The Story of the Five Rebellious Dolls 1st edition [1904] E Nesbit E Stuart Hardy Ernest Nister 8 glorious colour plates [chromolithographs], 8 full page and numerous smaller line illustrations by E Stuart Hardy. The story of the adventures of these dolls is by E Nesbit, famous for The Railway Children, The Phoenix and the Carpet and many more classic favourites. Published by Ernest Nister, much admired for the high quality of books published. [34 pages]; illustrated endpapers have some creasing at foredges, the pictorial title page has a 45mm [approx 1 ¾”] closed tear at upper edge, some of the page margins have some marking, the plates are nice and bright, the binding firm. Large landscape 260 x 310 mm [approx 10” x 12”] cloth spine and coloured pictorial boards; extremities worn, some dust-marking and rubbing, still a very good copy of a scarce book. Ernest Nister [no date] 1st edition [1904]