1909 The Blue Bird Maurice Maeterlinck First Edition Hardcover Dodd Mead
$65.00
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An original 1909 first edition, first printing of The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Five Acts by Nobel Prize-winning author Maurice Maeterlinck, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos and published by Dodd, Mead & Company. One of the author’s most celebrated works, this classic symbolist play has inspired countless stage productions and adaptations and remains an important work of early twentieth-century literature.
This copy retains its attractive original green decorative cloth binding with bright gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. The binding is secure, and the pages are clean with light age toning typical of the period. There is a vintage bookplate on the front pastedown, light edge wear, and a small amount of fraying at the spine ends and corners. A very collectible early printing that displays well and would make an excellent addition to any collection of classic literature, theater, or first editions.
SKU G-22
1909 The Blue Bird Maurice Maeterlinck First Edition Hardcover Dodd Mead
$65.00
This copy retains its attractive original green decorative cloth binding with bright gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. The binding is secure, and the pages are clean with light age toning typical of the period. There is a vintage bookplate on the front pastedown, light edge wear, and a small amount of fraying at the spine ends and corners. A very collectible early printing that displays well and would make an excellent addition to any collection of classic literature, theater, or first editions.
SKU G-22