Sister Beatrice and Ardiane & Barbe Blue Two Plays
by Maeterlinck, Maruine
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good -/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1912. 183pp. Green cloth with a lovely repeating poppy stamped patterned. Translated into English Verse from the Manuscript by Bernard Miall. Pages are clean but yellowing with age. Binding is cracked. FEP has previous owners name/date. FEPs (as well as half-title page) also have moderate discoloration due to age. Page edges are chipped. Spine is slightly sunned. Head/heal of spine has some minor denting. Rubbing of corners. Nice reading copy of this rare book. . Later Printing, Collectible. Hard Cover. Good -/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- after-words bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002788
- Title
- Sister Beatrice and Ardiane & Barbe Blue Two Plays
- Author
- Maeterlinck, Maruine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good -
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- Later Printing, Collectible
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1912
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Plays Drama Religion
- Bookseller catalogs
- Plays; Drama;
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