The Dream Child

218 North Kedzie Avenue, Chicago : Indo-American Book Company, 1911. The Gift Edition featuring an additional explanatory chapter giving new interest to this strange romance of two worlds. Beautifully bound with a portrait cover-design, bound in cloth with gold stamp. 1911 at title page. Copyright 1911 by Indo-American Book Company. Copyright by Florence Huntley, 1892. Dark blue coated lightly textured cloth boards, sharp gilt impressed cover and spine titles, border, light shelf wear. Cover features oval sepia portrait of infant child decorated with flourishing gilt borders. Pages very good; few small areas of discoloration to first few. Cover portrait of child is repeated within book, protected by semi-opaque page guard with printed caption in red: "Dians love for the beautiiful child was little short of idolotry." Frontispiece portrait of the author with fine page guard: "The Author of 'The Dream Child,' Florence Huntley, from a photograph taken for the first edition." Antiquarian inscription at front endpaper: "Mrs. L. M. Cunningham's book, Presented by Mrs. Anna Beaumont of North, Yakima, Washington, left in care of Mrs. Louise Scott, Westford, Pa." Light blue endpapers; moderate discoloration. Bind good, intact. Rare original matte brown dust wrapper with cover titles and symbolical columns and borders in dark brown and black, moderate edge wear, chip, rub; protected in fine clear sleeve. Near very good volume in same rare wrapper. From the author of "Harmonics and Evolution" and "The Gay Gnani of Gingalee." Dedicated To all Seekers After Truth. Features the Preface to the Ninth Edition, and an eight-page postscript from Huntley explaining some of the depths and meaning found in her novel. Indo-American description: "A romance of two worlds. A Psychological Problem. A bridge betweeen romance and reality. Life and Love in the Physical and Spiritual Worlds. From prefatory page: "The Dream Child, 'Love is the fulfilling of the Law.' Romans XIII, 10." Chapters: "I. Doctors Agree; II. She Dreamed a Dream; III. The Dream World; IV. The Beginning of the End; V. Science Falls; A Belated Chapter - A Retrospect; VI. The Watch; VII. The Voice of the Master; VIII. A Star was Shining; IX. A Strange Quest; X. The Gates are Passed; XI. A Successful Experiment; XII. Such is the Law; XIII. 'Whom God Hath Joined'; XIV. For All Eternity; XV. An Innumerable Company; and, a Postscript". Features eight pages at back of volume with intriguing summary descriptions of available Indo-American titles. 238 pages. Insured post.. Tenth Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.