Dream Days
by Grahame, Kenneth; illustrations by Maxfield Parrish
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Dream Days, Grahame, Kenneth; illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. Published by John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, [1902]. No statement of printing; pencilled gift inscription on front endpaper dated Christmas 1909. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 228pp. plus 4 rear pages of publisher's ads. Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish with 8 full page captioned tissue-guarded plates plus frontis and title page illustrations and additional in-text figures. Olive green illustrated cloth boards with gilt titles and illustrated endpapers; top edge gilt and remaining edges rough-cut. Light wear to boards; binding is square and firm. Frontispiece cleanly detached (see pictures); light toning to outer edges and otherwise contents are fine without markings, tears or folds. A lovely copy.
Synopsis
Kenneth Grahame's unjustly neglected collections of vignettes, reminiscences, and inventions capture the ingenuities of a family of children--three boys and two girls--who live magnanimous lives nourished by the secret expeditions and private games they share. Written in the last few years of the 19th century, as Grahame looked back fondly at his own childhood, these sketches of growing up are poised artfully between two states of consciousness--that of a child protagonist and that of a remembering adult--and so manage to evoke both the active energies of youth and the nostalgic tenderness of reflection.
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- Bookseller
- Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA) (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3610
- Title
- Dream Days
- Author
- Grahame, Kenneth; illustrations by Maxfield Parrish
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- COLLECTIBLE CHILDREN; ART;
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