THE WATER-BABIES: A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND-BABY
$25 · Offered by L. W. Currey
New York: Mayflower Books, 1979. . Octavo, illustrations by Linley Sambourne, boards. Later edition. Classic posthumous fantasy first published in 1863 and in this edition illustrated by Linley Sambourne in 1928. An immensely influential book that ushered in the Golden Age of children's fantasy ... Despite the strong moral overtones, this was written more for entertainment than instruction and was the first modern English
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