The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Five Acts. [hardcover]
by Maeterlinck, Maurice (Mattos, Alexander Teixeira de; translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/NO jacket. (EX-Library copy with minimal marks: ep. stamp & back pocket. light foxing of portrait & offsetting on tit
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, Florida, United States
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About This Item
NY. Dodd, Mead. 1910 HARDCOVER. VG/NO jacket. (EX-Library copy with minimal marks: ep. stamp & back pocket. light foxing of portrait & offsetting on title page else text clean/unmarked/tight/bright. covers lightly rubbed, spine stamping faded but legible) 8vo. Frontispiece photograph by E.O. Hoppe. Pictorial title page. Early 1910 Reprint. Pictorial gilt & blind stamped blue cloth covers. Top edge gilt, fore edge & bottom edges uncut.
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
- Seller
- Booktopia
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 3091012
- Title
- The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Five Acts. [hardcover]
- Author
- Maeterlinck, Maurice (Mattos, Alexander Teixeira de; translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/NO jacket. (EX-Library copy with minimal marks: ep. stamp & back pocket. light foxing of portrait & offsetting on tit
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead.
- Place of Publication
- NY.
- Date Published
- 1910
- Pages
- 241pp.
- Keywords
- 20th Century Belgian Flemish Literature Plays Drama, Maurice Maeterlinck
- Size
- 8vo.
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About the Seller
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