The Water Babies Charles Kingsley Illustrator Cora E. M. Paterson Vintage Childs

Description: This is for a lovely Vintage hardback children's book, The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley, Illustrated by Cora E. M. Paterson.First published in 1863, I have seen older copies of this edition dated as from around 1900-1910 which is unlikely as the famous illustrator Cora E M Paterson was born in 1907 and came to prominence in the 1930s which is a more likely date for the original. As this has a price of 2 shillings to the spine and looking at the font on the presentation label inside I believe this edition, although undated, most likely dates from around the 1950s.Beautiful colour illustration to the cover (repeated to the back), further colour illustration inside and many black & white illustrations throughout showing the artists signature.Presentation label inside from a Plymouth Sunday School, this edition published by The Children's Press.CONDITION:- Clearly well read over the years with damage to the spine which has been partly secured at some point with sellotape, discolouration to the pages as expected with age, light damage internally where the pages join the spine but all appear secure, etc - Please See Photos. Lovely period piece but please be fully aware of the condition.About 20.5cm x 27.5cm and just under 2cm thick. Please view my other items - Vintage Trunks, Many Items of Vintage & Pine Furniture, etc - please contact me with any questions.

Price: 5.99 GBP

Location: Inwardleigh, nr Okehampton, Devon

End Time: 2024-10-29T14:22:37.000Z

Shipping Cost: 25.45 GBP