The Water-Babies A Fairy Tale of a Land-Baby
by Kingsley, Charles
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good Minus
- Seller
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Constable & Co Ltd, 1915. First edition with illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. Dust jacket with clear plastic protective covering, browned, 6/- printed on spine, chipped along edges with some loss, corner and spine ends chipped with loss and 4.5 cm loss to head of spine, closed tear to head of rear cover 3.5 cms, green decorated boards with black line border, light wear to corners and spine ends of boards, spine lightly sunned, uncut closed edges lightly browned, several chips to internal hinge at fep, ink inscription to head of fep, spotting to initial pages, colour frontispiece with tissue guard, title page lightly browned, 7 colour plates with in-text and full page black and white illustrations throughout, 319 pages clean, text clear to read, light spotting to edges of some pages, pp secure in binding.. First Edition. Cloth Covered Boards. Good/Good Minus. Illus. by W. Heath Robinson. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Bookcase
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74786
- Title
- The Water-Babies A Fairy Tale of a Land-Baby
- Author
- Kingsley, Charles
- Illustrator
- W. Heath Robinson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Minus
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Constable & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1915
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens;
- Size
- 8vo
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Bookcase
Biblio member since 2009
Carlisle, Cumbria
About Bookcase
A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.
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