Libri per ragazzi

The Stories That Little Breeches Told, and the Pictures Which Charles Bennett Drew for Them

Charles Bennett · 1863 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Sampson Low, Son, and Co, 1863 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce hand coloured version of this first edition of this delightful Victorian-era children's work, illustrated with hand-coloured plates, and written by Charles Henry Bennett. The first edition of this w...

A Pilgrimage in Fairyland, Told by a Pilgrim There

Jeannie McConnell · 1920 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Privately Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1920 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce, privately printed first edition of this charming collection of illustrated fairy tales for children. The very scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with ten charming colour p...

Aunt Judy&Apos;S Annual Volumes

Mrs Alfred Gatty [ed]; J. H. Ewing [ed] · 1866 · Rooke Books

£1,700.00 (€2,038.01 | $2,246.31 | ¥358,750)

London, George Bell & Sons; Hatchards , 1866-84. Cloth. Aunt Judy's illustrated annuals, including her Christmas and Mayday volumes, featuring charming poetry and stories for young people. Nineteen Volumes.In the original publisher's gilt cloth.Christmas, annual and ...

Saucers over the Moor a Lone Pine Story

Malcolm Saville · 1955 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London , George Newnes, 1955. First edition. Hardback. A pioneering new adventure story for boys and girls written by Malcolm Saville. The first edition. In the original price clipped dust wrapper. Malcolm Saville was an English writer best known for the Lone Pine series of ch...

The Tyger Voyage & One Old Oxford Ox

Nicola Bayley; Richard Adams · 1976 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1976-1977. First edition. Hardback. Two very smart children's books with beautiful colour illustrations, one of which is signed by children's book illustrator and author, Nicola Bayley. Two volumes. First edition. This set includes: The Tyger V...

The Child&Apos;S Book of Verse

Margaret W. Tarrant · 1951 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1951. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated collection of verses for children, with the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Dated from the National Library of Scotland and the Victoria and Albert Museum Libraries. With the ...

Peter Duck; the Big Six; Great Northern?

Arthur Ransome · 1932 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1932-1947. First edition. Cloth. Three first edition copies of works from Arthur Ransome's famous 'Swallows and Amazons' series. The first edition, first impressions of these works in the publisher's original cloth bindings.Ink inscri...

Auntie&Apos;S Little Rhyme Book No. 3 Old Nursery Rhymes

1915 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London , Augener , 1915 . Hardback. A charming collection of traditional nursery rhymes including Oranges and Lemons and I saw Three Ships. A collection of traditional nursery rhymes. This book is No.3 of the Old Nursery Rhyme collection which forms part of the Auntie's L...

Kate Greenaway&Apos;S Painting Book

Kate Greenaway · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, c1900. Hardback. A charming work for children by Victorian illustrator Kate Greenaway, a colouring book intended to be painted in watercolours. A charming colouring book by Kate Greenaway, produced for children to paint their pages. Illustrated...

The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby

Charles Kingsley · 1896 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1896. Cloth. An early edition of Charles Kingsley's famous children's story, illustrated by Linley Sambourne. The fourth edition, sixth impression of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Two stamps to the half ...

Aladdin or the Wonderful Lamp

Sidney H. Heath · 1895 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London , J.M. Dent , 1895. First edition. Cloth. A charming children's book telling the story of Aladdin or The Wonderful Lamp. The first edition.Very scarce. In the original pictorial cloth boards. This is a charming book telling the story of Aladdin or The Wonderful Lam...

India-Rubber Jack

W. C. F. Richardson · 1902 · Rooke Books

£249.00 (€298.51 | $329.02 | ¥52,546)

London , Swan Sonnenschein, [1902]. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce classic children's book. Dated 1902 from a copy on JISC held by the Victoria and Albert Museum libraries. The first edition.Very scarce. The text and full-page illustrations on facing pages with respe...

Hey Nonny Yes

Hallam Fordham · 1947 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London , Saturn Press, 1947 . First edition. Hardback. A charming book of Shakespearian quotations. The first edition. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. In the original pictorial boards. This is a book of Shakespearian quotations. As stated in the introduction, 'the quotat...

The Flower Book; Being a Procession of Flowers Passing from Meadow and Coppice Through the Hedge to the Garden Pool and Herb Patch

Constance Armfield · 1910 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London , Chatto And Windus , 1910. Cloth. A charming book on garden, meadow and coppice flowers. The first edition. A charming book aimed at children covering flowers of the garden and countryside. It aims to teach children about nature. Each plant is accompanied by a detailed...

Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes

Kate Greenaway · 1881 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1881. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated collection of nursery rhymes from Kate Greenaway and Edmund Evans. With colour illustrations to each page. The familiar figure of Mother Goose is an imaginary author of a collection of fairy tales and nurse...

Slate and Pencil Vania: Being Adventures of Dick on a Desert Island

Walter Crane · 1885 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Marcus Ward & Co. 1885. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this charming children's tale of a young sailor from Walter Crane, with colour illustrations throughout. First edition. With twenty-four pages of colour illustrations. Collated complete. An exciting ...

R. Caldecott&Apos;S Picture Books

Oliver Goldsmith; et al. · 1880 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1880-1900. Paperback. Fifteen volumes of Randolph Caldecott's children's picture books, in their original pictorial wraps. Fifteen works in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. Eight colour plates to 'John Gilpi...

Dora: A High School Girl

May Baldwin · 1930 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1930. Cloth. A later edition of this popular girls' school story, charmingly illustrated by Mabel Lucie Atwell, and with the very scarce dust wrapper. A later edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the ...

Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls

Juliana Horatia Ewing · 1909 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1909. Hardback. A later edition of this Victorian-era story for girls by the children's writer Juliana Horatia Ewing. A new edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial paper boards. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight ...

Gentleman Jim

Raymond Briggs · 1980 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Hamish Hamilton , 1980. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this illustrated Children's book by noted illustrator Raymond Briggs. The first edition.  In the publisher's original pictorial hardback.Profusely illustrated throughout with full colour i...