Dream Days Kenneth Grahame MAXFIELD PARRISH Bodley Head 1902 1st Illus For Sale

Dream Days by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Maxfield Parrish.John Lane / The Bodley Head, London, 1902. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION.The classic collection — including \"The Reluctant Dragon\" — withParrish\'s illustrations in the original photogravure reproduction:ten full-page plates (frontispiece, title page, and one perselection) plus six tailpieces, and the decorated scrollworkendpapers. Top edge gilt.CONDITION: A complete, sound copy. All plates and tailpieces presentand clean; pages clean. Spine straight with gilt bright — NO spinesunning. Cover shows scratching to the white title block at the top(see photos) and light corner bumps. The front paper joint shows asplit (see photos) but the underlying sewing is SOUND — this volume\'sheavy, dense paper puts lifelong strain on the paper joints of thisedition, and this copy\'s structure remains strong. No dust jacket. Asmall pencil price notation on the endpaper has been erased.The first Parrish-illustrated Grahame — a cornerstone of both theParrish shelf and the Golden Age of children\'s literature.Shipped carefully packed via Media Mail.Curated by Blackwood Foundlings