The Water Babies a Fairy Tale For a Land Baby

Macmillan and Co. London. 1878. NEW EDITION. 8vo. (7.5 x 5.3 inches). Two full page illustrations by Noel Paton and two by Skelton, plus 8 vignette engravings at the start of each chapter. A fine clean copy. Finely bound in mid twentieth century half dark blue morocco leather binding for Hatchards Ltd of Piccadilly, London. Spine with five raised… Read more about this item

Macmillan and Co. London. 1863. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. (8.1 x 6.4 inches). Second state, without with the L'Envoi poem leaf at the start of the book, which Kingsley had removed from all but the first few hundred copies issued. Two full page mono plates and 8 smaller engravings, one at the start of each chapter, by J. Noel Paton.… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co., 1885 . Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 7". Linley Sambourne. A beautifully bound early edition of Charles Kingsley's lovely children's novel with illustrations by Linley Sambourne. Early edition of The Water-Babies A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby by Charles Kingsley. In the original publisher's blue cloth binding with bright and decorative gilt to the… Read more about this item

NY: : Thomas Y. Crowell Publishers, 1895. 16mo; cloth covered decorative boards, hardcover; 268 pages; color frontis and b&w photographic illustrations; Christmas 1897 in ink of front endpaper else a good, clean, tight copy in edgeworn boards with a sunned spine.

London; New York: Macmillan and Co., Limited; The Macmillan Company, 1904. Hardcover, limp leather, gilt-stamped cover & spine. Fair/No Dust Jacket. With 100 illustrations by Linley Sambourne. 330 pages. Illustrated Pocket Classics for the Young. Whole and complete but fragile, needs TLC. Top edge gilt, covers rather worn, leather edges crumbly, cracking/split. Best known for his historical romances,… Read more about this item

Raphael Tuck & Sons,, 1111. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. This book is in fair condition. The front end paper has been partly removed and is ripped. One of the colour plates has become detached but is still present. One of the plates has been coloured in. Occasional foxing present. Otherwise a good clean copy. No date stated for publication.… Read more about this item

Gilbert H. McKibben, 1900. First edition. With Sixty Illustrations. Perhaps first McKibben edition. Very good illustrated boards with clean profusely illustrated text throughout.

London: Macmillan, 1863. First edition. Crease to title-page, else fine. First edition. [viii], 350p, [i, ads]. Bound with half-title, lacking the l'envoi leaf. With two illustrations by J. Noel Paton. Bound by Bayntun-Riviere in half dark green crushed morocco with marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and stylized floral panel ornaments. Original cloth upper cover bound… Read more about this item

Sydney: Times House. Very Good; Yellowed paper, surface wear to back cover.. 1987. Hardcover. 1862560587 . Decorative gold lettering on red hard cover and spine, no jacket. 400gms weight; Children's Classics; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 250 pages .

Henry Altemus Co.,, 1899T. hardcover. Good. . Illustrated cloth cover shows minor wear, tanning, and staining/foxing. Pages are lightly tanned.

New York, NY: Mayflower Books. Beautifully illustrated, color full page, green cloth boards, reprint of the MacMillan 1928 edition, slightly soiled dj, unclipped, full color ffep illustrations, . Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 1979.

London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1111. First Thus. . Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. 5 colour plates + colour plate pasted to front cover. Red cloth cover w bevelled edges , worn corners and top & btm sp. . ffep missing 1 plate loose. Some b/w pictures have been coloured in.

London: Dent, 1957. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardback. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Rosalie K. Fry. First edition first printing thus in Dent Children's Illustrated Classics series. Hardback viii + 284 pages 4 colour plates plus many black and white illustrations by Rosalie K. Fry. Very Good condition decorated cloth in good+ … Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co, 1892. New Edition. New edition stated on title page. Measuring approximately 7.5" x 5.25" with 330 numbered pages. This book is in good condition. Moderate bumping and staining to spine and both boards. Gilt lettering and design on spine and boards still full and vivid. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. Front hinge… Read more about this item

Chicago: W. B. Conkey Co., no date [ca 1900]. Small 8vo.; pictorial green cloth covered boards, hardcover; 182 pages plus ads; color frontispiece and black and white illustrations; ink stamp on end paper and front free endpaper showing ownership else a very good clean tight copy in lightly soiled and rubbed boards with fraying at top spine end.

MACMILLAN & CO, LONDON, 1924 HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL DECORATED CLOTH BINDING, COMPLETE COPY WITH 16 FULL PAGE COLOUR PLATES BY GOBLE. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 6 INCHES WITH 8 + 272 PAGES. VERY MINOR WEAR AT TOP & BOTTOM OF SPINE WITH A FEW VERY MINOR MARKS TO FRONT BOARD, XMAS INSCRIPTION DATED 1926 TO FRONT ENDPAPER,… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co., 1885. [Children's Illustrated] FINELY BOUND, first Sambourne illustrated edition. Small quarto (21 x 17cm), pp.[8]; 371; [3]. With frequent in-text wood engravings by Sambourne. In slightly later green full crushed morocco by BAYNTUN for Charles E. Lauriat, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine; further gilt decoration to boards. Marbled endpapers; all edges… Read more about this item

J. M. Dent, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/Acceptable. London, illustrated cloth covered boards; mild edge wear; illustrated jacket in acceptable condition with edges and corners chipped; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Previous owner's name on front paste-down; Interior is clean and unmarked; 284 pages.

London: Macmillan, 1889. In 1/2 brown leather and dark red/brown marbled boards with 6 raised lesther spine compartments and gilt lettering. Embossed on cover is a gilt seal"HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS HORNSEA". Bound by A. Brown & Sons, Savile Street, Hull. With 100 charming intext illustrations by Linley Sambourne. 320 pages in Near Fine . marbled… Read more about this item

London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd. 1971. Reprint. Hardcover. 0460050370 . Near Fine in a Very Good+ price clipped dust jacket. Illustrations by Rosalie K. Fry. ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches .