Everyone is familiar with the famous photograph of the small girl surrounded by fairies, which caused such a sensation when it was first published in the regular magazine in 1907. You can earn a 5% commission by selling lady cottingtons fairy album on your website. Lady cottingtons pressed fairy book terry jones and brian froud illustrator woodland creatures. Lady cottingtons pressed fairy book hardcover september 30, 1994. Buy a cheap copy of lady cottingtons pressed fairy book by terry jones. Mar 19, 2020 a reproduction of the diary of lady angelica cottington, which features pressed garden fairies. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic. Its easy to get started we will give you example code. The main character, lady cottington, is unlikeable, and the faeries that she demolishes never as flattering or as beautiful as the ones depicted by froud in his other books. The rspcf would also like to point out that, after one or. Lady cottington pressed fairy book by jones, terry at. Lady cottingtons pressed fairy book by brian froud and terry jones. What youre left with is a slightly amusing book which slightly amusing pictures, that otherwise doesnt really measure up to frouds other works.
After youre setup, your website can earn you money while you work, play or even sleep. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. This fairy squishing adventure spans over a course of 14 years or so until she can no longer see them. 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. This book is part of a series of faerie books about lady cottington of england from the 1800s era, who saw and interacted with faerie beings and kept a diarypressing book of her involvement with them.
Buy lady cottingtons pressed fairy book by terry jones from amazons fiction books store. Sterling publishing company incorporated, sep 2, 2004 humor 64 pages. Their fauxvictorian book of various smashed, crushed, and smooshed fairies was a delight wonderful pictures by froud and hysterical text by jones. Lady cottingtons pressed fairy book terry jones and brian froud illustrator lady cottingtons book of pressed faeries. Buy a cheap copy of lady cottingtons pressed fairy letters book by ari berk. Written in diary form the first entry is dated july 1895 by a girl around the age of six who captures and presses fairies just like flowers. He also served as the conceptual designer on jim hensons films the dark crystal and labyrinth. A padded hardcover book with a faux antique leather look. There are, therefore, few days in the fairy calendar that do not involve some sort of celebration. Lady cottingtons pressed fairy book by terry jones and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Lady cottington pressed fairy book by jones, terry, 9781857933369, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. On the death of her father, lady cottington lived as a recluse on the family estate until she died in 1991. This does not have the dvd in it as the hardback 10th anniversary edition does. The cottington archive is pleased to announce that more information about lady cottingon has surfaced.
Now this same beauty of the fairy world is available in a journal, decorated with fairy history and unusual fairy photographs. Brian froud is an illustrator and was one of the designers that worked on the dark crystal, labyrinth and on the empire strikes backs yoda. Lady cottington preserved the beauty of her fairy friends within the pages of lady cottingtons pressed fairy book. Lady cottingtons pressed fairy book absolutely love, love. Brian froud is an awardwinning illustrator, author, and faery authority. In 1995 lady cottingtons pressed fairy book was released to an unsuspecting public. The interview can be found on lady cottingtons pressed fairy book dvd by terry jones. Synopsis this book claims to be the facsimile edition of the notebook of lady angelica cottington, who, it is said, took the infamous photograph of a group of fairies that was authenticated by conan doyle, but later discredited. Cottingtons pressed fairy book worldoffroud lady cottingtons pressed fairy book terry jones and brian froud illustrator love this little guy. Based on the series of turnofthecentury photos of the supposed cottingley fairies, lady cottingtons pressed fairy book is definitely not a childrens book, but rather a morbid fantasy told through journal entries about a horrid imp of a girl who makes a hobby of crushing fairies in between the pages of her dairy. Colour illustration on front board showing a fairy trying to hold her skirt down, alongside titles in beautiful black script.
Lady cottingtons pressed fairy book terry jones, brian. Now 2005 can be named the year of lady cottington with the 10th anniversary of the publication that first exposed the world to the science of fairy exploration. Attractive volume, with padded boards, designed to look like a halfleather bound book. The book was in even better condition than i expected even including the original pressed fairy bookmark and lady cottingtons seal of modesty around the final few pages. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Way back in 1994 brian froud and terry jones got together and created lady cottingtons pressed fairy book, which was an immediate hit and a huge bestseller. Designed to resemble a reproduction of the awful little girls actual journal. A few words from the author in working with brian on lady cottingtons pressed fairy letters, i wanted to explore some lesser known aspects of the faerie world. It really happeneda hoax perpetrated by two girls who claimed to have photographed actual fairies. Lady cottingtons pressed fairy book by terry jones goodreads.
Lady cottington impulsively decided to start pressing faeries in a flower pressing book one day, and so this collection of smooshed bizarre, charming, cute, and sometimes ugly little faeries came to be the colorful, and wonderful illustrations of this book outlined by her diary entries in. Lady cottingtons pressed fairy journal home facebook. Lady cottingtons pressed fairy book hardcover october 1994 by terry jones author 4. Lady cottingtons pressed fairy book, by terry jones and brian froud 8. Called an unstoppable phenomenon by its publisher, it became an immediate international bestseller. Lady cottingtons pressed fairy book by terry jones, 9781862057005, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Buy lady cottington pressed fairy book from waterstones today.