Jessie Wilcox Smith Water Babies 12 color Illustrations 1916 Kingsley book

(Old Books, Early 20th Century Books, Juvenile Books, Children's Stories, Illustrated Books, Jessie Wilcox Smith).

The Water-Babies, by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Jessie Wilcox Smith.
Published 1916, New York by Dodd, Mead, & Company.
362 pages. Text in English. Illustrated throughout with 12 color plates.

Publisher's cloth binding, gilt title lettering, pictorial cover paste down.

Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Book is not new or in "new" condition. There are numerous versions of this book, this one being the earliest, largest, nicest version.

Binding gently age worn, mostly light or inoffensive signs of handling and time but nothing severe or unsightly, book remains overall attractive as an object.

Paper is gently toned, still clean, tight, sound internally.

Still attractive on the shelf. The book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in overall nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws which may be present seem easy to overlook or forgive. 

Please review photos for more detail showing how this book survives. The asking price reflects the condition based on our examination and 35+ years full time exposure to antiquarian books, maps and printed ephemera of all types and genres. Flaws seen and/ or described have been taken into account.

Book Measures c. 10 1/4" H x 7 3/4" W.

[B10670].