Libri per ragazzi

My Dog

Maurice Maeterlinck; A. Teixeira de Mattos [trans.] · 1913 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, George Allen & Company, 1913. Cloth. A charming and brightly illustrated, humorous children's work. A delightful illustrated children's work telling the humorous tale of a six month old bulldog, from Nobel Prize for Literature winning Belgian playwright Mauri...

A Whizz for Atomms: A Guide to Survival in the 20th Century for Felow Pupils, Their Doting Maters, Pompous Paters and and Others Who Are Interested

Geoffrey Willans · 1956 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.35 | $55.50 | ¥8,863)

London, Max Parrish, 1956. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of George Willans' humorous guide to survival in the twentieth century in its unclipped dust wrapper, embellished with illustrations by Ronald Searle. The first edition copy of this hilarious guid...

The Captain&Apos;S Story, or, Jamaica Sixty Years Since

Captain Brooke-Knight · 0 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, The Religious Tract Society, c1884. Cloth. A smart, colourful copy of 'The Captain's Story', written by Captain Brooke-Knight. A tale of adventures upon the high seas, written for juveniles.Written by Captain Brooke-Knight and contributed to 'The Le...

Le Livre Des Enfants

Anon · 0 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Paris, Louis Janet, c1835. Hardback. A very scarce French work for children comprising short stories, illustrated with full plates. A collection of short stories for children, including 'Les Polichinelles', 'Le Soldat Invisible', 'Les Petit Enfans dans...

Good Afternoon Children

Columbus [ed.] · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, c1932. First edition. Cloth. A superior first edition of this lovely children's book by Columbus, profusely illustrated in colour by Morton Sale. In the original, unclipped dustwrapper. Undated. Dated from a copy held at the British Library o...

Easter Eggs, and Robin Red Breast

Christopher Schmid · 1839 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Edinburgh, Thomas Clark, 1839. First edition. Paperback. A scarce copy, the first edition of this popular German Easter tales for children by Christopher Schmid. The first English edition of this scarce book, institutionally held only at two libraries.A copy containing two of ...

Scouring of the White Horse; or, the Long Vacation Ramble of a London Clerk

Thomas Hughes · 1859 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Cambridge, Macmillan and Co, 1859. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated children's novel by Thomas Hughes, revolving around the Uffington White Horse. The first edition of this work.An entertaining children's novel, recording the traditional fe...

Stormbreaker

Anthony Horowitz · 2005 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Walker Books, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of Anthony Horowitz's popular 'Alex Rider' series, this being the first novel in the series. In the original slipcase. The first edition, first impression, of this limited edition.A signe...

German Popular Stories Translated from the Kinder Und Haus-Marchen

M M Grimm · 1823 · Rooke Books

£14,500.00 (€17,383.07 | $19,159.74 | ¥3,059,929)

London, C Baldwyn, 1823. First edition. Fine Binding. A finely bound, first English edition of the brother's Grimm tales. A very scarce example of this famous stories, here in English for the first time. The First Edition First impression of the famous Brother's Grim...

The House at Pooh Corner

A. A. Milne · 1928 · Rooke Books

£4,250.00 (€5,095.04 | $5,615.79 | ¥896,876)

London, Methuen, 1928. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound first edition copy of A A Milne's noted story collection 'House at Pooh Corner&apos. A fine copy of this work, housed in a custom slipcase. In a custom binding by The Cottage Bindery, Bath. With their...

Is It All Right? a Tale

F. Harrison · 1880 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1880. Cloth. A very scarce children's novel, 'Is It All Right', written by F. Bayford Harrison. A very scarce work. 'Is It All Right' is a children's novel following a young boy named Arthur. The ...

The Pleasing Instructor

Ann Fisher · 1830 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Knight and Bagster, 1830. Paperback. A very scarce pocket-sized volume of moral instruction, written by Ann Fisher. A very scarce work from the Religious Tract society chap-book series. This work is number '7' as indicated by the '7' to the title pa...

The Panjandrum

Randolph Caldecott · 0 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, c1890. Cloth. A collection of children's rhymes and tales by Randolph Caldecott. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Being 'Come Lasses and Lads', ' Ride a Cock-Horse', 'A Farmer Went Trotiting', &a...

No Fighting, No Biting an I Can Read Book

Else Holmelund Minarik · 1958 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

New York, Harper and Brothers, 1958. First edition. Hardback. An education children's reading primer. The first edition of this work. With original, price-clipped dustwrapper. A work aimed at first grade children to assist reading. The flyleaf notes that the reader will &...

Fardingales

Elinor M Brent-Dyer · 1950 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

London, Latimer House, 1950. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this adventure story set in South Devon. By popular children's author Elinor M Brent-Dyer. This novel follows several cousins who are together in South Devon for the summer holidays. Several personal ...

Alexandria in Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin and Sabine Unfolds

Nick Bantock · 2002 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 2002. First edition. Hardback. An interactive, epistolary novel from Nick Bantock's 'Morning Star' trilogy. This is the first edition. This is the second work in the 'Morning Star Trilogy&apos. Alike to his other works, this ...

The E J Oxenham Omnibus

Elsie J Oxenham · 1932 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A selection of three novels by Elsie J Oxenham from her 'Abbey' series. Comprising of 'The Abbey Girls Win Through', 'The Abbey Girls at Home' and 'The Abbey Girls Play Up&ap...

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

C. S. Lewis · 1962 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1962. Cloth. A bright fourth impression of C. S. Lewis's thrilling children's fantasy novel, in which Edmund and Lucy Pevensie find themselves aboard King Caspian's ship in Narnia. The fourth impression of this work, published a decade aft...

The Good Master; the Singing Tree

Kate Seredy · 1937 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, George G. Harrap & Company, 1937-1940. First edition. Cloth. Early UK editions of a critically acclaimed children's series by Newbery medal winner Kate Seredy, set on a girl growing up in rural Hungary before the First World War. Early UK editions of The Good Mast...

The Pot of Gold and Two Other Tales

Aaron Judah · 1959 · Rooke Books

£63.00 (€75.53 | $83.25 | ¥13,295)

London, Faber and Faber, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition of Aaron Judah's three playful fairy tales, illustrated by Mervyn Peake, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.  First edition.  Com...