1925 Signed Book - Rose Fyleman - Fairies and Friends + Signed Letter. First Edition.
Author : Rose Fyleman.
Title : Fairies and Friends.
Publisher : London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1925. First edition.
Size : 7 "X 4.5 ".
Pages : 57-(8) pages.
Binding : Attractive and very good full cloth binding (hinges fine) in a good dust jacket (small chips and tears - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover
Content : Very good content (bright, tight and clean). Signed by Rose Fyleman on the title page. Including also a very rare manuscript letter signed by Rose Fyleman.
The book : Rare First edition of this book with a scarce letter by Rose Fyleman.
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).