Libri per ragazzi

Great-Uncle Hoot-Toot

Mary Louisa Molesworth · 1889 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , 1889. First edition. Cloth. the very scarce first edition of this charmingly illustrated children's work from Mrs. Molesworth, an author termed 'the Jane Austen of the nursery&apos. The very scarce first edition of ...

Dwell Deep

Amy le Feuvre · 1897 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Religious Tract Society, 1897. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this delightfully bound children's novel. With full plate illustrations throughout. The first edition of this illustrated children's novel from Victorian era writer Amy le Feuvre...

The Water-Babies

Charles Kingsley · 1922 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London and Melbourne, Ward, Lock and Co. [1922]. Cloth. A charming volume comprising Charles Kingsley's popular novel for children with numerous coloured plates by Harry G. Theaker. An undated copy of this popular English novel for children by Charles Kingsley. Dated from...

Miss Browne, the Story of a Superior Mouse

Madeline Hall · 1885 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Ernest Nister, 1885. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition copy of this illustrated work by Madeline Hall. A retelling of Aesop's classic fable about the town mouse country mouse. A first edition copy of this classic Aesop fable about the town mouse and c...

Two Gallant Sons of Devon

Harry Collingwood · 1913 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Glasgow and Bombay, Blackie and Son Limited, 1913. Cloth. A captivating piece of boys' nautical adventure fiction by Harry Collingwood, bound in smart pictorial cloth. Set at sea, this work covers exciting incidents such as sailing ships, an attack by natives, sea...

The Wizard&Apos;S Cave

Eglanton Thorne · 1910 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, R. T. S. 1910. Cloth. A pleasing little work for children, complete with colour plate. Detailing the adventures of a group of youths who encounter a mysterious cave.Written by Eglanton Thorne, the pseudonym for Elizabeth Emily Charlton, a writer whose other juvenile wo...

The Boys of St. Elmo&Apos;S

Alfred Thomas Story · 1911 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, James Nisbet & Co. Limited, 1911. Cloth. An adventure story bound in colourful decorative cloth, from the Schoolboy Series. An exciting adventure novel for juveniles, set across the high seas.Alfred Thomas Story (1842-1934) was an English writer, known for producing a ...

Tales from Shakspeare

Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb · 1921 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Constable & Company, 1921. Cloth. An illustrated later impression of Charles and Mary Lamb's famous collection of Shakespearian tales for children. Charles Lamb (1775-1834) was an essayist and poet, who along with his sister Mary Lamb (1764-1847) composed this wor...

The Old Lion

Walter de la Mare · 1945 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Faber and Faber, 1945. Cloth. A lovely collection of short stories for children, illustrated by Irene Hawkins and penned by Walter de la Mare. Containing four of de la Mare's stories: The Old Lion', 'Maria-Fly', 'The Lord Fish' and 'S...

The House at Pooh Corner

A A Milne · 1928 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,798.25 | $1,982.04 | ¥316,544)

London, Methuen and Co, 1928. First edition. Vellum. A beautifully bound first edition copy of A A Milne's noted story collection 'House at Pooh Corner&apos. A wonderful copy of this beloved work, housed in a custom slipcase. In a custom binding by The Cottage Binder...

Movements in European History

D H Lawrence · 1925 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Oxford, Humphrey Milford, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first illustrated edition copy of D H Lawrence's school textbook, 'Movements in European History&apos. First thus, the first illustrated edition of this work, which was first published in 1921 under ...

Quasimodo Mouse

Bernard Stone · 1984 · Rooke Books

£500.00 (€599.42 | $660.68 | ¥105,515)

London, Andersen Press, 1984. First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition of this third entertaining children's book about mice, illustrated whimsically in colour throughout by Ralph Steadman. Signed by Steadman with a doodle to the title page. The first edition of th...

Here Comes Mumfie

Katharine Tozer · 1942 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, John Murray, 1942. Cloth. A third impression of this children's novel by Katharine Tozer. This work follows further adventures of the elephant, Mumfie. There are several 'Mumfie' books such as 'Mumfie's Uncle Samuel', 'Here Comes Mumf...

Rhymes without Reason

Mervyn Peake · 1944 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1944 . First edition. Cloth. A desirable first edition of Peake's eccentric of nonsense verse, illustrated with sixteen colour illustrations by Peake, and complete with the scarce original pictorial dust wrapper. In the publisher's origin...

Alice in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll · 1932 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Nottingham , Hodder and Stoughton Limited for Boots Pure Drug Co. Ltd , 1932. Cloth. A lavishly illustrated centenary edition of Lewis Carroll's beloved tale, with the uncommon original dust wrapper. A Centenary Edition of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'...

Peter Pan and Wendy: Retold for Little People

J.M. Barrie [adapt. May Byron] · 1940 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Hodder and Stoughton Limited, c1940. Cloth. A lovely illustrated edition of a popular retelling of Peter Pan for young children, with colour gravure plates by Golden Age illustrator Mabel Lucie Atwell. A lovely illustrated edition of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan and We...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon · 2003 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Oxford, David Fickling Books, 2003 . First edition. Cloth. The first children's edition of this popular mystery novel by Mark Haddon, in the original dust wrapper. The first children's edition.  In the publisher's original red cloth binding. In the original unc...

The Jungle Book the Second Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling · 1924 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1924. Leather. A pair of full calf, illustrated editions of Kipling's beloved children's novels, featuring an unclipped dust wrapper. A smart pair of Rudyard Kipling's most popular children's works, both bound in smart ori...

Dancer&Apos;S Luck; Dancer in the Wings

Lorna Hill · 1958 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1958. First edition. Cloth. Two popular children's novels on fictional ballerina Annette Dancy, including a first edition, both in the original unclipped dust wrappers. Dancer's Luck and Dancer in the Wings, an early impression of the ...

Around the World with the Alphabet

Hendrik Willem van Loon · 1935 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1935 . First edition. Hardback. A beautiful example of the first edition of Hendrik Willem van Loon's children's alphabet, aiming to educate the young about the cities of the world. Illustrated throughout in colour by the author. The fir...