Hardback. Beautifully bound in green cloth illustrated in gilt. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. Colour frontis and 11 further tipped in colour plates. The beautiful illustrations for The Water Babies are some of American illustrator Jessie Willcox Smith’s best known work. There are further within text line drawings throughout. 240pp. Larger format: 255 by 200mm (10 by 7¾ inches). Few faint marks to the back board. A little rubbed to points. Occasional light foxing. Illustrated front and gilt lettered spine are very clean and bright.