Libri per ragazzi

A Treat a Treat with Verses Good and Sweet

Dean and Son · 1882 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London , Dean and Son, c1882. Hardback. The third book from Dean's new series of Cheap Chromo Toy Books. Dated 1882 to the rear board. A scarce work, with none on Copac. An advertisement to the rear board notes the Dean's Chromo Toy Books 'are acknowledged. to b...

Bumpy&Apos;S Holiday

Biro · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Sylvan Press, c1943. Cloth. A scarce signed first edition of this charming children's storybook. Inscribed by the author to verso of front free endpaper. With a previous owner's ink inscription to recto of front free endpaper. With full-colour and monochrome ...

Nonsense for Somebody Anybody or Everybody Particularly the Baby-Body

A. Nobody · 0 · Rooke Books

£54.99 (€65.92 | $72.66 | ¥11,605)

London, Gardner, Darton & Co. c1920. Cloth. A charming and copiously illustrated nonsense work written and illustrated by A. Nobody. Designed in England Printed in Holland on English paper. With a dedication: "This nonsense book I wrote by myself and the pictures my pencil dre...

Martijn de Ijsvogel

Door Lida, Tekeningen Van, F. Rojankovsky, Vertaald Door, C. G. Voorhoeve · 1995 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,770)

Bussum, A. Voorhoeve, 19952. Paperback. A charming work of children's fiction, illustrated throughout with coloured lithographs. A charming work of children's fiction, illustrated throughout with coloured lithographs. Written in Dutch. Scarce. Illustrated by F. Rojan...

Das Buch Vom Weihnachtsfest

Irmgard Kerkhoff · 0 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Mainz, Scholz , c1900 . Cloth. A very scarce copy of this charming children's book on Christmas, illustrated in colour throughout. A very scarce work.In the original quarter cloth binding, with pictorial boards.A work by Irmgard Kerkhoff.Illustrated in colour throughout b...

The Boy&Apos;S Own Toy-Maker; a Practical Guide to the Useful Employment of Leisure Hours

E. Landells · 1860 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Griffith and Farran, 1860 . Cloth. An abundantly illustrated Victorian children's guide to toys and games during play hours. The scarce fourth edition of the work.In publisher's original red cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece and two hundred in t...

Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen · 1945 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Oxford University Press, 1945 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first edition of this collection of twenty-eight of Andersen's most beloved tales, adorned with the illustrations of Tasha Tudor. The first edition in the publisher's original cloth, i...

A Tangled Tale

Lewis Carroll · 1886 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1886. Cloth. An 1886 early printing of Lewis Carroll"s witty collection of mathematical puzzles, charmingly illustrated by Arthur B. Frost. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.States 'Third Thousand' to title page.With six ill...

For the School Colours

Angela Brazil · 1918 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, Blackie and Son, 1918 . First edition. Cloth. Charmingly illustrated throughout, this is the first edition of Angela Brazil's entertaining school story, in the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. In the very scarce pu...

The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book: A Book of Old Favourites with New Illustrations

Arthur Rackham · 1954 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, George G. Harrap, 1954 . Cloth. A wonderful example of this charming collection of fairy tales illustrated throughout by Arthur Rackham, and retaining the original dust wrapper. The tenth impression of this work, which was first published in 1933.In a clipped example o...

The Surprising Adventures of Toady Lion

S. R. Crockett · 1897 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Gardner, Darton and Co,, 1897. Cloth. Charming children's adventure from Samuel Rutherford Crockett, profusely illustrated by Gordon Browne and featuring an additional colour folding map. Second edition.In publisher's original decorative cloth binding.Featuri...

C. 1820 the History of Giles Gingerbread, a Little Boy Who Lived Upon Learning C. 1835 the First Set of Catechisms and Prayers: Or, the Religion of Little Children, Under Seven or Eight Years of Age

Tom Trip; Isaac Watts · 1820 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

York; Derby, J. Kendrew; Thomas Richardson, c.1820 - 1835. First edition. Paperback. Two lovely pocket-sized nineteenth-century children's works, adorned with various woodcut illustrations. Two pocket-sized children's works in the original paper wraps. Catechisms i...

Mrs. Leicester&Apos;S School; or, the History of Several Young Ladies, Related by Themselves

Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb · 1825 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, J. Godwin and Co. 1825 . Leather. The ninth edition of this collection of children's stories by siblings Charles and Mary Lamb. The ninth edition of the work. In half green calf, with marbled boards and endpapers.Illustrated with a frontispiece.A work by siblings...

Mrs. Leicester&Apos;S School; or, the History of Several Young Ladies, Related by Themselves

Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb · 1809 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Printed for M.J. Godwin, 1809. Leather. The scarce second edition of this collection of children's stories by siblings Charles and Mary Lamb. The scarce second edition of the work.In full brown gilted calf binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece.A work by siblings...

Artemis Fowl Artemis Fowl the Eternity Code

Eoin Colfer · 2001 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Viking; The Penguin Group; Puffin Books, 2001-2003. First edition. Cloth. A lovely pair of first editions, with original unclipped dust wrappers and promotional ephemera. A lovely pair of first editions, first impressions from Irish children's author Eoin Colfer.T...

The Valley of Secrets

Charmian Hussey · 2004 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Cornwall, Saint Piran Press, 2004. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce signed first edition, second impression of this mysterious and amusing novel from English children's book writer Charmian Hussey. The first edition, second impression of the work.A limited edition, i...

Little Ferns for Fanny&Apos;S Little Friends

Fanny Fern [Sara Willis] · 0 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London , Cassell, petter, And Galpin, c1857. Cloth. a very scarce illustrated edition of this charming collection of children's stories, with a double frontispiece, 6 plates, and in text illustrations throughout. The very scarce illustrated fifth edition of the work.In pu...

Robin Hood and the Men of the Greenwood

Henry Gilbert · 1912 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Edinburgh & London , T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1912. Cloth. A delightful retelling of the classic Robin Hood Tale, with a frontispiece, illustrated title page, and 15 colour plates by Walter Crane. The first edition of this retelling of the classic Robin Hood Tale. In publisher'...

The Heroes or Greek Fairy Tales for My Children

Charles Kingsley · 1904 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1904. Leather. A smartly bound collection of retold Greek myths and legends from Charles Kingsley, written for children with illustrations. Later edition. Illustrated throughout. A collection of retold Greek myths and legends written for chil...

Tanglewood Tales; Stories from the Arabian Nights; the Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales

Nathaniel Hawthorne; Laurence Housman; Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · 1938 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. Cloth. A delightful selection of children's fairy tales, folk tales and myths, all of which are adorned with colour plates by Edmund Dulac. This set offers three beautifully illustrated children's anthologies, comprising retellings...