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New Treasure Seekers. Illustrated by Gordon Browne and Lewis Baumer.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1904. [Adventure story] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.328. Illustrations throughout. Elegantly bound in full crimson morocco by Baytun-Riviere, with gilt titles, all edges gilt, combed marble endpapers, inner gilt dentelles, publisher's cloth bound in at rear. A fine copy, inside and out. The third novel featuring the Bastable children, following 'The Story of the Treasure Seekers' and 'The Wouldbegoods'. The Bastable books were a big influence on C.S. Lewis and Arthur Ransome, among others. Item #55828
Price: £395.00
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