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A Rough Shaking by George MacDonald - First Edition
1891 A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Illustrated hardcover with gilt titling, 384 pages with twelve black-and-white illustrations by W Parkinson. 844 grams, 19.3 x 14.5 cm
Property of an Essex, UK, lady.
The story explores the life of Clare Skymer, a boy whose mother dies in an earthquake, prompting a series of transformative events in his life as he navigates his childhood amid profound loss and connection to nature, delivering a poignant exploration of faith and spiritual growth. -
Water Babies by Charles Kingsley
1893 A.D.Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
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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
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.
