The Water Babies by Kingsley, Hardcover (921 results)

Boards. Jessie Wilcox Smith [Illus.] (illustrator). Quarto, pp.ix, 240, illustrated with 12 tipped-in colour plates and profusely illustrated with line drawings by Jessie Wilcox Smith, pres. inscription ffep dated 1929, scattered foxing mainly to endpapers and edges and along crease pp.18-20, original gilt decorated boards, cnrs lightly bumped. A vibrant copy in very good condition Beautifully illustrated by the American artist, Jessie Wilcox Smith.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. KINGSLEY, Charles and PATTON, J. Noel. The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. Boston, T. O. H. P. Burnham, 1864. FIRST EDITION (190 x 150 mm) pp. 310. With illustrations on plates and as illustrated initials. Crimson buckram binding with vignette and gilded title. Gophering. Staining on p. 32-33 suggesting a previous owner has put piece of paper between the leaves. Minor bumping to corners. No foxing. Overall VERY GOOD condition. MB337.

Hardback. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Willcox Smith, Jessie (illustrator). Reprint. ix, [1],240pp, original cloth in DJ. DJ chipped to spine ends, corners and edges with small amounts of loss, lightly water stained. Covers lightly foxed to spine, gilt quite bright and clean, light foxing and browning to page edges, text and plates quite bright and clean. Previous owners gift inscription to ffep. With twelve tipped in tissue guarded plates by Jessie Willcox Smith (as called for) Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Warwick Goble (illustrator). First Thus. Medium 8vo. 6.25 x 8.5 in. Illustrated with 16 color plates (complete) by Warwick Goble. Bound in three-quarter green levant morocco over green cloth, with matching endpapers; titled in gilt on spine, all eges gilt. Very good. Spine-faded, with some edge fading and chipping to joints; detached ribbon marker. Binding sturdy and tight, text clean and bright.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Jessie Wilcox Smith (illustrator). Charles Kingsley's famous children's novel, The Water Babies, beautifully illustrated by Jessie Wilcox Smith. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Ink inscription to the front paste down, dated 1929. 12 colour plates tipped in and numerous illustrations in the text by Jessie Willcox Smith (1863-1935), who was considered "one of the greatest pure illustrators" during the Golden Age of American illustration. She illustrated stories and articles for clients such as Harper's and Good Housekeeping, and books such as this one and Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. Collated complete. The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a children's novel by Charles Kingsley (1819-1875). Written in 186263 as a serial for Macmillan's Magazine, it was first published in its entirety in 1863. It was written as part satire in support of Charles Darwin's On The Origin of Species. The book was extremely popular and was considered an important part of British children's literature. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally very smart, with minimal wear to the extremities. Colour is good and gilt is bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd handling mark, and just a little offsetting to the free end papers and a scattering of spots to the first and last couple of pages. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Undated [c1920s]. Dark green cloth with gilt titles & decoration. A beautiful edition of this classic. 12 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards, green in-text illustrations throughout, by Jessie Willcox-Smith. Condition: Very good. A little bumping to corners and spine head and foot, slight fading along bottom edge of back. Endpapers browned. Owner s name and address written neatly to ffep. A little light foxing to first and large pages only. All plates and tissue guards present. Internally clean and bright, with just slight age-toning. Protected in a transparent plastic wrapper. Binding firm. Size: 10 x 8 inches / 25 x 20 cm. 240 pages. Weight: 995g.

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Quarto. 10" x 8". 362pp. Green cloth with oval color paste-on to front cover. Gilt letteering to cover and spine. Pictorial endpapers. Twelve full page color illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith and others by her in black and white The frontispikece page has a water stain on the white border. Does not affect the image. Circular stain (rim of a glass?) on back cover. First edition with Smith's illustrations.

