Nesbit E Illus H R Millar (11 results)
Published by Barefoot Books, ,1st Barefoot Books edition., Boston & Bath, 1993
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Published by Barefoot Books, ,1st Barefoot Books edition., Boston & Bath, 1993
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Truman Price & Suzanne Price / oldchildrensbooks, Monmouth, OR, U.S.A.Truman Price & Suzanne Price / oldchildrensbooks
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. 1st Edition. New, unopened and without flaw. Hardcover, 4.8" tall, 205 pp. Multiple copies available. Purchased new and kept in our bookshop's reserve storage for years. . .
Published by Barefoot Books, ,1st Barefoot Books edition., Boston & Bath, 1993
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Truman Price & Suzanne Price / oldchildrensbooks, Monmouth, OR, U.S.A.Truman Price & Suzanne Price / oldchildrensbooks
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. 1st Edition. New, unopened and without flaw. Hardcover, 4.8" tall, 205 pp. Multiple copies available. Purchased new and kept in our bookshop's reserve storage for years. . .
Published by Mayflower Books 1980, 1980
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Add to basketFACSIMILE REPRINT, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
Published by Macmillan 1980, 1980
- Hardcover
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Add to basketFACSIMILE REPRINT, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
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Published by Macmillan, London,, 1980
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Add to basketFacsimile hardcover octavo of the 1910 edition. Orange cloth boards with upper board and spine silver gilt titlings and decoration; orange endpapers; 333pp., monochrome illustrations; top edges dyed umber and yellow ribbon marker. Owner's name. Mild spotting to upper text block edge with a few tiny marks otherwise; ribbon frayed… at end. Very good to near fine otherwise and wrapper now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.
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Published by Macmillan, London,, 1980
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Add to basketFacsimile hardcover octavo of the 1924 edition. Green cloth boards with upper board and spine gilt titlings and rules, green endpapers; 280pp., monochrome illustrations; top edges dyed green and green ribbon marker. Fraying to upper board edges with upper text block edge slightly faded. Very good to near fine otherwise and wrapp…er now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.
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Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1909
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Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United KingdomBarter Books Ltd
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Add to basketRed hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Spine faded with edge-wear - joint starting to split toward upper rear cover. Bookplate to front pastedown. Occasional light foxing. Off-setting to endpapers and some plates. Teg. 200mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). 281pp. Colour frontis +1…5 colour wash plates.
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Published by George Newnes Ltd, London
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No DJ. 1st Edition. Published: n.d. (c1904). First Edition. DESCRIPTION: Blue cloth with red, blue and gilt illustration and titles to front and spine. Illustrated by R.H. Millar. Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Tightly bound with lightly toned intact en…dpapers and strong hinges. Light spotting to front and rear pages with occasional spots and marks to other pages. Missing pages to front. Present pages are ffep, title page and dedication page followed by page 1. No colour frontis. DJ Condition: No DJ Pages 236. Size: 22cm by 14cm. AUTHOR: Edith Nesbit(Edith Bland; 1858 - 1924) was an English writer and poet, who published herbooks for childrenasE. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 such books. A political activist and co-founder of theFabian Society, asocialistorganisation later affiliated to theLabour Party. Born in Kennington, Surrey, daughter of an agricultural chemist,John Collis Nesbit and Sarah Green (née Alderton). In 1877, at the age of 18, Nesbit met the bank clerkHubert Bland, and at seven months pregnant, she married Bland on 22 April 1880. Their marriage was tumultuous. In 1886, when she discovered that her friend,Alice Hoatson, was pregnant by him. She had previously agreed to adopt Hoatsons child and allow Hoatson to live with her as their housekeeper. After she discovered the truth, she suggested that Hoatson and the baby,Rosamund, should leave; her husband threatened to leave Edith. Hoatson remained with them as a housekeeper and secretary and became pregnant by Bland again 13 years later. Edith again adopted Hoatsons child, John. Nesbit admired the artist andMarxiansocialistWilliam Morris. The