The Book of Wonder (1912)

Illustrated by Sidney H Sime

The Book of Wonder (1912) was published by William Heinemann (London) and was a collection of 14 short stories by

Lord Dunsany. Those appearing in the 1st Edition included: "The Bride of the Man-Horse"; "Distressing Tale of Thangobrind

the Jeweller"; "The House of the Sphinx"; "Probable Adventure of the Three Literary Men"; "The Injudicious Prayers of

Pombo the Idolater"; "The Loot of Bombasharna"; "Miss Cubbidge and the Dragon of Romance"; "The Quest of the

Queen's Tears"; "The Hoard of the Gibbelins"; "How Nuth would have Practised his Art upon the Gnoles"; "How One

came, as was foretold, to the City of Never"; "The Coronation of Mr Thomas Shap"; "Chu-bu and Sheemish" and

"The Wonderful Window".

Sime's illustrations for The Book of Wonder are among the most stunning he prepared to accompany Dunsany's words.

Our Greeting Cards and Reproduction Prints

We have prepared sets of 10 Greeting Cards displaying each of the major monotone images from The Book of Wonder (1912) and on the left, we show an example of how these Greeting Cards appear. Ordering one of those sets is as easy as selecting the "Add to Cart" feature below and following the prompts provided with our Shopping Cart secured through PayPal. Multiple purchases will be consolidated by that feature and shipping and handling costs to any destination in the world are accommodated by our flat-rate fee of US$20 for every US$200 worth of purchases.     Code: SHS BW CS(10) Price: US$50.00

When presented on Greeting Cards, these images are prepared as tipped-on plates - in hommage to the hand-crafted

approach typical of prestige illustrated publications produced in the early decades of the 20th Century.

Hand-finishing is used to replicate the visual appearance of a tipped-on plate and the images are presented on

White card stock with an accompanying envelope. We have left the cards blank so that you may write your own

personal message.

Should you wish to order a Reproduction Print of one or more of these images, we have provided some options

below. Of course, should you wish to discuss some customised options, we welcome your contact on any matter

through ThePeople@SpiritoftheAges.com.

In the meantime, enjoy perusing these wonderful examples of the art of Sidney H Sime.

The monotone illustrations

The Edge of the World   (Frontispiece)	Zretazoola	The Ominous Cough	The House of the Sphix
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"I Wish I Knew More About the Ways of Queens"	He Felt as a Morsel	There the Gibbelins Lived and Discreditably Fed	The Lean, High House of the Gnoles
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The City of Never	The Coronation of Mr Thomas Shap
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