Libri per ragazzi

Mr. Popper&Apos;S Penguins

Richard and Florence Atwater · 1993 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

New York, Little, Brown, and Company, 1993. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of the retelling of the charming children's book Mr. Popper's Penguins in pop-up book form. First pop-up edition of this work. Illustrated with nine pop-up and fold-out scenes,...

Jigsaw Story Book, the Zoo

1965 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Bancroft & Co (Publishers) LTD, 1965. Paperback. A very scarce activity book for children set in the zoo, containing colouring pages and a colourful jigsaw. A very scarce Bancroft Activity Book, containing eight pictures to be coloured in, and a jigsaw.The jigsaw shows...

Eight Beatrix Potter Tales

Beatrix Potter · 1961 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Frederick Warne and Co LTD, 1961-81. Hardback. A set of eight of Beatrix Potter's beloved children's tales, colourfully illustrated and enduring stories. A set of eight tales by Beatrix Potter, collecting together a handful of her beloved charming children&ap...

The Night Before Christmas; Winter&Apos;S Tale: An Original Pop-Up Journey; Christmas: A Pop-Up Stocking Filler; Winter in White: A Mini Pop-Up Treat

Robert Sabuda; Clement Clarke Moore · 2002 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Simon and Schuster; Walker Books, 2002-2007. First edition. Hardback. Wonderful first edition, first impressions of these magical Christmas pop-up books by the notable paper engineer Robert Sabuda. The first edition, first impressions of four volumes. in the original p...

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

Anonymous · 1960 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

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

Snack Attack

Lynette Ruschak · 1990 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Singapore, White Heat, 1990. Hardback. A very scarce Japanese edition of this humorous children's book with pop-ups. Japanese. Very scarce edition. Illustrated with five folding pop-up scenes. Collated complete and in perfect working condition. A charming and humorous chi...

The Jolly Jig-Saw Book; Packed with Jig-Saw Puzzles and Story-Rhymes

Anonymous · 1938 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, John Leng & Co, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming interactive children's book containing five jigsaw puzzles, and short stories that pair with them. The first edition of this work.A delightful volume in which five rhyming verses are p...

Yuletide Carolers: Pop-Up Advent Calendar

Junzo Terada; Ray Marshall · 2013 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 2013 . First edition. Paperback. A charming and scarce children's advent calendar with removable characters beneath each window, illustrated by Japanese illustrator Junzo Terada. The first edition, first impression of this scarce work.A col...

Yesterday&Apos;S Children

Githa Sowerby · 1908 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Chatto and Windus , 1908. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this delicately illustrated series of children's verses from two Sowerby sisters, Millicent and Githa. The first edition of this delightful collection of children's verse by the Sowerby ...

The Country; or Old Michael and Young Maurice

Old Humphrey [George Mogridge] · 1844 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1844 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this charming tale about the benefits of a simple rural existence. The very scarce first edition of this moral tale, credited to 'Old Humphrey', the pseudonym of George...

Rupert

Alfred Bestall · 1949 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, The Daily Express, 1949. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the charming 1949 Rupert Bear annual, following the adventures of the beloved anthropomorphic bear and his friends. The fourteenth Rupert Bear annual, containing a selection of the classic and charming...

Under the Window

Kate Greenaway · 1925 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Frederick Warne & Co, c1925. Hardback. A smart copy of this charming children's book from Kate Greenaway, a work which is scarcely both written and illustrated by her. A later edition of this illustrated book from Kate Greenaway.In the publisher's original il...

The Sun-Child

R. C. Lehmann · 1904 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Bradbury, Agnew & Co, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of R. C. Lehmann's beautifully illustrated children's work. The very scarce first edition of this work.Written by Liberal Party politician R. C. Lehmann, a major contribut...

Chris at Boarding School

Mrs. A. C. Osborn Hann · 1952 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Lutterworth Press, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scare novel for young readers, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Scarce work. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. With a colour frontispiece. Fo...

Back to the Slaughterhouse and Other Ugly Moments

Ronald Searle · 1951 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, MacDonald, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this St. Trinian's work, written and illustrated by Ronald Searle. First edition. Illustrated throughout. The third work to feature the cast of sadistic teachers and delinquent students of St. Trinian...

The Slant Book

Peter Newell · 1910 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1910 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated copy of this humorous children's book, set on a slant, written by American author and artist, Peter Newell. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth with pic...

Sos from Mars

John Keir Cross · 1954 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1954 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of the second novel is John Keir Cross's Mars sequence, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. With the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Dated using Jisc, from copies of ...

Rupert: The Daily Express Annual

The Daily Express · 1974 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London , Daily Express, 1974-1976. First edition. Hardback. An excellent set of three Rupert Daily Express annuals, featuring colour comic strips of the loveable children's character on his many adventures. A set of three first edition Rupert Daily Express annuals, compri...

Rupert Annuals for the Years 1964 and 1965

Mary Tourtel; Alfred Bestall · 1964 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Daily Express Publications, 1964-1965. First edition. Hardback. Two smart first editions of the Rupert Bear annuals for the years 1964 and 1965. Two volumes. Brightly illustrated in colour throughout. A collection of stories about Rupert, a bear who lives with his pare...

When I Was Your Age

Laura E. Richards · 1895 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

Boston, Estes and Lauriat, 1895 . Cloth. Laura E. Richards's own copy of her scarce autobiographical children's work about her childhood, inscribed to her by her publishers. American children's author Laura E. Richards's own copy of her illustrated account ...