Libri per ragazzi

A Collection of Aesop&Apos;S Fables & Aesop&Apos;S Funky Fables

Aesop; Deborah Campbell-Todd; Vivian French · 1997 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)

London, Grandreams Limited; Hamish Hamilton, 1997-1999. First edition. Hardback. Three very smart first edition volumes of Aesop's fables, retold for children. With bright illustrations throughout. Three volumes. Illustrated throughout with colour images. A collection of ...

The Tortoise and the Hare: An Aesop&Apos;S Fable

Aesop; Angela McAllister · 2001 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Frances Lincoln, 2001-2002. First edition. Hardback. Two very smart first edition volumes of this charming retelling of Aesop's fable The Tortoise and The Hare, being the first hardcover and first softcover editions. Two volumes. The first hardcover (2001) and fir...

Old Friends and New Faces

1869 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1869. Cloth. The second edition of this scarce volume of tales for children, colourfully illustrated with chromolithographs. The second edition of this scarce work.Four abridged tales, in prose and verse, for children. Containing 'Robi...

Contes Choisis de L&Apos;Imagerie D&Apos;Epinal

0 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Epinal, Pellerin, c1900. Cloth. An uncommon volume of short stories for children, a colourfully illustrated volume in the original French. An uncommon work.In the original French.A series of stories telling of the history and imagery of Epinal, a commune in northeastern France...

Nursery Lyrics

Mrs. Richard Strachey [Jane Maria Strachey] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

London, Bliss, Sands & Foster, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the very scarce first edition of Lady Strachey's charming children's book, a work of imaginative lyric poetry. A very scarce first edition.Inscribed 'H. A. Huxley from Mrs....

The Thieves of Ostia; the Pirates of Pompeii; the Assassins of Rome

Caroline Lawrence · 2001 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Orion Children's Books, 2001-2002. Cloth. A delightful trio of signed books from Caroline Lawrence's 'Roman Mysteries' children's series. Signed by the author alongside a Latin quote to each volume. An excellent set of three books from 'R...

The Shy Cousins Story Book

1906 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce illustrated collection of short children's stories. First edition. From the Nelson's Picture Books in Coloured Boards series. Very scarce work. Illustrated with two co...

Annie Grant and Her Father

Anna Maria Glennie · 1850 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1850. Cloth. A very scarce early edition of this children's story from British novelist Anna Maria Glennie. Early edition, first published in 1848. Very scarce work. Illustrated throughout. A charming moral story for youn...

The House That Jack Built

1875 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, Marcus Ward & Co, 1875. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this edition of this enduring popular nursery rhyme, a scarce edition, complete with chromolithograph plates. The first edition of this scarce work.'The House That Jack Built is a popular English n...

My Pet&Apos;S Gift Book

1877 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1877. Cloth. A scarce volume of poems, short stories, and botany for children, complete with lovely chromolithograph plates. A scarce work.A charming volume for children, comprising: 'The Alphabet of Flowers', 'A Gift for a P...

Twist of Gold

Michael Morpurgo · 1983 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

Kingswood, Kaye & Ward, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of one of Michael Morpurgo's popular novels for children, this historical tale set during the potato famine. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.In the o...

Mimff-Robinson

H. J. Kaeser · 1958 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Oxford University Press, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A superior first edition of this delightful children's tale inspired by 'Robinson Crusoe&apos. The first edition of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This charming advent...

Indian Tales for Little Folks

W. S. Phillips · 1914 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

New York, The Platt & Peck Co, 1914. First edition. Cloth. An anthology of tales about Native Americans by W. S. Phillips, the first edition of this illustrated work, in the original scarce dust wrapper. The first edition.In the scarce unclipped dust wrapper.A volume of storie...

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К. ЧукоÃÂOeÐ²ÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ [Korney Chukovsky] · 1940 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

детиздат [Detizdat], Central Committee of the VLKSM, 1940. Paperback. A popular Russian children's fairy tale poem written by poet Korney Chukovsky, in the original Russian. An illustrated work in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps...

The Alchemist

[Mary Robson Hughes] · 1818 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, William Darton Jun, 1818. First edition. Leather. A scarce moral novel for young girls by the popular Georgian author Mary Robson Hughes, the first edition, complete with a frontispiece. The first edition of this scarce work.A charming moral tale for children, followin...

The House That Jack Built

1903 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Deans Rag Book CO LTD, c1912. Cloth. A very scarce rag book reproducing a popular nursery rhyme, an intriguing colourfully illustrated volume printed on cloth. A vanishingly scarce work.A curious rag book for children, produced by Dean's Rag Book Company. Founded ...

Fabulous Histories. Designed for the Instruction of Children, Respecting Their Treatment of Animals

Sarah Trimmer · 1811 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, J. Johnson and Co, 1811. Leather. Sarah Trimmer's popular Georgian novel for children, in which she educates on the proper treatment of animals. 'Fabulous Histories' is the most popular work of Sarah Trimmer. First published in 1786, this is the ninth ed...

A Curious Hieroglyphick Bible; or, Select Passages in the Old and New Testaments

The Church of England · 1791 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, T. Hodgson, 1791. Leather. The tenth edition of this delightfully illustrated pictorial Bible, featuring countless vignette wood engravings representing Biblical passages. The tenth edition of this wonderful 'Hieroglyphick Bible', featuring passages from both...

Eight Children&Apos;S Works from Juliana Horatia Ewing

Juliana Horatia Ewing; Horatia K. F. Gatty · 1884 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1884-1887 . First edition. Hardback. Eight charmingly illustrated works by and about celebrated Victorian era children's author Juliana Horatia Ewing. A lovely collection of works from English writer of children's st...

Histoire de Toto le Minet

Beatrix Potter; M. A. James [trans.] · 1960 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Frederick Warne & Co, 1960 . Hardback. A lovely French language edition of Beatrix Potter's beloved children's work, 'The Tale of Tom Kitten&apos. A French language edition, translated by M. A. James.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappe...