• Publication: The Book of the Flower FairiesPublication Record # 415988
• Author: Cicely Mary Barker
• Date: 1927-10-00
• Publisher: Blackie & Son
• Price:
  5/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
• Pages: 92
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Cover: The Book of the Flower Fairies (1927) • by Cicely Mary Barker
• Notes:

  • Page count (from WorldCat) probably does not include the plates.
  • Publ date (inferred) and price from listing Manchester Guardian 1927-10-24 p6 "Books Received" (as "The Golden Book of Flower Fairies"). Publisher advert "Blackie's New Books" and brief review in The Scotsman, -11-24 p3 and -12-15 p15, report "The Book of Flower Fairies" at same price.
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 760277039 8299763

Contents (view Concise Listing)

•  The Book of the Flower Fairies • (1927) • interior artwork by Cicely Mary Barker
• Flower Fairies of the Spring • [Flower Fairies • 1] • (1923) • novelette by Cicely Mary Barker
• Flower Fairies of the Summer • [Flower Fairies • 2] • (1925) • novelette by Cicely Mary Barker
• Flower Fairies of the Autumn • [Flower Fairies • 3] • (1926) • novelette by Cicely Mary Barker (variant of Flower Fairies of the Autumn: With the Nuts and Berries They Bring)