The Water Babies de Kingsley, Charles; Smith, Jessie Willcox (illus) - 1916

Calla Editions, 2017-09-13. Hardcover. Like New.

Calla Editions, 2017-09-13. Hardcover. New.

New York; Dodd, Mead and Co, 1916 Good green cloth hardcover, no dustjacket. Frontispiece missing. other plates intact. 270p.

Calla Editons, 2017. Hardcover. New. 272 pages. 10.50x7.25x1.50 inches.

Hodder and Stoughton for Boots Pure Drug Co, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in publisher's green cloth, with gilt decorated cover. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. 240 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Twelve tipped-in color plates, with captioned tissue guards.

Dodd, Mead & Company. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A Very Good copy of the First Edition. 4to. 362pp., with 12 color plates (including frontispiece; all plates accounted for), and b/w and green vignettes throughout. Original green cloth with gilt titles on spine and front board, with a mounted color cover illustration (two babes frolicking in the surf). Moderate shelfwear, light rubbing at the corners, and soiling along the bottom edge. (binding is tight, hinges are not broken).

(London): (Hodder and Stoughton for Boots Pure Drug Co.), 1920. Very good plus to near fine.. Beautiful Golden Age of Illustration-era edition of the Victorian fantasy novel, one of the best illustrated interpretations of the classic. . Quarto. 9.75'' x 7.5''. Original green pictorial cloth stamped in cloth with underwater design after Smith's illustration. Illustrated by Smith with 12 tipped-in color plates with captioned tissue guards and in-text images printed in green. x, 240 pages. Light foxing primarily to first and last few leaves as well as text block edges. Spine lean, a couple spots of rubbing to boards. Gilt bright.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1916. First edition. Fine in very good plus box and glassine.. First edition thus, the stunning Smith edition of Kingsley's beloved fairy tale, in original glassine and original box. Jessie Willcox Smith was one of the most successful artists of her day, her art appearing in numerous children's books as well as on the covers of periodicals such as GOOD HOUSEKEEPING. THE WATER-BABIES is one of Smith's best-known titles, and beautifully showcases her delightful blend of the hard outlines of Art Nouveau and the softness of watercolor. This copy in its original publisher's box and glassine is uncommonly sharp. 10'' x 7.25''. Original green cloth with color pictorial onlay. Original glassine. Color frontispiece tipped onto thick grey paper, with 11 color plates tipped onto thick grey paper and black-and-green illustrations throughout. 362 pages. In original publisher's box with green lid and color pictorial onlay. Box lid with some edgewear and infills. Glassine with light… Leer más