Come to think of it... by G.K. Chesterton - 1931

Books for Libraries, 1931-06. Hardcover. Acceptable. Books for Libraries reprint, 1971. Ex-library hardbound without dust jacket. Front free endpaper torn out, library stampings and felt pen markings on edges and title page. Text unmarked, modest usage wear.

Dodd, Mead and Company, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Original light brown gilt cloth with corner lines on cover and decorated endpapers. A clean, unmarked copy. Scarce Chesterton title.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1931. 272 pp. Original salmon cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Lightly soiled. Spine sunned. Previous owner's name on front paste-down. Contents very nice. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1932. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A Book Of Essays". Second edition and first printing. In good plus red cloth boards, black titles to front and spine. The boards are firm, flat and quite clean; spine ends and corners bumped; spine a little sunned. "The Clevedon Community Bookshop Co-operative Bindery Team" have cleaned the boards. They have also sewn in some loose pages - 87-90. Fairly clean end papers; brief dedication on front free end paper. Foxed and slightly tanned cut edges. The text block is tight and straight; some page edges are foxed. Very good minus condition. Without jacket.

New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1931. First American Edition. First American edition. Measuring approximately 7.75" x 5.25" with 271 numbered pages. This book is in fair condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Chip at the tail end of spine at front gutter. Heavy scuffing and staining to spine and boards. Gilt lettering on spine and front board heavily faded. Front and rear hinge cracked exposing mesh. Interior pages are bright and clean. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(O1-14).

London, United Kingdom: Methuen, 1930. Hardcover without dust jacket, "Second Edition---1932", xiii + 243 pages, plus a 16-page listing of Methuen's "The Gateway Library"; elegant little book in red cloth covers with stained and dust speckled top edge gilt, author's signature in bright and clear gilt on front cover, spine gilt lettering faded but legible, overall gently used, not abused, but showing its age, light to moderate shelf wear to cover edges, corners and spine ends, tight in binding, beautifully written ink signature on free front endpaper, text pages age toned as always but clean and unmarked. See also our listings for Chesterton's Selected Stories, an extremely scarce edition published by Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1971 (all stories in English with additional features in Russian), and his equally scarce Come to Think of It: A Book of Essays.. Hard Cover. Good.

Methuen, 1930-01-01. Unknown Binding. Acceptable. in x in x in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback/Hardcover. Well read copy with some spine wear but still useable, colouring of page edges due to age.