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FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE AUTUMN.
by BARKER, Cicely Mary.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Blackie, (1950).. REPRINT circa 1950 (first published in 1926), 140 x 110 mm, 5½ x 4¼ inches, black chequered light brown boards, mounted colour plate, blue illustrated endpapers, 24 beautiful colour plates. No inscriptions, minute bump at tail of spine otherwise a Fine crisp clean copy in near Fine DUSTWRAPPER not price clipped (3/-), 10 mm (½") closed tear at foot of upper hinge, neatly repaired on reverse, clean and bright. Latest title on lower panel is Flower Fairies of the Wayside (1948). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Synopsis
This deluxe addition to the Flower Fairies classics is complete with all of Cicely Mary Barker’s original poems and illustrations. She re-creates the beauty of nature through her art and drawings from life with botanical accuracy and exquisite watercolors. Her Flower Fairies are a unique combination of naturalism and fantasy. Newly redesigned in the style of the bestselling Fairyopolis, the third pair of titles in the collectible Flower Fairies classics series is an essential background reading for all Fairyopolis fans.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46675
- Title
- FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE AUTUMN.
- Author
- BARKER, Cicely Mary.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Blackie, (1950).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- flower fairies autumn berries nuts flowers children's picture book
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
We have been established booksellers for 42 years. We are a postal business only (strictly no callers). We are long-standing members of the P.B.F.A. the largest trade association for antiquarian booksellers in the UK. We wrap all our parcels in new materials and all our books are insured at our expense. Books may be returned if wrongly described, all costs will be met by us. ****PLEASE NOTE: POSTAGE WILL BE CHARGED AT COST, MEANING THAT POSTAGE WILL BE REDUCED ON PARCELS WEIGHING UNDER 1 KILO, AND IT WILL BE INCREASED ON MOST PARCELS WEIGHING MORE THAN 1 KILO****
About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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