Libri per ragazzi

Five Cicely Mary Barker Dust Wrappers

Cicely Mary Barker · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Blackie and Son Limited, c1946-50. Unbound. A nice set collecting together five dust wrappers for works by Cicely Mary Barker. Five dust wrappers for works by Cicely Mary Barker, colourfully illustrated in her signature nostalgic style.Cicely Mary Barker was a renowned...

Five Cicely Mary Barker Children&Apos;S Works

Cicely Mary Barker · 1950 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Blackie & Son, c1946-1950 . Hardback. Five charming volumes of the children's works of Cicely M. Barker, best known for her 'Flower Fairy' series. Each in the original dust wrapper. Five charming children's works from children's author and illu...

Flower Fairies of the Summer; Flower Fairies of the Winter

Cicely Mary Barker · 1990 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Blackie; Frederick Warne, c1960-1990 . Hardback. Two of Cicely Mary Barker's charming 'Flower Fairy' beautifully illustrated children's works, in the original dust wrappers. Two charming works from Barker, who authored and illustrated the beloved Fl...

The Flower Fairies

Marion St. John Webb · 1923 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, The Modern Art Society Ltd, 1923 . First edition. Hardback. The scarce first edition of Marion St John Webb's delightful children's work, beautifully illustrated with tipped in colour plates by Margaret Tarrant. The scarce first edition, first impression.Illu...

The Little Messenger Birds, or, the Chimes of the Silver Bells

C. H. Butler · 1872 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

London, Groombridge and Sons, [1872]. Cloth. A charming festive children's story, in the original decorative binding and illustrated with colour plates, including unique depictions of Santa Claus. A later edition, first published in 1850. Illustrated by A. F. Lydon with ...

The Circling Year

Various · 1871 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1871. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this illustrated collection of short stories and verses for children, from the Religious Tract Society. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, title vignette, thirty-five plates, sixteen...

Bunter Keeps It Dark

Frank Richards [Charles Hamilton] · 1960 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Cassell, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated 'Billy Bunter' novel by Frank Richards, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and monochrome vignettes by C. H. Chapman. The 27th bo...

The Kathleen Fidler Omnibus

Kathleen Fidler · 1953 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Collins, 1953. Hardback. A charmingly illustrated book of fairy tales by Kathleen Fidler, with the uncommon dust wrapper. The sixth edition. First published in 1946.With the publisher's uncommon dust wrapper, clipped. A delightful collection of whimsical fairy st...

Fancy That! Three Astonishing Stories: Monsters; Rosie&Apos;S Magic Horse; How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen

Russell Hoban; Quentin Blake · 2013 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Walker Books, 2013. First edition. Hardback. A delightful set of three quirky children's stories from the imaginations of Russell Hoban and Quentin Blake. First edition thus, complete in three volumes. With the publisher's original illustrated matching slipc...

Ardizzone&Apos;S Hans Andersen: Fourteen Classic Tales

Hans Christian Andersen; Edward Ardizzone; Stephen Corrin [translator] · 1978 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of classic tales from Hans Christian Andersen, with illustrations throughout. First edition of this collection. Illustrated with sixteen full-page colour images and numerous in-text bla...

Orlando (the Marmalade Cat) Keeps a Dog

Kathleen Hale · 1950 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Country Life Limited, 1950. Cloth. The second impression of this charming Orlando tale, a colourfully illustrated volume in the original dust wrapper. The second impression, published the year after the first.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A charming Orlando ta...

The Silver Swan, a Legendary Tale

Madame De Chatelain · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Griffith and Farran, c1860. Cloth. A scarce fairy tale by Madame Clara de Chatelain, an illustrated story about an inn. A scarce work, this being the blue cloth variant. Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the Victoria and Albert Museum Libraries.A charming fa...

A Collection of Beatrix Potter Tales

Beatrix Potter · 1949 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.73 | $303.91 | ¥48,537)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. LTD, 1949-85. Hardback. A nice set of ten popular Beatrix Potter tales, all with their original colour illustrations and dust wrappers. A nice collection of ten popular tales by Beatrix Potter, all in the original dust wrappers, collecting togethe...

Johnny Bear; Old Silver Grizzle the Badger; Billy

Ernest Thompson Seton · 1925 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1925. Cloth. Three uniformly bound volumes of short animal stories by Ernest Thompson Seton, with charming illustrations. A set of three volumes uniformly bound in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding.Illustrated by the auth...

The Three Buttons: A Faery Tale

1864 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, Bosworth and Harrison, 1864. First edition. Hardback. A vanishingly scarce Victorian children's fairy tale about gluttony, complete with six coloured plates. A vanishingly scarce children's book containing a fairy tale, 'The Three Buttons&apos. In the p...

Living Animals

Hilary Stebbing · 1954 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce collection of interesting guides on animals for children, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with numerous colour and black-and wh...

Like a Little Candle" or Bertrande&Apos;S Influence

Margaret S. Haycraft · 0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, S. W. Partridge & Co. Ltd. c1891. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this illustrated children's book from English writer Margaret Scott Haycraft. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, four plates, and numerous decorations. A charming novel following the li...

Fabeln in Bildern; Dargestellt Fuãƒâoeã‚âˆR FleiãƒâŸIge Kinder

Anonymous · 1840 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Mainz, Joseph Scholz, 1840 . Hardback. A vanishingly scarce volume of children's fables, illustrated in colour. In the original German, printed in blackletter.A very scarce work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and fourteen hand-coloured plates. Collated, complete.Three fa...

What Katy Did at Home and at School

S. Coolidge [Susan Coolidge] [Sarah Chauncey Woolsey] · 1900 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. No date [c.1900]. Cloth. This classic children's tale by the American author Susan Coolidge, full bound in the original publisher's decorative cloth. Undated, however published circa 1900. Full bound in the original publisher's...

How to Be Topp

Geoffrey Willans; Ronald Searle · 1954 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Max Parrish, 1954. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Geoffrey Willans' comical children's novel based around the terror Nigel Molesworth, illustrated throughout by Ronald Searle. First edition. A satirical children's novel, featuring the popular...