Martha B. Rabbit and deals Friends~Shirley Barber~1996~First Edition~Excellent Illustrations~Very Good Condition~Rare~Collectible~Free Shipping

Martha B. Rabbit and Friends~Shirley Barber~1996~First Edition~Excellent Illustrations~Very Good Condition~Rare~Collectible~Free Shipping.

This a rare and collectible children's book with phenomenal color illustrations. It is in very good condition with edge wear on the cover. Some scratches and wrinkles on the cover. Some minor wrinkles on a few pages. No markings or inscriptions. A handle is connected to the spine so a child can carry this treasure. It is an oversized book at 11 x 15 inches. 64 pages with 3 separate stories. The complex fairyland illustrations will thrill a child. Thanks for visiting our shop!

Shirley Barber (born 23 June 1935) is an English children's author and illustrator, long resident in Australia.

Her early childhood was spent in Guernsey (Channel Islands). She had no formal art school training, but learnt designing at a textile and wallpaper studio in London.

She deals emigrated to Australia in 1965, and worked for a time for Oxford University Press in Melbourne, Victoria. She currently lives in Watsonia, a suburb of Melbourne, with her son and his family. She has been married twice; her second husband Keith Barber died in 2000.

She has written many picture books and fairy-themed colouring books, calendars and diaries, which have sold over 10 million copies as at 2008. Most of Barber's books feature fairies and animals. Her books are mainly set in picturesque woods. Her books have been published in 18 languages. - From Wikipedia

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