1.
The Heroes
By
Charles Kingsley
Hamlyn.
Hamlyn Classics series.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn, with some loss at spine ends.
Spine faded where dustwrapper chipped.
Pages tanned.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
2.
The Heroes (The Argonauts and Theseus)
By
Charles Kingsley
Illustrator
A. A. Dixon.
Reprint, circa 1935, Blackie.
Stories Old and New series.
Duodecimo.
Beige cloth-covered boards.
Green lettering on covers.
Green decoration on covers.
157 pages.
Four colour plates.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, and has 1 to 3cm loss along top edge of pack panel.
Covers clean and undamaged.
Book plate on front paste down.
Prize dedication dated 1948 on front endpaper (book itself mid-1930s).
Pages slightly tanned.
Plates clean and undamaged.
Very good condition with dust-wrapper.
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5.
The Water Babies
By
Charles Kingsley
Illustrator
Harry G. Theaker.
Circa 1949, Ward Lock.
Printed to Wartime Economy Standard.
Colour frontispiece, no other illustrations.
Undated; prize label on front pastedown dated 1949.
Slight wear to corners of covers.
Good condition.
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7.
The Water Babies
By
Charles Kingsley
Reprint, 1994, Wordsworth Editions.
ISBN: 1853261483.
Paperback.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Very good condition.
8.
The Water Babies
By
Charles Kingsley
Circa 1970, Dean and Son.
Octavo.
Green covers.
Black lettering on spine.
184 pages.
Pages slightly tanned.
Very good condition with dust-wrapper.
9.
The Water Babies
By
Charles Kingsley
Circa 1970, Dean and Son.
Blue covers.
Dustwrapper worn and a little scuffed.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition with dust-wrapper.
10.
The Water Babies
By
Charles Kingsley
Illustrator
Harry G. Theaker.
Circa 1949, Ward Lock.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
16cm x 21cm.
340 pages.
Some light wear to covers, and one or two marks.
A little faint spotting to top edge.
Name on front endpaper.
Pages lightly tanned.
Good condition.
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The Water Babies
By
Charles Kingsley
Illustrator
Jessie Wilcox-Smith.
1981, Hodder and Stoughton.
ISBN: 0340274581.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers and spine.
Gilt decoration on covers and spine.
18cm x 25cm.
240 pages.
Second impression (1981).
Cellophane dustwrapper intact, apart from chip at top of spine and two small tears neatly taped.
Book itself near-fine, except that pages very slightly tanned.
Very good condition with dust-wrapper.
13.
The Water Babies
By
Charles Kingsley
1963, Juvenile Productions.
Edited by Howard Marshall.
8th book in Martyn Library series.
Paperback.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Slightly unusual paperback edition in a dustwrapper.
Light wear and some soiling to dustwrapper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
14.
The Water Babies
By
Charles Kingsley
Illustrator
Harold Jones.
1969, Victor Gollancz.
ISBN: 057500259X.
Green embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
A little light foxing to dustwrapper.
Book itself in excellent condition.
Very good condition with dust-wrapper.
15.
The Water-Babies
By
Charles Kingsley
Reprint, circa 1955, Blackie.
Octavo.
Blue paper-covered boards.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
224 pages.
Colour frontispiece plus 3 black and white drawings.
Illustrator not identified, initials A.W.B.; may be A. W. Bowley.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Some scribble on covers.
Name on front endpaper.
Old tape mark on front psatedown.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Reading condition.
16.
Westward Ho!
By
Charles Kingsley
Illustrator
G. C. Hindley.
Reprint, circa 1910, Collins.
Light grey cloth-covered boards.
Blue leather spine.
Gilt decoration on spine.
10cm x 15.5cm.
638 pages.
Pocket book, quarter leather.
Some wear at base of spine and corners.
Light soiling to cloth boards.
Handwritten prize label on front endpaper.
Inner front hinge cracked.
Contents clean and white.
Good condition.
17.
Westward Ho!
By
Charles Kingsley
1882, Macmillan.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Inner hinges cracked.
Good condition.