← Back

The Magic City

E. Nesbit

First published 1910
Publisher Macmillan and Co.
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Cover art H. R. Millar
Pages xiv+333
Price 6/-

  • "The Magic City (1910) developed out of EN's hobby of constructing miniature cities from household objects." -- SFE: Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), biographical entry by Lisa Tuttle
  • [Beyond the Nesbit series:] "At least two singletons are of interest. The Enchanted Castle (1907) ... The young protagonist of The Magic City (1910) creates an ideal City (see Utopia) on his table top and then enters it (see Great and Small), becoming its saviour." -- SFE3, biographical entry by John Clute

  • 1st ed. as a book New illustrations, different from the serial completed in the same month.
  • Publication date and price from advertisement "Macmillan's New Books", Saturday Review 110.2874 (1910-11-26) p692; this one "Extra crown 8vo [octavo]" and "Tuesday".
  • This title is listed at the same price in "Books Received", Times of India 1910-12-21 p9, publisher/edition not stated.

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Magic City Cover 1947 Ernest Benn Hardcover Novel H. R. Millar xiv+333
The Magic City Cover 1958 London: E. Benn; New York: Coward-McCann Hardcover Novel H. R. Millar 333
The Magic City Cover 1981 Gregg Press Hardcover Novel H. R. Millar 333
The Magic City Cover 2000 Seastar Books Hardcover Novel Paul O. Zelinsky 212
The Magic City Cover 2000 Seastar Books Trade Paperback Novel Paul O. Zelinsky 211
The Magic City 2007 Project Gutenberg eBook Novel 20606
The Magic City Cover 2009 LibriVox digital audio download Novel
The Magic City Cover 2010 Jane Nissen Books Trade Paperback Novel Paul O. Zelinsky