THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1311834
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1929. Almost very good condition.

12 enchanting tipped-in colour plates. Green cloth, gilt titles and decorations. 240 pages. Large format. Published for Boots the Chemist. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, front edge of spine has been 'touched up' with green felt-tip(?) pen. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and some light fingering else contents clean. Lower corner of half-title torn off and there is a large tear to page 51/2 which has been tape repaired (old tape has left brown mark), affecting page margin only. One tissue-guard is missing but all plates are present and in fine condition.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1309185
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company. Very good condition.

Modern three-quarter dark green leather binding with gilt lettering and decoration on spine; marbled boards. 12 colour plates by Jessie Willcox Smith plus two-colour text illustrations. 362 pages Corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Wear to edges of preliminary pages. Large crease to top corner of page 19/20. Page edges lightly browned and fingered. Some pale marks to the edges of some pages, including some plates.

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THE WATER-BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1308562
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1915. Almost very good condition.

A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. Rebound with white cloth spine and gilt title, red cloth covers. Grey endpapers. 8 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. 319 pages. Spine bumped and slightly grubby, some slight fading to top edge of rear cover. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Front joint (between fly-leaf and frontis) cracked. Foxing and some fingering throughout. Erased crayon name to verso of frontis.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley; B. Laurie. Illustrated by Arthur Gatlish.
Stock no. 405636
Published by T. Werner Laurie Ltd.. 1st thus 1932. Very good condition.

A Fairy Tale For A Land-Baby. Abridged by Laurie. Blue pictorial cloth. 8 colour plates. 224 pages. Book: 1 plate is MISSING. Front joint is cracked leading to first gathering being a little loose. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Small burn mark to edge of front and rear cover, affecting some of the textblock edge. Corners bumped. Foxing mainly to page edges.

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