Title: The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby.
Author: Charles Kingsley; Abridged for boys and girls by B. Laurie.
Illustrator: With eight plates in colour by Arthur Gatlish.
Publisher: T. Werner Laurie Ltd: London. 
Published Date: 1932. First edition in this format.
Pagination: pp.224
Condition: Very good indeed. 
 
This is a truly beautiful edition of The Water Babies and it is remarkably well preserved. Bound in the original publisher's blue pictorial cloth, the colours are vibrant and bright and there are are only minor signs of wear to the extremities. The contents are clean and bright throughout. With eight full page colour plates by Arthur Gatlish. A gift-worthy and collectable item.