Libri per ragazzi

Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children

Kate Greenaway · 1878 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.82 | $204.81 | ¥32,710)

London, George Routledge & Sons, [1878]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, second issue of Kate Greenaway's beautifully colour illustrated collection of rhymes for children. The first edition, second issue. With the 'End of Contents' to pp. 14 and the ill...

Jocko, the Brazilian Ape

Madame de Chatelain [Clara de Chatelain] · 1865 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, A. N. Myers, 1865 . First edition. Cloth. The second UK edition of this very scarce children's work, originally published in German. Illustrated with vibrant colour plates. The second UK edition, first published in the UK five years prior.Adapted from the German b...

The Stories That Little Breeches Told

Charles Bennett · 1863 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Sampson Low, Son, and Co, 1863. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming tale for children by Charles Bennett, illustrated with hand-coloured plates. The first edition, this is the scarcer issue with hand-coloured plates.Illustrated with ten hand-colour...

Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography

Lemony Snicket [Daniel Handler] · 2002 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

New York, HarperCollins Publishers, 2002. First edition. Hardback. A very fine first edition, first printing of this fictional "autobiography" of author and character, Lemony Snicket, with the fine dust wrapper. The first edition, first printing. With the publisher's fin...

Books One to Four of the Jesse Jameson Series

Sean Wright · 2003 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Crowswing Books, 2003-2004. First edition. Paperback. A set of four first paperback edition volumes from the Jesse Jameson fantasy series by British author Sean Wright, signed by the author. Four volumes of a six volume set, lacking volumes five and six. First paperbac...

The Cry of the Icemark

Stuart Hill · 2005 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Somerset, The Chicken House, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, first impression of the first novel in the Icemark Chronicles from British author Stuart Hill, signed by the author. With the original slip case. First edition, first impression. Signed by the...

The Thackeray Alphabet

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1929 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, John Murray, 1929 . Cloth. The second impression of William Makepeace Thackeray's illustrated alphabet for children. The second impression of this work.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.An illustrated alphabet, with letters including C for Co...

Joy Street Poems: School Edition

Rose Fyleman; Marian Allen; Edith Sitwell · 1927 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1927 . Cloth. The 'School Edition' of this charmingly illustrated 1920s volume of poems for children. The 'School Edition' of this work, published in the same year as the first edition.An anthology of jolly poems from authors includ...

Buffs and Boy, or, the Isles of Innocence

Amy Sims · 1908 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, T. Sealey Clark & Co. Ltd., 1908. First edition. Cloth. A scarce Edwardian fantasy novel for children, a charming and illustrated tale by Amy Sims. The first edition of this scarce and charming fantasy novel for children by Amy Sims, set in Hertfordshire. 'Buffs a...

Ethel&Apos;S Adventures in the Doll Country

Clara Bradford · 1880 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd, 1880. Cloth. A smart copy of this charming children's story from English writer Clara Bradford, illustrated throughout. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and many in-text images. A delightful children's story following a you...

Gloria in Excelsis Deo

0 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1960. Paperback. An uncommon colourful pop-up nativity scene by the Czech artist Vojtěch Kubašta, a brilliant example. An uncommon pop-up nativity scene, an impressive and colourful scene showing Jesus, Mary, Joseph, the Three Kings, a shepherd, an...

At Cousin Ada&Apos;S

Ethel Heaton · 1925 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, The Religious Tract Society, [1925]. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition children's book about a young girl's time with her aunt by Ethel Heaton, with plates. The first edition.A very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and one plate, ...

A Million Stories in Search of a Happy Ending

Louise Lewis [translator] · 1983 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Blackie, 1983. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce choose your own adventure book for young children, with colour images throughout. First UK edition. Very scarce. Illustrated with colour images to each page. This book tells a million stories at the same time, and t...

Santa&Apos;S Merry Carnival

Dorothy N. King · 1955 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Not Stated, Polygraphic Company of America, 1955 . First edition. Paperback. An intricate pop-up book depicting Santa's Merry Carnival, charmingly illustrated throughout, by Dorothy King. Housed in the original pictorial box. The first edition. Spiral bound in the publish...

Only a Bunch of Cherries

Emma Marshall · 1909 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, S. W. Partridge and Co. c1900. Cloth. A very scarce copy of one of Emma Marshall's popular children's stories, with illustrations throughout. A very scarce work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Prize bookplate to the front free end pa...

The Pop-Up Book of Magic Tricks

Ron Van Der Meer · 1983 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1983. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition pop-up book of magic tricks by Ron Van Der Meer. The first edition. In the publisher's original pictorial covers. Illustrated in colour with pop-ups and flaps to open. This scarce pop-...

Holiday Week: Fun to Read and Colour

0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, English & Partners Ltd. c1945. Hardback. An uncommon colouring and reading book for children, following the holiday week of a young girl. Uncommon work. An English production. Illustrated with sixteen pages ready to colour in. A charming colouring book for children fol...

Stories from Dickens for Boys and Girls

Charles Dickens; Mary Angela Dickens · 1935 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.15 | $60.78 | ¥9,707)

London, Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd. 1935. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this charming collection of stories from Dickens, written for children, with a folding panorama. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one colour plate, a double-page ...

The Gene Autry Jump-Up Book: Gene Autry and the Prairie Fire

Jim Roberts · 1954 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Adprint Limited, 1954. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this scarce pop-up book for children, telling the story of cowboy Gene Autry. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with five full-colour fold-out scenes, and many colour images. Collated comple...

Rainy Day&Apos;S Adventures with Mother Goose in the Land of Nursery Rhymes

Henry Moore Picken · 1945 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, The Pilot Press Ltd. 1945. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition of this "something to-do" book of games, stories, and fold-out illustrations. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated in colour throughout with three spinning dial features, fifty-four punch-out...