THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley
Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith
Published by Hodder & Stoughton
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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley.
Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1330155
Circa.
1930.
Hardback.
Large format.
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. Some slight scuffing/marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. All plates present and in fine condition. Page 3 has a repair to lower margin (original paper was chipped). Some hinges cracked/pulled. Light foxing and fingering to contents.
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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley.
Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1406056
circa.
1930.
Hardback.
Large format.
Slightly better than good condition in a good dustwrapper.
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 worn. Board edges a little darkened. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Front joint and some hinges cracked. One plate is MISSING. Other plates present and in very good condition. Tissue guard for frontis is creased and has tape to top 42, partially detached at bottom. Browning to endpapers. Foxing mainly to page margins and some margin marks. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with areas of loss to top and bottom of spine and front fold and bottom of rear panel. Some creasing to front panel and spine. Wrapper is grubby.