E. Nesbit – Five Children And It – First Edition 1902
£650.00
A first edition, first printing of Five Children and It by E Nesbit, published by T. Fisher Unwin, London in 1902. A very good copy with former owner’s name and date in black in to the front free end paper, boards bound in publisher’s original red cloth, with gilt illustration and titling to the front board and spine, the front board showing signs of shelf-wear, rubbing to the corners and damp-staining, similarly to the rear board, bumping to the spine tips and toning to the spine, tarnishing to the gilt text block and ghosting to the front free end paper.
Five Children and It by E. Nesbit is a classic children’s fantasy about siblings who discover a grumpy sand-fairy, the Psammead, while playing in a gravel pit. It grants one wish a day, but each wish causes unexpected trouble and vanishes at sunset. Funny, imaginative and gently moral, the story explores childish desires, family loyalty and the comic dangers of getting exactly what you ask for. It remains one of Nesbit’s best-loved books.
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A first edition, first printing of Five Children and It by E Nesbit, published by T. Fisher Unwin, London in 1902. A very good copy with former owner’s name and date in black in to the front free end paper, boards bound in publisher’s original red cloth, with gilt illustration and titling to the front board and spine, the front board showing signs of shelf-wear, rubbing to the corners and damp-staining, similarly to the rear board, bumping to the spine tips and toning to the spine, tarnishing to the gilt text block and ghosting to the front free end paper.
Five Children and It by E. Nesbit is a classic children’s fantasy about siblings who discover a grumpy sand-fairy, the Psammead, while playing in a gravel pit. It grants one wish a day, but each wish causes unexpected trouble and vanishes at sunset. Funny, imaginative and gently moral, the story explores childish desires, family loyalty and the comic dangers of getting exactly what you ask for. It remains one of Nesbit’s best-loved books.
