Libri per ragazzi

Two Old Ladies, Two Foolish Fairies and a Tom Cat

Maggie Browne · 1897 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

London, Paris & Melbourne, Cassell and Company, 1897 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally attractive scarce first edition of this charming late 19th century children's novel, beautifully illustrated throughout by Arthur Rackham, and including colour plates. The scarce...

When We Were Very Young

A.A. Milne · 1932 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1932. Cloth. A.A. Milne's popular anthology inspired by the imagination of Christopher Robin, including the first illustrations of the beloved Pooh bear. When We Were Very Young, a lovely anthology of children's verse, written by iconic chi...

Rural Scenes; or, a Peep Into the Country. For Children

Ann Taylor Gilbert; Jane Taylor; Isaac Taylor Jr. · 1826 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Harvey & Darton, [1826]. Leather. An illustrated early edition of the Taylor family"s popular children"s collection of prose and verse on country life, with nearly one hundred engraved rural scenes. In a contemporary quarter red roan binding over marbled paper boards.Â...

Alice&Apos;S Adventures in Wonderland; Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There

Lewis Carroll · 2001 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Bloomsbury , 2001 . Cloth. A smart two volume set of Lewis Carroll's acclaimed children's fantasy novels, illustrated throughout by Mervyn Peake. A two volume set. The first impressions. In the publisher's original white cloth bindings. In the original u...

The Tailor of Gloucester

Beatrix Potter · 1902 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, c1904 . Hardback. An early edition of Beatrix Potter's delightful tale about a mouse tailor, beautifully illustrated with her classic watercolour plates. An early edition of this work, which was first published in a trade edition in 1902. T...

The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes

Beatrix Potter · 1911 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Frederick Warne, c1912 . Hardback. A beautifully illustrated early edition of Beatrix Potter's charming tale, about a squirrel named Timmy Tiptoes. Illustrated throughout in colour by Potter herself. First published in 1911, this is early printing of this work, da...

The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes

Beatrix Potter · 1911 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

London, Frederick Warne, c1912 . Hardback. A beautifully illustrated early edition of Beatrix Potter's charming tale, about a squirrel named Timmy Tiptoes. Illustrated throughout in colour by Potter herself. First published in 1911, this is early printing of this work, da...

The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

Beatrix Potter · 1908 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, c1910 . Hardback. An early edition of Beatrix Potter's charming tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, colourfully illustrated throughout by Potter herself. First published in 1908, this is an early edition of Potter's popular work, with Quinby p...

The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

Beatrix Potter · 1908 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, c1910 . Hardback. An attractive early edition of Beatrix Potter's charming tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, colourfully illustrated throughout by Potter herself. First published in 1908, this is an early edition of Potter's popular work, wi...

The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse

Beatrix Potter · 1910 · Rooke Books

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

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1910 . First edition. Hardback. A wonderful example of the first edition of Beatrix Potter's delightful story about housekeeping and the blight of insect invaders, illustrated throughout by Potter herself. The first edition of this charming...

The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book

Arthur Rackham · 1965 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.57 | $488.90 | ¥78,081)

London, George G. Harrap, 1965 . Leather. Handsomely bound in half morocco by Hatchards, this is a charming collection of fairy tales illustrated throughout by Arthur Rackham. The May 1965 impression of this work, which was first published in this edition in 1933. In a signed ...

Fantastic Beasts the Crimes of Grindelwald Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

J. K. Rowling; John Tiffany; Jack Thorne · 2016 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Little, Brown, 2016-2018. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first edition first impression Wizarding World scripts, with unclipped dust wrappers. A pair of very smart first edition J. K. Rowling scripts, for screen and stage respectively. Featuring the Special Rehea...

Songs, Plays, and Ballads

E. W. T. [Edward Wyndham Tennant] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, Printed for Private Circulation at the Chiswick Press, 1909. First edition. Cloth. An enchanting and very scarce book of verse by the very young Edward Wyndham Tennant; the first and only edition. A very scarce title, here appearing in the first and only edition. Bound...

The Yellow Fairy Book

Andrew Lang · 1911 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Longmans, Green, and Co, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1911 . Cloth. A 'new impression' of the fourth work in Andrew Lang's popular fairy book series, beautifully illustrated throughout by H. J. Ford and in the publisher's original cloth binding. First published...

The Robin&Apos;S Christmas Eve

Mrs. C.E. Bowen [Charlotte Elizabeth Bowen] · 0 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1880. Paperback. A charming Christmas poem in toy book form, printed by German engraver and lithographer Joseph Kronheim. A charming toy book edition of The Robin's Christmas Eve, a children's poem written by children's author an...

The Yellow Fairy Book

Andrew Lang · 1894 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1894. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the charming, sixth book in Andrew Lang's treasured Coloured Fairy Book series, with original illustrations by H. J. Ford. coll comp? The first edition.  Bound in the original publisher'...

The Violet Fairy Book

Andrew Lang · 1902 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1902. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, second impression of Lang's sought after, seventh collection of fairy tales, one of the scarcer works in the Coloured Fairy Book series. The first edition, second impression of this work, with t...

The Child&Apos;S Companion and Juvenile Instructor for 1873; the Child&Apos;S Companion and Juvenile Instructor for 1874

Anonymous · 1873 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1873-1874. First edition. Cloth. Charmingly illustrated throughout and with two chromolithographs, present here are two volumes of the children's Anglican periodical 'The Child's Companion and Juvenile Instructor&apos. The sc...

Home Chat with Our Young Folks on People and Things They See or Hear About

Clara L. Mateaux · 1886 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Cassell & Company, 1886. Cloth. An uncommon work of children's non-fiction written in narrative from, with numerous engraved illustrations, in the decorative original cloth. Home Chat with Our Young Folks on People and Things They See or Hear About, an uncommon wo...

Old Testament Legends: Being Stories out of Some of the Less-Known Apocryphal Books of the Old Testament

M. R. James · 1913 · Rooke Books

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

London, Longmans, Green & Co, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of ghost story writer M. R. James's collection of apocryphal stories drawn from lesser-known books of the Old Testament, illustrated by H. J. Ford and enclosed in the very scarce original ...