MARIE, Queen of Romania (1875–1938). The Dreamer of Dreams. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. London, New York & Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, [1915]. First edition.

Fairy tale by the last Queen consort of Romania, following an artist on a mythic journey to find his muse and restore the fortunes of a troubled kingdom. Complete with preeminent illustrator Edmund Dulac’s plates and rare dust-jacket.

Quarto (183 × 245 mm). Half-title, six tipped-in colour plates by Dulac plus duplicate plate on dust-jacket, printed tissue guards, dedication page and publisher’s advertisement (fourth and sixth plates’ mounts detached and laid in loose, occasional chipping to mounts extremities not affecting printed borders or plates). Publisher’s Alice blue cloth with gilt titling and blue decoration on upper board and spine, buff dust-jacket printed in green with duplicate of frontispiece plate affixed to upper panel (very light wear and some chipping along extremities, spine toned slightly). Provenance: Brentano’s, New York (label on lower pastedown). Scare copy in excellent condition, with rare dust-jacket.