NESBIT, Edith. The Story of the Amulet. With 48 illustrations by H.R. Millar. FIRST EDITION. T. Fisher Unwin. 1906
Half title, front. & plates, 8pp cata. Orig. red cloth, pictorially blocked & lettered in gilt; spine sl. dulled & v. sl. rubbed at head & tail. Gift inscription on leading f.e.p., Christmas 1907. t.e.g. A good-plus copy of a scarce work.
¶This is one of Nesbit's most celebrated works, and forms the third and last novel in the trilogy that includes Five Children and It, 1902, and The Phoenix and the Carpet, 1904. The story borrows heavily from ancient Egyptian mythology, and for assistance in her research Nesbit dedicates the work to Dr. Wallis Budge of the British Museum.
Stock #81230
£350
46, Great Russell Street - (opp. British Museum) - Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3PA
