London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., [1955]. Original pale blue cloth (6 3/4 inches tall), front board stamped with Chesterton's facsimile signature, original dust jacket. Early owner signature, tanning to endpapers, mild toning to boards, gentle creasing to price-clipped dust jacket. Very good indeed. "I SAY, AS DO ALL CHRISTIAN MEN..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1925. Early printing. Large octavo (9 inches tall), original dark red cloth, original dust wrapper. Small Christmas presentation inscription (dated "Xmas 1925") to upper blank flyleaf, spotting to edges and preliminary leaves, mild spine toning, short tears and creasing along top margins of rare original dust..... More
London: The Bodley Head, 1960. Later edition. Twelvemo. (7 1/2 inches tall), original green cloth, original dust jacket. Very faint toning to edges and spine of the dust jacket. A crisp and clean copy. Bodley Head edition of Gilbert Keith Chesterton's early classic, part of the publisher's smart series of..... More
New York and London: John Lane Company/The Bodley Head, 1909. First American edition. Octavo, original gilt red cloth. Early owner signature to free front endpaper, white speckling to base of front board, closed tears to head of faintly toned spine. A sharp-cornered, near-fine copy. "TRADITION MEANS GIVING VOTES TO THE..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1954]. Early edition. 12mo., original patterned red cloth, original dust jacket. Near-fine book with early owner signature, whisper of tanning to front flyleaf, front jacket flap torn with loss, spine faded, slight edge-wear. Very good indeed. "HIS FIGURE STANDS ON A SORT OF BRIDGE CONNECTING MY..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1911. First edition. Original gilt blue cloth (6 inches tall), top edge gilt, uncut. Trace of wear to corners and spine ends. A nearly-fine copy. "GOD IS NOT A SYMBOL OF GOODNESS. GOODNESS IS A SYMBOL OF GOD" First American edition of this fine introduction to..... More