1923 Rare First Edition - The Rose Fyleman Fairy Book Illustrated by Hilda T. Miller.
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(Description)
Author: Poems by Rose Fyleman and Pictures by Hilda T. Miller
Title: The Rose Fyleman Fairy Book.
Publisher: London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1923. First edition.
Size: 10 "X 8 " .
Pages: 102 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good, near fine, full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) in a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown)
Illustrations: Profusely illustrated with 12 beautiful mounted colored fairy plates by Hilda T. Miller.
The book: Rare and beautiful First edition of The Rose Fyleman Fairy Book with the magic illustrations by Hilda T. Miller, (1876-1939).
The author: Rose Amy Fyleman (1877–1957) was an English writer and poet, noted for her works on the fairy folk, for children. Her poem There are fairies at the bottom of our garden was set to music by English composer Liza Lehmann. Her Christmas carol Lift your hidden faces, set to a French carol tune, was included in the Anglican hymnal Songs of Praise (1931) as well as in the Hutterian Brotherhood's Songs of Light (1977).