By Charles Kingsley
London, Paris and New York   Raphael Tuck & Sons
8" by 5.5" 279, [8pp]
A lovely illustrated edition of this important piece of children's fiction, with a pictorial cover and colour plates by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
By Charles Kingsley

c1917 The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby

London, Paris and New York   Raphael Tuck & Sons
8" by 5.5" 279, [8pp]
A lovely illustrated edition of this important piece of children's fiction, with a pictorial cover and colour plates by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
£70.00
: 0.5kgs / : 756R3

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Description

Colour Plates, Decorative Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

'The Water-Babies' was originally written as part-satire to support 'The Origin of Species' by Charles Darwin, and quickly became a  classic piece of children's literature. As with many classic pieces of Victorian literature, it functions as a didactic moral fable, telling of young chimney sweep Tom's moral education. Penned by Charles Kingsley (1819-1875), a priest, professor, novelist, poet and friend of Charles Darwin.

Illustrated with six full colour plates by illustrator Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879-1964), three of which are loose but present. Attwell was also the illustrator for a number of other important classic children's works, such as 'Mother Goose', 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Peter Pan and Wendy'.

In the publisher's original binding with an illustrated cover.

Published for the Golden Treasure Library.

Condition

In a full cloth binding. Externally generally smart, spine a touch faded with wear to the front board and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Gift inscription to the front endpaper. Internally generally firmly bound with a few illustrations loose but present, pages with the odd spot but generally bright and clean.

Very Good

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