The Water-Babies

Kingsley, Charles. The Water-Babies. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1916. Limited edition. 8vo. 362pp. Gilt decorated green cloth with pictorial paste-down and gilt lettering to cover and spine. Head and tail of spine frayed. Head and tail of backstrip loose but attached. Wear to corners and edges. Some scuffing, minor discoloration and staining to boards. Illustrated endpapers. Bookplate of previous owner to front endpaper. Illustrated half title and title page. Frontispiece. A captivating children’s tale wonderfully illustrated with full page color-and in-text duo-tone drawings by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Binding in fair, interior in very good condition. g. Hardcover. (13542) $95