Spring Songs With Music From "Flower Fairies of the Spring"
New York: The Dodge Publishing Company, 1920s.
Hardcover.
First U. S. Edition. No date, ca. 1926.
Twelve charming tipped-in color plates with poems by Cicely Mary Barker and music by Olive Linnell with lyrics depicting each of twelve spring flower fairies - Primrose, Windflower, Groundsel, Lords-and-Ladies, Daffodil, Larch, Heart's-ease, Lady's Smock, Dog-Violet, Stitchwort, Daisy, and Bluebell. Cover sports the Speedwell Fairy.
Item #9021037-1/4 x 9-3/4", quarter blue cloth, grey paper with blue print and color fairy pasted on front board, unpaginated, tipped-in color frontis. plate (Primrose Fairy) and 11 additional tipped-in color plates in text, black and white vignette on title and last page.
A bit of mild soiling and wear to extreme edges of boards, clean of owner's marks, illustrations bright and crisp, very good indeed.
Price: $75.00