NESBIT, COLLECTION OF FOUR VOLUMES, 1899-1910 (4 VOL.)

The Story of the Treasure Seekers. T. Fisher Unwin, 1899, illustrations by Gordon Brown and Lewis Baumer, advertisements at the end, all edges gilt; The Book of Dragons. Harper and Brothers, 1900, illustrations by H.R. Millar; The House of Arden. T. Fisher Unwin, 1908, illustrations by H.R. Millar, spotting to endpapers and paste-downs; The Magic City. Macmillan and co., 1910, illustrations by H.R. Millar; original pictorial cloth gilt bindings; first editions, London; minor wear and some corners very slightly bumped OTHERWISE VERY BRIGHT COPIES (4)

With the writing and publication of The Story of the Treasure Seekers, and the creation of the Bastable family, Edith Nesbit initiated a completely original way of writing for and about children, and more or less single-handedly invented the modern children's adventure story (see Julia Briggs, Oxford DNB).