Charles Kingsley THE WATER BABIES ill George Soper Doran ca. 1920 w/ 4 color pl

Charles Kingsley. The Water Babies. George H. Doran. ND. [ca. 1920]. First edition, second printing. [First printing with the Soper illustrations by Headley Brothers in 1908. First American by Baker & Taylor in 1910 using the U.K. sheets. This volume uses the same sheets.] Illustrated by George Soper. Tan cloth boards with pictorial design stamped to front. Four color plates printed on coated paper. B&W illustrations throughout. Text block on heavy card stock. Illustrated endpapers.




 

Cloth boards have excellent color. Appear bright and fresh. Touch of rubbing wear to top edge, spine tips. No previous owner's marks. Text block bright and clean. Unread and unused. Still tight. Internals excellent. All of the very striking Soper plates present and in good order. A very attractive copy of a hard to find issue.

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