1923 Rare First Edition - The Dream Girl's Garden by Edith Howes illustrated by D. Osborn.This beautiful book has been sold Please search for other similar books from our bookseller friends! (Description) Author: Edith Howes. D. Osborn, illustrator. Title: The Dream Girl's Garden. Publisher: London and Melbourne, Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1923. First Edition. Language: Text in English. Size: 7" X 5. 5". Pages: 241 pages + publisher's catalog. Binding: Attractive and very good original illustrated full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall

The author: Valerius Maximus was a 1st-century Latin writer and author of a collection of historical anecdotes: Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri IX ("Nine books of memorable deeds and sayings"

old drawing of a grape cluster on the first endpaper - as shown)

last blank endpaper free leaf removed - as shown)

Binding: Attractive and very good original full-cloth Victorian decorated binding (hinges fine

and engraved on wood by the Brothers Dalziel

Known also as the "Books of Paralipomenon

best known for his poetry and short stories

Signed by the author in blue ink AND the illustrator in black ink to title page

Job is visited by numerous fairies

further enhancing the appeal of the book

New Zealand

Une Reine Malheureuse