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1912 The Water Babies Colour Illustrations by Warwick Goble + Original Jacket
REF: ES2086-S9 / LA572665
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Description
The Water Babies - A Fairy Tale for a Land-baby by Charles Kingsley
Published by MacMillan & Co, London 1912
Illustrated by Warwick Goble
Hardback bound in the original decorated cloth binding with original dust jacket, complete copy with 16 x full page colour plates by Goble, attractive hand written prize inscription to inner front board dated 1916.
The book measures approx 9" x 6 inches.
measurements
Height:
9 in
Width:
6 in
declaration
Elder Books & Collectables has clarified that the 1912 The Water Babies Colour Illustrations by Warwick Goble + Original Jacket (LA572665) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1912
condition
Few minor chips to edges of jacket, light browning to endpapers, browning to frontis tissue guard. Overall a nice copy in very good plus condition with pages free of foxing. Please note that the jacket has a clear removable cover that does show several reflections in images.
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Date of Manufacture:
1912
location
This 1912 The Water Babies Colour Illustrations by Warwick Goble + Original Jacket is located in Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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