E. Nesbit — Oswald Bastable and Others

London, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. 1905. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this witty collection of Nesbit"s Edwardian stories, illustrated by Charles Edmund Brock and Harold Robert Millar. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.First edition. 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 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. Publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. One or two minor creases to cloth. Slight fading to spine. Slight rubbing to boards. One or two minor handling marks to boards. Previous owner's contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper. Slight offsetting and the odd spot to endpapers. Internally, generally firmly bound with the exception of the center leaves, pages 199-202 which unusually have not been bound in, and are loosely inserted. Small closed tear to gutter of dedication page. Pages bright and clean if typically age toned with the odd light spot and handling mark to fore edge. Very Good . Ill.: Charles E. Brock; H. R. Millar. Very Good .