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The Water Babies
by Kingsley, Charles / Illustrated By Emil Weiss
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: P. R. Gawthorn Ltd., 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. There is no date of publication listed in the book, but the British Library online catalogue identifies the date as 1947. The interior of the book is clean and tight, with no signatures, marks or wear. The 8 colour plates are present. The red cloth covers are bright, with minor wear at tips and corners. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, and is also in very good condition, with light edge wear overall, but heavier wear to the spine, including shallow chipping at the top and bottom The attached scan should give a better idea of condition. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover.
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
- Granny Goose Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007793
- Title
- The Water Babies
- Author
- Kingsley, Charles / Illustrated By Emil Weiss
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- P. R. Gawthorn Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fantasy; Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Granny Goose Books
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Ottawa, Ontario
About Granny Goose Books
Used and collectable children's books.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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