This edition of The Water-Babies illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell is the definitive visual version of Charles Kingsley’s classic for many readers. First published in 1915, Attwell’s artwork completely reimagined the story, transforming the protagonist Tom and the other water-babies into the chubby, rosy-cheeked cherubs for which she was famous. Her soft, sentimental, and whimsical style softened the book’s more severe moral and social commentary, creating a gentle and dreamlike underwater world. This interpretation became so iconic that her charming illustrations are now inseparable from the identity of the book itself, turning a complex Victorian fable into a beloved children’s fantasy.
The Water-Babies – Mabel Lucie Attwell 1920
$49.00
- Author:
Charles Kingsley; Mabel Lucie Attwell Illustrator - Publisher:
Raphael Tuck, London, nd. ca 1920 - Binding:
Hardcover - Condition:
Good - Size:
4to - Attributes:
Illustrated
Early edition of this classic, illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell, no date, ca. 1920. Pictorial boards, worn around edges, light scuffing and staining to rear board with a small tear. Binding tight, internally clean and bright, unmarked. Wonderfully illustrated with 12 full-page color plates and numerous in-text illustrations by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Good.
