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The Complete Flower Fairies Books by Cicely M. Barker 3 x Vols, 168 Colour Plates
REF: ES1644-NL75 / LA489069
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Description
The Book of the Flower Fairies, Fairies of the Flowers & Trees and A Flower Fairy Alphabet.
Seven volumes bound in three books as issued.
By Cicely M. Barker
All books are published by Blackie & Son, London, circa 1950.
The complete set of The Flower Fairy Books with Spring, Summer and Autumn to The Book of Fairies, Fairies of the Wayside, Garden & Trees to The Flowers & Trees plus The Fairy Alphabet.
All hardbacks bound in the original decorated bindings, complete with 72 x full page colour illustrations and black & white illustrations among text to The Flower Fairies & Flowers & Trees plus 24 x colour plates and a black & white Frontis to The Alphabet.
Each book measures approx 8 x 6 inches and 5.5 x 4 inches.
measurements
Height:
8 in
Width:
6 in
declaration
Elder Books & Collectables has clarified that the The Complete Flower Fairies Books by Cicely M. Barker 3 x Vols, 168 Colour Plates (LA489069) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being CIRCA 1950
condition
FEW MINOR MARKS TO COVERS, MINOR WEAR AT TOP & BOTTOM OF SPINES, CORNERS BUMPED, LONG NAME & ADDRESS WRITTEN IN PEN TO HALF TITLE OF FLOWERS & TREES WITH ANOTHER PENCIL ADDRESS UNDERNEATH, INSCRIPTION DATED 1948 TO FRONT ENDPAPER OF FLOWER FAIRIES, SMALL NAME TO HALF TITLE OF ALPHABET, SOME VERY OCCASIONAL LIGHT FOXING OR MINOR CREASE TO THE OCCASIONAL PAGE, DARK MARK TO FRONT ILLUSTRATED ENDPAPER OF THE ALPHABET,
OVERALL ALL BOOKS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH HINGES FIRM & MAJORITY OF PAGES & PLATES CLEAN.
additional info
Material:
Date of Manufacture:
CIRCA 1950
location
This The Complete Flower Fairies Books by Cicely M. Barker 3 x Vols, 168 Colour Plates is located in Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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