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New York : Macmillan, 1890. Hardcover. Good. Bound in publisher's reed cloth. Hardcover. Good cover. Frontis loose.
Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby, The by KINGSLEY, Charles; PATON, J. Noel, illustrator
by KINGSLEY, Charles; PATON, J. Noel, illustrator
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Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby, The
by KINGSLEY, Charles; PATON, J. Noel, illustrator
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London & Cambridge: Macmillan & Co., 1863. Just Another Destitute Little Chimney-Sweep"
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"The Oddest Fairy Tale That There Has Ever Been...
A Near Fine Copy Of The First Edition of The Water-Babies
KINGSLEY, Charles. The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. With two illustrations by J. Noel Paton, R.S.A. London & Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1863.
First edition, second state. Small square octavo (8 x 6 1/8 inches; 203 x 155 mm.). [viii], [3], 4-350, [1 advertisements], 1 blank. Without the ‘L'Envoi' leaf which was canceled early on by Kingsley. Inserted frontispiece and full-page illustration opposite p. 145. With eight large engraved initial chapter letters.
Original dark green fine-grain cloth, front cover with gilt triple-rule border enclosing a pictorial gilt center device depicting Tom, a Fish and a Sea-Horse. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Dark brown coated endpapers, top edge gilt. With the binders ticket of Burn of Kirby St., on the rear pastedown. Unidentified rectangular bookplate on front paste-down. A couple of small and very light spots on front cover, inner hinges with partial expert and almost invisible repairs. Otherwise a superlative copy, the gilt bright and fresh, of this scarce children's classic. Contemporary neat ink inscription on verso of front end-paper dated "Xmas 1863." Housed in a fleece-lined, quarter green morocco over green cloth clamshell case.
"Charles Kingsley was a rural vicar in Victorian England, and the "land-baby" of the sub-title was his youngest son, five-year-old Grenville Arthur. In writing this fairy tale about the underwater adventures of Tom, a chimney-sweep's climbing-boy, Kingsley uttered many a sermon. But along with his zeal for Anglican Christianity he also brought into play his enthusiasm for nature and his strong sense of indignation at the Victorian practice of using small children as laborers.
The difference between the first and second states is solely the removal of the L'Envoi leaf. The first state "contains a leaf bearing a poem, L'Envoi. Kingsley had second thoughts about this while the book was being printed, and he had the leaf removed, but not before a few hundred copies of the book had already gone forth." (Gottlieb, Early Children's Books and Their Illustration, 113).
Grolier 100, 34.
or
"The Oddest Fairy Tale That There Has Ever Been...
A Near Fine Copy Of The First Edition of The Water-Babies
KINGSLEY, Charles. The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. With two illustrations by J. Noel Paton, R.S.A. London & Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1863.
First edition, second state. Small square octavo (8 x 6 1/8 inches; 203 x 155 mm.). [viii], [3], 4-350, [1 advertisements], 1 blank. Without the ‘L'Envoi' leaf which was canceled early on by Kingsley. Inserted frontispiece and full-page illustration opposite p. 145. With eight large engraved initial chapter letters.
Original dark green fine-grain cloth, front cover with gilt triple-rule border enclosing a pictorial gilt center device depicting Tom, a Fish and a Sea-Horse. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Dark brown coated endpapers, top edge gilt. With the binders ticket of Burn of Kirby St., on the rear pastedown. Unidentified rectangular bookplate on front paste-down. A couple of small and very light spots on front cover, inner hinges with partial expert and almost invisible repairs. Otherwise a superlative copy, the gilt bright and fresh, of this scarce children's classic. Contemporary neat ink inscription on verso of front end-paper dated "Xmas 1863." Housed in a fleece-lined, quarter green morocco over green cloth clamshell case.
"Charles Kingsley was a rural vicar in Victorian England, and the "land-baby" of the sub-title was his youngest son, five-year-old Grenville Arthur. In writing this fairy tale about the underwater adventures of Tom, a chimney-sweep's climbing-boy, Kingsley uttered many a sermon. But along with his zeal for Anglican Christianity he also brought into play his enthusiasm for nature and his strong sense of indignation at the Victorian practice of using small children as laborers.
The difference between the first and second states is solely the removal of the L'Envoi leaf. The first state "contains a leaf bearing a poem, L'Envoi. Kingsley had second thoughts about this while the book was being printed, and he had the leaf removed, but not before a few hundred copies of the book had already gone forth." (Gottlieb, Early Children's Books and Their Illustration, 113).
