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Edith Nesbit / E. Nesbit
Full Series List in Order
The House of Arden
1 - The House of Arden (Jan-1908)2 - Harding's Luck (Jan-1909)
The Psammead Trilogy
1 - Five Children and It (Jan-1902)2 - The Phoenix and the Carpet (Jan-1904)
3 - The Story of the Amulet (Jan-1906)
The Treasure Seekers
1 - The Story of the Treasure Seekers (Jan-1899)1 - The Story of the Treasure Seekers (Jan-1899)
2 - The Wouldbegoods (Jan-1901)
3 - The New Treasure Seekers, Or, The Bastable Children In Search Of A Fortune (Jan-1904)
4 - Oswald Bastable and Others (Jan-1905)
Book List in Order: 75 titles
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Man-Size in Marble
- Jan-1893
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When a young pair of newlyweds settle down into a small cottage in a quiet village, they look forward to a pleasant, pastoral life of domestic bliss The husband, a practical man, dismisses the superstitious maid's tale of an ancient curse about the l...
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Beautiful Stories From Shakespeare = The Children's Shakespeare
- Jan-1895
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Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare is a collection edited by Edith Nesbit. There are twenty of Shakespeare's plays and a brief biography all told in a manner that is understandable, and enjoyable to children. This book is the perfect introduction to ...
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The Children's Shakespeare
- Jan-1897
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As a writer, E. Nesbit understood that the stories are the least part of Shakespeare, but as a mother she also understood the need for simplicity. Envisioning this simplified introduction to works such as The Winter's Tale, Romeo and Juliet, A Mi...
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Royal Children of English History
- Jan-1897
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Edith Nesbit was a British author best known for children’s fiction. Nesbit wrote many timeless classics such as Five Children and It, The Story of the Treasure Seekers, and The Railway Children....
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Pussy and Doggy Tales
- Jan-1899
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Stories for children. According to Wikipedia: "Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 â€" 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet whose children's works were published under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on over ...
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The Story of the Treasure Seekers
- Jan-1899
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A legendary children's story of sibling adventure, by the enchanting author of The Railway Children and Five Children and It, which has delighted countless generations of children
The Bastable children (Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel... -
The Book of Dragons
- Jan-1899
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In eight highly imaginative tales, beloved children’s author E. Nesbit gives us an extraordinary view of how dragons can shape the fates of princes, queens, and ordinary children alike. With an introduction by Newbery Award winner Ruth Stiles Ganne...
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The Story of the Treasure Seekers
- Jan-1899
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Six siblings rally to restore their widowed father’s fortune in this “breakthrough children’s book” (J. K. Rowling). The Bastable children -- Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius -- aren’t going to let their familyâ€...
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Nine Unlikely Tales
- Jan-1901
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MATILDA'S ears were red and shiny. So were her cheeks. Her hands were red too. This was because Pridmore had washed her. It was not the usual washing, which makes you clean and comfortable, but the thorough good wash, which makes you burn and smart t...
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The Wouldbegoods
- Jan-1901
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“The Wouldbegoods” is a 1901 novel by English author Edith Nesbit that continues the story of the Bastable children and is a sequel to “The Story of the Treasure Seekers”. As a result of bad behaviour, Oswald, Dora, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and H...
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Five Children and It
- Jan-1902
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“Five minutes before, the children had had no idea that there was such a thing as a sand-fairy, and now they were talking to it as though they had known it all their lives.” The children discover the odd-looking, cranky creature while digging ...
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The New Treasure Seekers, Or, The Bastable Children In Search Of A Fortune
- Jan-1904
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This classic tale from E. Nesbit features the six Bastable children who get into scrapes despite always trying to be so good! Appealing to a wide age range, this wonderfully presented eBook has been specially formatted for the iBookstore....
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The Phoenix and the Carpet
- Jan-1904
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It's startling enough to have a Phoenix hatch in your house, but even more startling when it reveals you have a magic carpet on the floor. Conceited it may be, but the Phoenix is also good-hearted, and obligingly accompanies the children on their adv...
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Oswald Bastable and Others
- Jan-1905
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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The Story of the Amulet
- Jan-1906
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While the childrens mother and father are out of the country the children are staying with the "old nurse" in her boarding house. There is only one other boarder, an old Egyptoligist, whom the children soon befriend. They learn of an amulet that has ...
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The Railway Children
- Sep-1906
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This classic -- adapted for radio, television, stage, and screen -- “has a special and enduring place in British children’s literature” (The Guardian). Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis used to live in London. But their father, who worked at t...
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The House of Silence
- Jan-1907
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E Nesbit was one of the great British Edwardian storytellers, whom we now remember most for her children’s novels. But she wrote ghost stories prolifically for adults, her imagination focused on the detail of the domestic to draw out horr...
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The Enchanted Castle
- Jan-1907
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There is a curtain, thin as gossamer, clear as glass, strong as iron, that hangs forever between the world of magic and the world that seems to us to be real. And when once people have found one of the little weak spots in that curtain which are m...
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The House of Arden
- Jan-1908
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With the Arden family castle in ruins and the family treasure lost for generations, Edred Arden is graced with the chance of a lifetime just prior to his tenth birthday. When he inherits the title of Lord he discovers that if he can find the lost fam...
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Harding's Luck
- Jan-1909
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Two impoverished children, Edred and Elfrida Arden, inherit the decrepit Arden Castle and search for the lost family fortune that will allow them to rebuild it.
With the assistance of the magical Mouldiwarp, Edred and Elfrida travel back in ...
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The Magic City
- Jan-1910
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When young Philip Haldane builds a play city out of odds and ends, the fantastic creation comes to life, and he and new stepsister Lucy are magically transported into it. Now they must try to save the Magic City by fulfilling an ancient prophecy--des...
