The Water Babies

London & Cambridge: Macmillan & Co, 1863. First Edition. Good. First edition, first printing. First issue with "L'Envoy" leaf present. Bound in publisher's original dark blue cloth stamped in gilt, brown coated endsheets. Good. Cloth worn at corners and spine ends, with frayed started at the rear joint. Cloth lightly rubbed, with front cover mottled. Front and rear… Read more

London: Macmillan and Co.,, 1863. The book that initiated the first golden age of children's books in England Square octavo (192 x 150 mm). Recent green morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, gilt titles and decorations to spine in compartments, gilt vignettes and frames to covers, turn-ins and edges gilt, marbled endpapers. With the original cloth front cover bound in at rear.… Read more

London: Macmillan, 1836. First Edition. Hard Cover. RICHARD ADAMS' COPY WITH HIS DISTINCTIVE RABBIT BOOK-PLATE TO THE FRONT PASTE-DOWN. First Edition Second State (without the suppressed L'Envoi Leaf as is invariably the case as the author had it removed from all but the first 200 or so copies). Two engraved plates by J Noel Paton (as called… Read more

London: Macmillan and Co, 1909. Vellum. Very Good. Warwick Goble. The 1909 deluxe edition, limited to 260 unnumbered copies printed on large paper and bound in full vellum. 32 mounted, full-page color plates by Warwick Goble (all with their accompanying captioned tissue-guards) beautrifully complementing Kingsley's text. Handsome and very presentable in its gilt-decorated and titled front panel and… Read more

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1916. hardcover. near fine. Smith, Jessie Willcox.. Color frontispiece, 11 color plates, and many other illustrations throughout by Jessie Willcox Smith. 362pp. Large 4to, handsomely rebound in 1/4 dark green morocco. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., (1916). A near fine copy.

London ; Cambridge : Macmillan and Co., 1863. First Edition. This copy is from the rare first issue of the first edition. It contains a leaf bearing a poem, L'Envoi [following the dedication page]. Kingsley had second thoughts about this while the book was being printed, and he had the leaf removed, but not before a few hundred copies… Read more

London: McMillan Company, 1864. 2nd Edition.. leather Bound. Very Good/No Jacket. J. Noel Paton. Copyright is 1864, second edition stated on the title page. One year after the first edition, first printing. Illustrations by J. Noel Paton. Shelf wear to the edges and to the head and toe of the spine are moderate. All page edges are… Read more

London & Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1863. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. J. Noel Paton. 2nd Printing 1 Copyright date is 1863. First edition, second state without the L'envoi leaf. Publisher's dark green cloth with central embossed gilt ornament to front cover and framed in triple gilt filets, spine lettered… Read more

Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1909. 1st thus edition.. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by Goble, Warwick. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Green cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 32 beautiful tipped-in colour plates, mounted on brown card with tissue guards. All edges gilt. Goble's most desired work. Spine is browned. Covers are unevenly faded. Bumping and wear… Read more

London: Macmillan & Co, 1863. 8vo. [viii], 350 pp. including half title and the L'envoi leaf. Recently respined. A full calf by Zaehnsdorf with gilt spine chipped at extremities. Original covers have been bound in at the rear, but from the Linley Sambourne edition (?). Overall a pleasing copy of this first appearence of this classic tale. . Good. Full… Read more

London: Macmillan, 1863. First. hardcover. fine. J. Noel Paton. 2 black & white illustrations by J. Noel Paton. 350pp. 8vo, handsomely barutifully rebound in full emerald green morocco, gilt spine, gilt top. London and Cambridge: MacMillan, 1863. First Edition, first issue. With the Envoi leaf - preserved in the first 200 copies.

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1916. 1st edition Thus.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Smith, Jessie Willcox. Copyright date 1916, 1st thus edition. Original green clothover boards with circular pictorial label on front. Light wear to cloth, front hinge cracked, previous owner's name on endpaper a scratch on the lower front cover; very good. One of the… Read more

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London: Gollancz, 1976. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (Gollancz Fourth Impression 1976). SIGNED BY THE MOVIE DIRECTOR (THE LATE LIONEL JEFFRIES) AND MOST OF THE LEADING CAST MEMBERS INCLUDING JAMES MASON AND BILLIE WHITELAW. A VG+ copy in a fine D/W. The Water Babies was filmed in 1978 as a live action-animated feature film… Read more

Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1909. 1st thus edition.. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by Goble, Warwick. Good condition with no wrapper. Green cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 32 beautiful tipped-in colour plates, mounted on brown card with tissue guards. All edges gilt. Goble's most desired work. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Spine browned. Scuffing to covers. Front joint… Read more

