The Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck Kids Edition Hardcover

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover Good Hardcover Good This is a first Edition book printed in 1914 and is therefore 106 years old I am describing it as good but it has some stains on the boards The pages do have light tanning Please see photos It maybe possible to clean the stainsI have wiped the boards with a disinfectant wipe only Please also see notation on previous owner of this book This book comes from a personal library collection formerly owned by Dr Elaine (Bauer) Campbell of Sudbury, Massachusetts Dr Campbell was an alumna of the University of Pennsylvania, and Brandeis University where she obtained her PHD She was a scholar and teacher of Caribbean literature and other subjects at Boston University Regis College, Northeastern University and MIT as well as working at the MITRE Institute teaching technical writing Dr Campbell was also an author of and editor of several books including of note: [the] ""ESL Resource Book for Engineers and Scientists"", ""The Whistling Bird, [Women Writers of the Caribbean]"" and ""The Flamboyant Tree: Caribbean Folklore and Herblore"" A complete list of the books in this collection is being processed and will be available soon.
Condition: Good. First edition. Good. Missing three plates, decorative end pages, cloth covers lightly soiled, top text edges gilt, endpaper slightly separated from spine; cloth corners rubbed, black and white plates in text, text clean. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN . B000GA8ZOC Hardback. New edition of 1913 original. Previous owner's name on top edge of front endpaper. Slight wear to corners and edges; slight browning and dustsoiling to page edges; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. Price-clipped dustjacket with slight wear to corners and edges; slight rubs on spine edges; very small closed tears on back lower edge and top of spine; Very Good condition. No Signature.
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Cloth. Condition: Good. Albert Rothenstein (illustrator). 1st edition thus. 1st edition thus, 1913. Good. 4to., 172 pp., with all 14 plates present. Bound in publishers blue cloth with illustrated paper boards. Boards are rubbed thru at tips, soiled and chipped, spine is still bright with rubbing at top and base. Front and rear hinges starting, previous owners signature inside front cover in pencil, pages unmarked but showing some finger soiling and/or foxing. Still a delightful copy of this scarce book.
Paus, Herbert (illustrator). First Canadian Edition. Translated by Alexander Teixeira De Mattos. 17 illustrations by Herbert Paus. 182 pp. White endpapers. Both boards loose. Blue cloth with gilt titles and colour plate. Corners bumped, light wear along the edges. GOOD.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Paus, Herbert (illustrator). 1st. First printing. 182 pp., tipped-in color frontis with lettered tissue guard, all 19 plates present, oversized format in blue cloth with colored front cover paste-down illustration, gilt titles and top-edge gilt, illustrated endpapers. A very nice production. No owner's inscription or marks, no tears, no major flaws to book, no noticeable repairs. Binding is holding well with uncracked endpapers. Light wear to tips and spine-ends, no soiling to cloth, spine slightly faded. An attractive copy.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. all 13 plates presnt and collated as pictured First edition Very good condition hard cover pictorial cover, blue cloth sine a few dark drink ring water spots to cover and rear , no owner marks, French bookstore label inside gently read clean pages.
Printed Boards/Cloth Spine. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Albert Rothenstein (illustrator). First English Edition. This translated childrens volume is based on The Blue Bird a fairy play in six acts by Maurice Maeterlinck. Superb avante guard colour illustrations by Albert Rothenstein. 172pp. 13 plates (lacks one). Edges and corners worn. Front hinge cracked internally. Random light foxing. Price reflects condition. Size: 220x180mm.
First Canadian Edition. Quarto. Original blue cloth over boards, color illustrated paper plate at front cover, gilt lettering at front cover and spine, gilt top edge, illustrated end papers, translated by Alexander Teixeira De Mattos, illustrated by Herbert Paus. Very good, spine faded, wear to spine ends and edges, rubbing to cloth covers, previous owner's signature at front free end paper, text block cracked at title page, pages slightly agetoned.
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Rothenstein, Albert (illustrator). First edition. 1st thus 1913. Very good condition with no wrapper. Translated by Alexander Teixeira De Mattos. Blue cloth spine with gilt title. Pictorial boards. Colour plates. Spine bumped. Corners worn and edges rubbed. Foxing to contents and a mark to one page (2) otherwise contents clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!.
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Hardcover. First Edition; Early Printing. Very Good+ in board.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Herbert Paus (illustrator). 1st Edition. PUBLISHER: Dodd, Mead and Co. DATE/EDITION: 1913, first edition, same date with no added printings indicated, states published Oct., 1913 BINDING: Hardbound in light blue cloth with gold lettering on the front cover and spine, a full color paste down illustration on the front cover, top page ends gilt. Illustrated end papers, color tipped in frontispiece with tissue guard and 18 black and white plates throughout the book. DUST JACKET: the jacket has an oval cut out to show the front cover paste down. There are four rips around the cutout without paper loss and a two inch section at the top of the oval that is missing. The jacket is in a protective cover and still presents well. BOOK CONDITION: Very mild rubbing at the spine ends, covers are very clean and the paste down is intact and very attractive. Spine lettering is clearer than it appears in the scanned image. The binding is tight and the interior is very clean and unmarked. All plates are present, secure and in very good condition. DESCRIPTION: Translated by Alexander Teixeira De Mattos and illustrated by Herbert Paus.
Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. HERBERT PAUS (illustrator). First Edition. small chip & several closed tears to the rare dust jacket. clean book.
MARY LOUISE Series #1 in Rare Color DustJacket of Orange, Beige of Art Deco Scene of Blue Birds Flying Over Field, BlueBird Books . VERY SCARCE Childrens Series Books, Story Mystery of Her Grandpa Jim, Who Was in Hiding & Fear That Some Innocent Wor

By Van Dyne, Edith (AKA Pseudonymn L. Frank Baum ,no Other Plates, B/W Frontispiece By J. Allen St. John of 4 People in Front Old House & Girl in Wheelchair with Luggage, Front Inner Flap DJ Pricecliped with Wear, Blank Endpaper Rub Wear FoX, Bac

Published by Reilly & Britton,, 1916

First Edition

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. HBDJ, 1916. First Edition, 1st Printing, Full bound blue cloth, title in white lettering with navy outlining on front cover, navy title on spine Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: FAIR +. Condition with I written on front & small tear There: AS-IS, Small 8vo, . , no other plates. Very lightdust soil to cloth at spine and head of text block. DJ shows some wear, FADE with rubbing and dust soil to both panels, chipping at head of spine, 1" closed tears (one on front panel, one on rear). A clean solid copy of the first Mary Louise title by L. Frank Baum pseudonym Edith Van Dyne, with rare DJ. 267 pgs. NO ADS IN Back, Interior nice tight clean light FOX, Wear, Back DJ blank no Printing with Edge tears Tiny chips Wear. Blank Endpaper rub wear FoX, Back Inner Flap dJ lists Thru Aunt Janes Nieces Out West, . Story Mystery of her Grandpa Jim, who was in Hiding & fear that some innocent word or action of Mary might betray him to his enemies. Story centers around sunnyHearted 15 yr. Old Girl whose faith in her Loved ones was Vindicated in so strange a way up there in picturesque Mountain Summer Home. Story has elements of Suspense,