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
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