Margery Sharp’s wordless novel, Mélisande, follows the fortunes of a dog selling flowers on the street to a career as a world famous opera singer.

See the UK edition for the background of Julie Andrews and her dog, Shy, as the inspiration to Margery Sharp’s wordless novel.

Mélisande dust jacket. Price US$2.95.
  • Title: Mélisande (note the accent over the “e” on the dust jacket – appears to be missing on the UK version)
  • Author: Margery Sharp
  • Illustrator: Roy McKie
  • Foreword: Margery Sharp (tongue in cheek)
  • Date of publication: 1960
  • Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
  • Place of publication: Boston, Toronto
  • Copyright: Little, Brown and Co
  • Dimensions: 10 x 6 7/8 inches
  • Dust jacket: Yes
  • Binding: hardcover
  • Boards: blue cloth covered (versus the red boards of the UK edition)
  • Language: English titles, etc
  • Unpaginated
  • Printed: verso and recto – drawings two page spread
  • Edition: Trade only
  • Description: No edition remarks
Mélisande blue cloth boards.
Mélisande title page.
USA copyright page for Mélisande.

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