couple joined the founders of theFabian Societyin 1884,and jointly edited its journalToday. Nesbit was a prolific lecturer and writer on socialism in the 1880s. She and her husband co-wrote under the pseudonym "Fabian Bland". She was a guest speaker at theLondon School of Economics, which had been founded by other Fabian Society members. On 20 February 1917, some three years after Bland died, Nesbit married Thomas "the Skipper" Tucker inWoolwich, where he was captain of theWoolwich Ferry. Towards the end of her life, Nesbit moved first to Crowlink. Nesbit died in 1924. Nesbits biographer, Julia Briggs, credits Nesbit with inventing the childrensadventure story. The creator of modernchildrens fantasy, she influenced many later writers, includingP. L. Travers(ofMary Poppins),J. K. Rowling and C. S. Lewiswho paid heed to her in theNarniaseriesand mentions the Bastable children inThe Magicians Nephew. Nesbit also wrote for adults, including eleven novels, short stories, and four collections of horror stories. BOOK RESUME: The Phoenix and the Carpet is a fantasy novel for children, written by E. Nesbit and first published in 1904. It is the second in a trilogy of novels that begins with Five Children and It (1902), and follows the adventures of the same five children: Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and the Lamb. Their mother buys the children a new carpet to replace one from the nursery that they have destroyed in an accidental fire. The children find an egg in the carpet, which hatches into a talking Phoenix. The Phoenix explains that the carpet is a magic one that will grant them three wishes a day. The five children go on many adventures, which eventually wear out their magic carpet. The adventures are continued and concluded in the third book of the trilogy, The Story of the Amulet (1906). H.R. MILLAR (illustrator).
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Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1909
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Seller: Jacket and Cloth, Chippenham, United KingdomJacket and Cloth
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No DJ. Published: 1909. DESCRIPTION: Red cloth. Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Lightly sunned spine. Tightly bound with very lightly toned intact endpapers and strong hinges. Light spotting to preliminaries and rear pages. All plates present. DJ Conditi…on: No DJ Pages xi, 281. Size: 8vo 20cm by 13cm. AUTHOR: Edith Nesbit(Edith Bland; 1858 - 1924) was an English writer and poet, who published herbooks for childrenasE. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 such books. She was also a political activist and co-founder of theFabian Society, asocialistorganisation later affiliated to theLabour Party. Born in Kennington, Surrey, the daughter of an agricultural chemist,John Collis Nesbit and Sarah Green (née Alderton). In 1877, at the age of 18, Nesbit met the bank clerkHubert Bland, and at seven months pregnant, she married Bland on 22 April 1880. Their marriage was tumultuous. In 1886, when she discovered that her friend,Alice Hoatson, was pregnant by him. She had previously agreed to adopt Hoatsons child and allow Hoatson to live with her as their housekeeper. After she discovered the truth, she suggested that Hoatson and the baby,Rosamund, should leave; her husband threatened to leave Edith. Hoatson remained with them as a housekeeper and secretary and became pregnant by Bland again 13 years later. Edith again adopted Hoatsons child, John. Nesbit admired the artist andMarxiansocialistWilliam Morris. The couple joined the founders of theFabian Societyin 1884,and jointly edited its journalToday. Nesbit was a prolific lecturer and writer on socialism in the 1880s. She and her husband co-wrote under the pseudonym "Fabian Bland". She was a guest speaker at theLondon School of Economics, which had been founded by other Fabian Society members. On 20 February 1917, some three years after Bland died, Nesbit married Thomas "the Skipper" Tucker inWoolwich, where he was captain of theWoolwich Ferry. Towards the end of her life, Nesbit moved first to Crowlink. Nesbit died in 1924, probably from lung cancer (she "smoked incessantly"),and was buried in the churchyard ofSt Mary in the Marsh. Nesbits biographer, Julia Briggs, names her "the first modern writer for children", who "helped to reverse the great tradition of childrens literature inaugurated byLewis Carroll,George MacDonaldandKenneth Grahame, in turning away from theirsecondary worldsto the tough truths to be won from encounters with things-as-they-are, previously the province of adult novels". Briggs also credits Nesbit with inventing the childrensadventure story. The creator of modernchildrens fantasy, she influenced many later writers, includingP. L. Travers(ofMary Poppins),J. K. Rowling and C. S. Lewiswho paid heed to her in theNarniaseriesand mentions the Bastable children inThe Magicians Nephew. Nesbit also wrote for adults, including eleven novels, short stories, and four collections of horror stories. MILLAR, R.H (illustrator).
