A very good copy in like dust jacket, not price-clipped, a little soiled, faint splash mark at foot, couple of nicks and shallow chips with verso tape repairs. Rubbing and foxing to edges, wear to two corners, toning to contents, illustrations bright. Ink ownership signature on front pastedown. Illustrated half-title and frontispiece, 24 colour plates, all by the author. Original grey decorated boards with pictorial onlay in colour, spine and front cover lettered in brown, blue illustrated endpapers. Flower Fairies of the Spring Hardcover Januby Cicely Mary Barker (Author) 456 ratings Part of: Flower Fairies (27 books) Kindle 4.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 58.50 9 Used from 19.43 1 New from 58.50 Paperback 5.59 2 Used from 12.94 5 New from 5.59 Mass Market Paperback 28.64 1 Used from 28. Cicely Mary Barker (1895-1973) followed up with the remaining seasons: Flower Fairies of the Summer (1925), Autumn (1926), and the posthumous Winter (1985). This poetry collection, first published in 1923, was a popular response to the interest in fairies generated by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Coming of Fairies (1922). Barker was a devotee of the Pre-Raphaelites, particularly Edward Burne-Jones, and her work owes a debt to Beatrix Potter and Kate Greenaway " (ODNB). Now, nine decades later, Cicely Mary Barker's originality and skill as an artist continues to charm and delight around the world.An attractively illustrated children's classic, being the first book of the illustrator, whose fairy titles "remain very popular and have been collected in many anthologies. When Cicely Mary Barker created the first Flower Fairies book in 1923, the unassuming artist could have had little idea of the immense popularity her fairies would enjoy.
Like the pre-Raphaelite painters whom she. This beautiful little book is the third of the original Flower Fairy books to be re-imagined with fashion-inspired covers: A Flower Fairy Alphabet and Flower Fairies of the Winter are already available and the series will continue with Flower Fairies of the Summer and Flower Fairies of the Autumn. First published in the 1920s, Cicely Mary Barkers original Flower Fairies books have been loved for generations. This gorgeous gift edition is a wonderful celebration of the beauty of spring. Each page features Cicely Mary Barker's iconic and beautifully painted fairies, representing the delicate flowers of the spring. Relive the beauty and the magic of Cicely Mary Barker's famous Flower Fairies, with a special new edition of Cicely Mary Barker's Flower Fairies of the Spring.Ī perfect gift for fairy fans young and old, this brand new edition of Flower Fairies of the Spring features a stunning cover with an unusual and intricate cut-out design that gives the illusion of delicate lace. Flower Fairies Author Cicely Mary Barker Publisher Penguin Young Readers Group, 2005 ISBN 0723257248, 9780723257240 Length 32 pages Subjects Juvenile Fiction Fairy Tales & Folklore General. A beautiful new gift edition of Cicely Mary Barker's Flower Fairies of the Spring.
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