Cicely Mary Barker; Oliver Linnell
Autumn Songs with Music from "Flower Fairies of the Autumn
London, Blackie & Son, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this collection of twelve songs by Oliver Linnell, accompanied by poems and colour plates by Cicely Mary Barker. The first edition of this work, in the publisher's original price clipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with twelve tipped in colour plates. Collated, complete.A charming collection of twelve songs, written and beautifully illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker with accompanying musical scores by Olive Linnell.Cicely Mary Barker was a renowned artist who worked proficiently in watercolour, pen and ink, oils, and pastels. She is best known for her illustrations depicting fairies and botanically accurate flowers, that have enchanted both adults and children alike around the world. In the publisher's original cloth backed boards, with clipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally excellent. Handling marks to dust wrapper, with small closed tears to wrap heads, and minor closed tear to rear wrap tail. Minor chipping to back strip head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with light spotting throughout, most concentrated to the first few leaves. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Cicely Mary Barker. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.

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Keywords: Autumn Songs Cicely Mary Barker Olive Linnell Cicely Mary Barker Cicely Mary Barker