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Dream Days
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| Author(s): | Kenneth Grahame |
| Illustrator(s): | Maxfield Parrish |
| Publisher(s): | Dodd, Mead & Company John Lane |
| Year Published: | 1902 |
| Type: | Hardcover |
| Genre: | Boys Growing Up British Families Fiction - short story Girls Growing Up Holidays Orphans |
| Age Range: | Ages 7-9: Short Chapter Books |
| Pages: | 228 |
| This is an | All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB) |
| OCLC: | 12647449 |
Description
This is the second volume of Kenneth Grahame’s reminiscences of childhood. It includes the well known story of The Reluctant Dragon. The illustrations by Maxfield Parrish were in color and so printed in the periodical printing in The Illustrated London News in the 1910’s. John Lane, the book publisher was not satisfied with the original color plates for the book edition and instead published them in black and white by photogravure. There are variant bindings and even a version with only six plates. Read online at archive.org.
Other Editions
Dream Days (1898)
This is the second volume of Kenneth Grahame’s reminiscences of childhood and includes his story The Reluctant Dragon. There were at least three variant bindings of the British first edition. The American first edition was slightly smaller format, although both were printed in America. Read online at archive.org.
Dream Days (1922)
Kenneth Grahame’s second volume of reminiscences of childhood include his story The Reluctant Dragon. This is the second illustrated edition and was published only in Britain. Read online at archive.org.
Dream Days (1931)
Kenneth Grahame’s second volume of memoirs of childhood includes his story
The Reluctant Dragon.
Read online at archive.org.
Dream Days (1954)
Kenneth Grahame’s second volume of memories of childhood includes his story
The Reluctant Dragon. The illustrations are new, not reprints of the 1930 edition and were never used in any British edition.
Other Sequels
Pagan Papers (1894)
This first edition is the only one to include the essays under the title “The Golden Age” which were subsequently included in the book of that name along with additional chapters. Read online at archive.org.
The Golden Age (1895)
A collection of stories about the author’s childhood. The American first edition is smaller format and includes 241 pages. Read online at archive.org.
Pagan Papers (1898)
This second and all subsequent editions contains only the eighteen essays, none of the Golden Age stories. Read online at archive.org.
The Golden Age (1899)
This is a collection of stories and reminiscences of Kenneth Grahame’s childhood. This is the first edition with illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. The plates were reproduced in half-tone as the publisher was not happy with the color reproductions. Some of the colored versions were subsequently published in The Illustrated London News from 1910-13. There were several binding variants. This is from one of the illustrations in Dream Days, uniform with that volume. Read online at archive.org.
The Golden Age (1899)
This is a collection of stories and reminiscences of Kenneth Grahame’s childhood. This is the first edition with illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. The plates were reproduced in half-tone as the publisher was not happy with the color reproductions. Some of the colored versions were subsequently published in The Illustrated London News from 1910-13.
The Golden Age (1904)
For this edition, the original plates were rephotographed and reproduced by photogravure, a much better process than halftone. Again there were numerous binding variants, similar to the first Parrish illustrated edition. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
The Golden Age (1915)
Kenneth Grahame’s first collection of reminiscences of his childhood. This is the second set of illustrations. Read online at Hathitrust.
The Golden Age (1921)
Memories of growing up orphaned by Kenneth Grahame. This was the first book Lois Lenski illustrated. It was not republished in America.
The Golden Age (1928)
This is the fourth set of illustrations for Kenneth Grahame’s memories of growing up. Ernest H. Shepard did another set in 1954. The American edition was published in 1929 with changes to the dust jacket and end papers. Read online at archive.org.
The Golden Age (1954)
This second set of illustrations to Kenneth Grahame’s memories of childhood done by Ernest H. Shepard was only published in America.
Read online at archive.org.
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