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The Magic World
- Jan-1912
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Edith Nesbit was a British author best known for children’s fiction. Nesbit wrote many timeless classics such as Five Children and It, The Story of the Treasure Seekers, and The Railway Children. This edition of The Magic World includes...
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In the Dark
- Jan-1989
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Edith Nesbit’s natural gift for storytelling has brought her worldwide renown as a classic children’s author. But beyond her beloved children’s stories lay a darker side to her imagination, revealed here in her chilling tales of the supernatura...
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The Incomplete Amorist
- Jul-2006
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This novel centers upon four main characters and their romantic interactions. Betty Desmond is a pretty, naive girl ready to get into all sorts of trouble and cause her step-father and aunt endless worry. Then there's Eustace Vernon, the amorist ...
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The Psammead
- Aug-2012
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The Psammead, or the Gifts was originally published as stories to the Strand Magazine in 1900. The three resulting stories in the trilogy are expanded versions of those stories. They include Five Children and It (1902), The Phoenix and the Carpet (...
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Grim Tales
- Dec-2012
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A collection of titles by Edith Nesbit and told in short story for the reader who enjoys the darker side to tales but doesn’t want to get bogged down in long Novels or Epics. These stories inspired many a suspense author and would seem at place in...
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The Incredible Honeymoon
- Jun-2013
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have ende...
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Landscape and Song
- Jun-2013
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What dreams the flower cups enfold Within their fragrant leaves, Of meadow-ways grown fair with spring, Soft mists that April weaves; And cottage gardens where the scent Of flowers is with the wood-smoke blent....
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Many Voices
- Jun-2013
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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Poetry / General;...
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Wings and the Child; Or, the Building of Magic Cities
- Jun-2013
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have ende...
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Fairy Tales for Young Readers // The Old Nursery Stroies
- Jan-2015
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"This book is a joy and would make a lovely gift for young readers." -- Januarygray.netReaders of all ages will find fresh enchantment in familiar fables with this charming storybook. Famed children's writer E. Nesbit, author of Five Children an...
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Horror Stories
- Oct-2016
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A groom promises to be at the church on time, even if he has to come back from the grave to do it.A man inherits a property where he discovers a portrait of a woman that will change his life forever.Two newlyweds find their dream country cottage, una...
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The Best of Shakespeare
At the heart of any great work of literature is a story. William Shakespeare's plays are no exception. They tell the stories of kings and queens, of ghosts and witches, of romance and passion. But to get to the stories at the heart of the Bard's play...
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Children's Stories From Shakespeare
Many of the earliest children's books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pook Press are working to republish these classic works in affordable, high quality editions, using th...
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A Course In Magic
Many of the finest stories of magic and fantasy, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using ...
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Daphne In Fitzroy Street
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...
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In Homespun
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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John Charrington'S Wedding And Other Stories
Contains the stories: John Charrington's Wedding, Man Size in Marble, The Ebony Frame, and, In The Dark. Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland) (1858-1924) was an English author and poet whose children's works were published under the androgynous na...
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Lays And Legends
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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The Literary Sense
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...
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Man And Maid
Though primarily known as a children's author, E. (Edith) Nesbit had a remarkably broad range as a writer, penning many collections of short stories and poetry geared for children and adults over the course of her career. Man and Maid is a novel ...
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Man-Size In Marble, And The Ebony Frame
Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland) (1858-1924) was an English author and poet whose children's works were published under the androgynous name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on over 60 books of fiction for children, several of which hav...
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The Many Voices And Other Short Works
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts ...
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The Power Of Darkness And Other Stories
Contains the stories: The Power of Darkness, The Dragon Tamers, and, The Mystery of the Semi-Detached. Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland) (1858-1924) was an English author and poet whose children's works were published under the androgynous name...
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The Rainbow And The Rose
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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The Red House
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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Selected Short Stories
Contains the stories: Whereyouwantogoto; or The Bouncible Ball, Kind Little Edmund; or The Caves and the Cockatrice, The Cockatoucan; or Great Aunt Willoughby, John Charrington's Wedding, Man Size in Marble, The Ebony Frame, In The Dark, The Power of...
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The Seven Dragons
Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland) (1858-1924) was an English author and poet whose children's works were published under the androgynous name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on over 60 books of fiction for children, several of which hav...
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Shakespeare's Stories for Young Readers
Twelve of Shakespeare's greatest tales come to life in this entertaining collection of short, lively stories specially adapted for young readers. Capturing the vital events and using some of the original wording, the stories serve as a perfect introd...
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Tales from The Book of Dragons
When young Lionel is whisked from his nursery one morning and crowned king, he becomes fascinated by the forbidden Book of Beasts in the palace library. But when a real red dragon escapes from the pages and wreaks havoc on the kingdom, Lionel has to ...
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These Little Ones
Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland) (1858-1924) was an English author and poet whose children's works were published under the androgynous name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on over 60 books of fiction for children, several of which hav...
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The Three Drugs
Many of the best science fiction stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the ori...
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Whereyouwantogoto And Other Tales
Contains the stories: Whereyouwantogoto; or The Bouncible Ball, Kind Little Edmund; or The Caves and the Cockatrice, and, The Cockatoucan; or Great Aunt Willoughby. Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland) (1858-1924) was an English author and poet wh...
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The Dragon Tamers
There was once an old, old castle--it was so old that its I walls andtowers and turrets and gateways and arches had crumbled to ruins, and ofall its old splendour there were only two little rooms left; and it washere that John the blacksmith had set ...
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English Fairy Tales
This book contains over forty of the best-loved fairy stories, beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Favourites such as Jack the Giant-killer, Jack and the Beanstalk, Dick Whittington, The Three Little Pigs and The Babes in the Wood are all here...
