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The Double Garden by Maurice Maeterlinck; Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
by Maeterlinck, Maurice
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good -
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1907. Hardcover. Very Good -. 348 p.; 20 cm. Dark green cloth with blind-stamped floral pattern throughout; gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Top page edges gilt. Title page in red and black. Bookplate of former owner on front fixed endpaper: Christine Hudson. Small pink label on back fixed endpaper of "Brentano's Booksellers & Stationers, New York." Contains 16 essays, including "In an Automobile," in which the author describes learning to drive and understand the automobile in the early days of that vehicle. In Very Good- Condition: edges of cover are rubbed; back hinge is weak; otherwise, clean and solid.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008595
- Title
- The Double Garden by Maurice Maeterlinck; Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
- Author
- Maeterlinck, Maurice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1907
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About the Seller
Classic Books and Ephemera
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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- Gilt
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