Libri per ragazzi

Schnick Schnack: Trifles for the Little-Ones

None · 0 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, George Routledge & Sons, c1867. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this colourfully illustrated book of children's stories and poems. Dated from the University of Oxford Libraries. The coloured plates are printed by the Leighton Brothers after Oscar P...

Sunshine for Showery Days

0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, S. W. Partridge and Co. c1917. Hardback. A scarce copy of this charming large paper children's book. Scarce copy of this joyful children's book in large paper, adorned with lovely black and white illustrations in text. Dated from Jisc. In the original publish...

Mon Alphabet En Images

1933 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Paris , Librairie-Imprimerie Reunies , [1933]. Hardback. A scarce collection of French tales illustrative of the alphabet, with numerous illustrations in colour. Children's book teaching the alphabet through reading exercises and tales. In the original French. Illustrated...

ABC Par Jules Lemaitre Avec Des Images de Job

Jules Lemaitre · 1930 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Tours, Maison Alfred Mame et Fils , [1930]. Cloth. Smart copy of this anthology of children's tales by French critic Jules Lemaitre, embellished with coloured illustrations by JOB. Collection of children's tales in alphabetical order by French critic and dramatist Ju...

Guttergrin the Gargoyle

Cecilia Oldmeadow · 1934 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Washbourne and Bogan Ltd. 1934 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this children's book with beautiful colour illustrations in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Guttergrin the Gargoyle by Cecilia Oldmeadow in the original publisher&a...

A Child&Apos;S Book of Verses

Jessie Willcox Smith · 1912 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1912 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of this collection of children's verses and songs with colour plates. First UK edition of A Child's Book of Verses by Jessie Willcox Smith in the original publisher's cloth binding...

A Gallery of Children

A. A. Milne · 1925 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd, 1925. First edition. Cloth. First UK edition of this stylized illustrated book of charming children's stories. The first trade edition of the work. Published the same year as a limited edition of five hundred copies. Highly illustrated with...

Chatterbox

J. Erskine Clarke (Ed.) · 1903 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Wells Gardner , 1903. Cloth. A collection of the 'Chatterbox' halfpenny weekly children's paper, for the year 1903, with numerous colour plates and engravings. A scarce new series. Bound in the original pictorial cloth with gilt lettering. With a colour ...

Bright Eyes, an Annual for Young Folk

Ismay Thorn; Jane Brockman; et al · 1893 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, George Stoneman, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A lovely, scarce, collection of children's stories from popular authors, with numerous illustrations throughout. A scarce first edition. In the original pictorial cloth binding, with charming cover illustration. With a ...

Older Mousie

Golden Gorse [Muriel Wace] · 1932 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Country Life , 1932. First edition. Cloth. Second impression of this children's tale by Golden Gorse and Lionel Edwards, enclosed in its scarce dust wrapper. First edition, second impression of this children's tale, following the adventures of Mousie the Exmo...

Our Little Neighbours, Animals of the Farmyard and the Woodland

C. J. Kaberry · 1938 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Toronto, Melbourne, Cape Town, Bombay, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1938. First edition. Cloth. hgh Beautifully illustrated early edition of Our Little Neighbours, Animals of the Farmyard and the Woodland described by C. J. Kaberry in ...

The Wild Geese and Other Russian Fables

M. Bulatov; V. de S. Pinto · 1943 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London & New York, Transatlantic Arts Ltd. 1943 . Cloth. The first UK translated edition of this collection of Russian stories and fables with beautiful colour illustrations. First UK translated edition of The Wild Geese and other Russian Fables collected by M. Bulatov in the ...

Farrusco the Blackbird and Other Stories from the Portuguese

Miguel Torga [Adolfo Correia da Rocha]; Denis Brass [trans.] · 1950 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, George Allen & Unwin, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this illustrated book containing animal stories. The first translated edition of this charming volume by Portuguese author Miguel Torga [Adolfo Correia da Rocha], who is considered one of the g...

Parables from Nature

Mrs Alfred Gatty [Margaret] · 1864 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Bell and Daldy , 1864. Cloth. Seventh edition of this illustrated collection of educative children's tales by Margaret Gatty. Seventh edition of this work. A charming Victorian children's book by Margaret Gatty, the second series in the original publisher&apo...

Parables from Nature

Mrs Alfred Gatty [Margaret] · 1857 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Bell and Daldy , 1857. Cloth. Early edition of this pocket sized collection of morally didactic tales for children by Margaret Gatty. Fifth edition of this work. A charming Victorian children's book by Margaret Gatty, the first series in the original publisher&apo...

Cornish Adventure

Derek McCulloch · 1937 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd. 1937 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Derek McCulloch's children's fiction book with illustrations, in the original dust wrapper. First printing of Cornish Adventure by Derek McCulloch in the original publisher&a...

Boy&Apos;S Own Magazine

1863 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Not stated, Not stated, 1863 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce early edition of Volume I of the Boy's Own Magazine from the year 1863 with monochrome plates throughout. Early edition of Volume I of Boy's Own Magazine in cloth binding. No title page present, thus...

Alice Au Pays Des Merveilles Et Ce Qu&Apos; Alice Trouva de L&Apos;Autre Cote Du Miroir

Lewis Carroll; Jacques Papy [trans.] · 1961 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Paris, Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1961. Cloth. A bright French language translation of Lewis Carroll's two best loved works, illustrated by John Tenniel. A very scarce French language edition of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and its sequel, 'Through th...

The Little One&Apos;S Log Baby&Apos;S Record

Eva Erleigh · 1932 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , The Library Press Limited , 1932. Cloth. A charming baby log with wonderful illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard and guidance for new parents. A charming volume of The Little One's Log Baby's Record by Eva Erleigh, with a foreword by Dr Eric Pritchard and illu...

Four Hundred Animal Stories

Robert Cochrane [ed.] · 1897 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, W. & R. Chambers , [1897]. Cloth. An uncommon collection of children's tales concerning the animal kingdom, with numerous illustrations. An uncommon volume containing a selection of animal stories for children selected by Robert Cochrane, with numerous illustratio...