First illustrated edition. A very neat Papé-illustrated edition of an early 20th Century fantasy comedy, in which a bored writer experiences vivid dreams after finding a chunk of metal, which he believes to be a magical talisman, while digging in his garden. Illustrated with ecstatic black and white fantasy scenes by one of the Golden Age's most underrated artists.
In very good plus condition, corners a little rubbed and light wrinkling to the spine head. Inside clean and firm. External gilt-stamping very bright. Bound in black cloth with gilt motifs and titles to front and spine, illustrated endpapers, top sprayed red. 24.5 x 16 cm. Pp. xxx, 243, [1].
