Libri per ragazzi

101 Dalmations

1986 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Leicester , Brown Watson, 1986. Hardback. A pop-up book of Walt Disney's children's tale '101 Dalmatians&apos. Pop-up edition of '101 Dalmatians' designed by Robert Watson, first thus. Featuring seven pop-ups in bright colour. Movable pop-up of window ...

The Devil and the Floral Dance

D. M. Thomas · 1978 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Robson Books, 1978. First edition. Hardback. First edition of this illustrated work telling the story of the ancient Cornish town of Helston on one special day. First edition of this work. The illustrated story of the Flora - Day of the Flowers - in the ancient Cornish...

Aunt Louisa&Apos;S Golden Gift Comprising Little Dame Crump. Childhood&Apos;S Delight. Hush-a-Bye Baby. Tottie&Apos;S Nursery Rhymes. With Twenty-Four Pages of Illustrations. Printed in Colours and Gold, from Original Designs by M. Tilsley.

Aunt Louisa [Laura Valentine] · 1814 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1878. Cloth. An uncommon copy of Aunt Louisa's Golden Gift, with splendid colour and gilt plates. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. 24 lavish colour and gilt plates by M. Tilsley. Collated complete. A collection of ...

Mrs Leicester&Apos;S School

Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb · 1912 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, J.M. Dent, 1912. Hardback. A colourfully illustrated edition of this charming children's work by Charles and Mary Lamb, in the original pictorial publisher's binding. A charming collection of stories for children in which a schoolteacher encourages her young ...

The Painted Picture Play-Book

James Bishop · 0 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London , Dean and Son, c1858. Hardback. A charming children's play-book, with hand coloured illustrations. Illustrated with 'upwards of three hundred coloured pictures by various eminent artists&apos. The verses within this volume are by James Bishop. The volume cont...

Alice&Apos;S Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll · 1985 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Methuen, 1985 . Cloth. A fine copy of the first UK edition of Michael Hague's beautifully illustrated edition of Lewis Carroll's highly influential work of Victorian children's literature In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Illu...

I Wonder Why Sixteen Songs for the Children

Alfred Scott-Gatty; Dorothy Pleydell-Bouverie · 1920 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, W. Collins & Co. Ltd.; Herman Darewski, 1920 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this collection of children's songs by Alfred Scott-Gatty with beautiful colour plates by W. Graham Robertson. First edition of I Wonder Why, Sixteen Songs for the C...

The Magic Walking-Stick and Stories from Arabian Nights

John Buchan; Frances Jenkins Olcott · 0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Associated Newspapers, Ltd. c1935 . Cloth. An illustrated edition of The Magic Walking Stick and stories from the Arabian Nights published for children. Children's edition of The Magic Walking Stick by John Buchan bound with stories from the Arabian Nights edited ...

Bookano Stories No. 1

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

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Strand Publications, c1935. 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...

The Pickletons Their Astonishing Adventure

Ingles Rhode · 0 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London , Dean & Son, c1899. Cloth. A charming illustrated copy of The Pickletons, Their Astonishing Adventure. A scarce copy of this work. This charming work details the adventures of the Pickletons, Adolphus, Timothy and John. With full colour chromolithographs opposite pag...

The Parent&Apos;S Cabinet of Amusement and Instruction

1838 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London , Smith, Elder & Co. 1838. Leather. A charming illustrated copy of this volume of amusement and instruction for children. A New Edition of The Parent's Cabinet of Amusement and Instruction which includes stories and educational tales for children. Some of the stor...

Tales from Shakespeare

Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb · 1807 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, c1918. Cloth. Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb, with beautiful colour plates by A. E. Jackson. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. 47 plates, as lacking front free end paper. Collated, incomplete. Tales fro...

Beyond the Blue Mountains

L . T. Meade · 1893 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)

London , Cassell and Company, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition copy of this children's adventure book, with illustrations. A lovely first edition copy of this children's book. L. T. Meade was the pseudonym if Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith, a pr...

Chatterbox

J. Erskine Clarke · 1896 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London , Wells Gardner, Darton & Co , 1896. Cloth. A charming copy of the 1896 annual for the popular children's magazine Chatterbox, with colour plates. A copy of the Chatterbox bound annual from 1896.Chatterbox was founded in 1866 by John Erskine Clark and was one of th...

Niccolo

Karel Jaeger · 1959 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, J.M. Dent & Sons , 1959. First edition. Hardback. Bright copy of the uncommon first edition of this children's novel by Karel Jaeger, signed by the author. Delightful tale of Niccolo, altar boy, best candle-snuffer and treble-o singer in Italy. Written by Karel Ja...

The Complete Stalky & Co

Rudyard Kipling · 1929 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1929. First edition. Cloth. A charming illustrated first edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Complete Stalky & Co. A charming first edition copy of popular author Rudyard Kipling's novel The Complete Stalky & Co. The novel is about adolescent ...

Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin

W. H. G. Kingston · 1880 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , [1880]. Cloth. A scarce copy of this early boy's tale by William Henry Giles Kingston. Juvenile fiction narrating the adventures of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilton by William Henry Giles Kingston, English writer. A scar...

Tales from Hans Anderson

Shirley Goulden · 1966 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London , W. H. Allen, 1966. Hardback. A charming collection of children's stories from Hans Anderson and retold by Shirley Goulden. Hans Christian Anderson was a Danish author most remembered for his literary fairy tales, including The Emperor's New Clothes, The Litt...

Parables from Nature

Mrs. Albert Gatty [Margaret Gatty] · 1864 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Bell and Daldy, 1864. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated collection of children's parables by Margaret Gatty, containing black-and-white illustrated plates by a range of artists including Millais and presented in a lovely gilt cloth binding. 1864 'New Edition&a...

Little Ferns for Fanny&Apos;S Little Friends

Fanny Fern [Sara Willis] · 1854 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London , Nathaniel Cooke , 1854. Cloth. A charming and very scarce illustrated copy of Little Ferns for Little Fanny's Friends. A charming and very scarce illustrated copy of Little Ferns for Little Fanny's Friends. Sara Willis wrote under the name of Fanny Fern and ...