BLYTON, Enid.

£1,250 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Real Fairies. First edition, inscribed and dated on the preliminary blank in black, "With love from the Author, March 25. 25". This was the author's second stand-alone book following Child Whispers in 1922. The book presents thirty-three poems, all here printed for the first time, with the exception of "Pretending", which had appeared in Punch magazine.There were two issues: a brown cloth issue (priced at 3s. 6d.), and the present issue in wrappers (priced at 2s. 6d.)The author's "ability to 'move into a child's world of fancy' (the Daily Chronicle) and to understand 'things clear to the heart of childhood' (The Schoolmistress), were phrases often used by the reviewers... Although most of the verses were about fairies, Enid's ability to write from a child's viewpoint is again evident..." (Stoney, p. 43).

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