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Great Britain: Purnell Books. Hardcover. The Water-Babies. A Fairy Tale For a Land Baby. Red cloth with decorations and title in gilt. Kingsley wrote this book for his younger son Grenville, after his wife reminded him of a promise he once made: to write books for his four children. The Water Babies is not just an entertaining story. Kingsley wanted to publicise the cruel treatment given to boy sweeps like Tom, who were forced up chimneys by means of burning straw applied to their feet. Illustrations. 146 pp. . Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 1992.
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Water Babies (De Luxe Classics) Hardcover - 1983
by Kingsley, Charles; Italiander, Mike
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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.'
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.'
First Edition Identification
First edition (London Macmillan and Company 1863) is usually without the L'Envoi leaf as is almost always encountered as the author had it removed from all but the first 200 or so copies. Illustrations in this edition include two full page plates by J. Noel Paton and with a number of small illustrations used throughout as opening initials.
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- Title Water Babies (De Luxe Classics)
- Author Kingsley, Charles; Italiander, Mike
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Reissue
- Pages 450
- Publisher Prentice Hall & IBD, Bristol, UK
- Date 1983
- ISBN 9780361057400
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Bristol: Purnell, 1985. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. B&w ills. Imitation red leather with gilt.Oowner name else near fine.
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Bristol, UK: Purnell Publisher, 1985. Pages: 146; Weight: 11.7oz; Size: 8.3" x 5.9" x 0.8". No Jacket. Imitation red leather cover with gilt lettering. Corners and spine ends very lightly bumped, cover clean, writing on endpaper, front flyleaf a bit creased, otherwise clean, unmarked, tight copy.. Illus. by Mike Italiander. Very Good. Hard Cover. . . .
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