24 unnumbered pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates : 19 X 22 cm

King Watkins the First is the father of the lovely and kind-hearted Princess Alicia and a tribe of eighteen other darlings. Between their money problems, the queen's illness, and the children's boisterous doings, the king and his eldest daughter are fairly overwhelmed by responsibilities. But a chance meeting with the good fairy Grandmarina brings a bit of magic into their lives and leads the entire family toward health and happiness. She gives Princess Alicia a magic fishbone. To her father's confusion she declines to use it. Her reward is marriage, which does seem a fantasy as she and the groom appear to be very young

At head of title: Romance from the pen of Miss Alice Rainbird, aged seven

"From 'Holiday romance', first published in 1868."--Half title

Illustrated lining papers: each page contains "CD" monogram with a frame incorporating the central motif made out of mistletoe

Black and white illustrated half title, with printed signature of Charles Dickens and "Alice Rainbird."

Colour pictorial title page with a frame containing characters from the book

Line illustrations in the text and three colour process printed plates

Quarter bound in green cloth. Paper boards with front: illustration in frame of a man in a top hat with a crown over it and a lady in a crown on two high backed chairs facing each other. Two children are pulling at curtains behind them with cords as if the characters are on stage. Scissors adorn the tops of two columns on either side of the stage. Title in yellow on a black band at the top of cover. Three initials of designer in bottom right: F.D.B. Illustrator and publisher on white band rimmed with green at the bottom. Illustration in black, white, yellow and green. Back: "CD" entwined initials in yellow within a green wreath containing yellow and white berries

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