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Our Eternity
by Maeterlinck, Maurice
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd.., 1913. An interesting Association Copy. Belgian playright Maurice Maeterlinck won the Nobel Prize in 1911, Like many of his literary contemporaries, he became interested in mysticism and spiritualism; this is an expansion of an erlier essay. Here is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition [stated "First Published in 1913"]. This copy has been SIGNED by the famed English author H. RIDER HAGGARD on the Copyright Page. In addition, there is the stamp of Haggard's grandson, Mark Edmonstone Cheyne. Haggard signed and inscribed many books, but a personal copy is unusual. Very Good condition. Blue cloth binding with titling and decorations in gilt on the spine and front cover. Clean text; vi, 243 pages. Frontis illustration (after G.F. Watts); top-edge is gilt, with others rough-cut. Translation by Alexander Teixira De Mattos. Mild bumping, with light edgewear; spine a tiny bit faded. Browning to the endpapers. In an archival plastic protector.. Signed by H Rider Haggard. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006055
- Title
- Our Eternity
- Author
- Maeterlinck, Maurice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co. Ltd..
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Copyright page
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- Cloth
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