Libri per ragazzi

Au Pays Du Mystere

Pierre Mael [Charles Causse; Charles Vincent] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1909 . Cloth. Beautifully illustrated with colour plates, this is a charming French language children's adventure novel by Pierre Mael. In the original French.First published in the late nineteenth century, this is a charming work of adventure f...

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny

Beatrix Potter · 1904 · Rooke Books

£1,275.00 (€1,528.29 | $1,684.45 | ¥268,985)

London, Frederick Warne & Co, 1904 . First edition. Hardback. A lovely example of the first issue of the first edition of Beatrix Potter's classic children's work, beautifully illustrated throughout in her inimitable style. The first edition, first issue, with misspe...

A Squirrel Called Rufus

Richard Church · 1941 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1941. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this highly illustrated children's book from English writer Richard Church. First edition. With the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, eight co...

The Circling Year

Various · 1871 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1871. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this illustrated collection of short stories and verses for children, from the Religious Tract Society. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, title vignette, thirty-five plates, sixteen...

Routledge&Apos;S Scripture Gift-Book

1866 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1866. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this scripture gift-book from Routledge, with colour illustrations throughout. First edition. Scarce. Illustrated with twenty-four colour plates containing ninety-six images. Collated comple...

Orlando&Apos;S Magic Carpet

Kathleen Hale · 1958 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, John Murray, 1958. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Kathleen Hale's charming story following her iconic character, Orlando the Marmalade Cat, in the original dust wrapper and illustrated throughout with Hale's colourful illustrations. The uncommon f...

Evie; or, the Visit to Orchard Farm

E. G. Wilcox · 1904 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. 1904. Cloth. A smart copy of this uncommon illustrated children's story from English writer E. G. Wilcox. Uncommon work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and title vignette. A charming children's story following a young girl named E...

Just So Stories for Little Children

Rudyard Kipling · 1958 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1958 . Cloth. A superb copy of Rudyard Kipling's wonderfully illustrated collection of stories for children, with an exceptionally bright, unclipped dust wrapper. A 1958 edition of Rudyard Kipling's charming collection of short stories for c...

Just So Stories

Rudyard Kipling · 1953 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,557)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1953. Cloth. Rudyard Kipling's classic short story collection for children, in the original decorative cloth binding. A new edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding.Previous owner's ink inscription to the...

Nine Unlikely Tales for Children; the Story of the Treasure Seekers

E. Nesbit [Edith Nesbit] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1923-1925 . Cloth. Two later printings of children's works by celebrated author Edith Nesbit, with both works being illustrated throughout. Two works from Socialist Edwardian author Edith Nesbit, known for such works as 'The Railway Children&...

The English Struwwelpeter

Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann · 1876 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Griffith, Farran, Browne & Co, c1876 . Cloth. Frances Garnet Wolseley, 2nd Viscountess Wolseley's own copy of Hoffman's famous German children's tale, illustrated in colour. Dated circa 1876 by the National Trust Libraries, with "Shock-headed Peter on hi...

The Day-Star; or, the Gospel Story for the Little Ones

Agnes Giberne · 1871 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1871. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce biblical story for young readers from British novelist Agnes Giberne. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and ten plates. Collated complete...

Tales from Shakespeare

Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb · 0 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,894)

London, E. H. Wells, c1920. Leather. A smart copy of this charming collection of tales from Shakespeare for children, with beautiful illustrations. The "Farringdon" Classics series. Illustrated throughout. Intended "for the use of young persons", this collection of tales provi...

L&Apos;Ami Des Petits Enfans

Various · 1828 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Paris, Pierre Blanchard, 1828. Leather. An anthology of short stories for children in French, strikingly illustrated with hand-coloured plates. Two volumes bound in one.In the original French.A collection of short tales for children by Arnaud Berquin, J. H. Campe, and Pierre B...

Nonsense Botany and Nonsense Alphabets

Edward Lear · 1889 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, New York. Frederick Warne & Co. 1889. Cloth. This uncommon, illustrated collection of children's verse by the celebrated nonsense poet Edward Lear, bound in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. The fifth edition of the work. With an abundance of c...

The Pirate Aeroplane

Captain Gilson · 1913 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Henry Frowde: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated adventure story for young readers from Captain Gilson. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and five colour plates. Collated complete. An...

Picture Stories for Children

None stated · 1888 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, The Religious Tract Society, [1888]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce collection of illustrated religious Christian stories. The first edition.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, sixty monochrome full page illustrations, and a monochr...

Nightmare Hour; the Haunting Hour

R. L. Stine · 1999 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,962)

London, HarperCollins Publishers , 1999-2001. First edition. Cloth. A bright pair of first UK edition horror books from best-selling author of the 'Goosebumps' series, R. L. Stine. The first UK editions, first impressions of these works. With the publisher's or...

The Odd One

Amy Le Feuvre · 0 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, The Religious Tract Society, c1900. Cloth. A smart copy of this scarce children's story from Christian author Amy Le Feuvre. Very scarce work. Illustrated throughout. A charming children's story following five siblings in the little Stuarts' nursery and ...

The Unlucky Family

Mrs. Henry De La Pasture [Elizabeth Lydia Rosabelle, Lady Clifford] · 1907 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, Smith, Elder and Co, 1907 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming children's work, signed and with an original caricature sketch from illustrator Edward Tennyson Reed. The first edition of this work.In the very scarce publisher's original u...