THE DRYAD: A NOVEL. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1905. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-314, title page printed in light green and black, original pictorial olive-green cloth, front panel stamped in black and blind, spine panel stamped in black. First U.S. edition. "Medieval romance set at the end of the thirteenth century, when Greece is under French rule. The magical daughter of a dryad, given immortality by Zeus, still lives in the Eleusinian wood; she falls in love with a young prince, but has to pose as a man and defeat him in a tournament in order to reclaim him from the sinister domination of a rival enchantress." – Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-227. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1065. Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, p. 602. Bleiler (1978), p. 128. Reginald 09868. Early owner's signature and date on front free endpaper. Cloth very lightly rubbed at head and tail of spine panel, corner tips and along lower edges, a clean, tight, very good copy. (#95425).
Price: $45.00
"Published March, 1905" on copyright page.