Libri per ragazzi

The Man

Raymond Briggs · 1992 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Julia MacRae Books, 1992. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated children's book by English illustrator Raymond Briggs in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the orig...

Kate Greenaway&Apos;S Alphabet

Kate Greenaway · 0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. LTD, c1885. Paperback. A charming Victorian work by the beloved illustrator Kate Greenaway, with her distinct style illustrating the alphabet. A charming work for children, with Kate Greenaway's illustrating the alphabet.Each illustrations de...

Graphic Pictures, More Graphic Pictures, Gleanings from the Graphic, Last Graphic Pictures

Randolph Caldecott · 1883 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1883-1889 . First edition. Cloth. A vibrant collection of four first edition picture books by the British illustrator Randolph Caldecott. The first editions of four charmingly illustrated picture books from popular Victorian era artist and il...

The God Beneath the Sea

Kathleen M. Lines · 1970 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London , Longman, 1970 . First edition. Hardback. A beautifully signed first edition on mythology. The first edition.Signed by the author and artist. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. The God Beneath The Sea is a children's novel based on Greek mythology. The story ...

The Story of Mr. Korah

Christabel Aberconway · 1954 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Michael Joseph, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this charming tale from Aberconway, with colour illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with tipped in colour frontispiece, two tipped in colour plates, and many full-page and in-text images. Collat...

The Owls of Olynn Belfry. A Tale for Children.

A.Y.D. · 1885 · Rooke Books

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

London, Field & Tuer, [1885]. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce children's tale illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, in a signed binding by Zaehnsdorf. The first edition of this very scarce work, dated 1885 via the British Library.In a half moroc...

Seven Just William Books

Richmal Crompton · 1924 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.43 | $647.47 | ¥103,404)

London, George Newnes Limited, 1924-31. First edition. Cloth. A nice set of six first editions and one first cheap edition of Richmal Crompton's popular 'Just William' novels. Six early first edition, first impressions, Just William novels, with one first cheap ...

The Biography of a Grizzly

Ernest Thompson Seton · 1925 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1925. Cloth. An illustrated copy of one of Ernest Thompson Seton's popular works of nature writing, focusing on the grizzly bear. An illustrated work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Bookplate to the front free end pa...

Dean&Apos;S Moveable Books: History of the Three Little Kittens Who Lost Their Mittens

Eliza Lee Cabot Follen · 1859 · Rooke Books

£1,375.00 (€1,648.39 | $1,816.87 | ¥290,166)

London, Dean & Son, 1859. Hardback. A charming and very scarce Victorian moveable picture book, relaying a humorous tale of three troublesome kittens, with moving parts and tabs. Publisher Dean & Son pioneered the production of moveable books on a large scale, using lithograph...

William - the Good

Richmal Crompton · 1928 · Rooke Books

£1,490.00 (€1,786.26 | $1,968.83 | ¥314,434)

London, George Newnes Limited, [1928]. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this work featuring charming tales of William Brown, in the original, unclipped, dust wrapper. A scarce, first edition, in the original publisher's red cloth binding, with an unclipped...

Dogs of Character

Cecil Aldin · 1927 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1927 . First edition. Vellum. A limited edition of Cecil Aldin's charmingly illustrated tale about the dogs Mickey and Cracker, an Irish wolfhound and a bull terrier. Limited to two-hundred and fifty copies. This copy is lacking the signed ori...

The White Puppy Book

Cecil Aldin · 1909 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Henry Frowde and Hodder and Stoughton, c1909 . Cloth. Famed illustrator Cecil Aldin's delightful 'White Puppy Book', an illustrated volume featuring a humorous tale concerning a troublesome young pup. A charming early twentieth century illustrated childr...

Willie Winkie&Apos;S Animal Book

Cecil Aldin · 0 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, c1927. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this charming children's book, written and illustrated in colour by Cecil Aldin. Very scarce work. Illustrated with forty-two bright coloured plates. A collection of exciting and charming animal s...

Selection of Just William Novels: William - the Conqueror; William and the Evacuees; Just William; Sweet William; William - the Detective; William&Apos;S Crowded Hours; William - the Showman; William and the A.R. P. ; William - the Fourth; William - the Outlaw; William Again; Still William; William - the Pirate; William - the Bad; William - the Dictator; William - the Rebel; William; William - the Good; William&Apos;S Happy Days; William - the Gangster; William - in Trouble; More William.

Richmal Crompton · 1927 · Rooke Books

£1,975.00 (€2,367.69 | $2,609.69 | ¥416,783)

London, George Newnes, 1927-1940 . Cloth. A charming collection of works by Richmal Crompton featuring her popular fictional character, Just William. This collection feature twenty-two editions of Just William stories. Each volume is in the original cloth binding, with the ori...

Twenty-Nine Just William Novels

Richmal Crompton · 1953 · Rooke Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.54 | $1,651.70 | ¥263,787)

London, George Newnes, 1953-1957. Cloth. Twenty-nine volumes from the popular Just William series by Richmal Crompton. Twenty-nine volumes in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original dust wrappers. All dust wrappers are unclipped except for the dust wrap...

Fruit of the Desert

Richard Barry · 1920 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

Garden City, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this lost race adventure novel by Richard Barry. A first edition of the work, in the original publisher's maroon cloth binding. This work is a Lost Adventure novel by American au...

The Missing Prince

G. E. Farrow · 1896 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1896. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon children's book by the prolific and beloved author G. E. Farrow, illustrated throughout by Harry and Dorothy Furniss. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth ...

Our Friend Jennings

Anthony Buckeridge · 1955 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Collins, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this seventh novel from Buckeridge's popular Jennings series, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped ...

William and the Evacuees

Richmal Crompton · 1940 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, George Newnes, 1940. Cloth. The third impression of this collection of Just William stories, with the second impression dust wrapper. The third impression of this work, published in November of the same year as the first impression, in the publisher's original clo...

Playbox Annual for 1939: Pictures and Stories for Children

Various · 1939 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

London, Playbox Annual , 1939. Cloth. A smart copy of the Playbox Annual for the year 1939, with stories and illustrations for children. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout with many colour images. A charming insight into childhood during the year of 1939. With stories, comic ...