [ed.] · 1914 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Ward, Lock & Co, 1914-1954. Hardback. Five entertaining and educational volumes from The Wonder Book series, published by Ward, Lock & Company. Five volumes of the Wonder Book series published by Ward, Lock & Company. These entertaining and educational children's ...

Games for Parlour and Playground

Alice Bertha Gomme · 1898 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London and New York, George Bell & Sons, 1898 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this collection of game ideas for children from the late nineteenth century. First edition of Games for Parlour and Playground in the original publisher's cloth binding. Co...

Henry: A Story, Intended for Boys and Girls from Five to Seven Years Old

Frances Bowyer Vaux · 1816 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)

London, W. Darton Junior, 1816-17. First edition. Leather. A scarce Georgian children's work by Frances Bowyer Vaux, a charming work complete with engraved plates. A scarce work.Two volumes bound in one. Part I is a second edition dated 1817, Part II is the first edition ...

Tim and Titus

Clifford B. Poultney · 0 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Northwood, M'sex, Knights Press Ltd. c1944 . Paperback. A very scarce work of children's fiction following the mischief and adventures of two playful dogs. Tim & Titus by Clifford B. Poultney in the original publisher's paper wraps. A very scarce edition, with o...

Histories or Tales of Past Times Told by Mother Goose

M. Perrault; G. M. Gent · 1929 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London , The Fortune Press, 1929. Cloth. A limited edition copy of Histories or Tales of Past Times told by Mother Goose, with illustrations and a dust wrapper. A limited edition copy of 1025 copies, with this being number 983. Mother Goose is the imaginary author of a collect...