The Water-Babies (Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith) (1916)
by Charles Kingsley
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good -/None as issued
- Seller
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Excelsior, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Dodd, Mead & Company, 1916-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good -/None as issued. Solid copy, 1st edition thus. No writing or marks to text; foxing on fore edge side of closed page edges. Includes 12 full-color plates, tipped in on gray base pages. Green cloth cover with circular color paste down of two water babies playing in a foamy wave. Title, paste down frame and author/illustrator's names are embossed in gilt on front cover; gilt is bright and sharp. Title, author's and publisher's names stamped in gilt on spine; slightly dulled. Some light foxing to front and back endpapers; vintage book plate affixed to front free endpaper but no name is present. Light wear to spine ends and corner tips. Some spotting to cloth on inside fore edge of back cover. Binding is firm and square; hinges are solid. Outstanding illustrations throughout. Books that sell for $9 or more ship in a box; under $9 in a bubble mailer. Expedited and international orders may ship in a flat rate envelope rather than a box due to cost constraints. All US-addressed items ship with complimentary delivery confirmation.
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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- Lake Country Books and More
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ARB1907020009
- Title
- The Water-Babies (Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith) (1916)
- Author
- Charles Kingsley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- None as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Date Published
- 1916-01-01
- Weight
- 2.81 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare and Antiquarian Books:Children's;
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- Gilt
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