Libri per ragazzi

Two in a Tub

Aunt Ruth [Belle C. Greene] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.71 | $104.39 | ¥16,671)

London, S. W. Partridge & Co. Ltd. 1909. Cloth. A scarce collection of short children's stories from Aunt Ruth, with illustrations. Scarce work. A collection of short children's stories. Illustrated throughout, with coloured frontispiece. Written by Aunt Ruth, or Bel...

The Story of Monte Cristo: Retold from Alexandre Dumas&Apos; "Monte Cristo

Sybil M. Norman · 0 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, c1915. Cloth. A scarce illustrated retelling of Monte Cristo from the Children's Bookshelf. Scarce work. The Children's Bookshelf. Illustrated with frontispiece and seven colour tipped in plates. Collated, one plate has been torn in half...

Pixie: A Fairy Tale

Frances Reddaway · 1904 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Manchester, Sherratt & Hughes, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this rare and lovely fairy tale, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this very scarce work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. All edges gilt. A charming Victorian...

The Romance of Adventure; or, True Tales of Enterprise for the Instruction and Amusement of the Young

Anonymous · 1852 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1852 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition thus of this charming and illustrated collection of adventure stories for children. With an illustrated frontispiece and title page, and with five further illustrated plates, engrav...

Adventure Series Rupert

The Daily Express · 1954 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London , The Daily Express, 1954-1955. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. Three charming comics of Rupert the Bear. Three Rupert the Bear comics. Rupert the Bear is a British children's comic strip by artist Mary Tourtel which first appeared in the Daily Express in 1920.Â...

The Rainbow Twins

Florence Mary Anderson [Florence Mary McArthur] · 1919 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Joseph Johnson, [1919]. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this uncommon illustrated children's work by children's writer and illustrator Florence Mary Anderson. Dated via Jisc. The first edition published by Joseph Johnson. An uncommon copy, not o...

Outdoors and Indoors: Pictures and Stories

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Griffith Farran Browne & Co. c1890. Hardback. A very scarce illustrated work containing many children's stories. A very scarce work, rarely seen in commerce and not catalogued in institutional libraries. Dated from previous owner's slip loosely inserted. Con...

Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes

None · 0 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1895. Cloth. A smart early edition of this beautifully illustrated classic collection of nursery tales for children. Early edition. Illustrated throughout with brightly coloured images. A collection of tales for children, including: Little Jack...

My Alphabet Book; Farmyard Friends; Fairy-Tale Favourites

1947 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Raphael Tuck & Sons, [1947]. Cloth. Three very scarce rag-books for children by Raphael Tuck & Sons. Three very scarce little children's books printed on fabric by Raphael Tuck & Sons. Rarely seen in commerce. Each richly illustrated in full colour. Dated via Jisc...

The Good Child&Apos;S Year Book

Violet Jacob · 1927 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Foulis, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this beautifully illustrated nineteenth century children's book. First edition of The Good Child's Year Book by Violet Jacob in the original cloth binding. A scarce work with only three copies ...

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

William Shakespeare; Leon Garfield · 1992 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Heinenann, 1992-1994. First edition. Cloth. These two beautifully illustrated volumes of Shakespeare's plays for children are by-product the successful television series Shakespeare: The Animated Tales. Two lovely illustrated volumes of Shakespeare's plays fo...

Swan Lake

Margot Fonteyn · 1989 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London , Andersen Press, 1989. First edition. Hardback. A charming first edition copy of this edition of Swan Lake, with lovely colour illustrations. A first edition copy of this edition of Swan Lake, told by Margot Fonteyn and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. A charming il...

Simon Drew&Apos;S Beastly Address Book for Beastly Friends

Simon Drew · 1993 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

London, Antique Collectors' Club , 1993. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated address book by Simon Drew, signed by the author. The scarce first edition of this work. Signed by the author to title page. A charming address book adorne...

The Musical-Box Annual: Tune and Rhyme for Nursery Time

Anonymous · 1935 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Fleetway House, 1935 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this charming collection of musical pieces for children, illustrated throughout and in the scarce original dust wrapper. Illustrated with a vibrant full colour frontispiece, and with further vignette ...

Nick and the Glimmung

Philip K. Dick · 1988 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1988 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first edition of science-fiction author Philip K. Dick's only children novel, in which pet ownership has been criminalised on Earth. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the bright ...

Martin Des Colibris

Alain Serres · 2008 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

France, Rue du Monde, 2008. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition children's book with colour illustrations, in the original French. A first edition copy. In the original French. This album was written from the real story of the La Coquille scientific expediti...

Legends of Savage Life

James Greenwood · 1867 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, John Camden Hotten, 1867. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of James Greenwood's delightful and exotic children's tale, illustrated by Ernest Griset. The first edition of this wonderful volume, in which Greenwood presents tales about wild animals, parti...

The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes

Beatrix Potter · 1911 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd. c1912. Cloth. A charming early edition of this much loved children's work, illustrated in colour throughout. An early printing of this work, dated c1912 due to the presence of first edition endpapers, but no date to the title page. Tim...

Hints for the Improvement of Early Education and Nursery Discipline

Louisa Gurney Hoare · 1824 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, J. Hatchard and Son, 1824. Leather. A smart copy of the eighth edition of Louisa Gurney Hoare's successful guide to the education of children. The eighth edition of this work, first published in 1819. This guide saw countless editions, continuing to sell well unti...

Balbus a Picture Book of Building

Oliver Hill; Hans Tisdall · 1944 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Pleiades Books Ltd, 1944 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce children's non fiction book about building with colour illustrations. First edition of Balbus A Picture Book of Building by Oliver Hill and Hans Tisdall in the original publisher&apo...