Wet Magic

First published in 1923, this is an eighth impression of 1947. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of largely cream jacket and spine, some overall browning and time staining, spine browned, slight lean, corners rubbed with small loss, not price clipped (6s), no inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a vg+ copy. 274pp, illustrated. When four siblings journey to the seashore for a holiday, one of them unwittingly summons the sister of a mermaid who is captured by a circus and the children set out to save the imprisoned being. After a daring midnight rescue, the children's reward is an incredible journey beneath the waves and into the hidden kingdom of the mermaids. But they soon find themselves in a race against time as they struggle to prevent a war and save their new underwater companions! Edith Nesbit's (1858-1924), classic tale for children.