Moore (Doris Langley) E. Nesbit.
£125
A biography
London, Ernest Benn, 1933.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
A biography of Edith Nesbit, pioneering author of The Railway Children, Five Children and It and other classic children’s fantasies, examining her literary output, Fabian politics, unconventional domestic life and influence on later writers.
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Minor toning; cloth slightly softened at head of spine; jacket with some browning and marking, notably around spine.
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