The Flying Carpet

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Overview:

Title: The Flying Carpet
Author: Cynthia Asquith
Year: 1925
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Price: $2.50
Pages: 200
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Anthology
Title Reference: The Flying Carpet
Notes: Known speculative fiction (prose) contents alone listed below OCLC identifies 7 writers -- "Designed [and edited] by Cynthia Asquith" The Rosetta Project (ChildrensBooksOnline.org) provides full view that shows: -- front cover buff cloth with red lettering, small silhouette illustration -- Asquith credited only as writer of two stories, p38-53 and p184-197 -- Lofting story p110-117, self-illustrated -- Mackail story p170-181 More than 30 prose and verse contents are listed under the heading "List of those who have woven this flying carpet", and 14 illustrators credited under "List of those who have helped adorn the flying carpet".

Publ date and price from panel advertisement NY Times 1925-09-27 pBR15 "Charles Scribner's Sons have just published —"; this one featured as The Unique Book for Boys and Girls and credited "Edited by Lady Cynthia Asquith": -- "This Flying Carpet is woven by -- [list of 12] and twelve others -- and adorned by -- [list of 6] and six others" So the publisher counts 24 writers and 12 illustrators.

One WorldCat library record of the 1st ed. (London: Partridge, 1925) lists 36(?) contents by 24(?) writers apparently; lists 15 illustrators in alphabetical order; reports identical page-count. See {{OCLC|963294457}}.