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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Warwick Goble.
Stock no. 1328274
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1922. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt decoration to front and title to spine. Top edge gilt. 16 lovely colour plates. 273 pages. 8.5 x 6 inches. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly faded. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Light foxing to textblock. Contents clean.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328268
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1939. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

"Re-issued at a cheaper price 1938". Tales For Children From Many Lands series. Blue cloth, green titles. Colour pictorial onlay. 8 pretty colour plates. 128 pages. 7 x 5". Spine and corners slightly rubbed. White spotting to spine. Light foxing to textblock. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Small corner crease to one page. Dustwrapper is worn to spine and corners with loss, rear panel is slightly grubby.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by George Soper.
Stock no. 1326273
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. Circa 1934. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. 4 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 259 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Neat gilt school stamp to rear cover (Welsh School Ashford). Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing and a light fingermark to textblock. Light tobacco smell to contents.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1325629
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st thus 1938. Good condition.

Hodder & Stoughton's Colour Books series. Grey cloth, red titles and vignettes. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Spine browned and foxed. Damp/splash marks and a few small pen marks to front cover (see picture). Name plate to front pastedown and inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Creases to last few pages. Light foxing. Plates clean.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Katharine Cameron.
Stock no. 1325017
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.. Circa 1934. Very good condition.

Green cloth, dark green titles and pictorial onlay to front cover. 8 pretty colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Lower corner tip of front cover is slightly worn. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Contents are clean but with a slightly smell of tobacco.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 2140948
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1915. Almost very good condition.

The Raphael House Library series. Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards. 12 charming colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 135 pages, publication list to rear. Spine is faded and bumped, with a few nicks to cloth at top and tail. Bumping and wear with scuffing and surface paper damage to edges and corners. Scuffing to covers. Inscription in ink to belongs to box on front pastedown. Rear joint is a bit crack and looks partially repaired. Foxing and margin marks. One plate has slight damage, otherwise still bright; a few margin marks.

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THE WATER BABIES: A RETELLING
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Heidi Taylor.
Stock no. 2136368
Published by Wild Dog Press. 1st thus 2008. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour photographic covers. Photography by Zena Holloway. From the original by Kingsley. ISBN: 9781919790749. SIGNED by photographer (Holloway) to half-title page. Wrapper has some creasing.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Emil Weiss.
Stock no. 1322148
Published by P.R. Gawthorn Ltd.. Good condition.

Red cloth. Pretty colour plates and two-tone illustrations. Covers are stained. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name in ink to front pastedown. Slight foxing to endpapers and textblock. A couple of hinges have cracked.

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THE WATER-BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley.
Stock no. 2135164
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. Abridged edition. 184 pages. Couple of knocks to spine. Page edge browning; darkest to edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by A.E. Jackson.
Stock no. 1319207
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Circa 1936. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black title to spine and vignette to front. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 252 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Light spotting to covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing. Dustwrapper has loss at all edges, is grubby and is missing the front flap.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Katharine Cameron.
Stock no. 2128639
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, dark green titles and pictorial onlay to front cover. 8 pretty colour plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corner; some browning and foxing. Some chips and fraying to cloth at top of spine. Name in ink to front endpaper. Page edge browning. A few page corner creases. All plates present.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by A.E. Jackson.
Stock no. 2127734
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1936. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black title to spine and vignette to front. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 252 pages. Bumping and wear along cover edges. Some browning to spine. All plates present. Some marks to page 241. Wrapper is torn and creased with loss along edges; some grubby marks.

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