ANTIQUE!! THE WATER BABIES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY

ANTIQUE! THE WATER BABIES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY. HARDCOVER. NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHEN THIS WAS PUBLISHED, BUT DEFINITELY BEFORE 1903, AS PER THE INSCRIPTION IN PENCIL ON THE FRONT PAPERS OF THE BOOK, BUT PROBABLY CLOSER TO THE 1890's. SEE PHOTOS FOR CONDITION. THE COVER HAS A FEW STAINS ON IT, BUT THERE ARE NO TORN PAGES INSIDE. PUBLISHING BOOKS BACK THEN WAS KIND OF LIKE THE WILD WILD WEST. ONCE YOU PUBLISHED A BOOK, ANYONE COULD PUBLISH A COPY AS THERE WERE NO COPYRIGHT LAWS. THAT MEANS THERE ARE MANY VERSIONS OF THIS BOOK OUT THERE, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT COVERS, END PAPERS, TITLE PAGES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.