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Gilbert Keith Chesterton
by Masie Ward
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Sheed & Ward, London, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. a well-read copy with a gift inscription from the actress Harriette Johns to her husband on the front end-paper which reads: "For Philip on May 1st 1944 with very much love from Harriette". She was an actress, known for A Night to Remember (1958), Meet Mr. Callaghan (1954) and An Ideal Husband (1947). Maisie Ward's biography of Gilbert Keith Chesterton has long been a cornerstone in Chesterton studies, as well as in the publishing house she and her husband, Frank Sheed, founded in 1926. Originally published in 1942 (NewYork), just six years after Chesterton's untimely death, this book combines Ward's unique perspective as the author's friend and publisher with an examination of his personal correspondence and interviews with his closest friends and family. Chapter contents; list of Illustrations & Introduction to front. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii + 574. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Gilt titles spine with gilt facsimile of signature to front cover. covers have light edge wear& some fading to to extremities. brown cloth; 13 illustrations (2 in colour) b/w. photo's. & drawings. Includes appendices, bibliography & index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Britain/UK; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 4651. .
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- Bookseller
- Bookbarrow
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4651
- Title
- Gilbert Keith Chesterton
- Author
- Masie Ward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sheed & Ward
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Biography & Autobiography/Literature & Literary/G. K. Chesterton/Harriette Johns Biography & Autobiography; Britain/UK; Literature & Literary. Unbranded Masie Ward Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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