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The Water Babies; A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby. With Illustrations by Sir Noel Paton and Percival Skelton
by Kingsley, Charles
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- near fine
- Condition
- Near fine
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1882. New Edition. Full leather. Near fine. The New Edition of The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley.. Octavo, [vi], 388pp. Full blue morocco, gilt border to covers, emblem of S. Michael's School to front cover. Five raised bands to spine, decorative gilt, title in gilt on spine. Marbled edges, matching marbled endpapers. Prize binding by Bickers & Son of London. Stated "New Edition" on title page. Sunned spine, light rubbing to edges. Solid text block, a near fine example. Complete with four full-page plates, including frontispiece. Prize from John W. Hawtrey affixed to front free endpaper. The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley was first published in its entirety in 1863 by Macmillan & Co. of London in 1863.
Synopsis
The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a children's novel by the Reverend Charles Kingsley. Written in 1862-1863 as a serial for Macmillan's Magazine, it was first published in its entirety in 1863. The book was extremely popular during its day, and was a mainstay of children's literature through the 1920s, but eventually fell out of favor in part due to its prejudices against Irish, Jews, Catholics, blacks, Americans, and the poor. In the style of Victorian-era novels, The Water-Babies is a didactic moral fable about a young chimney sweep, Tom, who falls into a river and becomes a 'water-baby,' guided by moral teachers through lessons and adventures, eventually earning the right to become human again and being united with an upper-class girl Ellie who had also become a 'water-baby.'
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14178
- Title
- The Water Babies; A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby. With Illustrations by Sir Noel Paton and Percival Skelton
- Author
- Kingsley, Charles
- Illustrator
- The New Edition of The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley.
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1882
- Keywords
- Westward Ho Kingsley, Water-Babies Kingsley, Charles Kingsley first edition, Charles Kingsley signed book, Water Babies fairy tale, Water Babies signed book, first edition Water babies, first edition kid's book
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