E. Nesbit [Edith Nesbit] — Oswald Bastable and Others

London, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co, 1905 . First edition. Cloth. The bright first edition of this witty collection of Nesbit"s Edwardian stories, illustrated by Charles Edmund Brock and H. R. Millar. The first edition, in the attractive publisher's original decorative cloth binding.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 with a frontispiece and twenty-one further plates 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. Collated, complete.Publisher's advertisements to the rear.Former owner's inscription to title page head. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with gilt detailing. Fading to back strip, with boards bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages just a touch age toned to perimeters, otherwise clean and bright. Inscription to title page head. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Charles E. Brock and H. R. Millar. Very Good Indeed .