Libri per ragazzi

Poil de Carotte

Jules Renard · 1921 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Calmann-Levy, 1921. Cloth. A French children's tale from Jules Renard. A French children's tale from Jules Renard. Poil de Carotte is a long short story or autobiographical novel by Jules Renard published first in 1894, which recounts the childhood and the tr...

The Traveling Bears in Outdoor Sports

Seymour Eaton [Paul Piper] · 1915 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

New York, Barse & Hopkins , 1915 . Cloth. A charming continuation of Seymour Eaton's Traveling Bears saga illustrated throughout with black and white line drawings by V. Floyd Campbell, and a colour frontispiece.  In the publisher's original quarter cloth with paper...

Nursery Songs from Appalachian Mountains

Cecil J. Sharp · 1921 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Novello & Company Ltd. [1921] . First edition. Cloth. An charming early folk-song collection by Cecil Sharp, offering Appalachian nursery songs with elegant silhouette illustrations and piano arrangements. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with pic...

Francis & Day&Apos;S Album of Harry Hemsley&Apos;S Songs for Children

None Stated · 1938 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Francis Day & Hunter Ltd. [1938]. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this charming 1930s children"s song album by Harry Hemsley, illustrated with twelve red-tone illustrations. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with pictorial paper boards. First...

Little Jill O&Apos;the Hill

Ernest Aris · 1919 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Humphrey Milford, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated with colour plates by the author, this is the very scarce first edition of Ernest Aris's amusing pastoral tale for children. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiec...

Gwinna

Barbara Helen Berger; Annemarie Döring · 1992 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Interlaken, Ansata-Verlag, 1992 . First edition. Cloth. First German-language edition of this wonderfully colour-illustrated modern fairytale from Barbara Helen Berger. First German-language edition.In publisher's original blue cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper.W...

Gai-Gai, Marions-Nous: Chansons de France

Gabriel Pierné, Georges Delaw, Rosemonde Gérard Rostand · 1921 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Paris, Adrien Sporck, 1921 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this selection of children's songs with sheet music in the publisher's original paper-covered boards, with full colour illustrations by Georges Delaw. The first edition in the publisher'...

A Day in a Child&Apos;S Life

Myles B. Foster · 1881 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1881 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Kate Greenaway's charmingly illustrated work about a day in a child's life, set to music by Myles B. Foster. The first edition, first issue. Schuster 66 1a.A charming musical work ta...

Jack the Giant Killer

Richard Doyle · 1888 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, [1888]. Cloth. A charming colour-illustrated facsimile of Richard Doyle"s manuscript of this classic fairy tale, first created in 1842. In the publisher's original grey cloth binding. Illustrated in colour throughout.A facsimile of Doyle&ap...

Wolf Brother; Chronicles of Ancient Darkness

Michelle Paver · 2004 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Orion, 2004 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of the first book in the fantastic series Chronicles of Ancient Darkness by Michelle Paver, with Ottakar's promotional booklet. The first edition of the work.Signed by the author to the title page.In ...

Life of Queen Victoria: A Book for Young People

Unknown · 1897 · Rooke Books

£43.00 (€51.55 | $56.82 | ¥9,074)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1897. Cloth. A lovely little children's biography on Queen Victoria, with colour plates and other charming illustrations. A new edition of Life of Queen Victoria: A Book for Young People. Published by Nelson and Sons in 1897, four years before ...

The Persian Lady a Woodland Mystery

Charles Burrard Nelson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Figurehead, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated first edition, in lovely condition, with original dust wrapper. A first edition of this charming publication, bound in its original grey cloth pictorial boards, with original, unclipped dust wrapper.A gri...

Ace High

Flight Lieutenant" [pseud. W.E. Johns]; Geo E. Rochester; William Hansboro · 1938 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, The Ace Publishing Company, 1938. Cloth. A lovely collection of heroic tales for children from W.E. Johns and fellow writing air veterans, inspired by their own service during the First World War. A charming collection of tales about heroic fighter aces, written by air...

Walt Disney&Apos;S Fantasia

Deems Taylor; Leopold Stokowski [forword] · 1940 · Rooke Books

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

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1940 . First edition. Cloth. The exceptionally vibrantly illustrated first edition of Deems Taylor's novelisation of Walt Disney's animated film 'Fantasia', a beautiful volume with tipped in colour plates. The first edition, fi...

How I Live Now

Meg Rosoff · 2004 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Penguin Books, 2004. First edition. Cloth. First-edition signed copy of Meg Rosoff's award-winning dystopia about a 21st-century war in rural England. First edition. With unclipped dust wrapper.Signed by the author to title page. Winner of the British Guardian Ch...

Mumfie&Apos;S Magic Box; Mumfie&Apos;S Uncle Samuel

Katharine Tozer · 1938 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, John Murray, 1938-1939. First edition. Cloth. Two charming first edition Mumfie books from Katharine Tozer, including a very scarce first edition of 'Mumfie's Magic Box&apos. The first editions of 'Mumfie's Uncle Samuel' and 'Mumfie's...

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

Charles Kingsley · 1862 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London , T.C. & E.C. Jack, c1910. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated children's novel by Charles Kingsley, with a frontispiece and 7 colourful plates. In publisher's original decorative blue cloth binding, with pictorial front board and gilt to top edge.Includes a colo...

Bookano Stories: No. 4 and No. 11

S. Louis Giraud [ed.] · 1937 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Strand Publications, 1937-1944 . First edition. Paperback. Two brightly illustrated volumes of the Bookano Stories series, illustrated with ten delightful colour pop-up scenes. The first edition of two numbers of the Bookano Stories series of pop-up books, edited by S....

Eight Randolph Caldecott Picture Books

Various · 1878 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1878-85. First edition. Leather. A collection of eight charming picture books illustrated in colour by Randolph Caldecott, beautifully bound into one volume in crushed half morocco, with the original wraps bound in. The first editions, with the...

The Adventures of Mr Verdant Green; the Further Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green; Mr. Verdant Green, Married and Done for

Cuthbert Bede [Edward Bradley] · 1853 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.73 | $310.52 | ¥49,592)

London, Nathaniel Cooke , 1853-1857 . First edition. Leather. A delightfully illustrated trio of Cuthbert Bede's 'Verdant Green' stories, bound together in one volume, with two of them being first editions. Three volumes bound in one, each with a separate pagina...