Libri per ragazzi

Our Old Nursery Rhymes.

WILLEBEEK LE MAIR, H. (ILLUSTRATIONS)./ MOFFAT, ALFRED (ORIGINAL TUNES HARMONIZED BY). · 1911 · Chilton Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London: Augener Ltd / Philadelphia: McKay, David, 1911. Landscape format. 23cms x 29cms. Pp.69, 32 full page illustrated plates with music and rhymes to facing pages,some spotting to endpapers. Blue/grey cloth, oval colour onlay illustration to front board, gilt title to front...

The Royal Road.

DEBENHAM, MARY H. · 1909 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: National Society's Depository, 1909. By the author of "Rue" and "The Peace of the Church". Pp.221, four full-page illustrations by Isabel Watkin, spotting to endpapers and preliminaries but mainly affecting closed page edges. Green cloth illustrated in black to front a...

Puffing Billy.

MICHMAN, JUSTIN (ILLUSTRATOR). · 1980 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Bridlington: Peter Haddock Ltd, nd. (c.1980s?). 0710503687. A Big Time Wonder Book "Read-With-Me" series. 21cms x 16cms. Unpaginated. Children's story about Puffing Billy, the Toytown Train, taking the toys on an adventurous ride. Illustrated throughout in colour by Justin Mic...

The Face in the Sky.

INNES, RICHARD. · 2009 · Chilton Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Bloomington: AuthorHouse, 2009. 9781438937885. "It is autumn of the year 1389, and King Richard is on the throne of England, a land still haunted by the memory of the Black Death. And at Caerafon, on the Welsh borders, vampires break through from another world and steal the ba...

Tatterdemalion.

TURNER, ANITA MARY. · 1990 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Braintree: Privately published, 1990. Limited edition. Posthumously published children's story about Tattermalion ("Tatters") the scarecrow. Pp.70, occasional illustrations by the author. Green rexine boards, dustwrapper has minor edge wear. VG/VG.

Aunt Louisa's Golden Gift. comprising Little Dame Crump, Hush-A-Bye Baby, Childhood's Delight, Tottie's Nursery Rhymes. With Twenty-Four Pages Of Illustrations Printed In Colours And Gold, From Original Designs By M. Tilsley .

AUNT LOUISA. [ PSEUDONYM: VALENTINE, LAURA BELINDA CHARLOTTE (NEE JEWRY) 1814-1899 ] . · 1875 · Chilton Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London. Frederick Warne & Co, Bedford Street, Strand, [ no date - c.1875 ] . 0. A very good Victorian binding. Gilt cover illustration and titles. Some wear, hinges carefully strengthened at some time in the past. Previous owner's name to top of title-page. 4to, [6pp.]/pp.5/[2...

When I'm a Man or Little Saint Christopher. (Illustrated by W.H.C.Groome).

WEBER, ALICE. · 1888 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

London: Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh, 1888. 1st edition. 21cms x 17cms. All edges gilt. Pp.189, frontispiece + 12 further full page illustrations by W.H.C.Groome + many other illustrations within the text, brown floral endpapers. Brown illustrated cloth, front board rubbed...

Sandra Takes Command.

WHITE, CONSTANCE M. · 1960 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Hutchinson, 1960. "Sandra didn't just want to be any kind of actress; she didn't see herself as a film star r anything like that. No, acting for Sandra was a serious, dedicated business - the most important thing in her school life. That's why she tried to form a Drama...

Alfred and the Pirates. (Illustrated by Emily Donegan).

FINKEL, IRVING. · 2006 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Parrot Books, 2006. 1904982107. 1st edition. "Alfred Appletree is fourteen years old. While writing a history project for school about what seagoing pirates were really like he begins to experience overpowering dreams about the horrors of life on a pirate ship. Before ...

Aesop's Fables. (Illustrated by S.R.Praeger). [Told To The Children series].

DALKEITH, LENA. · 1930 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, nd. (c.1930). 15cms x 12cms. Pp.xii/47, colour frontispiece + further charming colour plates throughout by S.R.Praeger, owner's name to front free endpaper, scuffing to some plates where the pages have been stuck together at some time with edge ...

