Libri per ragazzi

R. Caldecott&Apos;S Second Collection of Pictures and Songs

Randolph Caldecott · 1895 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.71 | $104.39 | ¥16,671)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1895. Cloth. A vibrantly illustrated collection of eight beloved children's verses from Randolph Caldecott, his second collection. The second collection of children's nursery rhymes beautifully illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. Illust...

Cecily Parsley&Apos;S Nursery Rhymes

Beatrix Potter · 1922 · Rooke Books

£540.00 (€647.37 | $713.54 | ¥113,956)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. 1922 . First edition. Hardback. A wonderful example of the first edition of Beatrix Potter's collection of traditional English nursery rhymes, charmingly illustrated throughout in colour. The first edition, first impression of this work....

Christopher with "Come-to-Life" Pictures

None Stated · 1866 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Raphael Tuck & Sons, c1952 . Cloth. A charming mid-century Father Tuck "Come-to-Life" Little Book, with two fully intact fold-out panoramas, illustrated by Dinah. A pop-up book in the original quarter cloth and pictorial paper boards.This copy is undated. Dated here us...

The School Friend Annual for the Years 1927, 1929, and 1930

1927 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, The Fleetway House, 1927-1930. Cloth. Three delightful volumes of The School Friend Annual for children, with entertaining activities and stories throughout. Three volumes. Each volume is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, two colour plates, and four photogravure ...

Aesop&Apos;S Fables Retold for Children

Aesop; Elizabeth Hardie · 1915 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London; Edinburgh; Dublin; New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1915. Cloth. A lovely retelling of Aesop"s Fables by Elizabeth Hardie, designed to introduce children to these classic moral tales, with charming colour plate illustrations and frontispiece. In the publisher's o...

Tim in Danger; Tim to the Lighthouse; Tim&Apos;S Last Voyage; Tim All Alone

Edward Ardizzone · 1953 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, Oxford University Press; The Bodley Head , 1953-1975. Hardback. A smart set of 'Little Tim' children's books written and illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, mostly first editions. Comprising four illustrated books from Edward Ardizzone's 'Little T...

The Blackbird in the Lilac; Mimff-Robinson; a Ring of Bells; Pigeons and Princesses; More Prefabulous Animiles

James Reeves; John Betjeman; Irene Slade [Introduction, Editor]; H. J. Kaeser; Ruth Michaelis Jena [Trans.]; Arthur Ratcliff [Trans.] · 1967 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, William Heinemann Ltd; John Murray; Oxford University Press, 1967-1975. First edition. Cloth. A five-volume collection of mid-century children"s books by Reeves, Betjeman, and Kaeser, each richly illustrated with Edward Ardizzone"s charming and distinctive line drawing...

Thirty Old-Time Nursery Songs

Joseph Moorat · 1907 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1907. First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally lovely example of the first edition of this charming collection of nursery rhymes set to music, illustrated throughout in colour. The first edition of this work.A collection of classic nursery rhymes for ...

A Collection of Children&Apos;S Books by John Burningham

John Burningham; Tom Maschler · 1972 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Jonathan Cape; Walker Books , 1972-2009. First edition. Hardback. A delightful collection of children's picture books by award-winning author and illustrator, John Burningham. The first edition, first impressions of these works. First US edition of 'Granpa&ap...

Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor

Mervyn Peake · 2001 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Massachusetts, Candlewick Press, 2001. First edition. Hardback. A pleasing first Candlewick Press edition of this children's pirate romance story from British writer and illustrator Mervyn Peake. First Candlewick Press edition, first impression. The author's first bo...

Fungus the Bogeyman & Fungus the Bogeyman: Plop-Up Book

Raymond Briggs · 1977 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1977-1982. First edition. Hardback. Two very smart first edition children's books following the adventures of Fungus the Bogeyman from English illustrator Raymond Briggs. Two volumes. First edition. Written and illustrated by Raymond Briggs, an En...

The Iron Man & the Iron Woman

Ted Hughes · 1985 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Faber and Faber, 1985-1993. First edition. Cloth. Two smart copies of these science fiction children's novels from British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes, with illustrations from British artist Andrew Davidson. Two volumes. Illustrated throughout. Written by Edward Jame...

Touchstone Trilogy

Steve Augarde · 2005 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, David Fickling Books, 2005-2008. First edition. Cloth. An excellent complete first edition set of the Touchstone Trilogy from British author Steve Augarde, signed by the author. Complete in three volumes. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author. Written a...

The Strange Adventures of a Toy Soldier

Cyril W. Beaumont · 1926 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, C. W. Beaumont, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this colourfully illustrated fairy tale for children, following the adventures of a toy soldier. The first edition.Gift inscription to the recto of the front endpaper, "To Francis Beloe, on his sixth birt...

Five Are Together Again

Enid Blyton · 1963 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1963. First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the first edition of Enid Blyton's final 'Famous Five' novel, published twenty-one years after the first instalment of the series. The first edition, first impression of this work,...

A Child&Apos;S Garden of Verses

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1908 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1908. Cloth. A pleasing illustrated edition of this influential volume of children's poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, with colour plates. The first large paper edition with colour plates. This illustrated edition first published in 1895....

Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Louis Untermeyer · 1967 · Rooke Books

£53.00 (€63.54 | $70.03 | ¥11,185)

London, Paul Hamlyn, 1967. Hardback. An uncommon edition of these classic fables, vividly illustrated throughout, with stories adapted by American poet, Louis Untermeyer. The second impression of the scarce UK edition. With the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper.Â...

Three Aesop Fox Fables

Aesop; Paul Galdone · 1972 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Surrey, World's Work Ltd. 1972. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this very scarce illustrated collection of fox fables from Aesop. First UK edition. Very scarce. Illustrated in colour throughout. A collection of three charming fables attributed to Aesop, ...

A Selection of Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Aesop; Gordon S. Maxwell [editor] · 0 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

London, James Brodie Ltd. c1930. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this collection of fables attributed to Aesop from the Brodie Books series. The Brodie Books. Very scarce work. Illustrated throughout. A collection of the fables attributed to Aesop, a Greek fabulist and storytelle...

Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Aesop · 1987 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Tiger Books International , 1987-1993. Cloth. A very scarce trio of editions of Aesop's fables for children by Tiger Books, all adorned with colour plates. A trio of very scarce Tiger Books editions of Aesop's fables for children. With the publisher's o...