Oswald Bastable and Others. Illustrated by Charles E. Brock and H. R. Millar

Author: NESBIT, E. [Edith] (1858-1924)
Title: Oswald Bastable and Others. Illustrated by Charles E. Brock and H. R. Millar
Publication: London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., 1905

Description: [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.x; [vii-viii], seemingly misbound; 1-369; [1], blank; [9], ads; [1], blank. Text in first state. Publisher's burgundy cloth, blocked in gilt to spine and upper board, t.e.g. Illustrated with plates (all present) and one drawing in-text. Contents clean, some gentle toning, owner's stamp to flyleaf, binding tight and square with some sunning to backstrip. Very good indeed. The final book in the Bastable family adventure series. The Bastable books were a big influence on C.S. Lewis and Arthur Ransome, among others.

Seller ID: 67654

Subject: Literature, Children's Books



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