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Published by T Fisher Unwin, London, 1907
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- First Edition
Seller: Jacket and Cloth, Chippenham, United KingdomJacket and Cloth
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No DJ. 1st Edition. Published: 1907. First Edition. DESCRIPTION: Red cloth with gilt titles and illustration to front and spine. Illustrated with 48 black and white drawings by H.R. Millar. Language: English. Book Condition: Very Good: Light wear to corners, edges and chipped spine ends. Sunned s…pine and margins. Tightly bound with intact endpapers and strong hinges. Inscription to ffep dated1907. Clean unmarked pages. DJ Condition: No DJ Pages 352. Size: 10cm by 13cm. AUTHOR: Edith Nesbit(Edith Bland; 1858 - 1924) was an English writer and poet, who published herbooks for childrenasE. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 such books. A political activist and co-founder of theFabian Society, asocialistorganisation later affiliated to theLabour Party. Born in Kennington, Surrey, daughter of an agricultural chemist,John Collis Nesbit and Sarah Green (née Alderton). In 1877, at the age of 18, Nesbit met the bank clerkHubert Bland, and at seven months pregnant, she married Bland on 22 April 1880. Their marriage was tumultuous. In 1886, when she discovered that her friend,Alice Hoatson, was pregnant by him. She had previously agreed to adopt Hoatsons child and allow Hoatson to live with her as their housekeeper. After she discovered the truth, she suggested that Hoatson and the baby,Rosamund, should leave; her husband threatened to leave Edith. Hoatson remained with them as a housekeeper and secretary and became pregnant by Bland again 13 years later. Edith again adopted Hoatsons child, John. Nesbit admired the artist andMarxiansocialistWilliam Morris. The couple joined the founders of theFabian Societyin 1884,and jointly edited its journalToday. Nesbit was a prolific lecturer and writer on socialism in the 1880s. She and her husband co-wrote under the pseudonym "Fabian Bland". She was a guest speaker at theLondon School of Economics, which had been founded by other Fabian Society members. On 20 February 1917, some three years after Bland died, Nesbit married Thomas "the Skipper" Tucker inWoolwich, where he was captain of theWoolwich Ferry. Towards the end of her life, Nesbit moved first to Crowlink. Nesbit died in 1924. Nesbits biographer, Julia Briggs, credits Nesbit with inventing the childrensadventure story. The creator of modernchildrens fantasy, she influenced many later writers, includingP. L. Travers(ofMary Poppins),J. K. Rowling and C. S. Lewiswho paid heed to her in theNarniaseriesand mentions the Bastable children inThe Magicians Nephew. Nesbit also wrote for adults, including eleven novels, short stories, and four collections of horror stories. BOOK RESUME: The enchanted castle is a country estate in the West Country seen through the eyes of three children, Jerry, Jimmy, and Kathy, who discover it while exploring during the school holidays. The lake, groves and marble statues, with white towers and turrets in the distance, make a fairy-tale setting, and then in the middle of the maze in the rose garden, they find a sleeping fairy-tale princess. The 'princess' tells them that the castle is full of magic, and they almost believe her. She shows them the treasures of the castle, including a magic ring she says is a ring of invisibility, but when it actually turns her invisible she panics and admits that she is the housekeepers niece, Mabel, and was just play-acting. The children soon find that the ring has other magical powers such as making the 'Ugly-Wugglies' (Guy Fawkes style dummies they had made to swell the audience at one of their play-performances) come to life. They eventually discover that the ring is actually granting their own wishes, and that the disturbing results stem from their failure to specify those wishes precisely. The Enchanted Castle was written for both children and adults. It combines descriptions of the imaginative play of children, reminiscent of The Story of the Treasure Seekers, with a magic more muted than in her major fantasies such as The Story of the Amulet. H.R. MILLAR (illustrator).
