1950 Fairies of the Flowers and Trees Poems and Pictures by Cicely Mary Barker / Blackie & Son Ltd London / With Original SCARCE Wrapper

Those of you that know me will know that the Flower Fairies books are my absolute favourite books. Here is a lovely vintage hardback copy of Fairies of the Flowers and Trees by Cicely Mary Barker. Undated but would have been published in 1950 by Blackie & Son Ltd of London. With seventy-two stunning colour plates. The contents are in very good condition. Has the original extremely scarce dust jacket. This has a fair amount of wear and some areas of loss, but still remains very attractive. At time of writing I cannot find another copy for sale anywhere with the dust jacket.

Being a first collected edition of the following works which were previously published separately: Flower Fairies of the Wayside; Flower Fairies of the Garden; Fairies of the Trees.

Inside the pages are clean, bright and tightly bound. Has sepia illustrated endpapers. With an inked inscription in the top corner of the front paste down dated 1950, but no other writing or markings of previous ownership. Has illustrated endpapers and the top closed edge is tinted green. With some light spotting to the page edges.

In green cloth covered boards with gilt decoration and titles to the front and spine. In very good order having been well protected by the dust wrapper. The book has developed a mild lean over time.

The beautiful price-clipped jacket, as mentioned above, is extremely rare. Has some tears and loss to the top edge on the front and to the spine (see photos). With a few more closed tears on the rear of the jacket and some nicks on the inside flap edges. The white has a few faint dark marks. The jacket has now been protected for the future by the addition of an archival removable plastic sleeve.

Your vintage copy of Fairies of the Flowers and Trees will be wrapped with care in tissue and ribbon* and sent well packaged. I am always happy to add a gift card with a message to the parcel. 

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H 19 cm x W 16 cm, 0.45 kg, 92 pages. I dispatch worldwide daily from the UK. (There are just a very few countries which I am unable to ship to).

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