The blue bird : a fairy play in six acts / by Maurice Maeterlinck ; translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos ; with twenty-five illustrations in colour by F. Cayley Robinson.

Originally published in French as: L'oiseau bleu.

First ed. published 1909.

"This edition differs from its predecessors as regards the text, inasmuch as it contains the latest alterations and additions made by the author in view of the Paris production of the play."--Translator's note.

Binding, upper cover and spine Digital image. Wellington, N.Z. : National Library of New Zealand.

Digital image available: binding, upper cover and spine, Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy. Details available on request from Curator, Rare Books and Fine Printing.

The Alexander Turnbull Library copy in the General Collection has blue cloth binding illustrated in gold on upper cover and spine with birds, and has bookplate of Sir Joseph Kinsey bequest.

The Alexander Turnbull Library copy in the Mangaroa Collection has blue cloth binding illustrated in gold on upper cover and spine with birds, and was transferred from the Parliamentary Library.

Twenty-fifth ed.