The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley.  Published by Boots the Chemist, Nottingham.  Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.  Very good book, no dust jacket.  Assumed first in this edition. Gift inscription on front free end paper is dated 1929. Green cloth covered boards and spine with gold text and graphics on front panel and spine. Wear around all edges. Front panel is scuffed along margins by spine and fore-edge.  Back panel is scuffed with several off-color stains and irregular indent near upper right corner. Creasing at head and tail of spine. Fore-edge corners turned in. All color plates and guards are present. Missing extra page before the half-title page. Frontispiece page and adjacent guard have been awkwardly taped in by a previous owner; guard is taped to title page. Back free end-paper is missing. Foxing on all edges and paste-downs and to a lesser degree up to page 34, then intermittently thereafter until the last several pages of the book. Please use close-up options for best inspection. Additional photos available at your request.