The Boys of St Elmo's.

STORY, ALFRED THOMAS. · 1919 · Chilton Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,643)

London: James Nisbet and Co.Ltd, nd. (c.1919). Boy's Public School fiction. Pp.284, black & white frontispiece + 3 further black & white illustrations, pages toned. Blue cloth with sepia illustration pasted to front board, decorative spine. G+.

Baroola and Us. (Illustrated by Genevieve Melrose).

OLDFIELD, AUDREY. · 1973 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Richmond, Victoria: Hutchinson of Australia, 1973. 0091189802. 1st edition. "Baroola is no ordinary place, at least as far as the McKillops are concerned. Of course, if you took any family from Sydney and put them on a farm at Baroola they'd find it a bit strange at first.." P...

Who Killed Cock Robin ? : An Old Story Re-Told In Modern Colour Photography By Paul Henning .

HENNING, PAUL . · 1945 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 36 Essex Street, Strand, W.C.2 , 1945 . 0. First Edition. [36pp.]. 8.75" x 5.75" . Quarter binding of red cloth with grey paper over boards. Upper cover with title, publisher and colour illustration. Light rubbing to boards and edges. Dust jacket wit...

"Week In, Week Out". Little Lessons in Labour.

LANGBRIDGE, REV. FREDERICK. · 1891 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: George Cauldwell, nd. (c.1891). Victorian moral stories and poems for children. Pp.176, occasional black & white illustrations throughout, some internal cracking but holding, a few marginal spots. Red illustrated cloth rubbed with minor edge wear. Good.

The Bear Book.

PFLOOG, JAN. · 1965 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

New York: Golden Press,1965. Children's illustrated book about bears in the shape of a bear's head. Unpaginated but with 24 colour illustrated pages showing Black, Grizzly, Brown and Polar bears, pages toned. Stiff card covers with bear's face to front and back covers, title i...

Grey Rabbit's May Day. (Pictures by Margaret Tempest).

UTTLEY, ALISON. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

London: Collins,1963. 1st edition. "As May Day drew near there were great preparations in Grey Rabbit's house. Hare had seen in the village the lovely Maypole with its dangling ribbons all ready for the children to dance round. Couldn't they have a Maypole too? But Grey Rabbit...

Lent Legends. Stories for Children from Church History.

NEALE, J.M. · 1884 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London; J.Masters & Co, 1884. 3rd edition. Contents: I. The Siege of Omura; II. The Wolf of the Spessart Wald; III. The Martyrs of Gorcum; IV. The Oak of Luxford's Lane; V. The Boulder of Val' de Passos; VI. The Caldron of Carcassone; VII. The Sacrifice of Onnontague; VIII. Th...

Winsome Wins Through.

HARRIS, BETH COOMBE. · 1937 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Kilmarnock:John Ritchie Ltd, nd. (c.1937). Pp.258, colour frontispieceof a young man in shirt and smart trousers & shoes climbing round a cliff face to rescue a small dog + 3 black & white plates, prize bookplate ("Bethedsda" Sunday School Ipswich 1st prize award for obtaining...

The Farm Shown to the Children. (Described by Foster Meadow).

F.M.B./BLAIKIE, A.H. · 1929 · Chilton Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London: T.C. & E.C.Jack, nd(c.1929). One of a popular series of informative books for children. Some simple facts about the life and work of a farm. 16.5cms x 12cms x 2cms. Pp.xii/91, 48 coloured plates,small bookseller's label (Alex Ridley, Tenterden,Kent) to inside front boa...

Nic Revel. A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land. (With six illustrations by W.H.C.Groome).

MANVILLE FENN, G. · 1898 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

London: W & R Chambers Limited, 1898. 1st edition. Pp.306/32(ads for other publications), black & white frontispiece + 5 further black & white plates by W.H.C.Groome, illustrated headpieces to chapters, owner's inkstamp to half-title page, a few light spots. Blue decorated clo...