The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby. New Edition.
by Kingsley, Charles; Noel Paton, Percival Skelton (illustrators)
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- Hardcover
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1874.. 12mo. 388 pp. Very Good, Blue Decorative Gilt Cloth with stains, some sun-fading, edge wear, & rubbing; spine somewhat slanted; minor shelf wear; front end papers repaired with tape; some stains on edges of text block. Provenance: John Ruyle, his bookplate inside cover; previous owners' signatures on half-title. Illustrated.
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- Bookseller
- Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15-3760
- Title
- The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby. New Edition.
- Author
- Kingsley, Charles; Noel Paton, Percival Skelton (illustrators)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Macmillan, 1874.
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- Literature & Linguistics;
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Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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San Francisco, California
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