Hardcover. Smith, Jessie Wilcox (illustrator). 1st edition US. 1st ptg., 4to full green cloth with gilt titling and round color cover plate inset and 12 full color plates by Jessie Wilcox Smith plus many 2-color partial page drawings and chapter heads. Interior hinges weaked till a nice bright copy without inscriptions or bookplates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith (illustrator). Black and white illustrations throughout. An early reprint edition. Very light offsetting to endpapers from the dust jacket flaps, else very good in a very good (age toning) dust jacket. ; 270 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Linley Sambourne (illustrator). Children's edition. 1st "Children's Edition", 1928. A Very Good book in a Good dust jacket. 8vo., 280 pp., with both full color and black & white illustrations by Samborne. Bound in publishers green decorated cloth with white dust jacket featuring an ocean vignette on front cover. Dust jacket is toned and soiled, with edges, tips and spine chipped. Top 1" of spine is missing, price clipped. Cloth covers are good with spine faded, front hinge starting, attractive bookplate of previous owner on blank end page, otherwise clean and unmarked. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve. SCARCE version of this dust jacket featuring this image. The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a children's novel by Charles Kingsley. Written in 1862-63 as a serial for Macmillan's Magazine, it was first published in its entirety in 1863. It was written as part satire in support of Charles Darwin's On The Origin of Species. The book was extremely popular in the United Kingdom and was a mainstay of British children's literature for many decades, but eventually fell out of favor in America in part due to its claimed prejudices against Irish, Jews, Catholics and Americans. - Wiki.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Thus. Type: Book pp VIII, 273. With 16 excellent colour illustrations by Warwick Gable. 2nd printing. In particularly fine condition with lovely upper board gilt decoration.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Smith, Jessie Willcox (illustrator). circa 1930. Almost very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. 12 enchanting tipped-in colour plates. Green cloth, gilt titles and decorations. 240 pages. Large format. Published for Boots the Chemist. Spine bumped and worn with small hole towards top. Minimal bumping and wear to corners. Small faint marks to covers in places (damp?). Ink inscription to front endpaper. One hinge strating to crack. A few fingermarks/marks to contents but most pages are clean. Small light stain to text block. A little foxing. All plates present. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a little loss from ends of spine and folds. A couple of larger tears to bottom of front panel. Panels and spine darkened with a few small marks. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Attwell, Mabel Lucie (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1915. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. The Raphael House Library series. Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards. 12 charming colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 135 pages, publication list to rear. Spine is faded and bumped, with a few nicks to cloth at top and tail. Bumping and wear with scuffing and surface paper damage to edges and corners. Scuffing to covers. Inscription in ink to belongs to box on front pastedown. Rear joint is a bit crack and looks partially repaired. Foxing and margin marks. One plate has slight damage, otherwise still bright; a few margin marks. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING, ORIGINAL DUST JACKET WITH PUBLISHERS PRICE OF 12/6 NET INTACT, COMPLETE COPY WITH FORTY EIGHT FULL PAGE PLATES, ILLUSTRATED ENDPAPERS. