Libri per ragazzi

Babar and Father Christmas & Babar Et Ce Coquin D&Apos;Arthur

Jean de Brunhoff; Laurent de Brunhoff · 1944 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London; Paris, Methuen; Hatchette, 1944-1946. First edition. Hardback. Two charming stories of Babar's adventures, a first edition in French and second edition in English. A set comprised of a second English edition of Babar and Father Christmas, first published by Methue...

The Tale of Mr. Tod

Beatrix Potter · 1912 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1912 . First edition. Hardback. A lovely example of the beautifully illustrated first edition of this popular Beatrix Potter tale, in which the children of Benjamin Bunny are kidnapped. The first edition, one of the first or second printings whi...

The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper&Apos;S Feast; Tasha Tudor&Apos;S Favourite Christmas Carols; a Visit to William Blake&Apos;S Inn.

William Plomer, Richard Fritter; Tasha Tudor; Nancy Willard · 1973 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London; New York, Jonathan Cape and Times Newspapers Ltd, Aurelia Enterprises Ltd; David McKay Company, Inc.; Methuen Children's Books, 1973-1982. First edition. Cloth. Delightful set of three first-edition children's picture books of poetry and carols, wonderfully i...

Les Oeufs de Paques Suivi de Theodora

Christoph von Schmid; Louis Friedel [trans.] · 1850 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

Tours, Ad Mame et Cie, 1850 . Hardback. The fifth edition of the French translation of these very scarce Children's moral tales by Bavarian priest Christoph von Schmid, beautifully bound in the publisher's decorative cartonnage binding. Translated from the original G...

Goosey Gander

F. E. Weatherly · 1884 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Hildesheimer & Faulkner, 1884 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming children's tale, illustrated with vibrant chromolithographs. The first edition.The work of English lawyer, author, lyricist and broadcaster Frederic Weatherly.Illustrated with...

Lullaby-Land: Songs of Childhood

Eugene Field; Kenneth Grahame [ed.] · 1898 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1898 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this charming collection of children's poetry by American writer Eugene Field, selected and edited by Kenneth Grahame. The first edition thus of this work.A charming poetry volume wit...

The Golden Primer

J. M. D. Meiklejohn and Walter Crane · 1910 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London , Meiklejohn And Holden , [1910]. Hardback. A very scarce reissue of this work published in 1910. A charming children's teaching book. Very scarce. Originally published separately in 1884 and 1885. This edition is undated. Dated 1910 from JISC. This is a teaching m...

Baba Yaga: Conte Popukaire Russe

Rose Celli · 1932 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

Paris, Flammarion, 1932. Paperback. A lovely scarce French edition of the popular Russian tale Baba Yaga, with colour illustrations. A lovely first French edition copy of the popular Russian tale.Baba Yaga is a supernatural being from Slavic folklore who appears as a ferocious...

Pracht-Tier-ABC-Buch Mit Bildern Nach Aquarellen

M. Kohler · 1898 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.82 | $204.81 | ¥32,710)

Konstanz, Carl Hirsch, 1898. Cloth. A charming German children's ABC book with colour illustrations. A lovely German children's ABC book, with pictures after watercolours from animal painter August Specht, with text by M. Kohler. With twelve colour chromolithographed...

A Wayward Girl

Mrs Baillie Reynolds (Gertrude Minnie Robins) · 1913 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, S. W. Partridge & Co. 1913. First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce first edition of this 1913 children's novel, with full plate illustrations. This scarce work features a full colour illustrated frontispiece and four further illustrated plates. Collated, comple...

Operation Red Jericho

Joshua Mowll · 2005 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Walker Books, 2005 . First edition. Cloth. An abundantly illustrated signed first edition first impression copy of the first book in The Guild of Specialists trilogy. The first edition, first impression of the work. Signed by the author to the title page.In publishe...

Connor and the Starstone of Tinxsha Connor Clover and the Lost Children Connor Clover and the Slaves of Dramian

Helen Oghenegweke · 2002 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Norwich, Dark Scrye; H & T Books, 2002-2004. First edition. Paperback. Three children's titles by Helen Oghenegweke, including a very scarce early copy later printed under a different title. Three first edition children's fantasy titles by Helen Oghenegweke.First edi...

Bookano Stories No. 2

S. Louis Giraud; Various · 1920 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Strand Publications; Bookano Books, c1935. Hardback. An uncommon number of Bookano stories, an entertaining volume, illustrated with with five colourful pop-ups. An uncommon number of 'Bookano Stories', this being Number 2. Illustrated with a colour frontisp...

The Royal Progress of King Pepito

Beatrice F. Cresswell · 1889 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

London , Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , 1889 . First edition. Hardback. A first edition copy of The Royal Progress of King Pepito, with colour plates. A first edition copy. The Royal Progress of King Pepito is written by Beatrice F. Cresswell and is illustrated i...

Adventures Ashore and Afloat

Anonymous · 1852 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

London, The Religious Tract Society, c1900. Cloth. An anthology of Victorian era children's stories concerning adventures at sea. An anthology of twenty short stories, supplemented with fifteen full plate illustrations. Collated, complete.Anonymously published, most of th...

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Rowling, J. K. ; Grandpre, Mary (illus) · 2003 · San Francisco Book Company

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.68 | ¥3,521)

New York Scholastic Press Cloth/dust jacket Octavo blue boards, grey cloth to spine, blue lettering to spine, dust jacket, 870 pp. Very good very good

Feefo Tuppeny and Jinks

Blyton,Enid · 1951 · Richard Thornton Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Staples Press This is a Very Good Copy of this book in Publisher's Original blue cloth with gilt title to spine in a Good Dust-Jacket that has a couple oif small nicks and tears to both head and tail of spine and bottom right corner of the front cover,also rubbed to extremitie...

Speaking of Jennings!

Buckeridge,Anthony · 1973 · Richard Thornton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Collins This is a Very Good + Copy of this Book in Publisher's grey hardcover cloth with red title lettering to spine,in a Very Good Dust-jacket,with some modest rubbing to the outer edges of the dustr-wrapper.There are NO former owner's names or inscriptions present.Price cl...

Jennings in Particular

Buckeridge,Anthony · 1969 · Richard Thornton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Collins This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's grey hardcover cloth with red title lettering to spine,in a Very Good Dust-jacket,with just one small chip to the wrappert at head of spine.Lovely bright unfaded copy with vivid red title lettering to spine.Price cli...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Child's Version)

Rowling,J.K. · 2007 · Richard Thornton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Bloomsbury This is a Near Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's pictorial boards in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has no chips or tears to the outer edges of the d/j.Child's Version with matching boards and wrapper.Not price clipped (£17.99 present to inner flap) This copy has N0 pr...