Libri per ragazzi

The Rainbow Annual: Pictures & Stories for All Boys and Girls

Mrs. Bruin [editor] · 1937 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

London, Offices of "The Rainbow, 1937. Cloth. A scarce copy of The Rainbow Annual from 1931, a collection of stories and illustrations for children. Scarce edition. Illustrated throughout with colour images. The Rainbow Annual for the year 1937, published yearly with stories a...

The Fleeters

Walter Wood · 1934 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1934 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of the scarce first edition of this children's novel, illustrated by Alfred Bestall, the author and illustrator of the beloved Rupert Bear comic strip. The first edition, first impression of ...

My First Voyage to Southern Seas, a Book for Boys

W.H.G. Kingston · 1869 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1869 . Cloth. A lovely early edition of W. H. G. Kingston's thrilling adventure novel for young boys, illustrated throughout. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous vignette illustrations.First published in 1860, this is a charming work b...

Hilda Cowham&Apos;S Blacklegs and Others

Hilda Cowham · 1911 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.75 | $277.49 | ¥44,316)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Limited, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of children's poetry and illustrations from Hilda Cowham. First edition. Illustrated with colour frontispiece, fifteen colour plates, and many in-text and ful...

1896 Twilight Land

Howard Pyle · 1896 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, Osgood, McIlvaine and Co, 1896 . Cloth. A scarce UK edition of Howard Pyle's charmingly illustrated fairy tale, inscribed in pencil to the front free endpaper by British illustrator and landscape painter H.M. Brock. An early UK edition of American author and illus...

A Picture Story-Book with Four Hundred Illustrations by Eminent Artists

1855 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, George Routledge & Co, 1855. Cloth. The fifth edition of this scarce illustrated anthology for children. The fifth edition of this work. Scarce in all editions. A picture story book filled with children's tales and charming illustrations in text by eminent author...

Les Chaperons Roses

Marie Peclard · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Lausanne, Editions Spes, c1920. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated story for children, in the original French language. French language. Second edition. Illustrated with thirty woodcuttings, including three coloured plates. Collated complete. A charming story for children. Writt...

1945 Mickey Et Son Navire

Walt Disney · 1945 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Paris, Hachette, 1945 . Hardback. A charming French language tale about Mickey Mouse and his friends in a shipyard, illustrated in colour. A French language work.In the very scarce publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A delightful tale about the exploits of Mickey ...

The Mystery of Stonehenge

Franklyn M. Branley · 1972 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful copy of this children's book on Stonehenge, this copy including eleven postcards of ancient structures such as Stonehenge and Avebury. The first U.K. edition of this work.In the original unclipped dust...

The Call of the South

S. Clarke Hook · 1906 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Amalgamated Press, c1910. Paperback. A very scarce volume from the Boys' Friends Library. This very scarce volume from the Boys Friends Library contains The Call of the South featuring S. Clarke Hook's characters Jack, Sam, and Pete. The Boy' Friend Libr...

The Hurricane Kids on the Lost Islands

Oskar Lebeck; Gaylord Dubois · 1941 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

New York, Grosset and Dunlap, 1941 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this children's adventure novel by Oskar Lebeck and Gaylord Dubois, in the vibrantly illustrated original dust wrapper. The scarce first edition of this novel, illustrated througho...

Le Chevalier de Puyjalou

H. de Charlieu · 1906 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Paris, Librairie Hachette , 1906. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this uncommon children's tale in the original French with illustrations. An uncommon first edition. In the original French. A children's tale of the Chevalier of Puyjalou following his ...

Songs and Games for Our Little Ones

Jane Mulley; ME Tabram · 1898 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1898. Paperback. Early edition of this collection of children's songs with musical sheets by Jane Mulley and ME Tabram, a very scarce copy. Collection of children's songs accompanied with directions for games to play along with the son...

Jean Qui Grogne Et Jean Qui Rit

La Comtesse de Ségur · 1882 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

Paris, Hachette, 1882. Cloth. This illustrated children's book by the Countess of Ségur tells a story about two antithetical cousins. The eighth edition of this work of children's fiction by the Countess of Ségur. Published in French, with illustrations by the Fren...

Eudoxie Ou L&Apos;Orgueil Permis Suivie de la Pauvre Francou, Edouard Et Eugenie, Ou le Sac Brode Et L&Apos;Habit Neuf

Mrs Guizot · 1840 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Paris, Librairie D'Education de Didier, 1840. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this French collection of children's tales. In the original French. A first edition copy. This volume is a collection of French tales dedicated to the youth, written by Mr...

The Hills

Mrs Sherwood [Mary Martha Sherwood] · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Houlston and Wright , c1847. Paperback. A new edition of Mrs Sherwood's very scarce children's chapbook. A juvenile chapbook by influential children's writer Mary Martha Sherwood. Children's tale teaching compassion towards animals through the bibli...

Jane Price; or, the Strawberries

1843 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, The Religious Tract Society , c1830. Paperback. A very scarce charming little chapbook containing an illustrated children's story. A very scarce work, rarely seen in commerce. Found institutionally only at the British Library and the University of Oxford libraries...

The Persian Lady: A Woodland Mystery

Charles Burrard Nelson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.16 | $47.57 | ¥7,597)

London, Figurehead , 1930. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this woodland mystery written and illustrated by Charles Burrard Nelson. A whimsical tale for children and adults alike set in the Wiltshire village of Coneybury and its surrounding woods, inhabited by ...

A Loyal Young Rebel; Sabre and Spurs!; the Testing of the Torment

D H Parry; Elsie Jeanette Oxenham · 1925 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Cassell and Company, 1925-6. First edition. Cloth. Three volumes from the illustrated series of adventure books for boys by Cassell and Co. Three first editions from 'Cassell's New Boys' Library' comprised of children's books with colourful ill...

Maurice or the Red Jar: A Tale of the Magic and Adventure for Boys and Girls

The Countess of Jersey [Margaret Elizabeth Child-Villiers] · 1894 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Macmillan and Co , 1894. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of the Countess of Jersey's illustrated children's novel. The first edition of this work, a scarce book rarely seen in commerce. Children's tale by the Countess of Jersey, Margaret E...