Libri per ragazzi

We&Apos;Re Going on a Bear Hunt

Michael Rosen · 1989 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Walker Books Ltd, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A brightly illustrated ninth printing of this popular children's book from English children's author Michael Wayne Rosen. First edition, ninth impression. Illustrated in colour throughout. The winner of numerous a...

Dolphin Island: A Story of the People of the Sea

Arthur C. Clarke · 1966 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1966. Cloth. A smart second impression of this children's novel from English science fiction writer Sir Arthur C. Clarke. Second impression, originally published 1963. Late one night in the distant future, a giant cargo hovership makes an emer...

The Story of Little Black Mingo, and, the Story of Little Black Bobtail

Helen Bannerman · 0 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Nisbet & Co Ltd, c1940. Cloth. Two popular works written and colourfully illustrated by Helen Bannerman. Two works by Helen Bannerman.This set contains:'The Story of Little Black Mingo', is the second of Bannerman's work. This tale follows a little girl ...

Anno&Apos;S Aesop: A Book of Fables by Aesop and Mr. Fox

Mitsumasa Anno · 1990 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Reinhardt Books , 1990. First edition. Hardback. A delightful edition of Aesop's fables, retold and illustrated here by Japanese artist and children's author, Mitsumasa Anno. The first UK edition of this particularly scarce collection of Aesop's fables, ...

Redskins and Colonists

G. A. Henty · 1905 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

New York, Stitt Publishing Company, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A U.S. edition of three Henty novellas, all set in Virginia, an illustrated volume. The first U.S. edition of this volume of three novellas by G. A. Henty, an unrecorded title, with no reference in Newbolt.This an...

Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Alice Shirley · 2009 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Pavilion, 2009. First edition. Hardback. A vibrantly illustrated first edition of Aesop"s Fables from Pavilion, featuring over 100 classic tales brought to life with striking ink artwork. In the publisher's original pictorial hardback, illustrated to imitate an an...

Nanette Newman&Apos;S Storytime Pop-Up Book and Audiocassette: Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Aesop; Nanette Newman; Steven Zorn; Roger Culbertson · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Pavilion, c1985. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce first edition of this pop-up book and audiocassette of Aesop's fables, read by Nanette Newman. First edition of this recording. Nanette Newman's Storytime. Very scarce work. A pop-up book with an audioca...

Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Aesop; Blanche Winder · 0 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, c1930. Cloth. A charming copy of this collection of Aesop's Fables retold, with bright illustrations throughout. The Sunshine Series. Illustrated with sixteen colour plates. Collated complete. A collection of the fables of Aesop, a Gree...

Aesop&Apos;S Fables: Literally Translated from the Greek

Aesop; Rev. George F. Townsend [translator] · 1871 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London; New York, George Routledge and Sons, c1870. Cloth. A smart copy of Aesop's Fables featuring 50 illustrations by Harrison Weir RI, and a charming colour frontispiece. in the publisher's original red cloth binding with blind stamp decoration.This volume is unda...

Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Laura Harris · 1954 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

New York, Doubleday & Co. 1954. First edition. Hardback. A charming edition of Aesop's Fables with the original unclipped dust wrapper, with delightful illustrations by Tony Palazzo throughout. In the publisher's original pictorial hardback. With the publisher's...

Everychild: A Book of Verses for Children

Holbrook Jackson · 1921 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Leeds, Bean & Halliday, 1921. Paperback. A very scarce anthology of verse for children, collected from the works of the most eminent poets, such as Rudyard Kipling, Tennyson and Shakespeare. The second edition.A very scarce work.The third published work of Holbrook Jackson, an...

The Book of Friendship: Essays, Poems, Maxims & Prose Passages

Arthur Ransome · 1909 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, T. C. & E. C Jack Ltd, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short literary works on the theme of friendship, arranged by English author Arthur Ransome. First edition. A collection of short literary works, including essays, poems, maxi...

Three Christmas Trees

Juliana Horatio Ewing · 1930 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York, The Macmillan Company , 1930. Cloth. A delightful collection of Christmas short stories by Juliana Horatio Ewing, complete with the very scarce unclipped dust wrapper. First edition to have these three Christmas stories, specially chosen by the illustrator. With the ...

The New Tale of a Tub

F. W. N. Bayley · 1841 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Colnaghi and Puckle, 1841. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this retelling of Swift's comical verse, complete with tinted lithographs. The first edition.An entertaining "adventure in verse", a reworking of Jonathan Swift's 'A Tale of a Tub&apos...

More Pleasant Surprises for Chicks of All Sizes

Fred E. Weatherly; et al. · 1893 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Ernest Nister, c1893. First edition. Cloth. A unique and uncommon children's book with vibrant chromolithograph changing images. The first edition.Illustrated with charming monochrome vignettes and eight chromolithographed plates, all of which feature slatted movi...

The Swallows and Amazons Adventures

Arthur Ransome · 1967 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1967-1995. Cloth. A smart five volume set of Ransome's adventure series Swallows and Amazons, with illustrations throughout. Five volumes. Illustrated throughout. Written and illustrated by Arthur Michell Ransome, an English author and journalist be...

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Folding Books Limited, c1950. Cloth. An uncommon and unique peepshow volume depicting this beloved fairy tale through colourful pop-ups. A unique peepshow book, depicting the fairy tale 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' through four pop-up colourfully illustra...

Hollebolle Gijs

1887 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Netherlands, Vroom and Dreesmann, c1930. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce colouring book version of Dutch nursery rhyme, 'Hollebolle Gijs&apos. Vanishingly scarce. In the original Dutch.To the rear states that this work is only available at Vroom & Dreesmann, a Dutch chain...

Kleiner Bruder Grobe Welt

Lisa Marie Blum · 1951 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Oldenburg , Gerhard Stalling , 1951. Hardback. A delightful German children's book about the life of a younger brother. First edition. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with pictorial paper covered boards.This children's book follows the adventur...

The Songs of Father Goose for the Kindergarten, the Nursery, and the Home

L. Frank Baum; Alberta N. Hall · 1905 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1905. Hardback. A charming collection of verses and music for young children, with illustrations throughout. Illustrated throughout. Following his collection of nonsense poetry, Father Goose: His Book, Baum presents this charming collec...