Libri per ragazzi

Fables from Aesop

Aesop; Val Biro · 1983 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Bucks, Ginn Publishing, 1983-1995. Paperback. Eighteen very smart volumes of fables attributed to Aesop, retold and illustrated by Hungarian children's author Val Biro. Ten volumes. Illustrated throughout. A collection of the fables attributed to Aesop, a Greek fabulist a...

The Aesop for Children

Aesop · 1927 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Chicago, Rand McNally & Co. 1927. Cloth. A brightly illustrated collection of the fables of Aesop, written for children and young readers. Later edition, first published in 1919. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and numerous in-text and full-page colour images. A collect...

C1896 the Fables of Aesop with Instructive Applications

Aesop; Samuel Croxall · 0 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Milner and Company, c1896 . Cloth. A very scarce edition of The Fables of Aesop translated by Samuel Croxall, featuring one hundred woodcut illustrations. In the publisher's original in blue cloth binding with blind stamp decorations. Undated, dated from inscripti...

Aesop&Apos;S Fables in Rhyme for Little Philosophers

John Martin; Aesop · 1924 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

New York, John Martin's Book House, 1924. Cloth. A charming copy of Aesop's classic fables, accompanied by striking illustrations by George Leonard Carlson. In the publisher's original illustrated cloth binding.With 91 pages of wood engraved illustrations and de...

Aesop&Apos;S Fables for Little Readers

Mrs. Arthur Brookfield [Olive Brookfield] · 1888 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1888. First edition. Cloth. A particularly scarce rendition of these classic fables, simplified here for the youngest readers and charmingly illustrated throughout. The first edition of this retelling of 'Aesop's Fables', simplified for ...

Just So Stories for Little Children; the Five Nations

Rudyard Kipling · 1902 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Leipzig , Bernard Tauchnitz , 1902-1903. Cloth. A smart set offering the Tauchnitz editions of two of Rudyard Kipling's classic work, one short-story collection and one poetry collection. The Tauchnitz copyright editions of these works, published the same year as the firs...

Tom Brown&Apos;S School-Days

An Old Boy [Thomas Hughes] · 1907 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Henry Frowde Oxford University Press, 1907. Leather. The Oxford edition of this illustrated school story from English author Thomas Hughes. Oxford Edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, ten plates, and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. The story is set in ...

The Book of the Flower Fairies

Cicely Mary Barker · 1927 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

London, Blackie & Son, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition by Cicely Mary Barker, who presents a beautiful collection of poetry and colour plates about fairies and flowers. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated work. The first omnibus edition of Bar...

Pictures to Colour with Crayons, Paints, or Chalks

Non · 0 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, McCorquodale & Co LTD, c1940. Paperback. A very scarce colouring book for children, offering many different designs to be coloured in. A vanishingly scarce work.An artistic volume for children, offering ten pages of colouring sheets, alongside examples of the correct c...

Mystery at Witchend; Home to Witchend

Malcolm Saville · 1967 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London; Berkshire , George Newnes Limited; Richard Griffiths , 1967-2005. Cloth. A delightful pair of books from Malcolm Saville's 'Lone Pine' children's series, complete with the unclipped dust wrappers. Comprising the twelfth impression of 'Mystery a...

Harry Potter and the Philosopher&Apos;S Stone; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

J. K. Rowling · 1997 · Rooke Books

£2,450.00 (€2,936.71 | $3,236.79 | ¥516,874)

London, Bloomsbury, 1997-2007. First edition. Hardback. An excellent complete set of the wildly popular Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, including four first impressions. A terrific set offering all seven books from the magical 'Harry Potter' series by J. K. Row...

Play-Time: Sayings and Doings of Baby-Land

Edward Stanford · 1883 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1883 . First edition. Hardback. The very scarce first edition of this charming children's work from Edward Stanford, illustrated throughout in colour. The first edition of this very scarce work.Illustrated throughout in colour.A delightful collect...

Footsteps of Jesus

Ernest C. Price · 1887 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Castell Brothers, 1887. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this brightly illustrated collection of children's stories from the Bible. First edition. Very scarce. Illustrated with ten colour images with tissue guards and numerous in-text figures. ...

Les Jeunes Enfans, Contes

Pierre Blanchard · 1817 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Paris, Librairie D'Education de Pierre Blanchard, 1817. Cloth. A smartly bound second edition of this scarce collection of children's tales from Pierre Blanchard, in the original French. French. Second edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vigne...

The Amazing Adventures of Little Brown Bear

Dorothy Burroughes · 1930 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Methuen & Co LTD, 1930. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this charming children's tale written and illustrated by Dorothy Burroughes, in the original dust wrapepr. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A charming t...

The Seekers

H. E. Bates · 1926 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, John and Edward Bumpus , 1926. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this children's fantasy story by H. E. Bates. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original paper covered boards.This charming tale follows a wandering prince and h...

Children&Apos;S Children

Gertrude Bone · 1908 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, Duckworth & Co, 1908 . First edition. Vellum. A signed, limited edition of Muirhead Bone's beautifully illustrated children's work, produced in collaboration with his wife, author Gertrude Bone. No. 148 of 215 copies of this limited edition, signed by the ill...

Abbatt Toys Animal Families Playing Cards

Abbatt Toys · 1932 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Paul & Marjorie Abbatt Ltd, c1970. Paperback. A charming set of antique children's illustrated playing cards from the former children's toy company, a vanishingly scarce and charming item for collectors of children's toys. A complete collection of fifty-...

Jim Duck&Apos;S Adventures in Picture and Story

D. V. O'Brien · 0 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Evans Brothers Ltd, c1945. First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce children's book following the adventures of Jim Duck. A vanishingly scarce children's book. In the publisher's original illustrated wraps. A delightful series of short stories foll...

The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvels

Thomas Ingoldsby Esq. [Richard Harris Barnham] · 1919 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, William Heinemann, 1919 . Cloth. Arthur Rackham's impressively illustrated edition of the popular Ingoldsby legends, illustrated with tipped in colour plates from Rackham. A beautifully illustrated edition of Ingoldsby's work, originally published with Rackha...