Libri per ragazzi

Chatterbox

Various · 1881 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Wells Gardner, Darton & co , 1881. Leather. A collection of weekly issues of the children's magazine Chatterbox, with illustrations. This volume contains the weekly magazine Chatterbox from November 1880 to November 1881, containing twenty six issues. Chatterbox ...

A Series of Prints Taken from the Old and New Testaments

Sarah Trimmer · 1817 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; N. Hailes; John Marshall, 1817-21. Leather. A series of one-hundred and twenty-eight plates depicting pivotal scenes in both the Old and New Testaments, an important and popular work by Sarah Trimmer. Two of Sarah Trimmer's hugely popula...

The Visit for the Week; or, Hints on the Improvement of Time. Containing Original Tales, Anecdotes from Natural and Moral History. Designed for the Amusement of Youth

Lucy Peacock · 0 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Carpenter & Co. c1804. Leather. Lucy Peacock's most popular children's work Lucy Peacock's most popular work designed to teach children about life and morality. The late eighteenth century author wrote, adapted, and edited stories for children and young ...

Cradle Songs

None · 1892 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Hildesheimer & Faulkner, 1892. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated scarce collection of lullabies. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout. A collection of somewhat religious lullabies, including: A Child's Prayer, Little Bell, Sleep Baby Sleep, and Grace for a Child. Ill...

A Nursey Rhyme and Picture Book Number One

L. Leslie Brooke · 1950 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London , Frederick Warne and Co. 1950. Hardback. A charming children's picture and rhyme book, with colour illustrations by Leslie Brooke. A copy of the Nursery Rhyme Picture Book Number One by L. Leslie Brooke. Leonard Leslie Brooke was a British artist and writer, who s...

Jack and the Beanstalk

None · 1974 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Murrays Sales and Service, 1974. Hardback. A beautifully illustrated animated telling of the classic story of Jack and the Beanstalk. With pop-ups. Pop ups with moving figures, edited text. The classic children's tale told through illustration and six pop-up scene...

The Three Dwarfs

None · 1984 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Brown Watson, 1984. Paperback. A brightly colourful and animated story of three dwarfs with pop-ups. Originally published in 1973. With six full color pop-up scenes. Five of six scenes include additional movable elements. Illustrated by Vojtěch Kubašta, a Czech archit...

We&Apos;Re Going on a Bear Hunt

Michael Rosen · 1993 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London , Walker Books, 1993. Hardback. A fantastic signed copy of the popular children's book We're Going on a Bear Hunt. A lovely reprinted copy of We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen. Signed by Michael "Rosen hello! Michael Rosen was here"Michael Rosen...

Raggedy Ann and Andy with Animated Illustrations

1944 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

Akron, Ohio, The Saalfield Publishing Company , [1944]. Hardback. A charmingly animated edition of children's tale featuring Johnny Gruelle's characters of Raggedy Ann and Andy. First animated edition. Tale of Raggedy Ann and Andy, characters created by American writ...

The Jolly Jump-Ups: ABC Book

0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Publicity Products ltd, c1953. Hardback. The alphabet illustrated with charming pop-ups in the 'Jolly Jump Ups' series. Featuring six colourful pop-ups, with occasional creasing affecting the letters, a closed tear to illustrations for 'W X Y Z" affectin...

Aunt Louisa&Apos;S Sunday Picture Book. Comprising Joseph and His Brethen. The Wonders of Providence. The Story of King David. The Proverbs of Solomon. With Twenty-Four Pages of Illustrations, Printed in Colours by Kronheim.

Aunt Louisa [Laura Valentine] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. [1887]. Cloth. An uncommon copy of Aunt Louisa's Sunday Book, with lovely colour plates. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Ink inscription to the front free end paper, dated 1887. 24 colour plates. Collated complete....

Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen · 1939 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London and New York, J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. 1939 . Cloth. Early uncommon edition of this collection of Hans Andersen's fairy tales with beautiful illustrations. Early edition of Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen translated by Mrs E Lucas, in the original publisher...

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 ...

The Story without an End

Friedrich Wilhelm Carové; Sarah Austin [trans.] · 1879 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1879. Cloth. Classic German children's tale with illustrations by Elanor Vere Boyle. Telling of a child's journey of discovery through the natural world. German tale written by Friedrich Wilhelm Carové, here translat...

Bookano Stories Pictures No. 4

S. Louis Giraud [ed.] · 1920 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, Strand Publications, c1940. Hardback. A delightful twentieth century collection of children's tales, colourfully illustrated with numerous pop-up pictures that spring up in model form. A charming mid-twentieth-century collection of tales for children, including &a...

Tim to the Lighthouse

Edward Ardizzone · 1968 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Oxford University Press, 1968 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally bright copy of the first edition, second issue of Edward Ardizzone illustrated children's tale. The first edition, second issue of this charming children's book, illustrated and authored b...

Floor Games

H. G. Wells · 1911 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London , Frank Palmer, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this charming and illustrated volume of work on games. A first edition, first printing copy of this charming volume on games, describing the toys, games of islands, building cities and war games. H. G. ...

Hans Andresen&Apos;S Fairy Tales

Hans Andersen · 0 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Boots the Chemists, Hodder and Stoughton, c1923. Cloth. Boots edition of a collection of the well known fairy tales by Hans Andersen, with illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. Famous fairy tales by Hans Andersen collected in this large paper volume, published by Boots t...

The Water Babies

Charles Kingsley · 1920 · Rooke Books

£43.00 (€51.54 | $56.81 | ¥9,072)

London and Melbourne, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, c1920. Cloth. A very scarce edition of The Water Babies, a popular Victorian children's novel. Circa 1920 edition in original publisher's green cloth binding of The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley. This edition is unil...

The Boy and the Birds

Emily Taylor · 1835 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London , Darton & Harvey , 1835. First edition. Leather. A charming volume describing the boy and the birds with illustrations throughout. A charming first edition book of The Boy and the Birds by Emily Taylor. Taylor describes the the sky lark, the puffin, the swallow, the Gr...