Maeterlinck,Maurice (Translated By A Teixeira De Mattos) — Hours of Gladness

George Allen & Co This is a Very Good + Copy of this book in cream cloth with lavish gilt decorations to the spine and upper cover. First Detmold Illustrated Edition of 1912 with some 20 beautiful and vibrant coloured plates by Edward Detmold.The binding remains firm with NO hinge weakness.There are NO previous names or inscriptions present.The book comes housed in it's original dust-wrapper which is graded Good - Only with front section of wrapper detached from spine.Chipped and worn to edges.Wrapper printed grey with black lettering.Internal contents remain clean,page edges untrimmed.Decent copy for the collector and uncommon with Dust-Jacket present.Large and Heavy 4to 181pp First Detmold Illustrated Edition of [1912] EJ Detmold : Edward J Detmold became one of the most talented of illustrators, depicting animals and plants with an extraordinary understanding, and making use of fantasy settings of architecture and landscape. In the 1920s, he retired to Scotland with his widowed sister as companion, initially living the life of an artist but finally retiring completely from public life. He suffered a period of depression, brought on by failing eyesight, that resulted in his committing suicide, aged 73, by his shooting himself in the chest in July 1957 E.J. Detmold Very Good+ Good - First Edition Thus London 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall