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The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Six Acts
by Maeterlinck, Maurice
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hopewell, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1937. Later printing. Maeterlinck's masterpiece in a beautiful dust jacket. Octavo, 287 pages. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Decorated green cloth with gilt titles to the front cover and spine. Top edge a bit dusty. Tasteful bookplate on the front paste down and a small bookseller's label on the rear paste down. Bright dust jacket has a couple of chips to the top panel and crown of spine. Flap edges slightly cut. Price of $2.50 on the jacket spine. SCARCE in dust jacket.
This book is not often seen in such a nice dust jacket.
This book is not often seen in such a nice dust jacket.
Synopsis
The stage represents the interior of a wood-cutter's cottage, simple and rustic in appearance, but in no way poverty-stricken. A recessed fireplace containing the dying embers of a wood-fire. Kitchen utensils, a cupboard, a bread-pan, a grandfather's clock, a spinning-wheel, a water-tap, etc. On a table, a lighted lamp. At the foot of the cupboard, on either side, a DOG and a CAT lie sleeping, rolled up, each with his nose in his tail. Between them stands a large blue-and-white sugar-loaf. On the wall hangs a round cage containing a turtle-dove.
Reviews
On Aug 30 2021, a reader said:
So enjoyed the version of death depicted in this book,that whenever you think of the ones who have passed away they live again...gave my copy to my son when he was dealing with his fathers passing....miss it...
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Details
- Bookseller
- Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 612
- Title
- The Blue Bird
- Author
- Maeterlinck, Maurice
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Maurice Maeterlinck; Theatre
- Bookseller catalogs
- Theatre;
Terms of Sale
Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA
30-day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA
Biblio member since 2009
Hopewell, New Jersey
About Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA
Specializing in Art, Drama, Espionage, Journalism, Poetry, and Radicalism.
Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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