The water-babies : a fairy tale for a land-baby / by Charles Kingsley ; with one hundred illustrations by Linley Sambourne

Charles Kingsley

RA Collection: Book

Record number

07/4175

Author

Edition

London, Macmillan and Co., 1885

Physical Description

371, [1] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Copy Note

The rear pastedown carries the binder's ticket, which reads, 'Bound By Burn & Co.'

Binding Note

Publisher's royal-blue flat-weave, glazed cloth binding. Upper cover and spine are lettered in gilt. Spine lettered: "The Water Babies. Charles Kingsley. Macmillan & Co." Front: frieze with babies and frogs in gilt and wavy lines. Title, author and illustrator (Linley Sambourne) with vignette of baby and large dragon fly by the edge of a pool, all in gilt.

Subject

Illustrated books
Children's fiction
Fairy tales
Chimney sweeps

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