Edith Nesbit — Five of Us and Madeline

London, T. Fisher Unwin LTD, 1925. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this charming children's tale by Edith Nesbit, complete with plates. The first edition, first impression, uncommon to see in any early edition.'Five of Us - and Madeline' is about five siblings and their cousin Madeline who has just come back from India. It is a heartwarming children's tale, reminiscent of Edith Nesbit's famous other works 'The Railway Children' and 'Five Children and It&apos.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and six plates, by Nora S. Unwin. 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. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Spine is faded. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities, with a small amount of loss to the head of the spine. Tear to the head of the rear joint. Light marks to the cloth. Hinges are starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Good . Ill.: Nora S. Unwin. Good .