Edith Nesbit — The Magic World

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce anthology of fantastical short stories by Edith Nesbit. The scarce first edition of this work.'The Magic World' is an anthology of twelve short stories by Edith Nesbit, entertaining tales of clever and ironic fantasies for childre.This anthology includes 'The Cat-Hood of Maurice', 'Accidental Magic', 'The Princess and the Hedge-Pig', 'Septimus Septimusson', 'Belinda and Bellamant', and more.Illustrated by H. R. Millar and Spence Pryse with a frontispiece, and twenty-three plates.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.Four pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Spine is a little faded. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards. Rear hinge is starting but firm. Small tide mark to the rear paste down and rear endpaper. Scattered spots to the endpapers. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: H. R. Millar; Spencer Pryse. Very Good .