UK: Humphrey Milford, 1920. New Edition Circa 1920.1st printing of this edition. Illustrated in colour and black and white by A.E. Jackson. Includes sixteen full colour plates. Book is very good++ and very bright. Contents good with occasional light foxing. Name to inner page. The complete wrapper is very good++ and very bright. Light soiling to… Read more

Constable and Company Ltd, 1915. 1st Thus. Hardcover. VG+/G. ROBINSON, W Heath. 1st thus illustrated by Heath Robinson. 4to., 22 x 17pp green cloth with gilt stamped titles and image to the front and spine. Top edge green x, 319pp, 8 full page colour plates including tissue guarded frontispiece and 95 black and white images. Very… Read more

Macmillan, London: 1910. First printing thus. Faint wear, still near fine to fine and bright in custom mylar cover. Sixteen full page color plates by Warwick Goble. Full deep blue crushed morocco handsomely gilt in gilt and blind.

1989-01-01. Good. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. May be re-issue. May be ex-library. Shipping & Handling by region. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!

Hodder & Stoughton,London, [1919]. 4to.pp1x +240,with 12 tipped in colour plates each with a titled tissue guard.. Bound in half tan calf with marbled boards and raised bands.

New York: Dodd & Mead Co., 1916. Book. Illus. by Jessie Willcox Smith. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition American... 1st. Edition , ( USA ) Green cloth with gilt letters at the spine and front board with round illustrated paste down ( baby laying in water ) see image . With eleven color tipped in full page plates and black… Read more

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1916. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition with the charming illustrations by famed illustrator Jessie Willcox Smith. There are eleven full page color illustrations and numerous text illustrations as well. Bound in green cloth with gilt titling to spine and front cover. A circular color plate is moubnted on the front… Read more

UK: Macmillan, 1913. New Edition 1913. One hundred black and white illustrations by Linly Sambourne. Three quarter leather binding by Bumpus. Gilt to page edges. Lovely binding quality. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents very good. More images can be taken upon request.Ref 14264. New Edition. Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good ++/No Jacket. Illus. by Linley Sambourne. 8vo - over… Read more

London: Macmillan and Company Limited, 1910. Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Warwick Goble. 1st Printing 1 Copyright date 1910, illustrated edition, Pictorial gilt cloth, t.e.g., 16 color plate illustrations by Goble, inclusive of frontis. (tissue detached). 8vo. Soiling and fraying to sunned spine, somewhat shaken, otherwise good.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1909. First Illustrated Edition. Small quarto; Fair+ hardcover; tanned spine with gilt text; cover has age toning, rubbing, bumping and fraying at spine head and tail and in corners, spine shaken; textblock has edgewear, spotting, webbing showing at front pastedown, faint yellow writing on front endpaper, crayon marks on page 9, plate at page 31… Read more

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co.. Former owner's bookplate, else a nearly fine copy. 1916. 1st. hardcover. Small 4to, 362 pp., Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering and circular mounted illustration on the front board, With 12 color plates by Jessie Willcox Smith and numerous text illustrations printed in green and black .

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1916. 362pp. Green cloth with gilt lettered spine and front board, with circular image to front board. A few light scuffs and light rubbing to corners and at head and heel of spine. Illustrated throughout, text clean and bright. A good clean copy. . Later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by Jessie Willcox Smith.… Read more

Dodd, Mead & Company. Fine. 1916. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover in pictorial gilt-stamped bright green cloth with a circular Wilcox Smith color illustration inset on the front cover. Gilt titles to spine. The always charming Wilcox Smith's color illustrations throughout. Book is in fine condition, crisp and clean with tight binding and sharp corners.… Read more

London: Constable & Company Limited 1915. Small 4to. x, 320 pp. Variant binding. Green cloth with decorative design & lettering to front board & spine in black. Spine & edge of rear board darkened, not affecting lettering. Slight chipping to head & tail of spine with short tears at joints. Cloth slightly marked. Bubbling to boards. Heavy foxing to prelims… Read more

White Rose Pr, 1989-01. Hardcover. Good.

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1910. Warwick Goble. This is a 1910 reprint (first published 1863). Hardback. 330pp. Full leather binding with crest of Bristol Cathedral School to upper board. Five panels to spine with gilt decoration. Gilt dentelles around the edges of the boards. All edges marbled to correspond to marbled endpapers. One hundred illustrations by Linley… Read more

Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd., 1924. Hardback. Very Good. Illustrated by Anderson, Anne. Very good condition with no wrapper. Large format (10 x 7.5"). Cream cloth with brown titles and pictorial onlay to front cover. Blue illustration to endpapers. 12 colour plates. 180 pages. Boards slightly grubby. Endpapers browned with a few minor marks. Scattered foxing… Read more

Macmillan, 1912. 1st Thus. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Warwick Gable. pp VIII, 273. With 16 excellent colour illustrations by Warwick Gable. 2nd printing. In particularly fine condition with lovely upper board gilt decoration.

