The Common Man. [ Essays ]. By G.K. Chesterton. LONDON : 1950. HARDBACK in JACKET.
by CHESTERTON, G.K. [ Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
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London: Sheed & Ward, fleet Street, 1950. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1950. A posthumous book of essays. Hardback. Blue textured cloth, gilt lettered spine. In light-grey pictorial dust-jacket. Bright, tight and clean. Neat owner name; no internal markings. VERY GOOD INDEED in VG jacket (with minor wear only to foot of the spine). Jacket not price-clipped; now in a clear protective sleeve. (vi), 279 pages. See Sullivan no. 108. [ Rosley Books; specialist bookseller on books by or about Dorothy L. Sayers, George MacDonald, G.K. Chesterton, and The Inklings. ] Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
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- Rosley Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 055432
- Title
- The Common Man. [ Essays ]. By G.K. Chesterton. LONDON : 1950. HARDBACK in JACKET.
- Author
- CHESTERTON, G.K. [ Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Sheed & Ward, fleet Street
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Essays.English literature. INKLINGS 7
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SPECIALIST IN SECOND-HAND AND ANTIQUARIAN LITERATURE & THEOLOGY. Mail Order. SPECIALIST ALSO IN C.S. LEWIS AND THE INKLINGS and others
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