Libri per ragazzi

Rotkappchen

Fritz Baumgarten · 0 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

Leipzig , A. Anton and Co , c1920. Cloth. A scarce and charmingly illustrated copy of Red Riding Hood in German. This is a charming copy of Rotkappchen, or Red Riding Hood, in German with illustrations in colour throughout by Fritz Baumgarten. There are four full page colour i...

Tales of the Wild Folk: Brock the Badger; Oscar the Otter; Greykin a Squirrel; Hal the Hedgehog; Teeny - the Harvest Mouse; Wee One the Wren; Sweet-Song the Skylark

Cecily M. Rutley · 1952 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. [1952]. Paperback. A collection of seven charming children's tales concerning the animal world by Cecily M. Rutley, in the original uniform illustrated wraps. Uncommon collection of seven little tales from the 'Tales of the Wild Folk&apo...

Doctor Dolittle&Apos;S Return

Hugh Lofting · 1933 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1933. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this first edition children's book in the 'Doctor Dolittle' series by Hugh Lofting, complete with the vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. The first edition of this ninth book in Hugh Lofting's...

The Gateway to Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer; Emily Underdown · 1912 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A delightful children's retelling of the Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, complete with a particularly scarce dust wrapper. Written by Emily Underdown, an English novelist and...

Les Mesadventures de Jean-Paul Choppart

Louis Desnoyers · 1834 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Paris, J. Hetzel, c1864. Cloth. A colourfully bound and beautifully illustrated nineteenth-century children's book about the adventures of a young French boy, Jean-Paul Choppart. Presenting this charming work of children's literature from the mid-nineteenth century, ...

The Butterfly&Apos;S Ball and the Grasshopper&Apos;S Feast; the Peacock Party

William Plomer · 1973 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Jonathan Cape; Book Club Associates , 1973-9. First edition. Hardback. Alan Aldridge's adaptation of William Roscoe's poem 'The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast and its sequel. The first edition of these children's work. Comprising th...

Silverfin and Blood Fever

Charlie Higson · 2005 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Puffin, 2005-2006. Paperback. The first two volumes of Charlie Higson's thrilling Young Bond series, both signed by the author. The first two works in Charlie Higson's 'Young Bond' series, a series of children's novels commissioned by Ian Flemi...

The Talking Bird; or, the Little Girl Who Knew What Was Going to Happen

Mary Kirby; Elizabeth Kirby · 1856 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.70 | $343.55 | ¥54,868)

London, Grant and Griffith, 1856. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of the first edition of this children's book concerning natural science, with illustrations by 'Phiz.' Sisters Elizabeth and Mary Kirby were popular authors of books for children concerni...

The Loss of the Agra & the Two Prisoners

G. A. Henty; Charles Reade · 1902 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Glasgow and Bombay, Blackie & Son Limited, c1920. Cloth. Two lovely pictorially bound works from the Happy Home Library by Blackie & Son, each illustrated throughout. 'The Two Prisoners' from 'A Soldier's Daughter' by G. A. Henty', which w...

The Boy&Apos;S Own Book. A Complete Encyclopedia of All the Diversions, Athletic, Scientific, and Recreative, of Boyhood and Youth.

[William Clarke] · 1859 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, W. Kent and Co, 1859. Cloth. A charming illustrated encyclopaedia of the childhood pastimes of the young boys of the Victorian period. The scarce 1859 edition of this work from William Clarke, first published in 1828. According to sports historian Robert William Hender...

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1925 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. [1925]. Cloth. An exciting later edition of this popular children's novel by Frances Burnett with numerous illustrations by the noted artist C. E .Brock. A charming later edition of this novel, a copy dated from Jisc from other copies illustr...

In Taunton Town

E. Everett-Green · 1901 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

London, Edinburgh and New York, T. Nelson and Sons, 1901. Cloth. A wonderful decoratively-bound tale of heroism in Somerset, written by Evelyn Everett-Green. This piece of historical fiction reimagines the failed Monmouth Rebellion of 1685, during which the illegitimate son of...

The Young Yachtsmen or the Wreck of the Gipsy

Anne Bowman · 1865 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, George Routldge & Sons, 1865. Cloth. A scarce, illustrated Victorian work of children's fiction, aimed specifically at young boys. This is a scarce work of Victorian children's literature, featuring fjords, wolves, pirates, bears and shipwrecks. With illustra...

The Little Boys & Their Boats

Stephen Bone; Mary Adshead · 1953 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1953. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated work detailing a boating adventure, complete with a well-preserved dust wrapper. This work tells of a Little Boy, living on an island along with his friend, seeking the advice of a Master Mariner on boating.A...

Garnered Sheaves

Mrs Emma Raymond Pitman · 1883 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Glasgow, Edinburgh & Dublin, Blackie & Son, 1883. Fine Binding. A charming edition of 'A Tale for Boys' in a lovely full calf binding A wonderful copy of 'Garnered Sheaves: A Tale for Boys' by Emma Raymond Pitman, a self-described 'authoress' of t...

Daddy Darwin&Apos;S Dovecot Dandelion Clocks and Other Tales

Juliana Horatia Ewing · 1884 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1884-7. Hardback. Two beautiful children's stories by Juliana Horatia Ewing, illustrated throughout by the likes of Randolph Caldecott and Gordon Browne. Two charming Victorian children's works by Juliana Horatia Ewi...

Now We Are Six

A A Milne · 1927 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.96 | $2,312.38 | ¥369,302)

London, Methuen and Co, 1927. First edition. Fine Binding. A very bright, first edition copy of this famous poetry collection by the popular children's author A A Milne. Featuring his famous anthropomorphic character, Winnie the Pooh. Beautifully rebound, with a panel of ...

Bertha&Apos;S Journal During a Visit to Her Uncle in England

Bertha · 1846 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, John Murray, 1846. Leather. A very scarce charming children's novel about a young girl's journey to England, written by Jane Marcet. A very scarce work. A charming children's novel, documenting a girl's journey from Rio Janeiro to England, set over ...

Georgie a la Montagne Album Pour Les Parents Et Pour Les Enfants

Henriette Perrin-Duportal · 1935 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Paris, Librairie Fernand Nathan, 1935. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this children's French novel 'Georgie a la Montagne', written by Henriette Perrin-Duportal, and illustrated throughout by Kuhn-Regnier. A very scarce work. In the original French. A children&apo...

Golden Annual for Girls

Various · 1926 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, The Amalgamated Press, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the 1926 Golden Annual for girls, containing numerous entertaining stories, illustrated throughout, held in the original and very rare glassine dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. With the...