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THE SUN'S BABIES.

THE SUN'S BABIES.

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THE SUN'S BABIES.

by Howes, Edith

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  • Hardcover
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About This Item

London: Cassell 154 pp, 7 1/2" H. No date, but probably c1940 with the 'wartime' paper of that era. Medium green boards with black lettering on spine and front board, dust jacket with pastedown illustration. 4 colour plates (including frontispiece) - all present. A charming collection of stories and poems by the New Zealand author and educator, mixing fairy fantasy with tales of the natural world. Contents include: The Sun-Man's Babies; The Snowdrop Baby; The Apple Fairy; Daffodils; May Fairies; Billybuzz the Drone; Spinny Spider; The Mosquito Babies; Sally Snail's Wanderings; Milly Mushroom; The Leaf Fairies; Bunny-Boy; The Hill Princess; Urchins in the Sea; Wher White Waves Play; Fanny Fly; The Wheat People; The Disobedient Sunbeams; A Trip into the Country; The Season Fairies; etc., etc. Light browning to pages and endpapers, light edge wear at corners and top/bottom of spine, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, moderate browning to edges of text block, small bump at top corner of both boards, tiny dent on front board. Dust jacket has a few small chips - mainly at top of spine and top of front flap fold, closed irregular tear on spine, spine/flap folds are slightly darkened, some foxing on rear panel, light edge wear/wrinkling and one or two small edge tears, protected in a mylar sleeve.. Reprint.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Good+. Illus. by Frank Watkins.

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Bookseller
Capricorn Books CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
30548
Title
THE SUN'S BABIES.
Author
Howes, Edith
Illustrator
Frank Watkins
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good-
Jacket Condition
Good+
Edition
Reprint.
Publisher
Cassell
Place of Publication
London
Keywords
Sun's Babies, Edith Howe, New Zealand Authors, Women Authors, 20th Century Children's Books, Illustrated Books, fairy Tales, Fairies, Daffodils, Violets, Flowers, Dragons, Bluebells, Cowslips, Bees, Honey, Birds, Brownies, Frogs, Buttercups, Spide
Bookseller catalogs
Poetry; Natural History; Childrens; Myths, Legends & Fantasy;

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