Libri per ragazzi

Songs of Chinese Children

Maryette H. Lum · 1937 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

[Beiping] , [Zhonghua yue she, Minguo 25], 1937 [1936]. Paperback. A very scarce translated anthology of traditional Chinese children's songs, illustrated in colour throughout. A collection of Chinese rhyme and folk songs, given here in the original Chinese and English tr...

Instinct; or Reason? Being Tales and Anecdotes of Animal Biography; Written for the Instruction and Entertainment of My Youngest Grandson, Mark Napier, and All Other Good Little Boys

The Lady Julia Lockwood · 1861 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Saunders, Otley, and Co. 1861 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this collection of stories for little boys, illustrated throughout. First edition. A very scarce work.In the publisher's original purple cloth binding, with a gilt to fore edge. ...

La Fontaine&Apos;S Fables: A Selection

La Fontaine; Edward Shirley [trans.] · 1905 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons , 1905. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon children's English edition of these popular fables, colourfully illustrated throughout by Carton Moore Park and Rene Bull. First edition of this illustrated translation of La Fontaine's Fables, ...

Children&Apos;S Books by Mrs. Molesworth

Mrs. Molesworth [Mary Louisa Molesworth] · 1898 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1898-1907. Cloth. A charming eight volume set of works by children's writer Mary Louise Molesworth, abundantly illustrated by notable artists throughout. Eight volumes.In the publisher's original blue cloth bindings.A set of eight charming c...

William the Superman

Richmal Crompton · 1968 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, George Newnes, 1968 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptional example of the first edition of Richmal Crompton's penultimate 'Just William' novel, with vignette illustrations throughout. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wra...

The King of the Golden River

John Ruskin · 1932 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, George Harrap, 1932 . First edition. Hardback. The first Arthur Rackham edition of John Ruskin's charming fairy tale, beautifully illustrated with colour plates from Rackham. The first trade edition, first impression of Arthur Rackham's edition of this work.I...

Edward the Blue Engine; Gordon the Big Engine; Toby the Tram Engine; Troublesome Engines

The Rev. W. Awdry · 1950 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Leicester, Edmund Ward, 1950-1954. First edition. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated in colour by C. Reginald Dalby, present here are the first edition of four volumes from Wilbert Awdry's beloved The Railway Series. Present here are four first editions, first impressions fro...

The Children&Apos;S Prize

J. Erskine Clarke · 1872 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

London , W. W. Gardner , 1872-1874. Leather. A scarce collection of the children's periodical "The Children's Prize" dating from 1872 through to 1874. Bound from the parts, each volume contains issues one through to twelve, January to December, for the years 1872, 18...

A Bound Collection of Moral and Instructive Stories for Children

Various, Anonymous · 1799 · Rooke Books

£685.00 (€821.08 | $904.98 | ¥144,514)

London; Dublin, Religious Tract Society; J M Porteus; Francis Westley, c1825-30. Leather. A charming and unique collection of moral and religious short stories. The majority of the works in this volume original published by the Religious Tract Society. Two stories published el...

Louis&Apos; School Days: A Story for Boys

E J May · 1857 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

London, G Routledge and Co. Farringdon Street, 1857. Leather. An allegorical work of childrens' fiction intended "as a vehicle for illustrating certain broad and fundamental truths in our holy religion." Beautifully Illustrated, featuring a frontispiece with tissue guard,...

Church Teaching for Church Children Instructions on the Church Catechism for Catechists, Parents and Sunday School Teachers

J N Newland-Smith; Percy Dearmer · 1908 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, A R Mowbray, 1908. Leather. An instructional religious work. In original binding. With a bookplate from the Llandaff Diocesan Association of Church Schools to the front pastedown. This work is aimed at young people and hopes to give instructional and helpful knowledge ...

The Little Mountaineers of Auvergne or, the Adventures of James and Georgette Translated from the French

F. G. Ducray-Duminil · 1801 · Rooke Books

£459.99 (€551.37 | $607.71 | ¥97,044)

London, R and L Peacock, 1801. Leather. A bright copy of the scarce The Little Mountaineers of Auvergne in English, translated from the French. Bound in leather with gilt lettering and decoration. Scarce English edition. Translated from the French, Petit-Jacques et Georgette, ...

The Gingerbread Man

Leonard Fable · 0 · Rooke Books

£122.99 (€147.42 | $162.49 | ¥25,947)

London, Harrap and Co, c1916. Cloth. A scarce poetical version of this much loved children's fairy tale, with many double page colour illustrations by Willy Pogany. William Pogany was a prolific Hungarian illustrator of children's and other books, best known for his ...

Viking-Boys

Jessie M. E. Saxby · 1898 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

London , James Nisbet & Co. 1898. Cloth. A scarce children's adventure story by the Shetland writer Jessie M. E. Saxby. "Foremost among the Shetlanders who wrote in English was the renowned Jessie M.E. Saxby, who was born 1842 as a member of the famous Edmondston family, ...

The Faithful Little Girl by the Author of &Apos;Margaret Whyte&Apos; &Apos;the Two Lambs&Apos; &C.

[Lucy Lyttelton Cameron] · 1824 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,303)

London , F Houlston and Son, 1824. Cloth. The third edition of this nineteenth century Children's book. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. With an illustrated frontispiece of the faithful little girl. No a...

Teddy Tar and the Magic Needle

Anonymous · 0 · Rooke Books

£36.99 (€44.34 | $48.87 | ¥7,804)

London , L. Miller and Co, c1960. Cloth. A charming storybook for children. Illustrated throughout in full-colour. In a pictorial paper covered binding. Externally, sound and bright with slight shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound, bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very...

The Travels of Maurice

Alice M. Coats · 1939 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London , Faber and Faber, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful work of children's fiction by Alice M. Coats. Tells the story of a globe-trotting bunny with a pink cotton-tail, named Maurice. Delightfully illustrated throughout. First edition. In a pictorial paper cover...

The Story Book of Trains

Maud and Miska Petersham · 1938 · Rooke Books

£28.99 (€34.75 | $38.30 | ¥6,116)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons, 1938. Cloth. A scarce copy of this informative book on trains for children. Illustrated throughout with beautiful lithographs, in full-colour and in blue and black. With a previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper. In a cloth cov...

The Child&Apos;S Companion and Juvenile Instructor

The Religious Tract Society · 1860 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London , The Religious Tract Society, 1860-1. Cloth. A two volume set of these illustrated works for children by The Religious Tract Society. The Religious Tract Society, founded in 1799, was a major British publisher of Christian literature intended initially for evangelism, ...

Tabby&Apos;S Travels or the Holiday Adventures of a Kitten

Lucy Ellen Guernsey · 1864 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Edinburgh, Andrew Elliot, 1864. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of Lucy Ellen Guernsey's Tabby's Travels. First edition. Scarce. With a small nameplate on the front pastedown. Very rarely seen and then often in terrible condition. Here it is better than ...