Water Babies by Charles Kingsley

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1893 A.D. The Water-Babies: a Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby, hardcover with gilt titling, 330 pages with one hundred black-and-white illustrations by Linley Sambourne. 580 grams, 19.3 x 13.5 cm (7 5/8 x 5 3/8 in.). [No Reserve] Property of an Essex, UK, lady. This is a children's novel written as part satire in support of the famous 'On the Origin of Species' by Charles Darwin. TimeLine Auctions follows a rigorous vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists. See our website for more information.

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