Libri per ragazzi

Come to Life Stories No. 4: Hansel and Gretel, and Snow White

Anonymous · 1960 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Sandle Brothers Ltd. c1960 . Cloth. A delightful children's pop-up book, containing the classic stories 'Snow White' and 'Hansel and Gretel&apos. The fourth volume in the 'Come to Life Stories' series.This charming children's work fea...

The Cabbage Princess

Errol Le Cain · 1969 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London , Faber and Faber , 1969. First edition. Hardback. A charming children's story of the Cabbage Princess written and illustrated by Errol Le Cain. The first edition.In the original price clipped dust wrapper. The Cabbage Princess is a charming children's story s...

The Bonny Book of Josephine

Mrs. H. C. Cradock; Augusta WHiteford · 1926 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.86 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,324)

London, Blackie and Son Limited, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition collection of three charming tales for children by Mrs. H. C. Cradock, illustrated in colour throughout. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A volume of...

The Infant&Apos;S Magazine: Volume III

Editors of the "Children's Friend · 1868 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1868. Cloth. Volume three of the Infant's Magazine, covering the year 1868, illustrated throughout. An illustrated work in the publisher's original cloth binding with blind-stamping and gilt detailing to the front board. Ink ins...

Orlando (the Marmalade Cat): A Seaside Holiday

Kathleen Hale · 1952 · Rooke Books

£445.00 (€533.40 | $587.91 | ¥93,881)

London, Country Life Limited, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition from Kathleen Hale's profusely illustrated series featuring Orlando, the Marmalade Cat. First edition, in the publisher's original quarter cloth and pictorial boards, with the scarce o...

An Anthology of Babyhood

Muriel Nelson d'Auvergne · 1912 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Hutchinson and Co, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce beautifully illustrated anthology of children's poetry. First edition. Very scarce.A beautifully illustrated children's anthology including a wide range of poetry and lullaby's. Poets included...

Dogs of Character

Cecil Aldin · 1927 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1927 . First edition. Vellum. A lovely limited edition of Cecil Aldin's charmingly illustrated tale about the dogs Mickey and Cracker, an Irish wolfhound and a bull terrier. Limited to two-hundred and fifty copies. This copy is lacking the sig...

The Amber Spyglass

Philip Pullman · 2001 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Scholastic/Point, 2001 . Paperback. A signed copy of the final work in Phillip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' series. A signed copy of the first impression of the first Scholastic/Point paperback edition of Pullman's novel.Flat signed by the author ...

Giving Wings to Words: A Child&Apos;S Book of Phonic Games

Maude Moore; Harry B. Wilson · 1927 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

New York, D. C. Heath & Company, 1927. Cloth. A scarce copy of this charming book of phonic games for children, with illustrations throughout. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout with many colour images. A collection of phonic games for children, with guides to: adding "s", ad...

The Wonderful Garden or the Three C. &Apos;S

E. Nesbit [Edith Nesbit] · 1912 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1912 . Cloth. The second impression of this delightful children's fantasy novel by Edith Nesbit, in which three children cast magical spells from a book on garden lore. A charming children's novel about 'the three C's', the ch...

The Little Wonder Book

Jean Ingelow · 1887 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London , Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh, 1887. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition collection of children's tales, with illustrations. With six tales or wonders within this volume, with thirteen stories in total. Jean Ingelow was an English poet and novelist w...

Uncle Remus, or the Story of Mr. Fox and Breer Rabbit

Joel Chandler Harris · 1939 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

Leicester and London, Raithby, Lawrence & Co. [1939]. Cloth. An illustrated copy of Joel Chandler Harris' controversial stories. This edition of Uncle Remus is illustrated with numerous in-text line drawings by Rene Bull, and twelve colour plates by Harry Rowntree, collat...

Histoires Et leãƒâ§Ons de Choses Pour Les Enfants

Marie Pape-Carpantier · 1867 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Paris, Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie, 1867. Cloth. An uncommon copy of this collection of stories and lessons for children, by educator and social activist Marie Pape-Carpantier. The fifth edition of this work in the original moire silk binding. Ink inscription to the first ...

Sport in Ashanti, or Melinda the Caboceer

J.A. Skertchly · 1898 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Frederick Warne & Co, 1898 . Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated children's adventure novel by Sydney Skertchly. Illustrated with four plates. Collated, complete.A thrilling late nineteenth century adventure novel set in the West African British Crown Colony o...

Vlindertjes

A. Sutorius · 0 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Amsterdam, P.N. Van Kampen , c1910. Hardback. A very scarce children's book with illustrations by Rie Cramer. Published in Dutch. A charming children's book written by Dutch author Anna Sutorius, with sweet and colourful drawings by Rie Cramer. Published in Dutch. Wi...

The Maids of Lee; the Men of Ware

F. E. Weattherly · 1883 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Hildesheimer & Faulkner, 1883. Paperback. Two children's books by the author of the song 'Danny Boy&apos. With illustrations by W. J. Hodgson to each page. Two children's books written in rhyming couplets by Frederic Weatherly, the author of the sentimen...

Mavor&Apos;S Reading and Picture Book

[William Fordyce Mavor] · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Not Stated , Not Stated , c1860 . Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce early readers pamphlet, with illustrations. A scarce pamphlet. This little volume is a reading and picture book for new readers. With in-text illustrations. In the original paper wraps. Externally, very smart with...

Le Veritable Ami Des Enfants Et Des Jeunes Gens

Cesar Malan · 1845 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Paris , Librairie de L. R-Delay, 1845. Leather. Four, first edition French volumes of children's tales, with illustrations. Four complete volumes of Le Veritable Ami Des Enfants et des Jeunes Gens. These volumes are The True Friend of Children and Young People by Cesar M...

The Stolen Fruit; the Thunder-Storm

Mrs Sherwood [Mary Martha Sherwood] · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Houlston and Sons, c1870. Magazine. Two very scarce children's chapbooks by Mrs Sherwood. A pair of juvenile chapbooks by influential children's writer Mary Martha Sherwood. Comprising 'The Stolen Fruit' from School Prizes & Reward Books series by ...

Lucy and the Little Red Horse, Mrs Mouse & Family, Lucy & the Fairy Feasts

Nora S. Unwin, Gwendy Caroe · 1943 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Alexander Unwin, 1943. First edition. Hardback. A first edition copy of Lucy and the Little Red Horse and other stories, with colour plates. A first edition copy of this collection of children's tales by Nora S. Unwin and Gwendy Caroe.The stories that appear in th...