Libri per ragazzi

Teddy Bear and Other Songs from "When We Were Very Young

A. A. Milne; H. Fraser-Simson · 1926 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Methuen & Co, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated collection of the poems of A. A. Milne put to songs, illustrated throughout by E. H. Shepard. The first edition of this work.A collection of fourteen poems put to music by H. Fraser-Simson...

Whadayamean

John Burningham · 1999 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London , Jonathan Cape , 1999. First edition. Hardback. An enchanting first edition of John Burningham's environmental fable, profusely illustrated by the author. An excellent first edition copy of this work, published in 1999.Profusely illustrated by the author, John Bur...

The Doll-Man&Apos;S Gift

Harry A. James · 1902 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, George Newnes Ltd, 1902 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this delightful early twentieth-century children's novel. The first edition of this work, inscribed by the author to the verso of the front free endpaper with '...

Fairy Tales from Finland: From the Swedish of Zach. Topelius

Zachris Topelius; Ella R. Christie [trans.] · 1896 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

London, T. Fisher Holland, 1896 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this English language translation of the Finnish fairy tales of Zachris Topelius, illustrated throughout. A very scarce first edition.Translated by Ella R. Christie, a pioneering Scottish ...

Daddy Darwin&Apos;S Dovecot a Country Tale

Juliana Horatia Ewing · 1884 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1884]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this children's book by Juliana Horatia Ewing, illustrated by the popular British artist, Randolph Caldecott. The first edition. In the publisher's original pictori...

The Hey Diddle Diddle Picture Book

R. Caldecott · 1899 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Frederick Warne and Co , c1899. Cloth. R. Caldecott's illustrated book of nursery rhymes for children, with Caldecott's beautiful colour illustrations. Illustrated with monochrome vignettes and full page colour illustrations by R. Caldecott, drawn by R.C. and...

The Grey House on the Hill

Mrs. Greene [Louisa Lillias Plunket Greene] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1903. Cloth. A bright copy of this charming children's story, an early edition illustrated with colour plates by Arthur Rackham. An early Rackham edition of this work, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with blind-stamping to t...

Walt Disney&Apos;S Wonder Book

0 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)

London, The Sunshine Press, c1940 . First edition. Cloth. A brightly coloured, scarce copy of this entertaining children's book filled with Walt Disney characters. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth with bright pictorial boards. Undated, dated from simil...

The Cat in the Hat

Dr. Seuss · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Collins, c1965. Hardback. A smart early British edition of Dr. Seuss' beloved comical children's novel, featuring his original colourful illustrations. An undated seventh U.K. printing of this incredibly popular work.One of the most beloved children's wo...

Five Abbey Girls Novels

Elsie J. Oxenham · 1922 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1922-34. Cloth. A collection of five of the popular 'Abbey' series novels by Elsie J. Oxenham, each illustrated with a colour frontispiece. A set of five of the popular 'Abbey' series novels by Elsie J. Oxenham.The se...

The Abbey Girls; the New Abbey Girls; Jen of the Abbey School

Elsie J. Oxenham · 1930 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Collins, c1937 . Cloth. Late 1930s editions of three novels in Elsie Oxenham's enormously popular series of novels for young girls, each in their original dust wrapper. Present here are three novels that appeared early in Oxenham's series, which eventually ex...

Damaris at Dorothy&Apos;S

Elsie Jeanette Oxenham · 1937 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, The Sheldon Press, 1937 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of the first work in Elsie Oxenham's eight novel 'Rachel & Damaris/Rainbows' series. The scarce first edition of this novel.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece by 'Bea&apos....

The Captain of the Fifth

Elsie Jeanette Oxenham · 1922 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, W. & R. Chambers, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of the second novel in E. J. Oxenham's 'Swiss Set' series, in the original pictorial cloth. The scarce first edition of this novel.Illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates by...

Rosemund&Apos;S Victory: A Romance of the Abbey Girls

Elsie Jeanette Oxenham · 1933 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, George G. Harrap & Co, 1933 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of the sixteenth entry in Elsie J. Oxenham's Abbey Series. The uncommon first edition, first impression of this work.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece by Victor Cooley.In this char...

The New Abbey Girls

Elsie J. Oxenham · 1923 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London and Glasgow, Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of the fifth novel in Elsie J. Oxenham's popular Abbey series of books for girls. The very scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with a colour frontispie...

The Little Train; the Little Fire Engine; the Little Horse Bus; the Little Steamroller

Graham Greene · 1973 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,019.01 | $1,123.16 | ¥179,375)

London, The Bodley Head, 1973-1974 . First edition. Hardback. A wonderful collection of the Edward Ardizzone illustrated editions of Graham Greene's charming children's picture books, in the original dust wrappers. The first edition thus of these four volumes, being ...

A Collection of Books on Children&Apos;S Illustrators

Various · 1971 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London; New York; Australia , Various, 1971-2005 . First edition. Cloth. A collection of five works surrounding children's books and illustrations, from fantasy to fairytales, one of which is signed by the author. A collection of five works surrounding children's lit...

Johnny and the Dead

Terry Pratchett · 1993 · Rooke Books

£138.00 (€165.44 | $182.35 | ¥29,122)

London, Doubleday, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of this children's book by Terry Pratchett, signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Signed by Pratchett to the title page....

The Tale of Tom Kitten

Beatrix Potter · 1907 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1907 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Beatrix Potter's charming tale about the antics of three young kittens. The first edition of this work, one of the indistinguishable first three printings, with Plate III endpapers as per Qu...

Girls of the Hamlet Club

Elsie Jeanette Oxenham · 1931 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, W. & R. Chambers, 1931 . Cloth. A later printing of the first work in Elsie J. Oxenham's Abbey series, set in Miss Macey's school in Wycombe, and in the surrounding hamlets and villages. First published in 1914, this is a scarce 1931 printing of the first wor...