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Published by Publishers Group Canada, 2016
ISBN 10: 1909621404ISBN 13: 9781909621404
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: As New. Robinson, William Heath (illustrator). Unread book in perfect condition.
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Published by Pook Press, 2017
ISBN 10: 1473334713ISBN 13: 9781473334717
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good. Robinson, W. Heath (illustrator). Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
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Published by Constable, London, 1915
Seller: Books Galore & More..., Port Perry, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Poor. W.Heath Robinson (illustrator). 1st Edition. FFEP and following page are loose as is one of the colour plates. Interior is clean and unmarked.Spine is coming loose from text. Green boards with gilt titles. Moderate wear corners bumped. Owner's signature (Oct 1915) FFEP.
Published by Houghton, Mifflin Company, Boston, 1915
Seller: Kevin T. Ransom- Bookseller, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. W. Heath Robinson (illustrator). 4to. Hardcover. Light green cloth with full-color, pictorial paper paste-down on front cover. 319pp. Illustrated with glossy, full-page color plates bu W. Heath Robinson. 1st American edition. (1915) Covers bit edge-worn. White spine lettering rubbed, but legible. Interior very good.
Published by CONSTABLE, LONDON, UK, 1915
Seller: Happyfish Books, Meopham, KENT, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. W. HEATH ROBINSON (illustrator). * PUBLISHER : CONSTABLE * YEAR : 1915 * ISBN : N/A * No OF PAGES : 319 * CONDITION : USED - GOOD * OTHER: THE COVER BOARDS ARE HEAVILY RUBBED AND WORN WITH BUMPING AND FADING ALONG THE EDGES AND CORNERS. THERE ARE TEARS BETWEEN BOTH BOARDS AND SPINE WHICH HAS PARTIALLY EXPOSED THE BINDING. THE SPINE IS HEAVILY WORN AND FADED WITH BUMPING AND TEARING AT BOTH ENDS. THE SPINE IS COCKED AND THE HINGE IS CRACKED AT THE TITLE PAGE, HOWEVER THE BINDING REMAINS FIRM. A PROTECTION PAGE HAS BEEN TAPED BETWEEN THE DIAGRAM AND TITLE PAGE. ON THE FFEP IS A PENNED WRITTEN NAME. THERE IS FOXING ALONG THE FOR-EDGE AND INSIDE BOOK. THE PAGES ARE LIGHTLY TANNED, THOUGH PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.
Published by London, Constable & Company Ltd. 1979, 1975
ISBN 10: 0094608202ISBN 13: 9780094608207
Seller: Antiquariaat Schot, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands
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W. Heath Robinson (illustrator). Original publisher's cream paper-covered boards, black lettering spine, pictorial dustjacket, reprint [1915], 8vo: coloured frontispiece, x, 320pp., 7 other coloured page-large plates, 96 bl.& wh. plates and text-illustrations. Very fine copy.
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Robinson, W. Heath (illustrator). (Robinson, W. Heath)illus. THE WATER BABIES by Charles Kingsley. Constable, Lon. (not 1st). Sq. 8vo., cloth-backed boards, 320pp., illustrated in b/w. VG.
Published by Constable & Company, London, 1975, 1975
Seller: Antiquariaat Berger & De Vries, Groningen, Netherlands
Reprint of the original 1915 edition. With 8 coloured plates and many ills. Bound in cloth, no dust jacket. 319 p. -(very) good.-(The cloth is sunned, but otherwise the book is in very good condition.).
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915
First Edition
8vo Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Robinson, W. Heath (illustrator). 1st. 319p. Text is unmarked with b/w cherub illustrations and colored plate across from titlepage. Firmly bound with slightly canted binding. Hinges securely attached. Pictorial green cloth boards are pointed with tipped on color scene of angelic waterscape. Foxing present along text-block. Short gift inscription on FEP.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915
Seller: Manchester By The Book, Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Robinson, W. Heath (illustrator). First Edition. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Some staining to front free endpaper. No other markings. First edition. First printing.
Published by Pook Press 5/18/2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1528770366ISBN 13: 9781528770361
Seller: BargainBookStores, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
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Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Robinson, W Heath (illustrator). The Water-Babies - A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby - Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson 2.26. Book.
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Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1920
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
x, 320 pp. Illustrated with eight color plates by W. Heath Robinson. Large 8vo, publisher's green cloth with mounted color illustration. Later edition. A very good, tight and sound copy with light use and soiling to the cloth.
Published by Constable and Co Limited, London, 1915
Seller: LOROS Enterprises Ltd, Glenfield, LEICS, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. W. Heath Robinson (illustrator). 1st Edition. Publisher's Cloth, Condition: Fair to Good. Green cloth binding, with decorative designs in black. Boards worn and a little grubby; spine marked and bumped and joints stretched. The front and rear hinges are worn. Internally thereis a brief presentation note in ink to the fep but the text is clean , complete and devoid of foxing. All seven colour plates plus the frontis. with tissue guard are present, together with inimitable Heath Robinson drawings. All proceeds of sale go to LOROS, a Hospice Charity serving Leicestershire and Rutland.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Green cloth cover with color vignette shows minor wear and soiling. Contemporary gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Pages tanned and clean, with 8 color plates.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston & New York, 1915
Seller: Manchester By The Book, Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. W. Heath Robinson (illustrator). Light general wear. Rubbing and wear to spine ends, Rubbing to binding edges, corners. Tape residue on front free endpaper. Occasional spot to margins. Color paste-on illustration on cover. 8 color plates. Numerous black-and-white illustrations.
Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1920
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
320 pp. Illustrated with eight color plates by W. Heath Robinson. Large 8vo, publisher's green cloth with mounted color illustration. Later edition. Very good plus; lettering on spine slightly effaced; slight defect to mounted illustration.