UK: George Allen and Unwin, 1930. New Edition Circa 1930. Illustrated in colour and black and white by George Soper. Book is very good++ and very bright. Spine very slioghtly darkened. Contents good with inscription to inner page. Small bookplate to iner page. The complete wrapper is very good++ and quite bright. Edges rubbed and nicked.… Read more

Very good/Lacks jacket. (1915). First US edition.. Cloth with color paste-on. . 319, 1 pgs Light cap crushing with small scrape and stain on rear, owner bookplate. .

T.O.H.P. Burnham. Collectible - Acceptable. Boston: T.O.H.P. Burnham, 1864. 1st U.S. edition, with "L'ENVOI" opposite Chapter 1. 12mo. 310pp. Illus. by J. Noel Paton. Fair book. Spine cover missing. Both boards detached and edgeworn; corners frayed. Title from spine cloth laid in. Inquire if you need further information.

Dodd, Mead & Co. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1916. 1st Thus. Hardcover. Green cloth over boards with a color illustrated front board pastedown (of water-baby on red buoy), gilt titles and credits front and spine. Pages edges darkened, spot to bottom edges. Gilt present but faded, most notably at foot of spine. Text… Read more

Houghton Mifflin, 1915; illustrations by W.Heath Robinson; all plates present; octavo, 319 pp; tight binding, internally clean and unmarked. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Published by Dodd, Mead & Company. Hardback. Very Good. Illustrated by Smith, Jessie Willcox. Very good condition with no wrapper. Modern three-quarter dark green leather binding with gilt lettering and decoration on spine; marbled boards. 12 colour plates by Jessie Willcox Smith plus two-colour text illustrations. 362 pages Corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Wear to edges of preliminary… Read more

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London: Hodder and Stoughton for Boots ix, [1],240pp, original cloth in DJ. DJ chipped to spine ends, corners and edges with small amounts of loss, lightly water stained. Covers lightly foxed to spine, gilt quite bright and clean, light foxing and browning to page edges, text and plates quite bright and clean. Previous owners gift inscription to ffep. With twelve… Read more

#1 is London, Euston Press 1915; #2-#4 are Sydney, A&R, 1940-1957. FIRST EDITION HARD COVER IN DUST JACKET. #1 is small 8vo. or.cl., pages uncut; #2-#4 are 8vo. or.cl. OCTAVO SIZE. HARDCOVER. All volumes are first editions. #1 - Noted Australian author's first published book of poems. Wear to spine, lacks front loose blank endpaper; #2 - very… Read more

London/Philadelphia: Raphael Tuck & Sons/David McKay Co, no date. Hard Cover. very good. Blue cloth. Gilt lettering to cover and spine. 144pp including ads for upcoming published books in rear of book. Twelve full page delightful color illustrations and many others in black and white by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Binding tight. … Read more

Philadelphia: David McKay Co, no date. 1st American thus. Hard Cover. near fine. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. 12 full page delightful color illustrations by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Some tanning to front and back endpapers. A beautiful copy.

Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd., 1924. 1st thus edition.. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by Anderson, Anne. Good condition with no wrapper. Large format (10 x 7.5"). Cream cloth with brown titles and pictorial onlay to front cover. Blue illustration to endpapers. 12 colour plates. 180 pages. Spine bumped and worn with some browning, small splits to cloth… Read more

London: Constable, 1915. Soine a little bumped and rubbed with text and dec. moderately faded, gutters slightly weak. Light foxing an dbrowning to endpapers and tissue guard. Pages and boards bright and clean. Appears to have been inexpertly reattached at gutters which is causing pages r-fep to stick to pd.. 1st. Cloth. Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by Heath Robinson, W..… Read more

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Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. FREE U.K. SHIPPING. 1981 SECOND Hardback edition, in excellent condition, no dust jacket. Book is heavy and will incur a postal surcharge outside of the U.K. A reproduction of the original. . As New. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 1981.

NY:: Dodd, Mead & Company,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1916. Hardcover. Black and white illustrations throughout. An early reprint edition. Very light offsetting to endpapers from the dust jacket flaps, else very good in a very good (age toning) dust jacket. ; 270 pages .

Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack Grey cloth with black decoration to front board and to spine; full colour plate to front board. 8 full colour plates. Some light shelfwear; pages browned; signature started, but the binding is sound. Front hinge prodessionally repaired. . First Edition?. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Katherine Cameron. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.… Read more