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 6 INCHES. MINOR CHIPS TO EDGES OF JACKET WITH JACKET HAVING A COUPLE OF CLOSED TEARS, RUBBING TO EDGES OF SPINE & SPINE OF JACKET SLIGHTLY BROWNED, FEW VERY MINOR MARKS TO CLOTH BOARDS & SPINE, HALF TITLE LIGHTLY BROWNED, INSCRIPTION DATED 1950 TO REVERSE OF FRONTIS PLATE. OVERALL IN VERY GOOD PLUS CONDITION WITH PAGES & PLATES CLEAN & BRIGHT. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Boston: DeWolfe, Fiske & Co., 1900. Undated, ca. 1900. Lovely edition of this children's classic with four memorable color plates by Linley Sambourne accompanied by dozens of other illustrations in black and white. Pictorial tan cloth printed in color, no dustjacket, likely as issued, 6.75 inches tall. Modest cover wear, mainly some light ribbing to the extremities, good hinges, sound text block, lightly age-toned but clean pages, name and 1904 date on front free endpaper, no other markings. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Sambourne, Linley (illustrator). 1st Thus. Stated New Edition, 1st edition thus (with Linley Sambourne's now classic illustrations). 372pp, with one hundred engraved illustrations. In greenish-blue cloth-covered boards with extensive gilt decoration, lettering and featuring the now famous vignette of the child and dragonfly. All edges gilt. Dark brown endpapers. Boards a worn at edges, rubbed and rounded on corners, fraying around spine and joints. Front hinge cracked, and an A has been penciled on the front free endpaper, some spotting on next leaf and faint, occasional spotting throughout. First published in book form in 1863, this is the first edition of The Water-Babies to feature Sambourne's illustrations. Sambourne, Linley Children's books, Illustrated Books, vintage books.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. red cloth, gilt lettering and design, no dust jacket, 273 pp spine lightly sunned covers lightly worn on the edges Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Robinson, W Heath (illustrator). nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Charles Kingsley's classic, The Water Babies, was extremely popular in England, and was a mainstay of British children's literature for many decades. It tells the story of a young chimney sweep, Tom, who drowns in a river and is turned into a 'water-baby'. Tom then embarks on a series of adventures and lessons underwater, and meets characters such as the major spiritual leaders of the water world, Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby, Mrs. Bedonebyasyoudid, and Mother Carey.This classic fairy tale, originally published in 1915, contains eight incredible colour illustrations and many beautiful and intricate black and white drawings by W. Heath Robinson. An English cartoonist and illustrator, best known for drawings of ridiculously complicated machines - for achieving deceptively simple objectives. Such was (and is) his fame, that the term 'Heath Robinson' entered the English language during the First World War, as a description of any unnecessarily complex and implausible contrivance.Pook Press publishes rare and vintage Golden Age illustrated books, in high-quality colour editions, so that the masterful artwork and story-telling can continue to delight both young and old.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Later edition. 8vo. [5], 2-308, [6] pp. Three quarter contemporary calf over marbled boards, spine in six compartments with two black morocco labels, marbled endpapers and pastedowns; top edge gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece, an additional plate, several full-page illustrations, and numerous in-text illustrations. The vignette edition, with one hundred new illustrations. The Guardian, "Reverend Richard Coles on The Water Babies: How a Vicar Saved a Chimney Sweep". Kingsley's children's story which reflects the Victorian values of its time. The tale was meant to expose the hardships of chimney sweeps and promote Christian values while exploring the new scientific knowledge of the Victorian era. A few spots of wear to the extremities and a contemporary owner's name on the first blank leaf.

