
THE FAIRY CARAVAN
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Frederick Warne, London, June 1963, reprint. Hard cover, 225 pages. Yellow boards with green lettering and illustration on front board, green lettering on spine. Boards show a bit of corner and spine wear and some wear at lower edges. Binding sound; stray pen mark on lower text block, pink mark on fore-edge; bit of age spotting on spine; some soil on rear board. Illustrated jacket with price intact shows some soil, small creases; short tears and small losses at spine ends; wear at corners with noticeable rubbing at upper fold edges and small losses; tear at lower spine repaired on verso. Prior owner’s book plate plus inked initials on FEP; remainder of interior clean and unmarked. Colour frontis plus black & white and colour illustrations. ‘The Fairy Caravan is the story of a miniature circus – William and Alexander’s Travelling Circus. It was no ordinary circus, for Alexander was a Highland terrier to his friends and William was Pony Billy who drew the caravan. … The circus performed only for the animals of the farms and fields they passed, for magic fernseed in their hair shielded them from the eyes of humans.’ (from front flap)