VINTAGE CHILDREN'S BOOK - AWAKE AND DREAMING - HARVE MARGOT ZEMACH. PICTURES BY MARGOT ZEMACH. FIRST EDITION, 1970. PRINTED IN THE USA. HARDCOVER. IN THIS VISUAL AND VERBAL FANTASY, SUGGESTED BY A TUSCAN LEGEND, THE ZEMACHS HAVE CREATED A BOOK THAT OFFERS PLEASURES OF A MYSTERIOUS AND MEMORABLE KIND. UNTIL A WITCH SHOWS HIM HOW TO FIND UNTROUBLED SLEEP, THE YOUNG HERO OF AWAKE AND DREAMING WANDERS HELPLESS EACH NIGHT IN A NIGHTMARE WORLD. HER MAGIC FORMULA ALSO EMPOWERS HIM TO BRING TREASURE BACK TO THE WORLD HE LIVES IN BY DAY, A SKILL WHICH FORCES THE KING OF THE LAND OF DREAMS TO PROPOSE A BARGAIN. AS IN A DREAM, EVENTS OCCUR WITH A LOGIC OF THEIR OWN, WHILE THEIR MEANING REMAINS HAUNTINGLY OBSCURE. PRE-OWNED. SOLD AS IS.