New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1942. Early edition. 12mo. (7 5/8 inches tall) original red cloth, lettered in black, small owner signature (dated November 1942) on front flyleaf, very gentle wear to corners and spine head, slight toning to spine of bright cloth boards. Very good indeed. "I TELL..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928. First illustrated edition. Tall octavo (9 inches tall), original gilt russet cloth, top edge gilt, uncut. Mild tanning to blank flyleaves, gentle wear to corners and, slight fraying to head of the spine. A near-fine copy. "AND THOUGH THEY SCATTER NOW AND GO /..... More
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
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1935]. Early edition. 12mo., original red cloth lettered in black, original dust jacket. About-fine book, bright and clean dust jacket with only modest edge-wear. An excellent copy. "'I HAVE TO DO WITH ENGLAND,' SAID FATHER BROWN, 'I COME FROM THERE. AND THE FUNNIEST THING..... 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
London: Faber and Faber, 1929. First edition. Small octavo (7 1/4 x 4 5/8), original yellow paper wrappers with interior flaps, four leaves, stitched as issued. Faint soiling to the edges of the bright yellow wrappers. Near-fine. "THE CROWN OF A SECRET QUEEN:/WHERE THINGS ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM/BUT WHAT..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1911. First edition. Original gilt blue cloth, 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 the early work..... More