Libri per ragazzi

A&Apos;S and the K&Apos;S, or Twice Three Is Six

B. Parker [Bessie Parker] · 1914 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, W. & R. Chambers Limited, [1914]. First edition. Hardback. An uncommon children's book about six warring cats and dogs, written by Bessie Parker and accompanied with brilliant chromolithographs by her sister Nancy Parker. The first edition.Illustrated with monoton...

Little Songs of Long Ago

Alfred Moffat · 1912 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London; New York, Augener LTD; A. & C. Black; G. Schirmer, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this colourfully illustrated anthology of children's poems put to music. The first edition of this work.A collection of children's poems and songs set to music...

Pique-Nique Chez Babar

Laurent de Brunhoff · 1949 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

Paris, Hachette, 1949. First edition. Cloth. The first edition in the original French of Laurent de Brunhoff's second book in the charming Babar series, started by his father, colourfully illustrated, The first edition.In the original French.A lovely tale from the beloved...

Puss in the Corner

Edith Francis Foster · 1904 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Boston, Dana Estes & Company, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming children's tale about a group of kittens, authored and illustrated by Edith Francis Foster. The very scarce first edition of this work.A delightful children's work from auth...

Gazette Des Enfants, Journal Hebdomadaire

Leon Guerin [ed.] · 1892 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

Harlem, Emrik & Binger, 1892-1893 . First edition. Paperback. A wonderful collection of sixty-nine issues of the charming children's periodical 'Gazette des Enfants', beautifully illustrated with chromolithographic plates. In the original French.Sixty-nine issue...

The Child World

Gabriel Setoun [Thomas Nicoll Hepburn] · 1896 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of poetry for children from Gabriel Setoun. First edition. The author's first published volume. Illustrated throughout. A charming collection of verses f...

Pinocchio: The Story of a Puppet

C. Collodi" [Carlo Lorenzini] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1926. Cloth. A smart fourth impression of this illustrated edition of the story of Pinocchio the puppet. Fourth impression of this edition. Illustrated with eight colour plates and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. An 1883 children&apos...

The Osborne Collection of Early Children&Apos;S Books 1566-1910: A Catalogue

Judith St. John; Edgar Osborne · 1966 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Toronto, Toronto Public Library, 1966. Cloth. A smart corrected edition of this catalogue of The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books. Printed with minor corrections. Illustrated with twelve colour plates, thirty-eight black-and-white images across twenty-five pla...

The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels

Thomas Ingoldsby [Richard Harris Barham] · 1882 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Richard Bentley, 1882 . Leather. The illustrated 'Carmine Edition' of Richard Harris Barham's 'Ingoldsby Legends', in an attractive full morocco binding. Illustrated with an engraved title page and frontispiece, alongside a further sixteen plat...

The Bad Child&Apos;S Book of Beasts

H. Belloc · 1896 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Duckworth & Co. 1896. Hardback. An illustrated copy of this charming collection of verses for children from French-English writer Hilaire Belloc. Illustrated throughout. A charmingly imaginative and cautionary children's book full of verses aiming to give advice t...

Language of Flowers

Kate Greenaway · 1884 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1884 . First edition. Hardback. The scarce first edition of this delightfully illustrated children's work from celebrated illustrator Kate Greenaway, with illustrations printed in colour by Edmund Evans. The scarce first edition of this ...

A Collection of Novels from Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo · 1987 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Heinemann; Collins; HarperCollins, 1987-2007. First edition. Cloth. Four smart first edition novels from English author Sir Michael Morpurgo, best known for his children's novels. Four volumes. First edition. Written by Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo, an Engli...

Giovanni and the Other Children Who Have Made Stories

Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1892 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of this illustrated collection of children's stories from British-American writer Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett. First US edition, containing one additional story than the first U...

Their First Formal Ball

Grace MacGowan Cooke · 1906 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

New York and London, Harper & Brothers Publishers , 1906. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this scarce short novel from American writer Grace MacGowan Cooke, with illustrations by Peter Newell. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece...

The Book of Shops

Edward Verrall Lucas · 1899 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Grant Richards, 1899 . First edition. Hardback. A smart example of the scarce first edition of E. V. Lucas's charming children's picture book, illustrated with chromolithographs from Francis D. Bedford. A scarce first edition. Illustrated with a title page a...

Chansons Et Rondes Enfantines Avec Notices Et Accompagnement de Piano

Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin · 1885 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Paris, Garnier Freres, 1885. Cloth. A charming volume of children's songs put to piano by the notable composer Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin, illustrated with chromolithograph plates. In the original French. French. Bound in the publisher's scarce blue floral cloth variant...

Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale

Boris Artzybasheff · 1937 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Cassell and Company Limited , 1937. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first UK edition of this delightful Russian folktale, retold and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff. The first UK edition, published simultaneously with the American first edition.With the scarce origina...

Toad of Toad Hall

A. A. Milne · 1929 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Methuen & Co, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of A. A. Milne's dramatic adaptation of beloved children's novel 'The Wind in the Willows', in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's origin...

Holidays at Home. Written for the Amusement of Young Persons.

Charlotte Sanders · 1806 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, J. Mawman, 1806 . Leather. The second edition of this very scarce collection of amusing moral tales for children, written by Charlotte Sanders. Second edition. First published in 1803. Bound in full calf, rebacked and with a contemporary spine. Illustrated with a front...

The Blind Child, or Anecdotes of the Wyndham Family. Written for the Use of Young People.

[Elizabeth Sibthorpe Pinchard] · 1793 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, E. Newbery, 1793 . Leather. The second edition of this scarce moral tale intended for the instruction of children, the best-known novel written by Elizabeth Pinchard. Second edition. First published in 1791. Scarce in any early edition. Bound in full calf.The first and...