1911 · New York
by MAETERLINCK, Maurice (play); DE MATTOS, Alexander Texeira (translation); ROBINSON, F. Cayley (illustrations)
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1911. First American edition with Robinson's illustrations. Small quarto (26cm); blue cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt, gray, and green on spine and front cover; top edge gilt; xvi,211,[1]pp, with 25 inserted leaves bearing tipped-in color illustrations. Armorial bookplate of Dorothy Peck Clark to front pastedown; light wear to spine ends and corners, top edge gilt a bit dulled, with a faint diagonal crease to first illustration; hinges sound; Very Good+, lacking the original glassine and publisher's box. Handsome edition of this dramatic work by the Belgian playwright and poet, adapted into film six times between 1910-2011. (Inventory #: 41840)