Edith Nesbit Charles E Brock (17 results)

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit and Illustrated by Charles E Brock. Published, London Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co, 1906. DESCRIPTION: Octavo, Pagination vii,309, [1], [10, adverts], half title, frontispiece, pictorial title page and 19 plates on china paper by C. E Brock, uncut in original pictorial maroon cloth with gilt and cream design, top edge gilt. CONDITION: A little rubbed and slightly frayed at spine ends. Corners a little rubbed, light fading to the spine with a 1906 school prize label to the front endpaper. A couple of pages with minor corner creases however internally a very good copy. FURTHER COMMENTS: First Edition of the most popular of Nesbit's children's books since its first publication. Subsequent film and and stage versions have only enhanced its popularity with all generations of readers. The current film sequel has done wonders fot the collectability of this book and good copies are now very hard to come by. SIZE: 210 x 143mm CONDITION: A little rubbed and slightly frayed at spine ends. Corners a little rubbed, light fading to the spine with a 1906 school prize label to the front endpaper. A couple of pages with minor corner creases however internally a very good copy. BROCK, Charles E (illustrator).…

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. The bright first edition of this witty collection of Nesbit"s Edwardian stories, illustrated by Charles Edmund Brock and H. R. Millar. The first edition, in the attractive publisher's original decorative cloth binding.A charming collection of short stories, four of which feature Oswald Bastable, the exuberantly unreliable narrator first introduced in The Treasure Seekers. Includes tales such as The Runaways, The Ring and the Lamp, and Billy the King.Written by Edith Nesbit. an English writer and poet, who published her books for children. She was also a political activist and co-founder of the Fabian Society, a socialist organisation later affiliated to the Labour Party.Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-one further plates by Charles Edmund Brock, a widely published English painter, line artist and book illustrator, and Harold Robert Millar, a prominent and prolific Scottish graphic artist and illustrator. Collated, complete.Publisher's advertisements to the rear.Former owner's inscription to title page head. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with gilt detailing. Fading to back strip, with boards bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages just a touch age toned to perimeters, otherwise clean and bright. Inscription to title page head. Very Good Indeed. Charles E. Brock and H. R. Millar (illustrator). book.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND.