Tyltyl; Being the Story of Maurice Maeterlinck's Play "The Betrothal", Told for Children by Maeterlinck, Maurice; Alexander Teixera de Mattos; illus. by Herbert Paus - 1920

Methuen & Co. Ltd. Collectible - Acceptable. Collectible - Acceptable. Former Library book. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1921. Sm 4to. 159pp. Color plates. Acceptable condition. Ex-library copy. Shelfworn, especially the tips, with a bumped spine. Small white call to the lower spine, a partially removed bookplate to the front pastedown, and the usual library stamping. Hinges cracked. Owner's name on front endpage. A detached plate laid in.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1921. 1st. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Decorative blue cloth cover with some light scuffing and bumping/wear to corners and edges. Small sticker to half-title page. Slight smudging to endpapers. Decorative endpapers and other pages intact and clean otherwise. Please see image. 159 pages.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1920. 159 pp, 10 3/8" H. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board, medium blue band and circular pictorial pastedown on front board. Pictorial endpapers, 8 tipped in colour plates with tissue guards bearing captions (including frontispiece) - all present, all clean and bright, without tears or creases. Contents: The Woodcutter's Cottage; The Miser; The Fairy's Palace; The Ancestors; The Children; The Leave-Taking; The Awakening. Small light soiling mark in the top corner of page 27, small bump to top corner of front board - migrates into front free endpaper, slight lean to spine, light browning to the edges of the text block, small light scuff to the top of the text block, slight fading and browning to spine colour, wrinkling at top/bottom of the spine; light edge wear to boards - slightly more at corners and top/bottom of the spine and top edge of rear board; several small very light rub marks on the boards.. First American Edition. Hard… Read More

NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1920. First American Edition; bright black c w/pictorial inset on front;moderate wear at spine/tips; spine lettering faded; lovely colorful illustrated endf papers; owner's insc; in mylar protective wraps; 159 clean, unmarked pages.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4 Vo; 2.5 Pounds.

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1920. 160 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Circular pictorial paste-down on front cover. Binding moderately soiled and rubbed. Corners and spine ends bumped. Previous owner's name on front endpaper and half-title page. Light scattered foxing. Several leaves poorly opened. Illust. w/ 8 tipped-in color plates.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Herbert Paus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.