The water babies / by Charles Kingsley ; illustrated by G. Wright.
Charles Kingsley (1819-1875)
Category
Books
Date
1900
Materials
Place of origin
New York
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3085378
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6], 231, [1] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 8vo. Pencil markings on front free endpaper verso: "8164", "wdo" and "ced". Provenance: Manuscript inscription on half-title: "For Huttleston with / Mrs Pailen's[?] love. / June - 1901." [i.e.: to Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Bookseller's ticket on front pastedown: 'W.B. Clarke Co. / Booksellers & Stationers / Park St. Church, / Boston.'. Binding: Early twentieth-century full publisher's green cloth; red, dark brown, white and blue blocked illustration (Tom and a large fish) on upper board; red lettering on upper board and spine.
Makers and roles
Charles Kingsley (1819-1875), author Wright, George Hand, illustrator