Libri per ragazzi

Giovanni and the Other Children Who Have Made Stories

Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1892 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of this illustrated collection of children's stories from British-American writer Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett. First US edition, containing one additional story than the first U...

Summer Rambles, or Conversations, Instructive & Entertaining, for the Use of Children (Volume II)

A Lady [Elizabeth Semple] · 1801 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, E. Lloyd, 1801 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of the vanishingly scarce collection of "rambles" to aid in the moral education of children, the second of two volumes written by prolific children's author Elizabeth Semple. First edition.Bound in the pu...

Fables de la Fontaine

Jean de La Fontaine · 1945 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Lausanne, Novos, 1945 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of this scarce first edition thus of Fontaine's classic fables, beautifully illustrated by Swiss watercolourist Marcel Vidoudez. In the original French. A scarce first edition thus, being the first edition ...

Serena the Hen

Elizabeth Goudge · 1964 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Devon, Parnassus Gallery, 1964. First edition. Paperback. A scarce copy of this lovely short story from English children's author Elizabeth Goudge, illustrated by Isabel Morton-Sale. The first edition of this scarce work.In the publisher's illustrated wraps. A charm...

Holiday House

Catherine Sinclair · 1839 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)

New York, Robert Carter, 1839. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first U.S. edition of Catherine Sinclair's popular children's novel. The very scarce first U.S. edition. A charming children's novel, a unique departure of the genre for the time, as in '...

Christmas Entertainments

Dick Merryman · 1883 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Field & Tuer, [1883]. Paperback. A faithful facsimile of this festive chapbook for children, complete with the original in-text woodcuts. A faithful facsimile of the 1740 chapbook 'Christmas Entertainments&apos. This volume is Number IV in Ye Leadenhall Presse&apo...

Castle School on Holiday

Sylvia Little · 1948 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Lutterworth Press, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce children's book from British author Sylvia Little. First edition. Very scarce work. With a colour frontispiece. All our old friends are off on holiday in a remote village on t...

No Medals for Guy

Lorna Hill · 1962 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this illustrated children's book from English author Lorna Hill. First edition. Illustrated throughout. An outbreak of measles among the mothers makes it look as though the children, P...

Masquerade at the Wells

Lorna Hill · 1952 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Evans Brothers Limited, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this illustrated children's book from English author Lorna Hill. First edition. Illustrated throughout. When Jane Foster was twelve years old, her parents decided that although they ...

Five Issues from the Beano Comic Library and Five Issues from the Dandy Comic Library

1982 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 1982-1985. Paperback. Ten bright issues of these popular children's comics, including five from the Dandy and five from the Beano. Ten issues in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps.The pioneering and popular comic magazine ...

Cat and Dog; or, Memoirs of Puss and the Captain. A Story Founded on Fact.

[Julia Charlotte Maitland] · 1858 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Griffith and Farran, 1858 . Cloth. A bright copy of this delightful children's tale following a friendship between a cat and a dog, written by Julia Charlotte Maitland and illustrated by Harrison Weir. Fifth edition. Bound in the publisher's red cloth, reback...

Pictures & Rhymes

Charles Harrison · 1883 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Dean & Son, 1883. Hardback. A colourfully illustrated volume of verse for children by Charles Harrison. A very scarce work, the U.K. edition. Published as part of Dean's 'Rose and Lily' series.This volume collects together entertaining verse for children...

Baa Baa Black Sheep

1744 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Marcus Ward & Co LTD, c1880. Paperback. A very scarce Victorian edition of this beloved nursery rhymes, with colourful illustrated by Edmund Caldwell. A very scarce work.A colourfully illustrated rendition of 'Baa Baa Black Sheep', with colour illustrations t...

The Green Ship

Quentin Blake · 1998 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

London, A Tom Maschler Book: Jonathan Cape, 1998. First edition. Hardback. A rare signed first impression of this delightfully illustrated children's story by Quentin Blake, telling the story of an imaginary voyage. A first edition, first impression of this work in the pu...

The Good Grandmother, and Her Offspring

Mrs. Hofland [Barbara Hofland] · 1828 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, A. K. Newman & Co, 1828 . Leather. The second edition of Barbara Hofland's charming moral tale for children, a work influenced by the author's Anglican faith. The second edition of this work, 'with additions&apos.Illustrated with an engraved title page a...

Bible Illustrations; or, a Description of Manners and Customs Peculiar to the East

Rev. Bourne Hall Draper · 1831 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, John Harris, 1831 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of the Rev. Bourne Draper Hall's illustrated depiction of life in 'the East', drawing parallels to Biblical passages. A very scarce first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece an...

Earth&Apos;S Many Voices

Elizabeth M. A. F. Saxby · 1863 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , 1863 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of the first series of Elizabeth M. A. F. Saxby's charming children's short story collection, written with the aim of teaching children about science. The v...

A New Series of Prints, Accompanied by Easy Lessons: Being an Improved Edition of the First Set of Scripture Prints, from the Old Testament; New Testament

Mrs. Trimmer · 1803 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, J. Harris; J. Hatchard et al, 1803-1805 . First edition. Leather. A charming and very scarce volume presenting the first editions of Mrs. Trimmer's collection of moral lessons, drawn from the Old Testament and New Testament. Two scarce first edition volumes bound ...

The History of the Fairchild Family: Or, the Child&Apos;S Manual; Being a Collection of Stories

Mrs. Sherwood [Mary Martha Sherwood] · 1858 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Hatchard and Co, 1858-1862 . Cloth. A scarce complete three volume set of Mary Martha Stewart's collection of highly popular children's books, with didactic moral Christian messages. A scarce complete three volume set, in the publisher's original cloth.F...

The White Swans and Other Tales

Hans Andersen; Mrs. H. B. Paull [trans.] · 1885 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Hildesheimer & Faulkner, 1885 . First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first edition thus of this collection of six tales from Hans Anderson, charmingly illustrated by English painter and illustrator Alice Havers. A first edition thus, being the first edition of these tales...