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Water-Babies, The
by Kingsley, Charles
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Torrington, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London & Melbourne: Ward Lock & Co, 1922 [1922]. Olive grey cloth ruled and titled in black ink with circular color pastedown, wear and fraying to extremities, a few small marginal tears to text pages, a number of corner bends, occasional foxing. Kingsley's classic illustrated in color by Harry G Theaker. Cover illustration and endpapers included in illustration count. . Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Harry G Theaker. Thick 8vo.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010302
- Title
- Water-Babies, The
- Author
- Kingsley, Charles
- Illustrator
- Harry G Theaker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Ward Lock & Co
- Place of Publication
- London & Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1922
- Size
- Thick 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fantasy, Dead Children
Terms of Sale
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
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About the Seller
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Biblio member since 2004
Torrington, Connecticut
About E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
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