The Double Garden
by Maurice Maeterlinck; Alexander Teixeira de Matos (trans)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George Allen, 1904. Leather. Good. 7" by 5". None. A second edition copy of Belgian writer Maeterlinck's miscellaneous essays, translated by Teixeira de Mattos and bound in leather. Second edition.Bound in full-calf by Bumpus Ltd.'The Double Garden' by Maurice Maeterlinck is a collection of essays by the Belgian writer, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos.Contents include essays like 'On the Death of a Little Dog', 'Universal Suffrage', 'The Wrath of the Bee', 'Old-Fashioned Flowers', and 'Sincerity'. Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949), also known as Count Maeterlinck, was a Belgian poet, playwright, and essayist. He was Flemish but usually wrote in French, and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1911. Collated, complete. Bound in full-calf by Bumpus Ltd. Externally, smart. Minimal edgewear, with some fading to the margins of the boards. A bit of rubbing to the spine, particularly the raised bands of the joints. A few marks to boards. Offsetting to margins of free endpapers from leather binding on paste downs. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright throughout with the odd spot, particularly to the first and last few pages. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 806D20
- Title
- The Double Garden
- Author
- Maurice Maeterlinck; Alexander Teixeira de Matos (trans)
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Allen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904
- Size
- 7" by 5"
- Keywords
- The Double Garden Maurice Maeterlinck Alexander Teixeira de Mattos essays Maurice Maeterlinck
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....