PART TWO - CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
176. KINGSLEY, Charles; SAMBOURNE, Linley THE WA- TER-BABIES A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby Macmillan, 1885. First edition illustrated by Sambourne. With an original signed sketch of a spider by Sambourne loosely laid in. A very good copy indeed, the spine a little rubbed. [43993] £250 177. KINGSLEY, Charles; CAMERON, Katharine THE WA- TER BABIES Jack, [1910]. First edition illustrated by Katharine Cameron. Eight mounted colour plates. A near fine copy, exceptionally bright and crisp. Seldom found in such a good state. [43990] £350 178. KINGSLEY Charles; ATTWELL, Mabel Lucie THE WA- TER-BABIES Raphael Tuck, [1917]. Raphael House Library of Charming Gift Books with illustra- tions by Mabel Lucie Attwell. 4to. A near fine book, which has been well protected by the bright, but fragile publisher’s box. [43688] £500 179. KINGSLEY, Charles; JACKSON, A.E. THE WATER BABIES Oxford University Press, 1920. First edition illustrated by A.E. Jackson. In the original picto- rial dustwrapper Sixteen colour plates mounted on grey art paper, in addition to numerous line drawings in the text, all by A.E. Jackson. A fine copy in a good dustwrapper. [43994] £250 180. KINGSLEY, Charles; TARRANT, Margaret THE WA- TER BABIES A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby Dent, 1927. Fourth edition illustrated by Margaret Tarrant. Pictorial end- papers, illustrated title page and 12 colour plates. A fine book in a near very good dustwrapper. [43674] £125
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181. LANG, Andrew THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK Longmans, Green & Co., 1889. First edition. Large paper issue, number 66 of 113 copies. Small 4to. Finely bound by Bayntun Riviere in full blue morocco. Eight full page steel engravings and numerous illustrations in the text by H.J. Ford and Jacob Hood. A very near fine copy. [42891] £2,500 The first of Lang’s coloured fairy books. The tales include Cinderella, Aladdin, Little Red Riding Hood, Beauty and the Beast, Goldilocks and many other classics.
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