THE WATER - BABIES; By Charles Kingsley / Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith
Kingsley, Charles
From Borg Antiquarian, Lake Forest, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 3 December 2018
From Borg Antiquarian, Lake Forest, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 3 December 2018
About this Item
Quarto (10 1/4" x 8" x 1 7/8"), green cloth with gold lettering on spine & front cover with circular color lithograph pastedown of water babies playing in the surf by Jessie Willcox Smith, who has illustrated the volume with a colored frontispiece,11 full-page color glossy plates, & in-text black-&-green sketches as headpieces, tailpieces & frequent marginalia; archival mylar added to protect cloth, pictorial endpapers with water-babies riding fish by Smith, 262 pages. Weight: 3 lbs. 11 oz. Overall NEAR FINE CONDITION internally & externally of this marvellous, enduring classic here illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. Solid copy with some moderate cover and edgewear. Bright glossy color plates: all present. A 1/4" spot in lower border edge of plate facing p.344, & a light finger smudge in margin of plate facing p.290. A few light finger smudges here and there in page margins. No entries by previous owners. Mylar added for protection. Jessie Willcox Smith (1863 - 1935) was an important American illustrator during the Golden Age of American illustration. She is considered "one of the greatest pure illustrators" of classics (often those associated with children). Rev. Charles Kingsley (1819-75) was a Broad-church Evangelical, historian, & professor-turned-novelist best known for The Water Babies, a fantasy novel (serialized in 1862; published in 1863). It follows a young chimney sweep named Tom and his adventures with fairies. Seller Inventory # 7503
Bibliographic Details
Title: THE WATER - BABIES; By Charles Kingsley / ...
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York
Publication Date: 1916
Binding: Pictorial cloth
Illustrator: JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH
Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition Thus Illustrated.
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