![[Book #50958] THE WATER-BABIES, A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND-BABY. Charles Kingsley.](https://babcockbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/50958.jpg?v=1682919553)
THE WATER-BABIES, A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND-BABY (Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt's copy of the First Issue with several small autograph notes by the author laid in)
London: Macmillan, 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. Scarce first issue that includes the "L'Envoi" leaf and half title. With two illustrations by J. Noel Paton. Bound in full dark green crushed morocco with marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and floral panel ornaments surrounded by double rules and tiny corner ornaments, fancy dentelles. Original cloth covers bound in rear.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt's copy with her card mounted on the paste down with the handwritten inscription "Sent with roses from the White House at Easter. April 22nd 1905". Laid in are several small autograph notes in Kingsley's hand and signed. Fine.
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