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Title: The Magic City Title Record # 197006
Author: E. Nesbit
Date: 1910-00-00
Type: NOVEL [juvenile]
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note:
  • "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
Synopsis: Publisher's description: An extremely unhappy 10-year-old magically escapes into a city he has built out of books, chessmen, candlesticks, and other household items.
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2009 The Magic City [as by Edith Nesbit]

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Magic City 1910-11-29 E. Nesbit Macmillan and Co.  
6/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
xiv+
333
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel H. R. Millar  
The Magic City 1947-00-00 E. Nesbit Ernest Benn     xiv+
333
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel H. R. Millar Checkmark
The Magic City 1958-00-00 E. Nesbit London: E. Benn; New York: Coward-McCann     333
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel H. R. Millar  
The Magic City 1981-00-00 E. Nesbit Gregg Press (Gregg Press Children's Literature Series) 0-8398-2730-X   333
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel H. R. Millar  
The Magic City 2000-08-00 E. Nesbit Seastar Books 1-58717-024-8
$14.95?$: US dollar
212
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Paul O. Zelinsky  
The Magic City 2000-08-00 E. Nesbit Seastar Books 1-58717-025-6
$9.95?$: US dollar
211
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel Paul O. Zelinsky  
The Magic City 2007-12-16 E. Nesbit Project Gutenberg 20606    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel  
The Magic City 2009-07-12 E. Nesbit LibriVox  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
novel  
The Magic City 2009-08-06 Edith Nesbit The Echo Library 978-1-4068-5243-1
£8.90?£: UK pound
132
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel  
The Magic City 2010-09-00 E. Nesbit Jane Nissen Books 978-1-903252-37-6    
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel Paul O. Zelinsky  
The E. Nesbit Megapack 2014-01-28 E. Nesbit Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4344-4256-7
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Checkmark
The Magic City 2018-04-03 Edith Nesbit SMK Books 978-1-5154-3189-3
$14.99?$: US dollar
160
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
The Magic City 2020-01-24 Edith Nesbit Musaicum Books  
$3.90?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
novel  
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