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GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932). Dream Days. London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1899. 8vo. [vi], 1-[279], [15, John Lane Catalog dated 1898], [1, blank] pp. Publisher’s full yellow buckram, boards and spine stamped in green (spine toned, some rubbing, toning to board edges, corners a bit bumped, light toning, thumbsoiling to endleaves, hinges starting, occasional minor thumbsoiling in text, embossed bookseller’s stamp of “W. H. Smith” on first blank). Fine. FIRST EDITION IN THE PREFERRED PICTORIAL YELLOW CLOTH BINDING. This collection of children’s stories contains The Reluctant Dragon, the basis of the 1941 film of the same name by the Walt Disney Studios. Grahame is best known for his 1908 novel, The Wind in the Willows.