flower fairies of the spring first edition

Barker was an English illustrator best known for her fantastical illustrations of flowers and fairies. Written and illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker. Featuring the flower fairies of the spring, summer and autumn. A lovely children's book regarding flower fairies, comprising of numerous short poems and beautiful illustrations. In the publisher's original, full cloth binding with gilt detail. A first edition copy of this lovely children's book, with beautiful colour plates by Cicely Mary Barker. Published in 1923, Flower Fairies of the Spring was well received by a post-industrial, war-weary public who were charmed by her vision of hope and innocence, which seemed to evoke a less aggressively modern world.Cloth.

Barrie's Peter Pan in the early part of the 20th century. Cicely was also influenced by the huge popular interest in fairies which developed from the Victorian enthusiasm for fairy stories and was epitomised by the immense popularity of J. Her principal influence, however, which she duly credited, was the artwork of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. As a child she was greatly influenced by the works of the illustrator Kate Greenaway, whom she assiduously copied in her formative years. The author : Cicely Mary Barker (JFebruary 16, 1973) was the illustrator who created the famous Flower Fairies, in the shape of ethereal smiling children with butterfly wings.

A rare find with the original dust jacket! One of the great fairy texts, personifying every variety of flower, grass, plant with a fairy child. `Flower Fairies of the Garden', `Flower Fairies of the Wayside' and `Flower Fairies of the Trees'. The scarcest of the combined Flower Fairies volumes. The book : Rare and Nice First edition with the dust jacket of this exquisite omnibus volume by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrations : Profusely illustrated with 72 exquisite colour plates by Cicely Mary Barker. Rare dust jacket in any condition.īinding : Very good full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed)Ĭontent : Very good content (tight and clean, some foxing on preliminary pages - as shown - not affecting the beautiful illustrations - as shown). First Edition, circa 1950.ĭustjacket : Good dust jacket (chips and tears mainly on top and lower part of spine - as shown) in a protective removable mylar cover. Publisher : London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son Limited. Author : Poems and Pictures by Cicely Mary Barker

Flower fairies of the spring first edition