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The Water-Babies
by Kingsley, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Cedar Ridge, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1916. 1st edition US. Hardcover. Very Good. Smith, Jessie Wilcox. 1st ptg., 4to full green cloth with gilt titling and round color cover plate inset and 12 full color plates by Jessie Wilcox Smith plus many 2-color partial page drawings and chapter heads. One plate loose, front hinge cracked, rubbing to spine letter and a small frayed area to spine but still a nice bright copy without inscriptions or bookplates.
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
- Bud Plant & Hutchison Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29691
- Title
- The Water-Babies
- Author
- Kingsley, Charles
- Illustrator
- Smith, Jessie Wilcox
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition US
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1916
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated;
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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