The Magic World
| First published | 1912 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Macmillan and Co. |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Collection |
| Pages | x+280 |
| Price | 6/- |
Collection of 12 children's stories dealing with magic.
1st ed.
Publ date (inferred), price, and illustrations from publisher adverts "Macmillan's New Books" The Observer 1912-10-27 p7 and "New Book for the Young" The Scotsman -10-28 p2 --both as "Crown 8vo. 6s."
HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of one copy without original cover
-- title page credits Millar and Pryse
-- dedication signed "Well Hall, Kent, // 1912."
-- Illustrations, ix-x, lists 24 (frontispiece plus 23 plates not included in the pagination)
-- collection spans p1-280
-- p281-84, publisher adverts of other children's books
Particular illustrations are not credited and some are unsigned (including all 3 by Pryse, for "The Princess and the Hedge-Pig"), but all are known. See the interior artwork record.
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Cat-Hood of Maurice | E. Nesbit | Short Story |
| 27 | The Mixed Mine | E. Nesbit | Short Story |
| 58 | Accidental Magic | E. Nesbit | Short Story |
| 96 | The Princess and the Hedge-Pig | E. Nesbit | Short Story |
| 126 | Septimus Septimusson | E. Nesbit | Short Story |
| 148 | The White Cat | E. Nesbit | Short Story |
| 160 | Belinda and Bellamant | E. Nesbit | Short Story |
| 185 | Justnowland | E. Nesbit | Short Story |
| 206 | The Related Muff | E. Nesbit | Short Story |
| 218 | The Aunt and Amabel | E. Nesbit | Short Story |
| 233 | Kenneth and the Carp | E. Nesbit | Short Story |
| 260 | The Magician's Heart | E. Nesbit | Short Story |
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
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| The Magic World | 1924 | Macmillan and Co. | Hardcover | Collection | x+280+[24] | |||
| The Magic World | 1959 | London: E. Benn; New York: Coward-McCann | Hardcover | Collection | H. R. Millar | 280 | ||
| The Magic World |
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1980 | Mayflower Books | Hardcover | Collection | H. R. Millar | 280 | |
| The Magic World |
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1980 | Macmillan UK | Hardcover | Collection | H. R. Millar | viii+280 | |
| The Magic World |
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1989 | Puffin / Penguin Books (US) | Paperback | Collection | 207 | ||
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1996 | Puffin / Penguin Books (US) | Trade Paperback | Collection | Paul Finn | 246 | |
| The Magic World | 2009 | Project Gutenberg | eBook | Collection | 27903 | |||
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2009 | LibriVox | digital audio download | Collection | William Blake |