Libri per ragazzi

The Rockingdown Mystery

Enid Blyton · 1950 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, Collins, 1950. Cloth. A signed adventure novel for children by Enid Blyton, complete with illustrations by Gilbert Dunlop. Signed by the author to the half-title.The third impression, published one year after the first.'The Rockingdown Mystery' is the first b...

Dream Days

Kenneth Grahame · 1899 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

New York and London, John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1899. Cloth. A delightful volume of children's tales from British writer Kenneth Grahame, the second edition. Second edition. Dream Days is a collection of children's fiction and reminiscences of childhood by Kenneth...

The Moving Adventures of Old Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat

1972 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1972. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated edition of this entertaining Georgian tale about an old woman and her comical cat. In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.A twentieth century adaption of this early nineteenth century tale for child...

True Stories for the Little Ones

L. I. Tonge; E. M. Tonge · 1897 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1897. Cloth. A very scarce anthology of ten short stories for children, an illustrated volume including a striking colour frontispiece. A very scarce work.A volume of ten short stories for children, retelling true tales from history in an e...

The Child&Apos;S Picture Book of Domestic Animals

None stated · 1869 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, George Routledge and Sons, [1869]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce animal picture book for children, with fantastic chromolithograph plates throughout. The first edition.Beautifully illustrated with twelve vibrant chromolithographs plates. C...

The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen · 1899 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, George Newnes, Limited, 1899. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of fairy tales from Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, with illustrations throughout. Illustrated with over four hundred images. A collection of the fairy tales of Hans Christian Anderse...

Cat O&Apos;Nine Lives

Daisy Eckersley · 1946 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Peter Lunn, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this charming children's tale about a cat, illustrated by the prominent 20th century poster designer Tom Eckersley. The very scarce first edition, first impression of this work, in th...

Toy Tales

0 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, c1920. Hardback. A very smart Collins' Bumper story book, offering a series of illustrated children's tales. A scarce Collins' 'Bumper Book', being a collection of children's stories about Christmas and adve...

The Children of the New Forest

Captain Marryat · 1888 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.46 | $155.92 | ¥24,901)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1888. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this illustrated children's book from Navy officer and novelist Captain Frederick Marryat. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plates, five black-and-white plates, and numerous in-tex...

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Robert Browning · 1888 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1888. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Robert Browning's poem dedicated to the legendary Pied Piper, adorned with delightful plates by Kate Greenaway. First edition. Mixed issues, meeting the following first issue points: thirty-...

Sports Day: Silver Knight Series, No. 4

Joyce Stimpson · 1942 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, A. Halle Ltd. 1942. Paperback. A very scarce and charming story by Joyce Stimpson from the Silver Knight Series, in which the elves take part in a Grand Sports Day. A very scarce work in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps.Previous owner's ink insc...

Ein Krippenlied

Christine Premstaller · 0 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1970 . Paperback. A fine and very scarce German language nativity song, authored and designed by Christine Premsataller In the original German.A delightful children's nativity song from Christine Premstaller, a German author known for her contribu...

Souvenir Book of Coronation Pageantry

Anonymous · 1953 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

London, Raphael Tuch & Sons, 1953 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of this charming children's celebration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, illustrated with colour figures that can be cut out. A scarce first edition.Illustrated with four c...

A Collection of Rupert Adventure Series Books

0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Watford, Beaverbrook Newspapers Ltd. c1955. Paperback. A charming collection of four issues of the Rupert Adventure Series from the Daily Express. Four volumes. Rupert Adventure Series. A collection of delightful stories following Rupert Bear, a well-known British children&apo...

Featherland or How the Birds Lived at Greenlawn

George Manville Fenn · 1866 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Griffith and Farran, 1866 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of this delightfully illustrated, highly imaginative children's book set in a hidden realm, written by George Manville Fenn. First edition. Scarce work. Bound in the publisher's de...

What Is This? What Is That?

Vernon Barrett · 1903 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Dean's Rag Book Co, c1905. Cloth. A scarce, and delightful, children's book from the early twentieth century, printed on cloth. A charming early production from Dean's Rag Book Co. Founded in 1903 as an offshoot of Dean & Son, Dean's Rag Book Compan...

The Cat and the Devil

James Joyce · 1965 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London, Faber and Faber, 1965. First edition. Hardback. A superb first edition of this brightly illustrated short story for children from Irish writer James Joyce. First edition. Illustrated with ten full colour pages and numerous in-text images. Not typically considered a wri...

Domestic Animals, Familiar Birds, &C. : Their Habits and History Being Pictures of the Animal Creation, Drawn from Nature, and Accurately and Carefully Coloured for the Amusement and Instruction of the Young.

H. W. Dulcken · 1865 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1865. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this brightly illustrated book on animals for the education of young children. First edition. Illustrated with twelve double page hand-coloured plates. Collated complete. A charming collection of ima...

Orlando (the Marmalade Cat) His Silver Wedding

Kathleen Hale · 1946 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Country Life Limited, 1946. Cloth. A charming Orlando tale, this colourfully illustrated volume telling of his anniversary with his wife. The third impression of this charming Orlando tale.This volume sees Orlando celebrate his anniversary with his wife, Grace, as they...

Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children

Isaac Watts · 1850 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1850. Cloth. A scarce copy of this collection of moral and religious verses for young children, with illustrations. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout. A collection of educational, moral and religious verses for young childre...