[Rarebooks] FS: Beautifully bound set of 24 volumes of Maeterlinck in full burgundy crushed morocco

[Charles Agvent]

MAETERLINCK,  MAURICE.  THE  ESSAYS OF  MAETERLINCK  (12  volumes)
[With]  THE  PLAYS OF MAETERLINCK (12 volumes). New York:  Dodd,  Mead
and  Company  (1894-1923). The Autograph Edition limited to  150  sets
SIGNED  by  the author on a tipped-in leaf in the first volume of  the
Essays  and  again  in the first volume of the Plays. A  total  of  24
octavo  (5-1/4" X 7-3/4") volumes, approximately 375 pages per volume.
Uniformly  bound  in contemporary full burgundy crushed  morocco,  the
spines  in  six  compartments separated by raised bands,  lettered  or
ruled  in  gilt in each compartment, the covers triple ruled in  gilt,
gilt   inner  dentelles,  top  edges   gilt.  Beautifully  printed  on
hand-made,  watermarked old Stratford paper, this lovely set  commands
an  impressive twenty-seven inches of shelf space. Volume one includes
a  photogravure portrait of Maeterlinck. Contains his best-known  work
including  THE  BLUE  BIRD and THE LIFE OF THE BEE.  Spines  uniformly
mellowed  to  a rich brown, one volume with a tiny loss at the top  of
the  spine, another with a small portion at top of front board pressed
in,  trace  of rubbing here and there; illustrated bookplate  of  John
Aloysius  Clark at the first free endpaper of the first Essays volume.
Near Fine, handsome set.                                      $2000.00

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