THE BLUE FLOWER
by Henry Van Dyke
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Mena, Arkansas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribners, 1906 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. One of the most beautiful gilted covers I have seen! Original gilt blocked half leather and cloth boards, gold, green and light blue flower design on royal blue boards. Gilted spine with matching flower design. illustrated frontspiece plus 7 illustrated, colored plates. First Edition, 8th printing. Well preserved, near fine condition. Book plate pasted to inside front cover states: Ausder Bucherei: Ben Durfer. Also original owner gift inscription: "Compliments of Uncle George and Aunt Anna June 1908." "But what charmed him most, and drew him with restless power, was a tall, clear-blue flower, growing beside the spring, and almost touching him with its broad, glistening leaves. Round about were many other flowers, of all hues. Their odours mingled in a perfect chord of fragrance. He saw nothing but the Blue Flower. Long and tenderly he gazed at it, with unspeakable love. At last he felt that he must go a little nearer to it, when suddenly it began to move and change. The leaves glistened more brightly, and drew themselves up closely around the swifltly growing stalk. The flower bent itself toward him, and the petals showed a blue, spreading necklace of sapphires, out of which the lovely face of a girl smiled softly into his eyes...".
Synopsis
Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of course, they really belong to one another, because they have the same life in them.
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- Bookseller
- Supercalifabulistic Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000012
- Title
- THE BLUE FLOWER
- Author
- Henry Van Dyke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Scribners
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1906
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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