Corners just very slightly rubbed, no inscriptions, contents very nice. They are very slender and long limbed, curiously Fairy Snowdrop wears stockings and suspenders! The roses do a Wild Rose dance and the thistles the Scotch reel. The delightful flower fairies have no wings and are only distantly related to those of Cicely Barker. Alice inspired: 2 small girls picking wild flowers get sleepy, follow a sorrel fairy, shrink to a very small size, enter a hole in an oak tree, and at the end of a tunnel, arrive with lots of other flower creatures at the court of Queen Daisy and King Dandelion. Coloured title illustration and 13 large pretty coloured illustrations including 1 double page by V. FIRST EDITION circa 1945 (dated from British Library accession date), 4to, 285 x 215 mm, 11¼ x 8½ inches, white cloth backed boards, colour illustrated upper board with red title, grey lower board, (16) pages.
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