The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley
No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. Colour illustrated dust jacket over green cloth with black and white illustrations throughout. Major tanning to pages with front endpaper missing and both pen and pencil inscriptions to front pastedown and title page. Distinctive tanning to text block edges and cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Boards have visible rubbing and foxing with moderate bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and notable rubbing to spine. Clipped jacket with major edge wear and rubbing. Splitting to joints and visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends. Heavier foxing to interior.