Description: Click here to see our other books! The Water-Babies Charles Kingsley 1922 Ward, Lock & Co., Limited : London 8.5" by 6" [4], vii-x, 13- 340, [4pp] SUMMARY A beautifully and colourfully illustrated edition of Charles Kingsley's popular children's fairy tale, illustrated in colour by Harry G. Theaker. Colour Plates,Illustrated,Publishers' Original Binding 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 Water-Babies' is a children's fairy tale that was extremely popular when it was published. The novel follows Tom, a young chimney sweep, who falls into a river and is transformed into a water-baby.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, colour paste downs and endpapers, and forty-three colour plates.Collated, complete.Written by Charles Kingsley. Kingsley was a priest for the Church of England, and was a friend and correspondent of Charles Darwin, writing this novel partly in satire of 'In Origin of Species'.Illustrated by Harry G. Theaker.Four pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. CONDITION In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Spine is a little faded. A few light marks to the boards. Spots to the fore and top edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a few odd spots. 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: 104 GBP
Location: Bath
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Author: Charles Kingsley
Publisher: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited
Binding: Cloth
Special Attributes: No
Language: English
Fiction Subject: Fantasy
Illustrator: Harry G. Theaker
Original/Facsimile: Original
Original/Reproduction: Original
Signed: No
Year Printed: 1922
Place of Publication: London
Weight: 1.000000
Country/Region of Manufacture: London
