The Library of an English Bibliophile, Part IV

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Lot 77
  • 77

Kingsley, Charles

Estimate
400 - 500 GBP
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Description

  • The Water-Babies, a Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1863
  • Paper
square 8vo (203 x 156mm.), FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM WITH "L'ENVOI" LEAF, frontispiece and one illustration, original blue-green cloth with gilt vignette and ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, inscribed on the first preliminary leaf on day of publication "July 23rd | 63", head and foot of spine and corners slightly bumped

Literature

Osborne p.359

Catalogue Note

One of only around 200 copies in circulation containing the "L'Envoi" poem before the text. Kingsley changed his mind about its inclusion during the printing, after some copies had already been completed.