Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #71543 in Books
• Published on: 1994-10-13
• Binding: Hardcover
• 64 pages

Synopsis
This is a reproduction of the diary of Lady Angelica Cottingham, which features pressed garden fairies. Or rather the psychic images of the fairies, who quickly turned it into a game, where they leapt between the closing pages in an effort to outdo each other to produce the most outrageous poses. The book claims to be the facsimile edition of the notebook of Lady Cottington who, it is said, took the infamous photograph of a group of fairies that was authenticated by Conan Doyle, but later discredited. She was determined to prove the existence of fairies and began to capture them between the pages of her notebook, in which she had previously pressed wild flowers. This is a record of the fairies she caught, and of the disruptive influence they had on her otherwise sheltered life.

Customer Reviews

Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book
I first encountered this amazing book when I was 12 and I was convinced that around every tree there would be a farie, but try as I did I could not catch one, not even a goblin! I ran into Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book on Amazon a few months ago, I am now 30-odd, I had to get it! It has got to be the first book that every little girl, women and granny should consider for their library! Mystical, funny, naughty but nice, childish and deadley serious! It is a must have for anyone who relishes the idea of blaming everything on the faries! I personally do not believe they are drawing at all!

You can dream, but they are out there.
This book is such a wonder to own, the detailed paintings of the fairies mixed with the fantastic colours really do take your breath away.
I own both this book plus the handbag size version and the journal and all are a pleasure to own.
If you like these you will love the goblins companion as well.

I always knew they were out there
All those predictable words spring immediately to mind: delightful, wonderful, entertaining, funny, witty, brilliant, inspired, and so on. This is just the loveliest book I ever read. Fairies certainly do exist when you're reading this- as if Brian Froud's gurglesome, stinkily perty fairy pics weren't enough to feed your lust for magic, there's also Terry Jones' perfect incarnation of Lady Cottington and her sexual repressions. This is a real doggie treat, and a must have for under your bed.