Wings and the Child, Or The Building of Magic Cities
by E. Nesbit
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
CA$273.31CA$245.98
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 6". George Barraud. The first edition, first impression of Edith Nesbit's work on the education and imaginative development of children, illustrated throughout. A compelling work on the importance of imagination and creative play for the education and development of children. Including chapters on praise, punishment, imagination, play, toys, and more.Written by successful children's author, Edith Nesbit. The first edition of this work. Including a frontispiece portrait of Nesbit along with forty-two additional in-text illustrations. Containing the bookplate of Mary Baker to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally sound, with light shelf wear and fading to the spine. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. A few spots to the first and last few pages, otherwise pages are generally bright and clean. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 810J28
- Title
- Wings and the Child, Or The Building of Magic Cities
- Author
- E. Nesbit
- Illustrator
- George Barraud
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Size
- 8" by 6"
- Keywords
- education children philosophy imagination children teaching
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Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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