The Water-Babies [12] by Kingsley, Charles [1819-1875] Illustrated by Susan Rowe [Abridged by Ines de Hosson] - 1980

Paper Tiger / A Dragon's World Ltd, 1980-02-15. Hardcover. Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Acceptable.

Hardback. Good.

Paper Tiger; Dragon's World, 1980. no additional printings listed . hardcover. near fine/near fine. 9x6x0. Rowe, Susan. NOT an ex library book. 142 pages with color illustrations. Dust jacket has 1/2" tear, no chips. Price is not clipped.

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus, Abridged.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1980* Publisher: Paper Tiger.* Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth, silver title to spine & face. Lower corners lightly bumped, minor edge rubs, minimal shelf wear. VG* Jacket condition: Colour-illustrated dust wrapper showing water baby and the dragon fly. PRICE CLIPPED and showing no shelf price. Light shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Very slight creases. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Light blue coloured end-papers. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, top edge dusty, minimal age to page edges and margins. VG+.* Illustrations: Numerous full-page beautiful colour illustrations by Susan Rowe.* Pages: 142 pp. text. iii pp. blank pages at rear.* Description: A young chimney sweep enters a magical water-world where he meets creatures that teach him the difference between right and wrong. Delightful characters such as… Read More

Limpsfield, UK: Paper Tiger, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Rowe, Susan. 142pp. Richly illustrated with 32 colour full page illustrations (of which four are double page spreads). Black cloth-covered boards with silver lettering to front and spine. Coloured endpapers. 8vo. Boards very slightly bumped at head and heel of spine. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Price-clipped dust jacket with gentle edge-wear has a small closed tear running from upper leading corner and a one inch scratch along leading edge. Neat, clean, bright and tight throughout with crisp, unmarked pages.

Paper Tiger (Dragon's World Ltd), 1981. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. hardback, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text and in a well preserved pictorial dust jacket which is now protected in a non-adhesive clear film sleeve. Illustrated in colour by Susan Rowe, 142pp.

Limpsfield: Paper Tiger, 1980. 1st ed. Rowe, Susan. 1st ptg., tall 8vo, navy paper-covered boards stamped in silver, 142 pp. Abridged and updated from the classic tale by Ines de Hosson, illustrated with 26 full page color plates, 2 full page black and white plates and 2 two-page full color spreads by Susan Rowe. Fine in fine, unclipped dj with US price sticker overlaid on front flap and US distributor's label affixed to back dj panel.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Abridged by Ines de Hosson.] FINE+/VG.No owner inscrptn per se,but colour pictorial illustrated adhesive owner bookplate with handwritten owner's name,pasted to front free endpaper and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Susan Rowe,illustrated front panel of dw/dj with black+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A vertically oblique,angled accidental crease to front panel along with some minimal scoring and other indents but without penetration or affecting the boards beneath,rear panel and board similar.Top edges with light toning,fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to… Read More