Charles Kingsley — The Water-Babies

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1922. Cloth. A beautifully and colourfully illustrated edition of Charles Kingsley's popular children's fairy tale, illustrated in colour by Harry G. Theaker. '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 colour frontispiece, colour paste downs and endpapers, and forty-three colour plates.Collated, complete.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&apos.Illustrated by Harry G. Theaker.Four pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Spine is a little faded. A few light marks to the boards. Spots to the fore and top edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a few odd spots. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Harry G. Theaker. Very Good Indeed .