The Water-Babies

Charles Kingsley

Published by Macmillan and Co, London and Cambridge, 1864

About this Item

A sought after early edition of Charles Kingsley's important children's fantasy novel, bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. The second edition, published the year after the first.Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.'The Water-Babies' is a children's fairy tale that was extremely popular when it was published. The novel follows Tom, a young chimney sweep, who falls into a river and is transformed into a water-baby.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and one plate, by J. Noel Paton.Written by Charles Kingsley. Kingsley was a priest for the Church of England, and was a friend and correspondent of Charles Darwin, writing this novel partly in satire of 'In Origin of Species'.From the library of W. A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey, with his morocco bookplate to the front paste down. William Foyle was the co-founder of Foyles bookshop, founding the leading bookshop in 1903 alongside his brother. He purchased Beeleigh Abbey during the Second World War, an impressive twelfth century monastery in Essex, which became home to his library, one the largest private libraries in England. In a half crushed morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards, bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Externally, generally smart. with a damp stain to the tail of the spine and boards, and to the spine. Spine is faded. A few light marks to the boards. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Very Good. Seller Inventory # 912P39

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Water-Babies

Publisher: Macmillan and Co, London and Cambridge

Publication Date: 1864

Binding: Leather

Illustrator: J. Noel Paton

Condition: Very Good

Book Type: book