Name/Title
The Light Beyond / Maurice MaeterlinckEntry/Object ID
2015.7.340Description
299 pages.
A collection of essays concerning matters of life and death.
Contents: Introduction.--Our injustice to death.--Annihilation.--Communications with the dead.--The fate of our consciousness.--Two aspects of infinity.--Our fate in those infinities.--Conclusions.--The knowledge of the future.--In memoriam.--The life of the dead.--The war and the prophets.--The will of earth.--When the war is over.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsLexicon
Search Terms
Future life, 1910sBook Details
Author
Maurice MaeterlinckEdition
FirstPublisher
Dodd, Mead & CompanyPlace Published
City
New YorkState/Province
New YorkCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1918Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Art NouveauBinding Designer
Decorative DesignersBinding Notes
Bound in a highly stylized art nouveau blue cloth decorative binding with a single gilt blossom with pale blue foliage. Title to spine and cover in gilt. Signed at the lower left with the conjoined DD monogram of the Decorative Designers. Deckled edges.
