Title: THE DREAM-PEDLAR
Author: Lady Margaret Sackville
Illustrators: Florence Anderson and Clara Shirley Hayward
Publisher: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, Ltd
City: LondonYear: 1920 (Second Edition)Binding Style: Hardcover
Pagination: 184Illustrated: Yes
Book Details + Condition: Second edition from 1920 of Lady Margaret Sackville’s
gorgeous fairy book, THE DREAM-PEDLAR. Publisher's original attractive
pictorial pale sage cloth covers with black and illustrated spine and front
panel. Measures 9'' x 7¼''. Contains 184 printed pages of text with 16 full-page
plates in color of lovely fairy images (as called for), by Florence
Anderson. Numerous black-and-white drawings in the text by Clara Shirley
Hayward. Overall in good condition: minor shelf wear; rubbing to corners and along spine ends; minor darkening to covers; interior is clean and free of markingS. Chapters include: The Dream-Pedlar, The Sad Story of the Heart of
Colinette, The Old Woman and the Magic Cauldron, The Beautiful Princess, The
Enchanted Mirror, The Painter and the Winds, The Golden Snake and more. A beautiful, scarce and whimsical find for any collector of vintage fairy illustrated books and stories.
