Cicely Mary Barker FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE AUTUMN First?

FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE AUTUMN

With the Nuts and Berries they bring

Poems and Pictures by Cicely Mary Barker

Author of `Flower Fairies of the Spring,’ `Flower Fairies of the Summer’.

Published by Blackie & Son, London and Glasgow; undated but possibly a first edition from about 1926

Hardback, 11 x 14.5 cms; brown patter front and back boards, front board with paste on picture of the Hawthorn Fairy (see picture); boards have wear to the edges and most of the spine is missing with usual slight paper loss to adjacent edges; no dustjacket (as issued?)

Not paginated; text pages printed on slightly thicker paper; beautifully illustrated with vibrant colour plates in the usual CMB style printed on glossy paper (see picture), with a black-and-white frontispiece (most unusually not coloured in!); endpapers delightfully decorated in blue and white with a double page illustration of a fairy and a baby fairy (see picture); inscription dated Dec 1928 and a name written on the reverse of the front fep; stain marks to front fep and half title page; half title page and title page detached together; some loosening/foxing/browning and slight signs of use in places but overall the inside is in very good condition.

WILL DISPATCH WORLDWIDE

AN EARLY EDITION THAT DESPITE ITS FAULTS WILL MAKE AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION

NO  RESERVE

 

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