The Treasure of the Humble

Maurice Maeterlinck; Alfred Sutro

London : Arthur L. Humphreys, 1905

[Bumpus Ltd. 'binders, Oxford St. W - Signed Binding - Fine Press, Humphreys' edition] Bound in crushed green morocco.  Spine sunned. Gilt ruled. Gilt turn dowsn. Top edge gilt. Hardcover. [6], 218 pages ; 17 x 13 cm. Signed binding in gold, Marion Leigh Dixson.  Reprinted from the translation of Alfred Sutro. Title page in red and black. 

Contents: Silence. The awakening of the soul. The pre-destined. Mystic morality. On women. The tragical in daily life. The star. The invisible goodness. The deeper life. The inner beauty.  

  Humphreys was a bookseller who made beautiful books, with finely printed type on exceptional paper for the aesthetic collector.