Dream Days.

London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1973 Vg-/Vg- This Is Apparently The First Printing Of The 1973 Bodley Head 6Th Edition, With The Original Having Been Published In 1898. It Has Dove Grey Boards With Gilt Titles And Contains No Writing Or Marks. There Is Just A Hint Of Discoloration At The Ends Of The Front Board. The Dust Jacket Is Unclipped, Showing Original Price Of L1.20, But The Spine Is Quite Faded And There Is Some Loss At Upper Spine. This Edition Includes An Afterward By Namoi Lewis Written In 1962 Which Had Served As An Introduction To The 5Th Edition. Oddly, She Describes Him As A 'Bachelor Banker,' Somehow Being Unaware Of His Son Alistair, Who Was Born At The End Of The 19Th Century And Committed Suicide Just Before His 20Th Birthday. Perhaps She Simply Meant That He Had No Children When He Wrote This Book And The Companion Volume, The Golden Age, But One Would Have Expected Greater Care On The Part Of The Venerable Bodley Head. She Does Point Out That These Two Early Books Were Very Popular And Particularly Apparently Pleased Both Teddy Roosevelt And The Kaiser, And That When After A Decade Of Silence, The Wind And The Willows Was Published Many Of These Earlier Fans Were Disappointed. This Book Contains The Reluctant Dragon. Which Hs Been Performed In Numerous Forms And Eras, Including The 1941 Walt Disney Film.