Sybil Barham Illustrator (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Contains 12 stories linked to elements of a middle-class garden: sundial, cherry tree, apple tree, crocuses, wasps, lavender, rooks. It ends with a poem celebrating the arrival of a baby brother who does away with the need for fairies as companions. The book was published in an American edition in 1918, with a different cover.Alice P Moss also published The Dream Garden, and Other stories (1904); under her married name, Alice P. Nowell Price, a book of poems, The Cardinal's Coach and other poems (1927).Sybil Barham trained at the Herkomer Art School, London, and worked as an illustrator. This is a charming example of fairy stories set in Edwardian middle-class life. Scarce. Green cloth b.…