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OPEN THE DOOR
Written by Margery Fisher; Eleanor Farjeon; Charles Kingsley; Leila Berg; et al. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1330415
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt vignette to front cover plus gilt title label to spine. Red bookmarker ribbon. B/w illustrations. Jacket designed by Edward Ardizzone. Margery Fisher's own choice of stories from books by famous writers of today and yesterday. ISBN: 0340037091. Covers are slightly edge rubbed. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, faded to spine and has a few felt-tip pen marks to front panel.

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THE WATER-BABIES (TOLD TO THE CHILDREN)
Written by Charles Kingsley; Amy Steedman. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1830453
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Told To The Children Series. Small format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles. 8 pretty colour plates. 119 pages. Name & address in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers and text block lightly foxed. Else contents clean. Price-cut yellow pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few small tears and slight loss, grubby and browned to front vertical edge.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1330155
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1930. 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. 1330038
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st thus 1938. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Hodder & Stoughton's Colour Books series. Grey cloth, red titles and vignettes. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing to spine. Name and date in ink in belongs to box (partially faded). Foxing, otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed/worn with small tears at corners, slightly larger tear to top front corner by spine (2"). Rear panel is slightly grubby.

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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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CHARLES KINGSLEY: HIS LETTERS AND MEMORIES OF HIS LIFE
Written by F.E. Kingsley; Charles Kingsley.
Stock no. 1828489
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench & Co.. 1st thus 1883. Slightly better than very good condition.

Cheaper Edition. Edited by his wife. Full leather binding, 5 raised bands to spine, gilt title and vignettes to spine. Marbled endpapers and text block. B/w portrait as frontis. 364 pages including index. Minor rubbing to lower edge of rear board. Contemporary gift inscription dated December 20 1883 to fly leaf. Very few age related marks. Overall a lovely copy.

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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. 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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