Libri per ragazzi

A Collection of First Edition Illustrated Children&Apos;S Books from Raymond Briggs

Raymond Briggs · 1977 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Hamish Hamilton; Jonathan Cape, 1977-2001. First edition. Hardback. Four very smart first edition children's stories from renowned English writer and illustrator Raymond Briggs. Four volumes. First editions. Illustrated throughout. Written and illustrated by Raymo...

Ben&Apos;S Magic Telescope

Brian Patten · 2003 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Puffin Books, 2003. First edition. Hardback. A very smart first edition of this scarce illustrated children's book from English author Brian Patten, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. A scarce wo...

Mister Monday, Grim Tuesday, & Drowned Wednesday

Garth Nix · 2004 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Collins, 2004-2005. First edition. Paperback. Three excellent first UK edition copies of the first three volumes from the Keys to the Kingdom series from Garth Nix, signed by the author. Three volumes of a seven volume set. First UK edition, first impression. Signed by...

Tim to the Rescue, Tim and Charlotte, Tim&Apos;S Last Voyage, and Tim and Ginger

Edward Ardizzone · 1970 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, Oxford University Press, 1970-3. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. Four volumes from Edward Ardizzone's charmingly illustrated 'Tim series', following the maritime adventures of a young boy, including the first edition of the last book in the series,...

Percy Pomeroy and the Search for Siluria

Maureen Reidy · 2005 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Baltimore, PublishAmerica, 2005. First edition. Paperback. A very smart first US edition of this scarce adventure novel from Maureen Reedy, signed and inscribed by the author. First US edition, first printing. Very scarce work. Signed and inscribed by the author to the reverse...

The Fox and the Stork & the Donkey and the Dog

Aesop; Joan Tate · 1985 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Pelham Books, 1985-1987. First edition. Hardback. Two volumes of twenty fables attributed to Aesop, retold for children with colour illustrations throughout. Two volumes. First UK edition. Illustrated throughout with colour images. A collection of the fables attributed...

Belling the Cat & Androcles and the Lion

Aesop; Tom Paxton · 1990 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

New York, Marrow Junior Books, 1990-1991. First edition. Hardback. Two very smart first edition volumes of these illustrated and retold fables attributed to Aesop, with one volume signed by the author. Two volumes. First editions retold in verse by Tom Paxton. Androcles and th...

Fabeln Von Aesop

Aesop · 1981 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Bayreuth, Gondrom Verlag, 1981. Hardback. A very scarce special edition of this charming pop-up book of Aesop's fables, told in German. German. Special edition for Gondrom Verlag. Very scarce work. With six pop-up scenes in full colour. Collated complete, with all folding...

Once in a Wood: Ten Tales from Aesop

Aesop; Eve Rice · 1980 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London; New York, The Bodley Head; Mulberry Books, 1980-1993. First edition. Hardback. Two very smart first edition copies of this charming collection of fables attributed to Aesop, retold and illustrated for children. Two volumes. Illustrated throughout. A collection of ten f...

Peter Parley&Apos;S Annual

Peter Parley · 1852 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Darton and Co, 1852. Cloth. A lovely children's annual, containing a selection of entertaining short stories of essays, colourfully illustrated with chromolithographs. A children's annual for the year 1852, collecting together entertaining tales, essays, and ...

Goethe&Apos;S the Story of Reynard the Fox

J. W. Von Goethe; Thomas James Arnold; Edward Lazarre · 1954 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

New York, The Heritage Press, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A charming copy of Goethe's Reynard the Fox translated by Thomas James Arnold, with a new introduction by Edward Lazare, and 25 striking wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. In the publisher's original quarter...

4 Vols Fables by Aesop: Retold and Illustrated by Gerald Rose

Gerald Rose · 1988 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Methuen Children's Books, 1988 . Hardback. A very scarce full four-volume set of Aesop's classic fables illustrated and retold by Gerald Rose, from the 1988 Methuen Children's Books series. In the publisher's original pictorial hardback binding.Hous...

Jean de la Fontaine and Aesop Fables (Everyman&Apos;S Library Children&Apos;S Classics)

Jean de La Fontaine; Aesop; Sir Roger L'Estrange [trans.]; Sir Edward Marsh [trans.] · 1992 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Everyman's Library Children's Classics, 1992-2001. Cloth. A delightful set of Aesop and Fontaine's fables, illustrated and published for the 'Everyman's Library Children's Classics' Two lovely anthologies of classic fables from Aesop ...

Reynard the Fox

0 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, George Routledge & Sons , c1871. Cloth. A very scarce colourfully illustrated edition of this popular medieval fable, complete with chromolithographs. A very scarce edition of this popular work, part of Routledge's Shilling Toy Books series.Rebound in a modern clo...

R. Caldecott&Apos;S Picture Book

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, George Routledge & Sons , c1879. Cloth. Randolph Caldecott's charmingly illustrated volume of entertaining tales for children, complete with colour plates. A lovely volume of short tales for children, accompanied by striking colourful plates.Including 'The Ho...

The Fables of Aesop with Applications, Morals, Etc.

Aesop; Samuel Croxall; Sir Roger L'Estrange; Rev. G. F. Townsend; L. Valentine · 0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London; New York, Frederick Warne and Co. c1890. Cloth. A richly illustrated edition of Aesop's Fables, featuring 159 of these timeless tales with additional moral applications by Rev. G. F. Townsend and L. Valentine. In the publisher's original red cloth binding, wi...

Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Aesop; F. C. Tilney · 0 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London; New York, J. M. Dent & Sons Limited; E. P. Dutton & Company, c1920. Cloth. A charming edition of Aesop's Fables in the publisher"s original pictorial paper illustration, featuring eight vibrant colour illustrations. In the publisher's original cloth binding w...

The Baby&Apos;S Own Aesop Being the Fables Condensed in Rhyme with Portable Morals

Walter Crane · 1887 · Rooke Books

£215.00 (€257.75 | $284.09 | ¥45,371)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1887 . First edition. Hardback. A charming, illustrated first edition of Baby's Own Aesop's Fables, with numerous colour plate illustrations by Walter Crane. In the publisher's original cloth binding with paper boards. First edi...

Routledge&Apos;S Sixpenny Series: Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Aesop · 1882 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London; New York, George Routledge and Sons, 1882. Paperback. A scarce copy of this volume from Routledge's Sixpenny Series, published with the effort to democratize access to literature in the 19th century, pairing these classic fables with charming illustrations. In the...

Aesop&Apos;S Fables, Parts I & II: Versified & Arranged for the Piano Forte

L. Williams · 1890 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, B. Williams, c1890 . Cloth. A very scarce, charming late nineteenth century edition of the fables of Aesop, in which they are set to music and arranged for the pianoforte by L. Williams. A very scarce work.With two illustrated title pages, and fifty-eight pages of shee...