Libri per ragazzi

The Children&Apos;S Library of the Saints No. 12, 15, 20, 22, 23, 24, & 26

Rev. W. Guy Pearse · 0 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Leeds, Richard Jackson Limited, c1920. Paperback. Seven scarce issues of The Children's Library of the Saints from English preacher Rev. W. Guy Pearse, with illustrations. Seven volumes from The Children's Library of the Saints. Scarce works. A collection of charming...

Sprookjes

Hans Christian Andersen; Jan Van Der Moer · 1919 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Alkmaar, Gebr. Kluitman, 1919. Cloth. A smart third edition of this illustrated collection of fairy tales from Hans Christian Andersen, retold by Jan Van Der Moer in Dutch. Dutch. Third edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and eight colour plates. Collated complete....

Winged Princess

Anne Kennington · 1945 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Nicholson & Watson, 1945 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of Anne Kennington's very scarce children's tale, inscribed to the prolific theatre director and early suffragette Edith Craig. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher&ap...

Tom Brown&Apos;S School Days

An Old Boy [Thomas Hughes] · 1869 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Macmillan & Co, 1869 . Cloth. The first illustrated edition of Thomas Hughes's beloved fictionalised account of life at Rugby School, with illustrations from Arthur Hughes and Sydney Prior Hall. A first edition thus, the first illustrated edition.Thomas Hughes&apo...

Four Tales

Philip Pullman · 2010 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Doubleday, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A collection of fairy tales by the popular author of the 'His Dark Materials' series, in the original dust wrapper and illustrated by Peter Bailey. The first edition of this omnibus edition. First published separately be...

Night Cargoes: A Smuggling Story

Nicholas Cavanagh · 1946 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Peter Lunn , 1946. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this thrilling smuggling story set in the 18th century. A very scarce first edition of this work. With the publisher's original price-clipped dust wrapper.An exciting young adult fiction ab...

Playhours and Half-Holidays or Further Experiences of Two Schoolboys

Rev. J. C. Atkinson · 1892 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of short stories following the adventures of two schoolboys, from English author and priest John Christopher Atkinson. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven pla...

Celandine & Winter Wood

Steve Augarde · 2005 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, David Fickling Books, 2005-2008. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition from the Touchstone Trilogy by British author and artist Steve Augarde, Celandine is signed by the author. Two volumes. First edition, first impression. Volumes two and three of the Touchsto...

Dragon Rider

Cornelia Funke; Anthea Bell [translator] · 2004 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Somerset, The Chicken House, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first translated English edition of this illustrated children's adventure story from German author Cornelia Funke. First UK edition. Illustrated throughout with a colour pop-up/fold out map. Collated co...

Grimm&Apos;S Fairy Tales

Jacob Grimm; Wilhelm Grimm · 1922 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Paisley, Alexander Gardner, 1922. Cloth. A scarce edition of this illustrated collection of fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm. Scarce edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and eleven black-and-white plates. Collated complete. A collection of fairy tales from The Br...

The Hey Diddle Diddle Picture Book

Randolph Caldecott · 1882 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, George Routledge & Sons, [1882]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming collection of nursery rhymes, brightly illustrated throughout by Randolph Caldecott. The first edition. Dated using Jisc from copies of the work held at the University of Oxford l...

The Railway Children

E. Nesbit · 1906 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co. 1906 . First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce and sought-after first edition of E. Nesbit's beloved children's tale, with the original, charming illustrations by C. E. Brock. The first edition. With no later editions stated. I...

Wheels

Oliver Hill; Hans Tisdall · 1946 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Pleiades Books Ltd, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this vibrantly illustrated children's book about vehicles with wheels. A scarce first edition.The work of Oliver Hill and Hans Tisdall.Illustrated with twenty full colour plates, and a sm...

The Legend of the Silver Cup and Other Stories for Children

Rev. G. Critchley · 1898 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, S. W. Partridge and Co, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this magical short-story collection for children, with illustrations. The very scarce first edition. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. An imaginative selection...

An Experiment with St. George

J. W. Dunne · 1939 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1939. Paperback. A proof copy of this entertaining fantasy novel by J. W. Dunne. A scarce proof copy of this uncommon work.Published in the U. S. as 'St. George and the Witches&apos.A dramatised adventure of St. George, written by J. W. Du...

The Love Family

Mrs. M. H. Spielmann [Mabel Henrietta Spielmann] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, George Allen & Sons, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Spielmann and Moore-Park's charming children's work about the adventures of Cupid and his family. Stamped 'Presentation Copy&apos. A very scarce first edition.With a &apos...

The Hundred Riddles of the Fairy Bellaria

Charles Godfrey Leland · 1892 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of this beautifully illustrated work of children's literature from Charles Godfrey Leland. A very scarce first trade edition.Illustrated throughout with monochrome woodcuts.The work of ...

A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Trouble Begins (Movie Tie-in Boxed Set): The Bad Beginning; the Reptile Room; the Wide Window

Lemony Snicket [Daniel Handler] · 2004 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

New York, HarperCollins Publishers; HarperEntertainment , 2004. Hardback. This excellent boxed set contains the first three novels upon which its film adaptation, starring Jim Carrey as Count Olaf, was based upon. A collectible movie tie-in edition of this box, which contains ...

The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide; the Seeing Stone; Lucinda&Apos;S Secret (Special Advance Reviewer Copies)

Tony DiTerlizzi; Holly Black · 2003 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

New York, Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2003-2004. Paperback. A desirable set of two very scarce special advance reviewer copies for the first three books of 'The Spiderwick Chronicles&apos. Three books bound in two volumes, with books 1 and 2 bound together...

The Golem&Apos;S Eye: The Bartimaeus Trilogy

Jonathan Stroud · 2003 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

New York, Miramax Books, 2003. Paperback. A very smart uncorrected proof of the second volume from the Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud. Advanced reading copy and uncorrected proof. The second book of the Bartimaeus Trilogy, a series of young adult novels of alternate his...