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Ernest Nister / E. P. Dutton & Co.. Trade Paperback. Very Good+/None. Unsigned Art Nouveay binding design by Dixon in blue-grey, white, peach and dark brown on light brown cloth. Blue illustrated endpapers; 6 color plates and 70 halftone illustrtaions. Embossed name on front endapper; ink name etc on verso of half-title page; faint rubbing at edges.
The Water Babies A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby by DIXON, Arthur] KINGSLEY, Charles - 1900
by DIXON, Arthur] KINGSLEY, Charles
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The Water Babies A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby
by DIXON, Arthur] KINGSLEY, Charles
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- Hardcover
London: Ernest Nister, 1900. Hardcover. Good +. Dixon, Arthur A.. Octavo, green cloth boards with very attractive coloured decorations on front and spine, water babies riding on fish and gilt titles. Boards with bevelled edges. All edges gilt. 336pp with 6 full page colour plates, 11 full page monochrome plates and numerous black & white vignettes throughout the text by Arthur Dixon. Tear to spine at top rear, some other edge wear at spine and corners. Some marking to rear board. Pictorial blue endpapers. Binding cracked inside at front endpapers, a couple of minor tears and chips and very occasional marking. Generally very good and clean inside. Undated circa early 1900s.
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- Illustrator Dixon, Arthur A.
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Good +
- Quantity Available 1
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Ernest Nister
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1900
- Keywords children’s classic, illustrated classic, fairy tale
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The Water-Babies: a Fairy Tale for a Land Baby
by Kingsley, Charles ; Illustratd by Arthur A. Dixon
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The Water Babies. A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby
by [DIXON, Arthur] KINGSLEY, Charles
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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London: Ernest Nister, 1900. DIXON, Arthur. An attractive edition of this children's classic with vibrant plates and cheerful vignettes by Arthur Dixon. Octavo, publisher's decorated green cloth, 6 full-page colour plates, black & white vignettes; joints rubbed, light stains to back board, front inner hinge split (not detached) but still a good copy.
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