| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean | |
| 1 | - | blank page(s) | 1 | | |
| 2 | "I do not know whether you know all that... | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Arthur Machen, Neil Gaiman; pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean | |
| 3 | The Sandman: Dream Country | credits, title page | 2 | pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean; letters: Dave McKean | |
| 4 | Publishing Data | credits, title page | 1 | pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean | |
| 5 | Introduction | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Paul Dini; pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean | |
| 6 | Foreword | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 4 | script: Steve Erickson; pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean | |
| 7 | Calliope | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean; letters: Dave McKean | Calliope |
| 8 | Calliope | comic story | 24 | script: Neil Gaiman; pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: Malcolm Jones III; colors: Daniel Vozzo; letters: Todd Klein | Richard Madoc (first appearance); Felix Garrison (first appearance); Erasmus Fry (first appearance; also in flashback; death); Calliope (first appearance; also in flashback); The Fates [Three Witches]; Sandman [Dream; Morpheus] |
| 9 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean | |
| 10 | A Dream of a Thousand Cats | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean; letters: Dave McKean | |
| 11 | A Dream of a Thousand Cats | comic story | 24 | script: Neil Gaiman; pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: Malcolm Jones III; colors: Daniel Vozzo; letters: Todd Klein | Wise Old Siamese (first appearance); The Gate Keepers; Sandman [Dream, Morpheus] (as a cat) |
| 12 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean | |
| 13 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean; letters: Dave McKean | |
| 14 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | comic story | 24 | script: Neil Gaiman; pencils: Charles Vess; inks: Charles Vess; colors: Steve Oliff; letters: Todd Klein | William Shakespeare; Hamnet Shakespeare (first appearance in Sandman series); Richard Burbage; Sandman [Dream, Morpheus]; Titania (first appearance); Auberon (first appearance) |
| 15 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean | |
| 16 | Façade | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean; letters: Dave McKean | Element Girl |
| 17 | Façade | comic story | 24 | script: Neil Gaiman; pencils: Colleen Doran; inks: Malcolm Jones III; colors: Steve Oliff; letters: Todd Klein | Element Girl (death); Della Kariakis (first appearance); Ra; Death |
| 18 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean | |
| 19 | - | illustration | 1 | script: Neil Gaiman; pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean | |
| 20 | Script Introduction | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 3 | script: Neil Gaiman, Rudyard Kipling | |
| 21 | Episode 17 | text story | 39 | script: Neil Gaiman | |
| 22 | Dedication | text article | 1 | script: Neil Gaiman, Kelley Jones, Charles Vess, Colleen Doran, Malcolm Jones III | |
| 23 | Afterword | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Neil Gaiman; pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean | |
| 24 | Biographies | text article | 2 | letters: typeset | |
| 25 | - | blank page(s) | 1 | | |
| 26 | 30th Anniversary Edition | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean | |