Libri per ragazzi

Chronicles of Ancient Darkness

Michelle Paver · 2004 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.57 | $488.90 | ¥78,081)

London, Orion, 2004-2020. First edition. Cloth. A very smart six volume set from Paver's Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series, signed by the author. Six volumes. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author. Written by Michelle Paver, a British novelist best kno...

A Clock of Stars: The Shadow Moth & Beyond the Mountains

Francesca Gibbons · 2020 · Rooke Books

£56.00 (€67.13 | $74.00 | ¥11,818)

London, HarperCollins Publishers, 2020-2021. First edition. Cloth. Two excellent first edition volumes from the A Clock of Stars Series by British author Francesca Gibbons, signed by the author. Two volumes. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author. Each volume ha...

Five Have Plenty of Fun; Five Go to Mystery Moor; Five Have a Mystery to Solve

Enid Blyton · 1954 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1954-1962 . First edition. Cloth. A delightful collection of the first editions of three of Enid Blyton's 'Famous Five' novels, each in the original illustrated dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of each of these three ...

Artemis Fowl

Eoin Colfer · 2001 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Viking, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the first volume in the Artemis Fowl Series from Irish author Eoin Colfer, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The first book in the Artemis Fowl ser...

Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code

Eoin Colfer · 2003 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Puffin, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this third volume in the Artemis Fowl Series from Irish author Eoin Colfer, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The third book in the Artemis Fowl se...

The Female Approach & Back to the Slaughterhouse

Ronald Searle; Max Beerbohm · 1954 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, MacDonald, 1954. Cloth. Two later impressions of these humorous works from the St. Trinian's series by English satirical cartoonist Ronald Searle. Two volumes. From the St. Trinian's series. Illustrated throughout. Written and illustrated by Ronald William Fo...

4 Vols the Foreshadowing; a Love Like Blood; the Monsters We Deserve; Snowflake, Az

Marcus Sedgwick · 2005 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Orion Children’s Books; Hodder & Stoughton; Zephyr, 2005-2019. First edition. Cloth. A smart four-volume collection of first editions by Marcus Sedgwick, with gothic, historical, and dystopian themes, all copies are signed by the author and complete with the original ...

Alice&Apos;S Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll · 1867 · Rooke Books

£5,500.00 (€6,593.58 | $7,267.49 | ¥1,160,663)

London, Macmillan & Co, 1867 . First edition. Cloth. The sixth thousand of Lewis Carroll's highly influential work of Victorian children's literature, illustrated throughout by John Tenniel. An exceptionally early impression of Lewis Carroll's beloved children&a...

The Hunting of the Snark; an Easter Greeting to Every Child Who Loves "Alice

Lewis Carroll · 1876 · Rooke Books

£1,150.00 (€1,378.66 | $1,519.57 | ¥242,684)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1876 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of beloved children's author Lewis Carroll's delightful nonsense poem, with the first issue of his 'An Easter Greeting to Every Child Who Loves "Alice"' tipped in. The first edition, f...

Gulliver&Apos;S Travels Into Lilliput and Brobdingnag

Jonathan Swift · 1920 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

William Heinemann, London, 1920. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Jean De Bosschere's charmingly illustrated edition of 'Gulliver's Travels', in a half morocco binding by Zaehnsdorf. The first Jean De Bosschere illustrated edition of this work.I...

The Story of Little Black Sambo

Helen Bannerman · 1919 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1919. Hardback. Helen Bannerman's popular children's work following a young South Indian boy, complete with colour plates. Helen Bannerman's oft-reprinted children's tale.The tale follows a South Indian boy named Sambo, who encounte...

Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Blanche Winder · 0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, c1930. Cloth. A delightful illustrated collection of Aesop's fables, retold by Blanche Winder and with colour plates by Harry Rountree. A very smart illustrated anthology of these classic fables from Aesop.In the publisher's origin...

A Collection of Ladybird Books of Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Aesop; Marie Stuart; Anne McKie; Alison Ainsworth; Ronne Randall · 1974 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Loughborough, Ladybird Books, 1974-1998. Hardback. A smart collection of six Ladybird Books containing Aesop's Fables, written for children. Six volumes. Ladybird Books. Illustrated throughout. A collection of the fables attributed to Aesop, a Greek fabulist and storytell...

The Tortoise and the Ducks and Other Aesop Fables & Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Aesop · 1963 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1963-1965. Hardback. Two smart copies of these very scarce collections of fables for children, with illustrations throughout. Two volumes. Very scarce works. Illustrated throughout with full colour. A collection of the fables attributed to Aesop, ...

Phaedri Augusti Liberti Fabulae

Phaedri; S. A. Phillippe [Ed.] · 1754 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Paris , Joseph Barbou, 1754 . Leather. A scarce mid eighteenth-century edition of the fables of Phaedrus, strikingly illustrated with vignettes and a frontispiece from Durand. Scarce work. Beautifully bound in contemporary calf, housed in a custom cloth chemise and slipcase. ...

Twenty-Five Aesop&Apos;S Fables Eight Volumes Bound As One

Aesop; Shogo Hirata [Contributor] · 1991 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Unknown, Joie, Inc. 1991. First edition. Cloth. Eight vibrantly illustrated volumes of Aesop"s Fables, skillfully rebound into a single volume. Rebound in brown cloth with charming gilt star decoration.This edition comprises eight volumes, each containing a selection of fables...

Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Aesop · 1908 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1908. Cloth. The very scarce first Lucy Fitch Perkins illustrated edition of the popular fables of Aesop, with her fantastic colour plates throughout, and in the original early dust wrapper. The first Lucy Fitch Perkins illustrated editio...

The Big Book of Fables

Walter Jerrold [ed.] · 1912 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London, Blackie and Sons Limited , 1912. First edition. Leather. A striking copy of this anthology of fables, lavishly illustrated with colour plates and bound by collector and typographer, Eric Sweet. The first trade edition of this delightful book of fables edited by Walter ...

The Orchard Book of Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Aesop; Michael Morpurgo · 2004 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Orchard Books, 2004. First edition. Hardback. A very smart first edition, first impression of this collection of the fables of Aesop, retold for children, with bright illustrations throughout. First edition, first impression. Illustrated in colour throughout. A collect...

The Panjandrum Picture Book

0 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Frederick Warne & Co, c1895. Cloth. A comical volume of poems for children, complete with striking colour plates by Randolph Caldecott. A volume of entertaining poetry for children, containing 'Come Lasses and Lads, 'Ride a Cock-Horse to Banbury Cross', ...