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Water Babies, a Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby
by Goble, Warwick (Illus); Kingsley, Charles (Auth)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Torrington, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1910 Green cloth pictorially stamped and titled in gilt, spine and edges sunned, slight spine lean, sporadic foxing, heavier at beginning and end, some fraying at extremities. Kingsley's classic illustrated with 16 color plates by Warwick Goble, preceded by a limited edition and trade edition in a larger format and with 32 plates. . First Thus. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Warwick Goble. Thick 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009546
- Title
- Water Babies, a Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby
- Author
- Goble, Warwick (Illus); Kingsley, Charles (Auth)
- Illustrator
- Warwick Goble
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Size
- Thick 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fairy Tales, Undersea Fantasy, Fantasy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales;
Terms of Sale
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
All items returnable within 10 days after receipt, with prior notification, for a full refund. Buyer to pay return insured/trackable shipping. All returns should be boxed. Refund to be granted after item has been returned in the same condition as when first shipped. We do not drop ship or ship blind, all orders will contain branded labels and materials
About the Seller
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Biblio member since 2004
Torrington, Connecticut
About E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Established in 2003, E M Maurice Books has been selling rare, collectible, out-of-print and obscure children's and illustrated books by catalog, online and at trade shows around the Northeast. We have high standards for condition and make every effort to describe condition and edition accurately. We rarely sell ex-library copies and on the rare occasion we do, it will be stated clearly in the description. Our quarterly digital catalogs include items which are offered to established customers before being offered online, please inquire if you would like to be added to our digital mailing list. We never sell our mailing list and save all customer information in a safe digital environment.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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