Antique The Water Babies Jessie Willcox Smith Illustrated Book c.1920 Boots Ed 12 Colour Plates Hodder Stoughton limoges porcelain Shoulders: 19 3/4” across seam-to-seam

Shoulders: 19 3/4” across seam-to-seam

The print is in tones green

This is a rather unique suit

Sleeves: 24” from the seam with the cuff turned - the cuff has a width of 2 1/2”

The label reads “100% Cotton Size: L Made in Japan”

Antique The Water Babies Jessie Willcox Smith Illustrated Book c.1920 Boots Ed 12 Colour Plates Hodder Stoughton limoges porcelain Shoulders: 19 3/4” across seam-to-seamThis is a very nice copy of an early twentieth century Boots edition of The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley, illustrated throughout with the celebrated artwork of Jessie Willcox Smith, one of America's greatest Golden Age illustrators. Published by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. for Boots Pure Drug Co., Ltd., Nottingham, this attractive edition was issued shortly after the famous American publication and is generally believed to date to circa 1920. It