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.

- 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



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