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The Water-Babies

by Charles Kingsley

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London/Philadelphia: Raphael Tuck & Sons/David McKay Co, no date. Hard Cover. very good. Blue cloth. Gilt lettering to cover and spine. 144pp including ads for upcoming published books in rear of book. Twelve full page delightful color illustrations and many others in black and white by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Binding tight. A beautiful copy.

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
Midway Used and Rare Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
46173
Title
The Water-Babies
Author
Charles Kingsley
Format/Binding
Hard Cover
Book Condition
Used - very good
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Raphael Tuck & Sons/David McKay Co
Place of Publication
London/Philadelphia
Date Published
no date
Bookseller catalogs
illustrated;

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Tight
Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...

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