Libri per ragazzi

The Greedy Puppy

Anonymous · 1864 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, Dean & Son, 1864 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce, charming children's tale about a troublesome and greedy young Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work, dated 1864 via historical purchas...

The Rescuers

Margery Sharp · 1959 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Collins, 1959 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this charming children's story about Miss Bianca the socialite mouse. The first edition. Very scarce. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. The Rescuers is a British children's novel by Margery S...

Fledger

Nicholas Barrett · 1985 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Michael Joseph, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this charming children's novel about a fledgling puffin, inscribed to literary agent Rod Hall. The first edition, first impression of this work, with the inscription &a...

Soldier Tales and &Apos;Captains Courageous&Apos;: A Story of the Grand Banks

Rudyard Kipling · 1896 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1896-1898. Cloth. Two smart early printings of the first editions of these works by the popular author Rudyard Kipling. The second printing (first reprint) of the first edition of Soldier Tales, published November 1896, a month after the first edition...

Beeton&Apos;S Annual; a Book for the Young

Various · 1866 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Frederick Warne & Co, 1866. Cloth. A smart illustrated annual for children, containing a variety of exciting stories, including one by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The fourth edition.A charming Victorian annual for children, containing a variety of stories by eminent authors...

The Wonderful Cure of Naaman

1840 · Rooke Books

£134.00 (€160.64 | $177.06 | ¥28,278)

London, The Religious Tract Society , c1830. Paperback. Charming little chapbook containing the biblical tale of the cleansing of Naaman. A scarce work. Tale of juvenile literature concerned with the healing of Naaman, the Leper. Relating to physical and spiritual salvation, w...

Le Journal de la Jeunesse Nouveau Recueil Hebdomadaire Illustre Premier Semestre

1875 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Paris, Librairie Hachette , 1875 . Leather. A collection of fifty two issues of the French children's magazine Le Journal de La Jeunesse from 1875. A new collection of this weekly illustrated periodical. Le Journal de La Jeunesse was an illustrated French weekly founded ...

The Betty Book

Betty, Betsy, and Bess · 1921 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1921. Hardback. A scarce edition of this charming children's book with illustrations from Anne Anderson. Early edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with six colour plates. Collated complete. A charming story following the adventures of Betty, Be...

The Mary Jane and Other Stories

Joan E. Cass · 1958 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, The Educational Supply Assocation, 1958. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of this scarce collection of illustrated children's stories, signed by the author Joan E. Cass. A first edition of The Mary Jane and Other Stories, signed by author Joan E. Cass to ...

Little Ann and Other Poems

Jane Taylor; Ann Taylor · 1883 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Frederick Warne &Co, c1900. Cloth. A charming collection of narrative poems for children by the author of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star". With colour illustrations by Victorian artist Kate Greenaway. An early edition of this wonderfully illustrated collection of child...

J.M. Barrie&Apos;S Peter Pan & Wendy

J. M. Barrie; May Byron · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London , Hodder & Stoughton , c1930. Cloth. An illustrated edition of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan & Wendy. This edition of Peter Pan & Wendy has been retold by May Byron for boys and girls with the approval of the author and with illustrations by Mabel Lucie Attwell. The we...

Farmer Duck

Martin Waddell · 1991 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Walker Books, 1991 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this award winning children's book. Inscribed by illustrator Helen Oxenbury to publisher Tom Maschler. The first edition, first impression of this delightful children&apo...

Old Rhymes and New Chosen for Use in Schools

Walter de la Mare · 1932 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London , Constable and Co, 1932. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon first edition copy of this poetry anthology for children. A first edition copy of this uncommon volume of poems for use in school, by Walter de la Mare. This is the second series.This anthology of poems for...

Snowflakes & Snowdrops: Christmas Rhymes and Valentine Verses for Schoolroom and Nursery

Annie Matheson · 1900 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, R. Brimley Johnson, 1900 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this volume of children's poetry by Annie Matheson. Signed by the illustrator, Winifred Hartley. A signed presentation copy, with the inscription 'to Barbara with the very best ...

Nonsense Songs and Stories

Edward Lear; Sir E. Strachey · 1894 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1894 . Cloth. The illustrated ninth edition of Edward Lear's popular collection of nonsense songs and verse. The ninth edition of this work, first published in 1870.The work of English illustrator, author and poet Edward Lear, most renowned...

L&Apos;Ami Des Enfans

Arnaud Berquin · 1787 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, J. Stockdale; J. Rivington; B. Law, 1787 . Leather. The scarce first two volumes of this late eighteenth century edition of the children's tales of Arnaud Berquin. In the original French.The first two volumes only of the scarce 1787 four volume edition of these wo...

Little Lord Fauntleroy

F. H. Burnett · 1885 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1917. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated edition of this popular children's novel. Illustrated throughout with twenty-six in-text drawings. A popular Victorian story for children, originally written as a serial in 'St. Nicholas Magazine ...

Mustard and Cress: Their Surprising Adventures and the Downfall of Burdock

C.O. Murray · 1879 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1879. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, late nineteenth-century children's fairy tale about two little elves, Mustard and Cress, colourfully illustrated throughout. A delightful, late nineteenth-century children's tale about two l...

The Snowman

Raymond Briggs · 1978 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London , Hamish Hamilton , 1978. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition copy of this beautiful children's illustration book, The Snowman. A lovely first edition copy of the popular children's book The Snowman.Raymond Briggs was an English illustrator, cartoo...

The Lady and the Squire

Terry Jones · 2000 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London , Pavilion, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first edition copy of this fantastic adventure The Lady and the Squire. A signed first edition copy of the children's book The Lady and the Squire by Terry Jones. Signed to the title page. First edition, fir...