Libri per ragazzi

William Tell Told Again

P. G. Wodehouse · 1904 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.54 | $515.33 | ¥82,302)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this early title by P. G. Wodehouse, comprised of a poetical retelling of the legend of William Tell, complete with fifteen colourful illustrations from Philip Dadd. First edition, first impressi...

My Lady Dolly

1895 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1895. Paperback. An uncommon 'Father Tuck's Doll' volume, an anthology of poems illustrated with chromolithographs. An uncommon Victorian work for children, containing eleven entertaining poems. Including 'My Lady Dolly', &...

The Model Menagerie

L. L. Weldon; Evelyn Fletcher; et al · 1895 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London; New York, Ernest Nister; E. P. Dutton & Co, [1895]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautiful volume of chromolithograph pop-ups of animals in a menagerie by Ernest Nister. The first edition.Complete with six pop-up chromolithograph scenes, all of which...

Poems for Children

Anonymous · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Not Stated, None, c1950 . Paperback. A truly delightful handmade book of children's poems and nursery rhymes, illustrated with woodcuts, and with the text beautifully rendered in calligraphy. A charming volume of nine children's poems and nursery rhymes, handmade by ...

Rabbit & Pork Rhyming Talk

John Lawrence · 1975 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1975. First edition. Hardback. A very smart first edition of this beautifully illustrated book of rhyming slang by John Lawrence. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. A brilliant...

The Vicarage Children

Lorna Hill · 1961 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Evans Brothers Limited, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this illustrated children's book from English author Lorna Hill. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A most amusing story, drawn from the author's own experiences as the wife...

Fungus the Bogeyman Plop-Up Book

Raymond Briggs · 1982 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1982. First edition. Hardback. A wonderful, first edition of this charming children's pop-up book featuring the much-loved character of Fungus the Bogeyman, created by Raymond Briggs. The first edition.In the publisher's original pictorial co...

Loveykins

Quentin Blake · 2002 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2002. First edition. Hardback. A fantastic signed first edition of this classic Quentin Blake children's book about an unlikely friendship. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression, complete with the full number l...

Nonstop Nonsense

Margaret Mahy · 1977 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1977. First edition. Hardback. A bright first edition of Margaret Mahy's joyful collection of stories, illustrated by Quentin Blake. The first edition. In the publisher's pictorial boards.Decorated throughout by beloved children&apos...

The Golden Harp; Hymns, Rhymes, and Songs for the Young.

H. W. Dulcken · 1864 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Routledge, Warne and Routledge , 1864 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce compilation of German songs for children, translated into English by H. W. Dulcken, with striking illustrations, engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. First edition. Bound in the publisher's r...

Trottie&Apos;S Story Book, or, True Tales in Short Words and Large Type.

[Mrs. E. Burrows] · 1866 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Griffith and Farran, 1866 . Cloth. The second edition of this very scarce collection of short stories for children, written by Mrs. E. Burrows and illustrated by Harrison Weir. Second edition. Published the same year as the first. Bound in the publisher's original...

More Spring Flowers and Summer Blossoms

F.; M. · 1849 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Thomas Dean and Son, [1849]. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce anthology of verse and prose, strikingly illustrated, included with a hand-coloured frontispiece. A vanishingly scarce work.Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, a hand-coloured title page, and four mono...

The Bfg

Roald Dahl · 1982 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A first impression copy of one of Roald Dahl's most beloved children's novels, complete with Quentin Blake's humorous cartoons. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrap...

Good in Every Thing ; or the Early History of Gilbert Harland

Mrs. Barwell [Louisa Mary Barwell] · 1852 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Grant and Griffith, 1852 . First edition. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated with hand coloured plates, this is the vanishingly scarce first edition of Louisa Barwell's enchanting children's tale, about the life of one Gilbert Harland. The first edition of this v...

Always Happy!!! or, Anecdotes of Felix and His Sister Serena

Maria Elizabeth Budden · 1815 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, J. Harris, 1815 . Leather. A smart copy of the very scarce second edition of Maria Elizabeth Budden's charming didactic moral tale for children. The second edition of this delightful work, which is very scarce in all early editions.Illustrated with an engraved fro...

The Alphabet of Animals

Anonymous · 1885 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

Cincinnati, Peter G. Thomson, 1885 . First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce 1885 children's rag book, in which the alphabet is taught to children through colour illustrations of animals. A very scarce work produced by Peter G. Thomson of Cincinnati.An early example of...

Old Nurse&Apos;S Book of Rhymes, Jingles, and Ditties

Charles H. Bennett [ed.] · 1865 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Griffith and Farran, 1865 . Cloth. The second edition of this very scarce collection of children's nursery books and rhymes, illustrated throughout by Charles H. Bennett. The second edition of this work, which was first published in 1858. Very scarce in contempora...

Mister Fox

Comus [R. M. Ballantyne] · 1857 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1857 . First edition. Cloth. The first editition of R. M. Ballantyne's charming children's tale about an anthropomorphic fox, illustrated with colour plates. The first edition of this charming children's tale from R. M. Ballantyne...

An Experiment with St. George

J. W. Dunne · 1939 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Faber and Faber, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Dunne's fantasy novel for children, illustrated throughout by F. Rojankovsky, and with the rare original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher&...

Simon the Swan

Cicely Mary Barker · 1988 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.53 | ¥8,230)

London, Blackie, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated sequel to The Lord of the Rushie River. First edition. The long-awaited sequel to The Lord of the Rushie River. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and nine full-page colour imag...