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Robinson, W. Heath (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1915. Good condition with no wrapper. A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. Green cloth, gilt titles & vignettes. 8 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. 319 pages. Bumping to spine and corners. Spine and cover edges darkened. Gilt on spine is dulled. Large score mark to rear cover. Newspaper cuttings have been stuck to front endpaper. Small booksellers label and small patch of newsprint to front pastedown. Front joint beginning to crack. Browning to endpapers and tissue guard to frontis. Name and numbers (Isa 14/20) written in ink on front endpaper. Foxing to prelims and page edges. Some fingering. Plates all present. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Nankivell, Frank A. (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Edition (October, 1916 With 1916 On The Title Page). The Book Is Bound In Brown Cloth Over Boards With Gilt Titling On The Front And Spine. There Is A Small Paste Down On The Front Featuring A Child And Crib On A Ship. Line Drawing Of A Child Riding A Fish On The Spine. The Book Has Moderate Wear At The Edges And The Front Hinge Has Separated. The Ffep Has Been Removed. Moderate Dust Soiling. The Page Edges Are Tanned And The Top Edges Are Dust Soiled.

Hard cover. Condition: Fair. No jacket. Goble, Warwick (illustrator). 1910 edition, feat.16 illustrations by Warwick Goble. Faded blue cloth boards with gilt illustration on front cover and gilt titling on spine. Some bumping, some splitting at edge of spine. Browning of endpapers. 16 illustrations by Warwick Goble, all in excellent condition. Some mild foxing near the illustrations, but not affecting any of them. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo. viii, 274, [6] pp. With 16 colour plates. In the publisher's green cloth, gilt-stamped to spine and front board. teg. Slight fading to spine, gilding to front board particularly bright. Text very clean with minimal foxing. Altogether a very good copy of this most collectable title.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Arthur Gatlish (illustrator). A bright copy of this classic children's tale, with vibrant illustrations from Arthur Gatlish. The first edition thus of this children's classic to feature illustrations from Arthur Gatlish. The only children's work he would illustrate. With frontispiece and a further seven unusually brightly coloured plates. Collated, complete.Charles Kingsley, priest and Christian socialist, first published this novel in its complete form in 1863. It is somewhat satirical, written in part to support Kingsley's friend Charles Darwin and his contentious work 'On the Origins of Species'. While thematically concerned with Christian redemption, within his book Kingsley confronts both England's treatment of its poor and the practice of child labour.With a publisher's advertisement to recto of half title. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Bumping to spine head and shelf wear to tail. Light rubbing to head of front joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Agnes Stringer (illustrator). VGC. Henry Frowde and Hodder and Stoughton, 1909 (MCMIX). The Children's Bookcase. IV. Small format pictorial hardback( gilt lettering and illustration on the front cover and spine, some ink marks,small dents and nicks on the cover and spine) in VGC, no Dj cover as issued. Illustrated with colour plates. Illustrations by Agnes Stringer. Nice and clean pages with small nicks on the outer edges, some foxing marks and inks on the edges and inside the pages, gilt edges on the outer edges of the pages. The book is in VGC for its age with light shelf wear. 212pp including List of illustrations.

8vo. pp. viii ( inc. half-title and advert leaf) + 246. With the tipped-in colour plates by the Glasgow School artist Katharine Cameron, a close friend of Charles Rennie Macintosh. Olive green cloth, lettered and blocked in black, with extra illustration pasted on front cover. Some minor foxing to front and rear sections not affecting plates. A good copy of this beautifully illustrated volume.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Ethel F. Everett (illustrator). A charming copy of the 'Water-Babies', a Victorian classic by Charles Kingsley, beautifully illustrated with colour plates. 'The Water-Babies' is a children's novel by Charles Kingsley originally written as a serial for Macmillan Magazine between 1862-1863. It was first published in its entirety in 1863. The novel follows Tom, a young chimney sweep who falls into the river and is transformed into a water-baby. Written as a satire in support of Charles Darwin's On The Origin of Species.Kingsley writes 'The Water-Babies' as a didactic moral fable. The novel expresses many of the common prejudices of the time including religion, racial tension, and diversity. Though it has largely fallen out of favor within the canon of Children's literature when published the Water-Babies was an immediate success. Illustrated with twenty-four colour plates by Ethel F. Everett. Collated complete. In the original publisher's cloth. Externally very smart. Fading to the spine. Rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Offsetting to the front and rear endpapers. Spotting to the first and last pages but generally, the pages are bright and clean with the odd spot. All plates are bright and clean. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Beautiful Edition of the tale of Tom the chimney sweep Boy who becomes a Water Baby, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. 12 lovely tipped in Full-Colour Plates and many In-Text Drawings in single colour. Dark Green cloth cover with bright Gilt illus of Tom riding a fish. Bright Gilt lettering above. Green dustjacket with colour pastedown illus of Tom embracing a little girl. 15/- price printed on spine. 3 initials on ffep. no other inscriptions. Jacket has very small tears at corners and spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. London. Hodder and Stoughton. 1981. Luxury reprint by the publisher who first issued this book in 1919. Hard Cover. Attractive green boards with lavish gilt titles and decorations on front and spine. Pristine thick leaves, and 12 colour plates including frontispiece illustrated by Jessie Wilcox Smith. There are also green line drawings which adorn the text. A beautiful copy in fine condition.