NESBIT, E[dith]. The Story of the Amulet. London: T. Fisher Unwin [1926]. 8vo, 352pp. Blue cloth pictorially stamped in blind with spine stamped in gilt. Color frontispiece by Edmund Blampied and 25 full-page b&w illustrations by H.R. Millar. Spine ends a bit worn with a tiny tear at top, corners a tad rubbed, slight soiling to cloth, free endpapers discolored, else a clean, tight copy.

 

5^th printing, being the first printing with color plate frontispiece. The final book in Nesbit’s beloved Psammead trilogy. Though Cyril, Anthea, Robert, and Jane had promised not to ask the Psammead for another wish as long as they lived, when they come to the rescue of the captured sand fairy, he repays them by leading them to half of a magic amulet that, when completed, will grant their deepest wish. But to find the other half, they must use the half they have to travel through time on some truly incredible adventures!