Published by Constable and Company Ltd., 1915
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Robinson, W. Heath (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1915. Very good condition with no wrapper. Cheap Edition (no plates present). A Fairy-tale for a Land-Baby. Dark blue cloth spine with gilt titles. Lighter blue boards, black titles and illustration to front cover. B/w illustrations. Top edge blue. Gilt to spine faded. Corners of boards rubbed. Musty odour present. Contents clean. A nice copy. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!.
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd., 1915
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Robinson, W. Heath (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1915. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. Green cloth, dark titles & vignettes. 8 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. 319 pages. Spine is faded and foxed. Uneven fading and some other marks to covers. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Small splits to top and tail of spine; with fraying of cloth. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing. All plates present. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair to Good. W.Heath Robinson (illustrator). First Thus. 319pp copiously illustrated by W.Heath Robinson with carefully structured full page line drawings in a slightly minimalist style together with many smaller drawings throughout the texts. There is some light foxing fore and aft, the spine head is a little rubbed and the covers are dull, however the story is a classic as are the Heath Robinson illustrations.
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd., 1915
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Robinson, W. Heath (illustrator). First edition. 1st thus 1915. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. Rebound with white cloth spine and gilt title, red cloth covers. Grey endpapers. 8 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. 319 pages. Spine bumped and slightly grubby, some slight fading to top edge of rear cover. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Front joint (between fly-leaf and frontis) cracked. Foxing and some fingering throughout. Erased crayon name to verso of frontis. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!.
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd., 1915
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Robinson, W. Heath (illustrator). First edition. 1st thus 1915. Good condition with no wrapper. A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. Green cloth, dark titles & vignettes. 8 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. 319 pages. Rear joint has been repaired and the spine has been reglued. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading to spine and rear cover. Covers mottled and marked. Two letters in ink to front pastedown. Half-title page and tissue guard to frontis very browned. All colour plates present, tear to top margin of one whilst does reach illustration. Just a few fox spots. Contents mostly clean just an odd mark. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!.
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd., 1915
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Robinson, W. Heath (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1915. Good condition with no wrapper. A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. Green cloth, gilt titles & vignettes. 8 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. 319 pages. Bumping to spine and corners. Spine and cover edges darkened. Gilt on spine is dulled. Large score mark to rear cover. Newspaper cuttings have been stuck to front endpaper. Small booksellers label and small patch of newsprint to front pastedown. Front joint beginning to crack. Browning to endpapers and tissue guard to frontis. Name and numbers (Isa 14/20) written in ink on front endpaper. Foxing to prelims and page edges. Some fingering. Plates all present. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!.
Published by Constable, London, 1915
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Good Plus. No Jacket. Heath Robinson, W. (illustrator). 1st. Soine a little bumped and rubbed with text and dec. moderately faded, gutters slightly weak. Light foxing an dbrowning to endpapers and tissue guard. Pages and boards bright and clean. Appears to have been inexpertly reattached at gutters which is causing pages r-fep to stick to pd. Size: 8vo.
Cloth. Condition: Good. W. Heath Robinson (illustrator). First edition. The first edition thus of 'The Water-Babies', the first edition to be illustrated by W. Heath Robinson, replete with beautiful colour plates. The first edition with the illustrations of W. Heath Robinson.'The Water-Babies' is a children's fairy tale that was extremely popular when it was published. The novel follows Tom, a young chimney sweep, who falls into a river and is transformed into a water-baby.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seven colour plates, and monochrome illustrations throughout.Collated, complete.Written by Charles Kingsley. Kingsley was a priest for the Church of England, and was a friend and correspondent of Charles Darwin, writing this novel partly in satire of 'In Origin of Species'.This edition is beautifully illustrated by W. Heath Robinson, a noted whimsical cartoonist. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Spine is a little faded. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light marks, heavier to the rear board. A couple of small damp stains to the rear board, to the rear joint and fore edge. A small amount of loss to the rear joint. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Good. book.
Published by Constable & Co Ltd, London, 1915
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
First Edition
Cloth Covered Boards. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Minus. W. Heath Robinson (illustrator). First Edition. First edition with illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. Dust jacket with clear plastic protective covering, browned, 6/- printed on spine, chipped along edges with some loss, corner and spine ends chipped with loss and 4.5 cm loss to head of spine, closed tear to head of rear cover 3.5 cms, green decorated boards with black line border, light wear to corners and spine ends of boards, spine lightly sunned, uncut closed edges lightly browned, several chips to internal hinge at fep, ink inscription to head of fep, spotting to initial pages, colour frontispiece with tissue guard, title page lightly browned, 7 colour plates with in-text and full page black and white illustrations throughout, 319 pages clean, text clear to read, light spotting to edges of some pages, pp secure in binding. Size: 8vo.
Published by Constable & Company Limited 1915, London, 1915
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Publisher's Cloth. Condition: Good. W. Heath Robinson (illustrator). First Edition. x, 320 pp. Variant binding. Green cloth with decorative design & lettering to front board & spine in black. Spine & edge of rear board darkened, not affecting lettering. Slight chipping to head & tail of spine with short tears at joints. Cloth slightly marked. Bubbling to boards. Heavy foxing to prelims and occasional light foxing. Colour frontis, seven additional colour plates and numerous full page and in-text black & white illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. Now protected in a clear archival wrapper. Small 4to.
Published by Constable, London, 1915
Seller: Bud Plant & Hutchison Books, Cedar Ridge, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Robinson, W. Heath (illustrator). 1st ed. Large 8vo, full green cloth with gilt illustrations and titling, 8 color plates and numerous line drawings by W. Heath Robinson. Foxing to bottom of page block, Christmas 1915 gift inscription, milding foxing to preliminary pages, else fine.