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The Enchanted Castle by E. [Edith] Nesbit.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, Adelphi Terrace, 1907. With 47 illustrations by H. R. Millar. First edition, first impression. Pagination: (2), 352, (2) pp. Hardback. Octavo/8vo., measures 5 3/8" x 8" x 1 3/8". Red cloth with gilt lettering and pictorial detail to front board and spine. Upper page edges gilt. A scarce copy.
Some marking, scuffing and staining to binding and some fading to colouring of cloth, more so to spine, but still reasonably vivid on boards. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges, with a little tearing to hinges and tail of spine. Bumped corners. Slackness to binding, some strain to textblock but book contents reasonably firm. Some page edges have been opened at fore-edges, mostly neatly but with a little tearing. Some browning, scuffing and other marking to page edges and some dulling to gilt detail on upper edges but still quite visible. Some marking to endpapers, occasional thumbing and other marking to page surfaces, with a little scattered light foxing, though heavier at the beginning of the book with a dark mark running from endpapers to around page 21. Otherwise page surfaces quite clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
About the author: E. Nesbit (born August 15, 1858, London, England?died May 4, 1924, New Romney, Kent) was a British children's author, novelist, and poet. Nesbit spent her childhood in France and Germany and later led an ordinary country life in Kent, which provided scenes for her books. She was interested in socialism and was one of the founders of the association known as the Fellowship of New Life, out of which grew the Fabian Society.Nesbit began writing fiction for children in the early 1890s, and she eventually produced more than 60 books for juveniles, as well as some less-successful novels and collections of poetry for adults. Her children's books are marked by vivid characterizations, ingenious plots, and an easy, humorous narrative style. She wrote both tales of fantasy or magic, in which children in everyday circumstances are confronted with an extraordinary character or event, and naturalistic comedies of juvenile behaviour or childish misadventure.Among her best-known books are The Story of the Treasure Seekers (1899), The Wouldbegoods (1901), The Revolt of the Toys, and What Comes of Quarreling (1902), Five Children and It (1902), and The Story of the Amulet (1906), in which an ancient Egyptian priest suddenly materializes in 19th-century London.[Source: Britannica] 352 pp.
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