Phyllis Saunders/Hilda T. Miller - The Flame Flower - 1922

A very RARE and uncommon illustrated book..."The Flame Flower" is a rare and visually captivating children’s fantasy novel. Centered around a young princess’s mystical journey through enchanted lands—forests, cliffs, and heather hills—it reflects a richly imaginative fairy-tale world, complete with symbolic flora, magical beings, and spiritual allegory. The chapter titles—such as The Princess in the Tower, The Grey Woman of the Cliffs, and The Fire Queen Brings the Silver Circlet—suggest a transformative hero's journey embedded in nature and myth. The lush illustrations by Hilda T. Miller bring this ethereal world to life, making it a collector’s gem of early 20th-century illustrated literature. Attractive and very good original lavender cloth with black lettering and border framing a mounted color plate on the front cover wiyh light wera around edges and corners, light stains. Inside very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing or staining. Complete with 4 color plates and 50 line drawings by Hilda T. Miller. Illustrations are delicately executed, with a blend of Pre-Raphaelite and Art Nouveau styles. All illustrations, including the frontispiece, are present and in very good condition. Endpapers tanned.
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