The Children's Blue Bird

Georgette Leblanc (Madame Maurice Maeterlinck)

Published by Dodd, Mead and Co., USA, 1913

About this Item

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. Seller Inventory # 006535

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Children's Blue Bird

Publisher: Dodd, Mead and Co., USA

Publication Date: 1913

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Herbert Paus

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Fair

Edition: 1st Edition