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The Blue Bird; A Fairy Play In Six Acts
by Maeterlinck, Maurice
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket. 1912. Reprint. Cloth. An attractive Reprint of the first American edition, published by Dodd, Mead, and Company in 1909. In the original cloth in Very Good+ condition, early owner's signature on the title page. In the scarce, chipped dust-jacket, split along spine ; Whatever Maeterlinck does he does exquisitely. "The Blue Bird" is a play about children, written for adults, and it is altogether charming. In its atmosphere of wonder and magic, and its delightful fidelity to the nature of children, it is much like "Peter Pan". In its atmosphere of wonder and magic, and its delightful fidelity to the nature of children, it is much like "Peter Pan". Maeterlinck needs to introduction as a writer of plays, since he has already prduced such dramas as "Monna Vanna" and "Pelléas and Mélisande" (from the dust-jacket) ; 8vo; 287,[1] pages .
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
- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24875
- Title
- The Blue Bird; A Fairy Play In Six Acts
- Author
- Maeterlinck, Maurice
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, C2014BS0427S
- Bookseller catalogs
- Drama; Theater;
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- Good+
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- Reprint
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- Title Page
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