Libri per ragazzi

An Abridgement of Scripture History; Consisting of Lessons from the Old Testament

Mrs. Trimmer [Sarah Trimmer] · 0 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Rivingtons, c1825. Cloth. A smart new edition of this scarce religious study for children from British writer Sarah Trimmer. New edition, improved. Scarce work. A collection detailed lessons from scripture for the use of schools and families. With learning from Genesis...

The Boy Allies on the North Sea Patrol or, Striking the First Blow at the German Fleet

Ensign Robert L. Drake · 1915 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New York, A. L. Burt Company, 1915. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this adventure novel for boys, published during the First World War, in the uncommon original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, w...

Ginger&Apos;S Adventures and Smoke and Fluff!

W. Perring; E. M. Coghlin; A. J. Macgregor · 1943 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

Loughborough, Wills & Hepworth Ltd, 1943. First edition. Hardback. Two charming children's poetry books, with fun colour illustrations by A. J. Macgregor and the original dust wrapper to 'Smoke and Fluff&apos. The first edition to 'Smoke and Fluff' and the ...

Animals Showing Off

1989 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Not stated , The National Geographic Society , 1989. Hardback. A vibrant pop-up book demonstrating animals' unique movements and behaviours, from the National Geographic Society. The second printing of this work. In the publisher's original laminated boards. This imm...

The Merry Ballads of Olden of the Olden Time Illustrated in Pictures & Rhyme

1880 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, F. Warne and Co, 1880. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated collection of popular ballads for children, including 'Tom Thumb' and 'Sir Richard Whittington&apos. First edition. A beautifully illustrated Victorian children's book containing a series of bal...

The Daily Express Children&Apos;S Annual

S. Louis Giraud · 0 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, The Lane Publications (Daily Express Books Dept.), c1930 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this profusely illustrated children's annual from The Daily Express, with wonderfully bright pop-ups. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original...

Mother Goose, and, Babes in the Wood

Peter Patch · 0 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Collins Clear Type Press, c1940. Paperback. Two very scarce Panto-Peep colourful works for children by Peter Patch, telling two classic folk tales. Two very scarce 'Panto-Peep' books, including 'Mother Goose' and 'Babes in the Wood&apos.Each vo...

Farm, and, Garage

1962 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Bancroft & Co (Publishers) LTD, 1962. Paperback. Two uncommon pop-up colourful carousels, showing scenes at a garage and at a farm. Two uncommon works.Two colourful pop-up carousel books for children, being short tales set in a farm and a garage. The two carousels show...

The Fox, the Hare and the Rooster

V. Andriyevich; Tom Botting [trans.] · 1980 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Moscow, Malysh Publishing House, 1980 . Paperback. A vibrantly illustrated and scarce Russian children's pop-up book about the adventures of a fox, hare and rooster. Published in the USSR. A scarce work.Translated from the original Russian into English by Tom Botting.Illu...

Bengo to the Rescue: From the T.V. Serial

None stated · 1956 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Somerset, Purnell and Sons Limited, [1956]. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce children's pop-up book about a dog called Bengo, from the tv series 'Bengo the Boxer Pip&apos. The first edition. Illustrated in colour by 'TIM&apos. This very scarce work feature...

The Bad Children&Apos;S Pop-Up Book of Beasts

Hilaire Belloc · 1987 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Methuen Children's Books Ltd, 1987. First edition. Hardback. An interactive pop-up book depicting a number of ferocious animals, written by Hilaire Belloc and illustrated for the first time by Wallace Tripp. The first edition thus, the first Wallace Tripp illustra...

You Monsters Are in Charge: A Boisterous Bedtime Pop-Up

Jill Sardegna · 2002 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Simon and Schuster , 2002. First edition. Hardback. A creative children's pop-up book that counts to ten and features cheeky monsters, in excellent condition. First edition. A bright children's pop-up book following the antics of ten monsters who must try an...

Night-Night

Marion V. Ridgway · 1944 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

New York City, Howell, Soskin, Publishers, INC, 1944. Hardback. A very scarce children's work, about animals falling asleep, a colourfully illustrated with with five moveable scenes. A very scarce work.A charming moveable book, showing scenes of various animals, and a bab...

The Farmyard

Cecil Sharp · 1935 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Raphael Tuck & Sons LTD, 1935. Hardback. A scarce volume of farmyard songs, with eight colourful cut-out scenes of animals. A scarce work.A charming work for children, containing songs relating to farmyard animals, including as horses, cows, dogs, chickens, pigs, sheep...

Miss Muffet Pop-Up

0 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Burnley, Candlelight, c1940. Paperback. A very scarce pop-up book telling an expanded version of the fairy tale Little Miss Muffet, a colourful pop-up by Jean Walmsley Heap. A very scarce and charming pop-up by Jean Walmsley Heap.An adaptation and expansion of the nursery rhym...

Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe · 0 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Raphael Tuck & Sons, c1894. Cloth. A scarce and unique edition of Daniel Defoe's popular novel, with six pop-up colour illustrations. A scarce work.A unique and abridged edition of this popular novel, an 'expanding' edition, with six movable colour photo...

Kuzlatka

Maria Razusova-Martakova; Jan Noha [trans.] · 1962 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Bratislava, Vydaly Mlade Leta, 1962. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this very scarce Czech language children's tale, which folds out into a charming house. In the original Czech.The very scarce first edition of this folding children's house, which feat...

The Wizard of Oz: A Classic Story Pop-Up Book with Sounds

L. Frank Baum; Paul Hess; Libby Hamilton · 2010 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Templar , 2010 . First edition. Hardback. The second impression of this fantastically entertaining 'Wizard of Oz' pop-up book, with atmospheric sounds and soundtracks accompanying the pop-ups. The first edition, second impression of this work.L. Frank Baum&ap...

Roaring Lion Tales Pop-Up Book

Alain Presencer; Ron van der Meer · 1984 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Blackie, 1984 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this children's pop-up of tales about lions, signed by the illustrator and paper engineer Ron van der Meer. The first edition of this work, flat signed to the first leaf by Ron van der Meer, the illustr...

Les Vacances de Zephir

Jean de Brunhoff · 1936 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Paris, Hachette, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. The vibrantly illustrated first edition of Jean de Brunhoff's fifth work in the Babar series. In the original French.The first edition of this charming work, authored and illustrated by Jean de Brunhoff. This work focuses on B...