Maurice Maeterlinck; Alfred Sutro — The Buried Temple

London , George Allen, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first English edition of this collection of essays by Maurice Maeterlinck. A first English translated edition of The Buried Temple by Maurice Maeterlinck, translated by Alfred Sutro. This volume contains five essays by the Belgian playwright, poet and essayist, including The Mystery of Justice, The Evolution of Mystery, The Kingdom of Matter, The Past and Luck. Maurice Maeterlinck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. With a frontispiece. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some fading to the spine and light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. With a previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper dated 1902. Internally, firmly bound with bright pages with some scattered spots concentrated to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .