The Story of the Amulet.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906 Stock Code: 140035
First edition, first impression, of the concluding work in Nesbit's children's trilogy. Preceded by Five Children and It and The Phoenix and the Carpet, Nesbit's time-travelling narrative is notable for including a trip into the future, featuring Nesbit's vision of a socialist utopia in which H. G. Wells is venerated as a reformer. Nesbit was one of the founding members of the Fabian Society in 1884.
Description
Octavo. Original red pictorial cloth, title and vignette to spine and front cover in gilt, amulet device in blind to rear cover, top edge gilt.
Illustrations
Frontsipiece with tissue guard and illustrated by Harold Millar.
Condition
Bookseller's ticket to front pastedown. Spine a touch faded, front inner hinge partly cracked but firm, one tip a little worn, contents clean and unmarked. A very good, bright copy.
Bibliography
Bleiler, Supernatural Fiction, p. 382; Science-Fiction, p. 538.
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