{"product_id":"charles-kingsley-warwick-goble-water-babies-1927-123779","title":"The Water Babies.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003eA handsome early edition of Charles Kingsley's classic tale The Water Babies. In the story, the protagonist - a young boy called Tom - falls into a river and is transformed into a magical creature called a Water Baby. The tale can be read as both a fable of Christian redemption and a comment on the bad treatment of England's poor. This early printing contains beautiful illustrations by Warwick Goble.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEarly printing; large 8vo (21.5 x 16 cm); frontispiece and 15 further colour illustrations by Warwick Goble throughout, two very small ownership stamps to front endpapers, slight foxing to half-title, very occasional small spot or mark, else a clean, very good copy; publisher's red cloth boards with gilt illustration to upper board, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, light spotting to endpapers, spine a little faded, tiny mark to lower board, else very good; [viii], 274pp, [2]pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"KINGSLEY, Charles, GOBLE, Warwick (Illustrator).","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57147275575671,"sku":"123779","price":240.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/123779.jpg?v=1780523160","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/en-us\/products\/charles-kingsley-warwick-goble-water-babies-1927-123779","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}