1.
The Heroes
by
Charles Kingsley
Published by 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
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
2.
The Heroes (The Argonauts and Theseus)
by
Charles Kingsley
with illustrations by
A. A. Dixon
Reprint,
published by Blackie circa 1935
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
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
3.
The Heroes or Greek Fairy Tales For My Children
by
Charles Kingsley
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1903
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
White decoration on covers.
208 pages.
16 pages of adverts at rear.
Light wear to covers.
Spine slightly faded.
Endpapers tanned.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
4.
The Water Babies
by
Charles Kingsley
with illustrations by
Harry G. Theaker
Reprint,
published by Ward Lock circa 1920
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
340 pages.
Pictorial endpapers.
48 colour plates by Harrg G. Theaker.
Light wear to covers.
Faint splash mark on back board.
Pages slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
5.
The Water Babies
by
Charles Kingsley
with illustrations by
Warwick Goble
Published by Macmillan and Co in 1924
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on spine.
Top edge gilt.
15cm x 21cm.
16 colour plates.
Light wear to covers.
Corners slightly bumped.
Faint mark at lower edge of front cover.
Spine a little soiled.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
6.
The Water Babies
by
Charles Kingsley
with illustrations by
Mabel Lucie Attwell
Published by Raphael Tuck and Sons circa 1929
Octavo.
Bevilled green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
280 pages.
8 pages of adverts at rear.
Undated edition; dated from gift dedication on front pastedown.
Covers worn, and edges and corners slightly bumped.
Picture onlay scuffed.
Spine a little faded.
Endpapers a little soiled, and have remains of a childs transfer stickers, depicting dogs, on them.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
7.
The Water Babies
by
Charles Kingsley
with illustrations by
Harry G. Theaker
Published by Ward Lock & Co circa 1939
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
16cm x 22cm.
340 pages.
Pictorial endpapers.
Four pages of adverts at rear.
48 colour plates (all present and undamaged).
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Covers and endpapers clean and unmarked.
Some faint foxing to fore-edge and top-edge, contents not affected.
Not dated, but gift dedication at top of half-title is dated 1939.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
8.
The Water Babies
by
Charles Kingsley
with illustrations by
Harry G. Theaker
Published by Ward Lock circa 1949
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
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
9.
The Water Babies
by
Charles Kingsley
with illustrations by
Harry G. Theaker
Published by Ward Lock circa 1949
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
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
10.
The Water Babies
by
Charles Kingsley
Published by Juvenile Productions circa 1950
Paperback.
25cm x 31cm.
32 pages.
Large format staple-bound paperback.
Abridged, with text on left hand pages, and full page colour illustrations on the right hand pages.
Illustrator not credited.
Covers worn at edges and slightly soiled.
Some occasional light marking to page edges, contents otherwise generally good.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
11.
The Water Babies
by
Charles Kingsley
Published by Juvenile Productions in 1963
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
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
12.
The Water Babies
by
Charles Kingsley
Published by Dean and Son circa 1970
Octavo.
Green covers.
Black lettering on spine.
184 pages.
Pages slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
13.
The Water Babies
by
Charles Kingsley
Published by Dean and Son circa 1970
Blue covers.
Dustwrapper worn and a little scuffed.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
14.
The Water Babies
by
Charles Kingsley
with illustrations by
Jessie Wilcox-Smith
Published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1981
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
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
15.
The Water Babies
by
Charles Kingsley
Reprint,
published by Wordsworth Editions in 1994
ISBN: 1853261483.
Paperback.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
16.
The Water Babies
by
Charles Kingsley
1st Thus edition,
published by Egmont in 2001
ISBN: 0749854502.
Paperback.
190 pages.
Minor wear to covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
17.
The Water-Babies
by
Charles Kingsley
Reprint,
published by Blackie circa 1955
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
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
18.
Westward Ho!
by
Charles Kingsley
Published by Macmillan in 1882
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Inner hinges cracked.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)