The rear pastedown carries the binder's ticket, which reads, 'Bound By Burn & Co.'
Binding Note
Publisher's royal-blue flat-weave, glazed cloth binding. Upper cover and spine are lettered in gilt. Spine lettered: "The Water Babies. Charles Kingsley. Macmillan & Co." Front: frieze with babies and frogs in gilt and wavy lines. Title, author and illustrator (Linley Sambourne) with vignette of baby and large dragon fly by the edge of a pool, all in gilt.