Flower Fairies of the Spring, Summer, and Autumn. This item is unavailable.Flower Fairies of the Spring, Summer, and Autumn

Three of Cicely Mary Barker's beautiful volumes of seasonal flower poems, complete with striking colour plates and the original dust wrappers. The lovely seasonal fairy books of Cicely Mary Barker, this set containing three volumes, for spring, summer, and autumn.Cicely Mary Barker was a renowned illustrator, who is best remembered today for her distinctive illustrations of fairies and flowers. She was primarily influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites and Kate Greenaway. Barker published these fairy collections during a boom in popularity of fairies in England; this craze was partly due to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and J. M. Barrie.'Flower Fairies of the Spring', dated c1936, the latest title advertised being 'A Little Book of Old Rhymes'. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with twenty-four colour plates. Collated, complete.'Flower Fairies of the Summer', dated c1948, the latest title advertised being 'Flower Fairies of the Wayside'. In the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with twenty-four colour plates. Collated, complete.'Flower Fairies of the Autumn', dated c1934, the latest title advertised being 'A Flower Fairy Alphabet'. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with twenty-four colour plates. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's paper covered boards, in the original dust wrappers, 'Spring' and 'Autumn' are unclipped, 'Summer' is price-clipped. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards. Dust wrappers are a little edge worn, with small closed tears and chips. Light handling marks to the dust wrappers, and a touch of age-toning to the spines. Spots to the reverse of the dust wrappers for 'Summer' and 'Autumn'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. …