Grolier 100, 34.
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The water-babies : a fairy tale for a land baby
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THE WATER BABIES: A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND-BABY
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Boston: T. O. H. P. Burnham, 1868. Hardcover. Fair. 6 x 7 in. Mauve cloth boards. Condition is FAIR ; both covers detached and spine cloth gone. Ffep and second blank still attached to front board. Sewn binding holding well re the text, and the text is clean and unmarked. Chil. Stax.
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The Water-Babies : A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby
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Macmillan, 1878, New edition,. Good. 1878. Hardcover. hardback, 8vo, (viii),388,(2)pp, 4 plates, owner's gift inscription on endaper, foxing on endpapers and edges, otherwise clean and sound, uniform blue cloth gilt, edges bumped, some staining on spine and rear board, Good condition / no dustwrapper .
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The Water - Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby.
by KINGSLEY, The Rev. Charles. PATON, Noel and SKELTON, Percival (illus.)
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New York:: Macmillan and Co.,, [1864].. New edition.. publisher's green decorated in gold and black.. Corner torn away from a blank flyleaf; light use to cloth; tight and sound.. 8vo,. With illustrations by Sir Noel Paton and Percival Skelton..
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The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby
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Macmillan and Co 1864. Second edition, tidy copy, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt rule & gilt illus to front board, brown eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, 378pp + 2pp book catalogue, VG- (2cm closed tear to upper spine extrem, light bruising & rubbing to board corners, owner's name & inscription to f.e.p., internal hinges cracked - binding slightly sloppy but sound, moderately heavy foxing to prelims & terminals & plates, moderate tanning to page edges, slight staining to prelims, 2nd plate has come loose and been reattached with white tape)
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The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby
by KINGSLEY, Charles (1819-1875), [PATON, Sir Noel, and SKELTON, Percival, illustrators]
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London: Macmillan and Co., 1874. [Children's Classic] FINELY BOUND, a later edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 388 [2]. With four illustrated plates including a frontispiece. Contemporary tan full calf by BICKERS & SON, with raised bands, gilt titles to contrasting red and green labels, and further gilt tooling to spine. All edges and endpapers marbled. Illustrated bookplate to flyleaf. A little toning and spotting to first and final leaves. Lower half of upper hinge and joint split, with an archival tape repair to hinge. Moderate wear to spine and extremities. Very good. The classic children's tale, first published in 1863.
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The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby
by Kingsley, Rev. Charles; J. Noel Paton [Illustrator]
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Boston: T. O. H. P. Burnham, 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Presumed First American Printing. T.O.H.P. Burnham, 1864; no later printings indicated, "L'Envoi" on page facing Chapter One; [vi], [2], 8-310pp., chapter initial illustrations and two illustrated plates with tissue guards. Original brown textured and decorated cloth, rebacked in red buckram with original backstrip glued over and end pages replaced. Slight forward lean to spine, binding is otherwise sturdy and fully intact; edges of boards are worn, cloth split over corners; front board rubbed, gilt design dulled but clearly visible, gilt on backstrip dulled and only faintly legible; very light wear to gilt top edge; interior and text/illustrations are clean and crisp. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby.
by KINGSLEY, Rev. Charles. PATON, J. Noel
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Boston:: T. O. H. P. Burnham,, 1864.. First US edition.. publisher's purple cloth with gilt vignette on front cover; rebacked with a new spine... A few scattered light stains; edges of boards rubbed and rebacked with a new cloth gilt-lettered spine.. 8vo,. With Illustrations by J. Noel Paton..
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The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby. New Edition.
by Kingsley, Charles; Noel Paton, Percival Skelton (illustrators)
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London: Macmillan, 1874.. 12mo. 388 pp. Very Good, Blue Decorative Gilt Cloth with stains, some sun-fading, edge wear, & rubbing; spine somewhat slanted; minor shelf wear; front end papers repaired with tape; some stains on edges of text block. Provenance: John Ruyle, his bookplate inside cover; previous owners' signatures on half-title. Illustrated.
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The Water - Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land - Baby.
by KINGSLEY, The Rev. Charles. PATON, J. Noel (illus.)
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London and Cambridge:: Macmillan and Co.,, 1863.. First edition, second state, lacking the scarce L'Envoi leaf... later full blue polished calf; gilt paneled spine; t.e.g., by Morrell, Binder, London.. Spine slightly sunned; otherwise a very attractive copy, handsomely bound.. 8vo,. With two illustrations by J. Noel Paton..
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