London: George Allen, Ruskin House, 1902. First Edition. One Half Vellum. Very Good +/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. One half vellum with blue cloth to boards. Gilt edging to vellum on boards and gile decoration to spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpages. Black and white frontispiece. Browned square to front endpage from bookplate, which has been removed.

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Bookseller: Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 20384
Title: The Buried Temple
Author: MAETERLINCK, MAURICE
Format/Binding: One Half Vellum
Book Condition: Used - Very Good +
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: George Allen, Ruskin House
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1902
Keywords: Maurice Maeterlinck

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About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA

Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)

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First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Vellum: Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...