Magic World by Nesbit, First Edition (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Ernest Been Limited, 1930. Rare First edition. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. Inscribed by previous owner on front flyleaf. Some very minor stains and chipping on no more than a dozen pages. Fine illustrations. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. H. R. Millar; Spencer Pryse (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this scarce anthology of fantastical short stories by Edith Nesbit. The scarce first edition of this work.'The Magic World' is an anthology of twelve short stories by Edith Nesbit, entertaining tales of clever and ironic fantasies for childre.This anthology includes 'The Cat-Hood of Maurice', 'Accidental Magic', 'The Princess and the Hedge-Pig', 'Septimus Septimusson', 'Belinda and Bellamant', and more.Illustrated by H. R. Millar and Spence Pryse with a frontispiece, and twenty-three plates.Collated, complete.Nesbit is beloved for her classic children's novels, of which she wrote around forty during her life. She often wrote in a contemporary fantasy setting, which inspired many authors, such as Diana Wynne Jones, J. K. Rowling, and C. S. Lewis.Four pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Spine is a little faded. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards. Rear hinge is starting but firm. Small tide mark to the rear paste down and rear endpaper. Scattered spots to the endpapers. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some scattered spots. Very Good. book.