Libri per ragazzi

Kate Greenaway&Apos;S Birthday Book for Children

Kate Greenaway; Mrs. Sale Barker · 1880 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1880. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this popular and charming birthday book by Kate Greenaway, beautifully and colourfully illustrated throughout. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, eleven colour plates, and in-...

Spring Songs with Music from "Flower Fairies of the Spring

Cicely Mary Barker; Olive Linnell · 1924 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Blackie and Son Limited, 1924. Cloth. A smart copy of this brightly illustrated collection of Spring songs for young children, set to music. From "Flower Fairies of the Spring". Illustrated with a tipped in colour frontispiece and eleven tipped in colour plates. Collat...

Ginger & Pickles

Beatrix Potter · 1909 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, Frederick Warne & Co, 1909 . First edition. Hardback. A lovely example of the first edition of this charming children's tale from Beatrix Potter, following the adventures of a cat and a dog who run a small village shop. The first edition, first impression, in the ...

The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit

Beatrix Potter · 1916 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

London, Frederick Warne & Co, 1916 . First edition. Hardback. A wonderful example of the very scarce first edition in book form of Beatrix Potter's charming tale about a poorly behaved rabbit. The very scarce first edition of this work in book form. This title was previou...

Histoire de Pierre Lapin

Beatrix Potter; Victorine Ballon [trans.]; Julienne Profichet [trans.] · 1921 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Frederick Warne & Co, 1921 . Hardback. A scarce early French language edition of one of the most popular children's works ever published, Beatrix Potter's 'Peter Rabbit&apos. A scarce early French language edition of Potter's classic, translated int...

Five Children and It

Edith Nesbit · 1912 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, T Fisher Unwin, 1912 . Cloth. The fourth impression of Edith Nesbit's beloved children's novel, a classic tale in which five children find a magical ancient sand fairy in a gravel pit. The fourth impression of this work, which was first published in 1902.Illu...

Ginger & Pickles

Beatrix Potter · 1909 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1909. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition, first printing of this charming children's tale from Beatrix Potter about a shop run by a cat and a dog, complete with her iconic colour illustrations. The first edition, first printin...

The Twelve Dancing Princesses and Other Fairy Tales

Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · 1923 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

New York, George H. Doran Company, 1923. Cloth. A brightly illustrated collection of fairy tales, retold by English writer Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch. Illustrated with a tipped in colour frontispiece, fifteen tipped in colour plates, and numerous in-text figures and decor...

We Go on a Coach Journey: Story & Press out Book

0 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Sandle's , c1950. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this bright press out book for children with a delightful story of a coach journey. Very scarce work. A press out book with two scale models, being a bus and a coach. Each model contains four press out parts to re...

Little Brown Monkey

Elizabeth Upham · 1949 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

New York, Platt & Munk, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Elizabeth Upham and Marjorie Hartwell's delightful children's work about a mischievous monkey, in a less common variant of the dust wrapper. The first edition, first printing.In a far less comm...

Little Brown Bear; Little Brown Monkey

Elizabeth Upham · 1942 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

New York, Platt & Munk, 1942-1949 . First edition. Cloth. The first editions of two charming children's work from author Elizabeth Upham and illustrator Marjorie Hartwell, in the original dust wrappers. First editions, first printings, in the vibrant publisher's orig...

The Water-Babies

Charles Kingsley · 1915 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Raphael Tuck & Sons, c1927 . Cloth. A charmingly illustrated edition of Charles Kingsley's children's classic, in the original very scarce dust wrapper. This edition was first published in 1915 with twelve colour plates. This is a later edition, issued with o...

The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book

Arthur Rackham · 1961 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, George G. Harrap, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful collection of fairy tales illustrated throughout by Arthur Rackham, and retaining the original dust wrapper. The twelfth impression of this work, which was first published in 1933.Including tales such as '...

Peter Pan and Wendy

J. M. Barrie · 1921 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, c1924 . Cloth. A beautifully illustrated edition of J. M. Barrie's beloved children's tale, illustrated throughout with tipped in colour plates by Mabel Lucie Attwell. A lovely example of this work.Illustrated with a tipped in colour fro...

A Book of Nonsense

Edward Lear · 1854 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,997.08 | $3,303.40 | ¥527,574)

[London], [Thomas McLean], 1854. Leather. Illustrated with seventy-three lithographs, this is the very scarce second edition of Edward Lear's enduringly popular work. The very scarce second edition of Edward Lear's popular work of 'literary nonsense&apos. The s...

Die Schneemanner

Annelies Umlauf-Lamatsch · 1931 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Wien & Leipzig, Deutscher Verlag Fur Jugend und Volk, 1931. Cloth. A smart copy of this brightly illustrated children's story about a family of snowmen, in the original German. German. Early edition, first published in 1930. Illustrated in colour throughout. A charming ch...

Lake of Gold

John Buchan · 1941 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Boston, The Riverside Press; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of John Buchan's final book for children, an adventure tale set in the Canadian countryside. The first U.S. edition.In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.An exci...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Pop-Up Book

Roald Dahl · 2011 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Puffin Books, 2011. Hardback. A fantastic pop-up edition of this classic children's story by Roald Dahl. The first pop-up edition, being an abridgement of the original story. In the publisher's pictorial boards. An enjoyable adaptation of Roald Dahl's ...

Haunted House

Jan Pienkowski · 1991 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1991. Hardback. A lovely copy of this inventive pop-up haunted house book by Jan Pienkowski. The tenth impression of this book. In the publisher's original pictorial boards.An entertaining tour through a mind-bending haunted house, filled w...

A Collection of Picture Books from Raymond Briggs

Raymond Briggs; Allan Ahlberg · 1977 · Rooke Books

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

London, Hamish Hamilton; Puffin Books; Jonathan Cape, 1977-2004. First edition. Hardback. Seven very smart first edition children's stories from renowned English writer and illustrator Raymond Briggs, one if which is signed by the author. Seven volumes. First edition. Ill...