THE BOOK OF THE FLOWER FAIRIES BY CICELY M. BARKER 1927 FIRST EDITION

[BARKER, CICELY MARY].  The Book of the Flower Fairies.  London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son Limited, n.d. [1927].

FIRST EDITION. Cloth-bound, hardcover, octavo (19cm x 14cm x 3.5cm), pp. 92 + 72 full-page colour plates. English text. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to upper cover and spine, green endpapers, half-title, title-page vignette, numerous drawings and colour plates throughout by the author. Condition: VERY GOOD.  Binding tight, secure, and square. Trivial bumping to spine ends. Covers and contents remarkably clean. Previous owner details inked to front endpaper. A magnificent copy. Scarce thus.