Libri per ragazzi

Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Aesop · 1867 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

New York, Fowler and Wells, 1867 . Cloth. An intriguing People's Edition of Aesop's Fables, with illustrations accompanying this collection of classic tales. In the publisher's original cloth binding with blind stamp pattern. The 1867 edition of Aesop's Fab...

Les Jeunes Naturalistes

Ulliac Trémadeure · 1857 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Paris, Didier, 1857 . Cloth. A delightful set of brightly bound, illustrated volumes by author and educator Sophie Ulliac. This copy is a sixth edition. Both volumes have been lavishly bound in the publisher's original gilt decorated cloth and blind stamped.Both volumes c...

With the British Legion: A Story of the Carlist Wars

G. A. Henty · 1903 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Blackie & Son, 1903 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of G. A. Henty's thrilling historical novel about a young Englishman's involvement in the First Carlist War in Spain. The very scarce first edition of this novel, correctly dated 1903 t...

J.M. Barrie&Apos;S Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

J. M. Barrie · 1929 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1929. Cloth. A very smart abridged edition of J. M. Barrie's fantastical novel, complete with Arthur Rackham's illustrations. This abridged edition 'Retold for Little People' by British writer and poet, May Byron. In t...

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

Beatrix Potter · 1930 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. LTD, c1960. Hardback. A charming Beatrix Potter volume, a colourfully illustrated work following the adventures of Little Pig Robinson. 'The Tale of Little Pig Robinson' was first published in 1930, one of the final works by Potter publi...

The Tailor of Gloucester

Beatrix Potter · 0 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. LTD, c1919. Hardback. A colourfully illustrated reprint of Beatrix Potter's charming tale of a tailor and his helper mice. An undated reprint, dated from the endpapers, with Quiby Plate XV endpapers, and Frederick Warne as a limited company.&...

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny

Beatrix Potter · 1904 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Frederick Warne & Co, c1905. Hardback. An early edition of this popular Beatrix Potter tale, a charming adventure colourfully illustrated in Potter's distinct style. First published in September 1904, this is an early edition of Potter's tale, dated c1905 via...

Well Done Secret Seven

Enid Blyton · 1952 · Rooke Books

£445.00 (€533.48 | $588.01 | ¥93,908)

London, Brockhampton Press, 1952 . Cloth. A bright signed presentation copy of the third of Enid Blyton's beloved 'Secret Seven' novels, in the original dust wrapper. Inscribed by Blyton to the front free endpaper 'Renee, love from Enid Blyton&apos.The seco...

The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters: Being the Fourth Adventure of the Five Find-Outers and Dog

Enid Blyton · 1957 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Hodder and Stoughton; Methuen and Co Ltd , 1957-1965. Cloth. A pleasing trio of Enid Blyton's novels in the original unclipped dust wrappers, one of which is a first impression. A smart set offering three of Enid Blyton's novels, including two from her popula...

Five Fall Into Adventure & Five on a Treasure Island

Enid Blyton · 1950 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1950-1954. First edition. Cloth. Two smart copies of these charming works following the Famous Five from Enid Blyton, with illustrations throughout. Two volumes. Illustrated throughout. Written by Enid Mary Blyton, an English children's write...

The Dancing Goat

Anne Linn · 1945 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

New York, Pied Piper Books, 1945. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this charming children's tale about a young goat named Mimi who learns to dance. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A charming tale for children by Anne Linn, following a...

Loving and Giving

Clare Dawson · 1948 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, National Society; Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , 1948. Hardback. A very scarce children's book with teachings of Christianity, colourfully illustrated throughout. A vanishingly scarce children's book for learning about and practising Christianity...

Swallows and Amazons, Winter Holiday, & Secret Water

Arthur Ransome · 1946 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1946-1951. Cloth. A smart three volume set of Ransome's adventure series Swallows and Amazons, illustrated throughout. Three volumes Written and illustrated by Arthur Michell Ransome, an English author and journalist best known for this series of ch...

Just So Stories

Rudyard Kipling · 1908 · Rooke Books

£294.00 (€352.46 | $388.48 | ¥62,043)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1908. Leather. A smartly bound early edition of Rudyard Kipling's influential and popular collection of tales for children. Bound by Henry Sotheran and Morrell.A collection of children's short stories, a classic of children's l...

Grey Rabbit and the Wandering Hedgehog

Alison Uttley · 1948 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Collins, 1948 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this charming children's work by Alison Uttley, following her beloved recurring character, Little Grey Rabbit. The first edition, first impression.The Little Grey Rabbit tales appeared over a forty-year...

The Child&Apos;S Companion and Juvenile Instructor

1862 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Religious Tract Society, 1862-1863. Leather. Two volumes of these editions of the Child's Companion from the Religious Tract Society, full of stories and illustrations for young readers. Two volumes bound into one, being the volumes for the year 1862 and 1863. Ill...

The Magic Crook or the Stolen Baby: A Fair Story

Greville MacDonald · 1911 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, The Vineyard Press, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this charming fairy tale from English writer Greville MacDonald, with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text images. A charming fairy tale which begins in a f...

Leslie&Apos;S Songs for Little Folks

Henry Leslie · 1873 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, J. B. Cramer & Co. 1873. Cloth. A smart early edition of this illustrated collection of songs for children with music from English composer Henry Leslie. Early edition, first published in 1873. Illustrated with eight plates and numerous decorations. Collated complete. ...

A Child&Apos;S Garden of Verses

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1931 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of poems for children from Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. First thus, the first illustrated edition with artwork from Henriette Willebeek Le Mair. Illu...

The Story without an End

Friedrich Wilhelm Carove; Sarah Austin · 1879 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.69 | $350.16 | ¥55,923)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1879. Cloth. Eleanor Vere Boyle's beautifully illustrated English translation of Carove's classic German fairy tale, illustrated in colour. A classic German children's story by Friedrich Wilhelm Carove, a charmi...