Description: Click here to see our other books! The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby Charles Kingsley 1927 Macmillan and Co., Limited : London 8.5" by 6" viii, 273pp SUMMARY A fantastic illustrated edition of Charles Kingsley's classic of Victorian literature, with plates in colour by Warwick Goble. Colour Plates,Decorative Binding,Illustrated Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed This book weighs 1 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 22.99 EU Postage: £ 16.99 European Postage: £ 17.99 Asia Postage: £ 22.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 28.99 DESCRIPTION The third impression of this particular edition of Warwick Goble's illustrations, which first appeared in 1922. The work first appeared with Goble's illustrations in 1909.'The Water-Babies' was originally written as part-satire to support 'The Origin of Species' by Charles Darwin, and quickly became a classic piece of children's literature. Penned by Charles Kingsley, a priest, professor, novelist, poet and friend of Charles Darwin.Illustrated with colour plates by Warwick Goble, who produced the first illustrations for H. G. Wells's 'The War of the Worlds', as well as illustrating numerous important editions for Macmillan. Containing sixteen plates; collated, complete.An excellent Goble-illustrated edition of Kingsley's popular moral fable. CONDITION In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart; a little bumped to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques
Price: 121.5 GBP
Location: Bath
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Author: Charles Kingsley
Publisher: Macmillan and Co., Limited
Binding: Cloth
Special Attributes: No
Language: English
Fiction Subject: None
Illustrator: Warwick Goble
Original/Facsimile: Original
Original/Reproduction: Original
Signed: No
Year Printed: 1927
Place of Publication: London
Weight: 1.000000
Country/Region of Manufacture: London
