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Author: Story and Pictures by Cicely Mary Barker.
Title: GROUNDSEL AND NECKLACES.
Publisher: London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son Limited,  no date (circa 1946). First thus.
Size: 5.5 "X 4.5 ".  
Pages: 48 pages.
Dust jacket: Very good dust jacket in a protective removable mylar cover. 
Binding: Very good, near fine illustrated full cloth binding (hinges fine). 
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing - as shown) 
Illustrations: Complete with the beautiful illustrations by Cicely Mary Barker.

The book: Rare and very nice book with the dustjacket of this beautifully illustrated volume by Cicely Mary Barker. 

The author: Cicely Mary Barker (June 28, 1895 - February 16, 1973) was the illustrator who created the famous Flower Fairies, in the shape of ethereal smiling children with butterfly wings. As a child, she was greatly influenced by the works of the illustrator Kate Greenaway, whom she assiduously copied in her formative years. Her principal influence, however, which she duly credited, was the artwork of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Cicely was also influenced by the huge popular interest in fairies which developed from the Victorian enthusiasm for fairy stories and was epitomized by the immense popularity of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan in the early part of the 20th century.