Synopsis
THOSE BUMPTIOUS BASTABLES!
As if the remarkable collections of children's adventures The Story of the Treasure Seekers and The Wouldbegoods weren't enough! E. Nesbit's third book of this series finishes the delightful trilogy by this famous fantasy author. Who needs fantasy, though, when you have these wonderful tales of the Bastable children, narrated by Oswald Bastable in his best superior third person fashion. Here again is Oswald's troublesome little brother H.O., and Dicky and Dora and Alice and Noël, to say nothing of the Bastable uncles, father and mother. The Bastable children seek treasure in unusual places to help their family's strained finances in such charming tales as "Archibald the Unpleasent," "The Golden Gondola," and "The Flying Lodger." Come, then, enter this fascinating world of Edwardian England by the immortal author of Five Children and It. "Oswald is a delightful narrator and the stories he tells are among Nesbit's best." -- Gore Vidal
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About the Author
Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) is perhaps most famous for writing The Railway Children and Five Children and It, but she was extremely prolific and wrote or collaborated on more than sixty children's books. Nesbit is today recognised as one of the most influential and innovative children's writers that ever lived, and is cited as an inspiration by many contemporary authors, including J. K. Rowling, Neil Gaiman, Jacqueline Wilson, Kate Saunders and Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Even C. S. Lewis acknowledged the debt his Narnia series owed to her work - particularly the Bastable and Psammead trilogies.
Review
E. Nesbit's The New Treasure Seekers takes us back to the start of the last century and the six Bastable children who get into scrapes by always trying to be good. Older children will sympathise with the senior Bastables as their younger siblings create havoc - while all listeners will chuckle at their Just William-type antics. This Bastable book stands on its own but the earlier The Treasure Seekers and The Wouldbegoods are also available. And though they sound as though they are being read by a cast of dozens, it's because reader Teresa Gallagher gives every character a distinct voice - an amazing performance. Suitable for 9-15 year olds. - Kati Nicholl, Daily Express
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New Treasure Seekers
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Ernest Benn Ltd., London, 1974
ISBN 10: 051016031X
ISBN 13: 9780510160319
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reissue. Second printing 1973) of this edition. Shelf wear to the book and jacket, spine sunned, a closed tear too the front panel, about 3/4 of front free endpaper removed (likely for an inscription). Illustrated by Gordon Browne and Lewis Baumer from the original edition. Red and yellow illustrated dust jacket. The concluding volume of the Bastable trilogy of novels for children. The Bastables, introduced in The Treasure Seekers, were a middle class English family recently fallen on hard times. The books were an acknowledged influence on C.S. Lewis' Narnia books, as well as the works of P.L. Travers and J.K. Rowling. Pretty much all the British children book writers using initials in place of names. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. Seller Inventory # 1001737
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Illustrated by Gordon Browne & Lewis Baumer (illustrator). Reissue; Third Printing. 8vo hbk in d/w; apart from a little fading to spine of d/w, this book is virtually as new. Nohandwriting such as names inside; not price clipped; F/vg+; Bastable Family; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 336 pages. Seller Inventory # 102445
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good/Price Clipped. Third Impression. Light shelf wear to extremities. Seller Inventory # 730318
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Browne, Gordon and Baumer, Lewis (illustrator). A Very Good + unmarked copy with Very Good + price clipped dustjacket. Third impression (first was re-issued in this series in 1963). The final volume of stories of the Bastable family where once again they are in their Blackheath home having adventures as varied as telling fortunes at a fete, letting rooms to a lodger who proves to be an escaped lunatic and H.O., the youngest brother finds himself inside a lost trunk at Cannon Street. With the original illustrations by Gordon Browne and Lewis Baumer. **** NOT EX LIB **** B2E Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 004145
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