The water-babies : a fairy tale for a land-baby / by Charles Kingsley ; with one hundred illustrations by Linley Sambourne
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
Children's fiction
Fairy tales
Chimney sweeps
Contributors
Linley Sambourne, illustrator
Joseph Swain, wood engraver
Macmillan and Company (London), publisher
R. and R. Clark (Edinburgh), printer
Burn and Company (London)
Joseph Swain, wood engraver
Macmillan and Company (London), publisher
R. and R. Clark (Edinburgh), printer
Burn and Company (London)
