The Sunken Bell: A Fairy Play in Five Acts
The Sunken Bell: A Fairy Play in Five Acts
The Sunken Bell: A Fairy Play in Five Acts

INVENTORY #154540

The Sunken Bell: A Fairy Play in Five Acts

HAUPTMANN, Gerhart; MELTZER, Charles Henry

$300.00 CAD Sale

A poetic play in blank verse by Gerhart Hauptmann. The play tells the story of a bell that sinks in the ocean and the various characters who become involved in its retrieval, but it also explores themes of love, obsession, and the clash between the human and fairy worlds. Printed for Jean Irvine Struthers who married Henry Francis Sears and had one daughter, Emily.

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Publication Info

  • Publisher: R. H. Russell
  • Edition: Publisher's fine binding presentation copy for Jean Struthers
  • Date Published: 1899
  • Place Published: New York
  • ISBN: n/a

Details

  • Condition: Good
  • Signed: No
  • Dust Jacket: No
  • Jacket Condition: n/a
  • Details:
    [12], 125 p. 21 cm. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Green cloth with gold print. Top edge gilt. Spine faded. Label on half title states this is the first copy from the press of this edition, especially printed for Jean Irvine Struthers, whose bookplate appears on the front pastedown. A decorative "Jean" appears in two circles on front. RHR monogram on rear. First pages chipped.

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