THE WATER BABIES Slightly Abridged & Edited With Introduction, Notes and Illustrations

CHARLES KINGSLEY (JANET HORACE-SMITH & MARION L. MILFORD - ED) , Artist JANET ROBERTSON

Published by OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS / HUMPHREY MILFORD / OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS /, London, 1917

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Black Cloth Boards with white blocked titles to spine, 190 x 130 mm approx. xii + 238 pp + 4 publisher catalogue for 1916. Frontis two tone illustration with 4 further full page monotone illustrations in body of work + 45 line figs in notes.1 917 Reprint. Intro. with short sketch of Kingsley's life. A slightly abridged and edited edition of Kingsley's work edited and with extensive notes for use in schools to promote a child's interest in Natural History. Published in OUP's Series of Annotated Editions of English Classical Authors under the editorship of C.B.Wheeler.Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good ( Moderate general shelf wear and soiling to cloth, pencil name and address of educational inst. to free front end paper and other pencil previous owner name to free front end paper. binding sound with no other notable defects).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE WATER BABIES Slightly Abridged & Edited With Introduction, Notes and Illustrations
• Publisher: OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS / HUMPHREY MILFORD / OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS /, London
• Publication Date: 1917
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: JANET ROBERTSON
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Children's Illustrated
  • Classics
  • Text Books