THE WATER BABIES. A Fairy tale for a Land Baby by KINGSLEY. CHARLES. ; NOEL PATON. J. and SKELTON. PERCIVAL Illustrate

Penguin Books , pp. 224 . Papeback. New.

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.

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.

Mayflower Books, 1979. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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.

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

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Co.. Cream colored cloth with red lettering and red, green and black illustration. With ninety-four illustrations. Cover is wron with some fraying. Back hinge is startng to crack. 16 page book lists at back of book. . Fine. Hardcover. 1899.

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

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 .

New York: Hurst and Company. Very Good. 1920. Reprint; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This is a small format hardback book. The book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. There is some light bumping, rubbing and spots of fraying to the spine ends. There is a smallish chip missing from the top spine end. The covers have several spots of ground-in dirt and one small spot of red discoloration to the top front cover. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper. "Kingsley's concern for social reform is illustrated in his classic, The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby (1863) , a tale about a boy chimney sweep, which retained its popularity well into the 20th century. The story mentions the main protagonists in the scientific debate over human origins, rearranging his earlier satire as the "great hippopotamus test". The book won a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1963. " (from… Read More

New York: Macmillan, 1947 (1947). Pictorial blue cloth boards in a color pictorial dust jacket which is chipped and worn. A history of American stamps with full page color illustrations and other textual illustrations by the Petershams as well as images of American stamps throughout. . First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Near Fine/Good. Illus. by Maud and Miska Petersham. 4to.

New York: Macmillan (1976). Brown cloth in dust jacket with small edge nick. A fresh clean copy of one of the most oft cited reference works dedicated to American picturebooks.. First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. Thick 4to.

Danbury Press/Grolier Enterprises, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Presumed First American Edition, also published in Italy in 1972. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket Condition: Good + or Very Good -. Sturdy book with durable, glossy coated covers. 287 pp. No remainder mark. Clean with no writing. Numerous colorful illustrations. Panels in great condition. Moderate spine head bumping with spine tail lines. Jacket's original corner price intact. Jacket has spine head bumping, spine tail lines, one mended tear approximately 1.5" and one 1" open tear. Edge creasing and back cover scratching. Small light circle indent and some light back cover sunning. Summary: Fourteen fairy tales in large print with captivating illustrations, including the lesser known tales such as The Little Goldfish, The Seven Ravens, and The Three Hairs of the Ogre.

Rochester: Stecher Litho Co., 1915 Color illustrated stiff paper wraps, some chipping to spine and light surface wear, insect damage at the top of book, but a clean and bright copy. Verses illustrated in duotone or full color in a charming fashion by Margaret Evans Price.. Very Good/No Jacket. Narrow Folio.

New York: Stoll Edwards, 1929 Illustrated boards with die-cut bars of a chicken coop, slight rubbing at extremities; matching dust jacket also with die-cut section, a few tape mends and middle bar of chicken coop is missing from DJ, but the dust jacket is very scarce. A wonderfully produced book with bright color illustrations and decorative borders in black and yellow. . First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Alice Dennis. 4to.

Chicago: Ziff-Davis (1947). Illustrated boards with light shelf wear, small abrasion on endpaper, in matching dust jacket with minor wear, child's sticker over jacket price. A selection of familiar fairy tales, arranged for bedtime reading and illustrated in b&w and full color by Violet LaMont. Scarce.. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Violet LaMont. 4to.

New York: Boy Scouts of America, 1937. Near Fine, lacking the scarce dust jacket, a bit of toning to end pages at spine folds. SCARCE early history of the Boy Scouts, unusual in such lovely condition. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1948. Fine, prior owner name front pastedown, mostly hidden by front flap, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, small chips at head of spine, spine ever so lightly faded. 310 pages. SCARCE. Dust jacket illustration by Donald E. Cooke. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus.

New York: David McKay, 1912. The author's SCARCE 2nd book, particularly in such lovely condition. Near Fine, tiny rubs to cloth at the tips. Tissue guard frontispiece illustration, one of 10 full page illustrations by Harriet Macy. Great illustrated front cover and spine. A handsome addition to any collection of fine bindings. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Illus. by Harriet MacY. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good -. Approx. [72] p.: many full-page chromolithographed illustrations and in-text line drawings; 24 cm. Red cloth spine with chromolithographed paper over boards. Front cover illustration is of Aladdin; back cover is grey. Cover title and imprint dated 1897. First page has title "Wonderland Stories" with undated imprint. Former owner's artistic inscription on front fixed endpaper: Howard G.B. Page 1897. Contents: Aladdin or the Wonderful Lamp -- Robinson Crusoe -- Rip Van Winkle -- The Story of Robin Hood -- Ali Baba or the Forty Thieves -- Jack the Giant Killer. In Very Good- Condition: edges rubbed; minor loss of paper at head of front joint; lower corner of front cover bent; cover is lightly soiled; light finger soiling along some fore-edges; otherwise, page are clean and tight, illustrations are bright.