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26 Apr 04 - 12:51 AM (#1170896) Subject: BS: The Flower Fairies (books) From: wilbyhillbilly My missus's granny gave her two books when she was a little girl and we just came across them whilst rummaging in the attic, "The book of the flower fairies" and "Fairies of the flowers and trees" by Cicely M. Barker. The illustrations are wonderful and each poem/song has its own, then blank pages before the next. Can anyone give us any information on who, when, where etc. These were printed by Blackie and Son Limited, Glasgow, Bombay, and Toronto, how diverse is that? |
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26 Apr 04 - 01:06 AM (#1170902) Subject: RE: BS: The Flower Fairies (books) From: freda underhill Cicely Mary Barker lived in England and spent a great deal of her life in solitary pursuits owing to ill health. Because she had so much time, she entertained herself by drawing and painting. Her favourite subjects were the many flowers, plants and trees of the English countryside, and all the fairies who lived there. Here is the website, it takes a while to load, but will give you lots of info about Cicely Mary Barker and her many books and illustrations: http://www.flowerfairies.com/UK/start.htm There are also a number of other related sites, if you put her name into your search engine! best wishes freda |
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26 Apr 04 - 01:07 AM (#1170903) Subject: RE: BS: The Flower Fairies (books) From: Stilly River Sage The Book of the flower fairies do you read German? Bookfinder has it from $149 to $732 Fairies of the flowers and trees looks like this is an expensive book. Bookfinder has prices from $255 to $879 |
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26 Apr 04 - 04:02 AM (#1170963) Subject: RE: BS: The Flower Fairies (books) From: John MacKenzie < a href=http://www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk/MultimediaStudentProjects/00-01/9704030f/project/html/blackie_and_sons.htm> Blackie & Sons The reason for the locations of Glasgow & Bombay relate directly to the days of British colonial rule, with the third Toronto due to the large Scottish population in Canada at that time. Blackie & Son appeared to publish nearly every one of my school books, in those far off days when I went to school, they were a sort of Scottish institution, and a source of great pride to many Scots, and particularly to Glaswegians like myself. John |
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26 Apr 04 - 05:06 AM (#1171004) Subject: RE: BS: The Flower Fairies (books) From: Steve Parkes They are still very popular today; the FFs have taken on a life of their own, through merchandising. Steve |
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26 Apr 04 - 05:36 AM (#1171024) Subject: RE: BS: The Flower Fairies (books) From: AllisonA(Animaterra) If your missus still has her granny's childhood copies, they are treasures! Allison |
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26 Apr 04 - 11:53 AM (#1171322) Subject: RE: BS: The Flower Fairies (books) From: open mike if any one is intereseted in having one of these flowr fairy gbooks, you can find them here---there are over 1,000 of books by this author available here--alphabet books, etc. Advanced Book Exchange |
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26 Apr 04 - 12:52 PM (#1171381) Subject: RE: BS: The Flower Fairies (books) From: Stilly River Sage http://www.abebooks.com This is a link to Advanced Book Exchange. I see my links on the right side of each line above expired, but just enter the title in and that's enough to bring up the prices, etc. SRS |
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26 Apr 04 - 03:07 PM (#1171532) Subject: RE: BS: The Flower Fairies (books) From: wilbyhillbilly thanks all, what a wonderful result, from what I can make out from info at advanced book exchange the two books we've got are both first editions, and are indeed treasures. Once again Mudcatters to the rescue, thanks. Wilby and Missus |
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27 Apr 04 - 02:29 PM (#1172495) Subject: RE: BS: The Flower Fairies (books) From: Tig I had copies of the flower faries books when I was smaller. My favourite was the Clover Fairy. |