Libri per ragazzi

Hans Andersen&Apos;S Fairy Stories

Hans Christian Andersen; S. Louis Giraud · 1920 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, Strand Publications; Bookano Books, c1935. Hardback. A charming Bookano volume of the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated with striking colour pop-ups. A charming mid-twentieth-century collection of Hans Andersen's tales for children, including &ap...

The Very First Christmas: The Story of the Nativity Adapted from the Scriptures

Barbara Burrow · 1975 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Missouri , Hallmark Cards, Inc , 1975. First edition. Hardback. A warm retelling of the Nativity, illustrated with beautiful pop-ups. A delightful pop-up of the popular Christmas story of the Nativity. Illustrated with beautiful three-dimensional pages that bring the story to...

The Purple Mountain Monster

Donna Boswell · 1998 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Tango Books, 1998. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this very scarce whimsical pop-up book for children. First edition. Very scarce. Illustrated with one full colour pop-up scene, with ten pull tabs, and one spinning dial. Collated complete and in perf...

The Most Magnificent Invention Mansion: A Three Dimensional Mystery

Steve Cox; Nick Denchfield · 1999 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1999. First edition. Hardback. A very smart first edition of this marvelous fold-out carousel with paper characters to play with. First edition. Scarce work. A large-scale fold-out mansion scene with a laminated map showring the mansion groun...

The Stencil Book of Numbers

Tony Tallarico · 1987 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Methuen's Children's Books, 1987 . First edition. Hardback. A brightly illustrated, first UK edition of Tony Tallarico's book of stencils aimed at teaching numbers. The first UK edition, published the year after the US edition. This charmingly illustrate...

3rd Dimension Picture Book with the Wonder Spectacles

Anonymous · 1950 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, W. Walker & Sons, c1950 . Paperback. A very scarce 1950s non-fiction children's work, with 'wonder spectacles' that allow the photograph images to be viewed in three dimensions. A very scarce work.An informative children's work with green and red ti...

Kid: A Life Size Pop-Up Guide to Your Body and How It Works

Robert Marguilies; Roger Culbertson · 1995 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

New York, W. H. Freeman and Company, 1995. First edition. Hardback. An interesting and unique educational work for kids on the human anatomy, with a full size depiction of a child's body and pop-up elements. The first edition, first impression with a complete numberline.I...

Snappy Little Christmas!

Dugald Steer · 1999 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London , Marshall Publishing Ltd , 1999. First edition. Hardback. An excellent Christmas-themed children's pop-up book, complete with vibrant illustrations in colour throughout and charming characters. First edition. Vibrantly illustrated throughout in colour by Derek Ma...

Sophie&Apos;S Hideaway

Renate Kozikowski · 1983 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Methuen Children's Books Ltd, 1983. First edition. Hardback. An interactive pop-up children's book following the dream adventures of a girl named Sophie. The first edition. In the publisher's laminated pictorial boards.A sweet children's pop-up boo...

Hoist Sail! & to Be a Soldier

Alexander Beslik; O. Tikhomirov · 1989 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Mockba, House, 1989. Hardback. Two smart copies of these scarce Russian pop-up books for children. Two volumes. Russian. This set includes: Hoist Sail!, 1989. Stories in pictures about famous sailors and travelers. Illustrated with eight full colour pop-up scenes. Collated com...

Pop-Up Origami

Tatsuo Miyawaki · 1962 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Japan, Biken-Sha, 1962. Hardback. A charming volume of eight pop-up origami scenes, containing colourful origami animals. A charming volume containing eight 'pop-up origami' for the reader to make, by Tatsuo Miyawaki. The origami have been made by a prior owner, the...

The Story of Little Red Riding Hood

0 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London; Glasgow, Collins, c1950. Cloth. A scarce pop-up panorama colourfully telling the fairy tale 'Little Red Riding Hood', a charming and colourfully illustrated work. A scarce work.A charming panorama book telling the fairy tale 'Little Red Riding Hood&apos....

Anna Ross: A Story for Children

Grace Kennedy · 1844 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Edinburgh, William Oliphant and Sons, 1844. Cloth. A scarce eighth edition of this charmingly illustrated children's story from Scottish writer Grace Kennedy. Eighth edition. Scarce. Illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates. Poor orphaned Anna Ross returns to Edinb...

Clown Land

1824 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, Perry & Co. Limited, c1894. Paperback. A very scarce Victorian's children's work, containing nine poems about clowns and their adventures, colourfully illustrated. A vanishingly scarce work. Held institutionally at only three libraries; University of Cambridg...

Vier Marlein

Freidrich Ruckert · 1937 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Jos. Scholz, Mainz, 1937 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this charmingly illustrated 1930s children's work, in which four ballads are accompanied by colour illustrations. In the original German.The first edition of this work in which the four famous childr...

Rupert Annuals for the Years 1971, 1972, & 1973

Alfred Bestall · 1971 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Daily Express Publications, 1971-1973. First edition. Cloth. Three smart first editions of the Rupert Bear annuals for the years 1971, 1972, and 1973. Three volumes. First edition. Brightly illustrated in colour throughout. A collection of stories about Rupert, a bear ...

The Spreading Stain: A Tale for Boys and Men with Boys&Apos; Hearts

Charles J. Finger · 1927 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first US edition of this thrilling tale for boys and young men, with a colour frontispiece. First US edition, published the same year as the UK edition. With a colour frontispiece by Paul Honore, an ...

What Did I See?

William Jay Smith · 1962 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

New York , The Crowell-Collier Press , 1962. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this charming children's book of weird and wonderful sights, signed by the author and published as part of a curated series. The first Crowell-Collier Press edition of this work in the o...

More Adventures of Rupert: Rupert Annual 1937 Facsimile Edition

Alfred Bestall · 1986 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Daily Express Publications, 1986. Cloth. The limited edition facsimile of the 1937 Rupert Annual, with the original wraparound band. Limited edition, number 1277. In the publisher's original quarter cloth with pictorial paper boards and the original wrap around b...

For Honour Not Honours: Being the Story of Gordon of Khartoum

Gordon Stables · 1896 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, John F. Shaw and Co. 1896. Cloth. A lovely copy of this scarce and thrilling tale for young readers by Royal Navy surgeon William Gordon Stables. A new edition of this scarce work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. All edges gilt. Illustrated wit...