{"product_id":"1900-rare-book-the-water-babies-a-fairy-tale-for-a-land-baby-illustrated","title":"1900 Rare Book - The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby, Illustrated","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn attractive turn-of-the-century illustrated edition of Kingsley’s strange and beloved Victorian fairy tale, bright in its red pictorial cloth and filled with Linley Sambourne’s lively engravings.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Linley Sambourne.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e New York, The Macmillan Company \/ London, Macmillan \u0026amp; Co., Ltd., 1900. New Edition. Reprinted August 1900.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Text in English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.5\" x 5\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 330 pages + publisher’s catalogue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Attractive and very good original red publisher’s cloth binding, decorated in gilt and black to the front board and spine, with floral borders and gilt lettering. The binding is bright and tight, with wear and scuffing to the upper part of the spine and a light bump to the upper rear cover edge, as shown. Protected in a removable mylar cover. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good content, bright, tight and clean overall, with light age toning, as shown. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEndpapers professionally replaced by a previous owner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e Complete with one hundred illustrations by Linley Sambourne, including numerous full-page and in-text black-and-white engravings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEstimate:\u003c\/strong\u003e USD $150-$180.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe book:\u003c\/strong\u003e A charming 1900 Macmillan edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Water-Babies\u003c\/em\u003e, Charles Kingsley’s curious, moral, and fantastical Victorian tale of Tom, the young chimney-sweep who enters a strange underwater world of transformation, wonder, satire, and redemption. This edition is especially appealing for its handsome red cloth binding and the abundance of illustrations by Linley Sambourne, whose energetic line work gives the story a wonderfully lively late-Victorian character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe author:\u003c\/strong\u003e Charles Kingsley (1819–1875) was an English clergyman, novelist, historian, and social reformer. Best remembered today for \u003cem\u003eThe Water-Babies\u003c\/em\u003e, he combined fantasy, moral allegory, social criticism, and natural history into a story that became one of the enduring classics of Victorian children’s literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe illustrator:\u003c\/strong\u003e Edward Linley Sambourne (1844–1910) was a British illustrator and cartoonist, best known for his long association with \u003cem\u003ePunch\u003c\/em\u003e. His detailed, witty, and imaginative illustrations for \u003cem\u003eThe Water-Babies\u003c\/em\u003e bring a distinctive satirical energy to Kingsley’s fairy tale, balancing fantasy with the sharp observational humour of the late nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48730330595577,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0953\/3348\/files\/20260728waterbabies_01.jpg?v=1785350006","url":"https:\/\/mflibra.com\/products\/1900-rare-book-the-water-babies-a-fairy-tale-for-a-land-baby-illustrated","provider":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}