A Miscellany of Men
by Chesterton, G. K
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Good condition/No dust jacket
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1912. Good condition. Spine ends frayed. Rear cover has minor wrinkling/stain along the spine. Front inner hinge cracked but holding securely. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked but for faint spot in the lower margin of several early pages -- NO text is affected. NO foxing. 1912 First Printing of the First American Edition. Bound in the original gilt-stamped red cloth. Per Sullivan, this American edition adds a Preface and an additional essay, THE SUFFRAGIST. See Sullivan 28 [G. K. Chesterton, A Bibliography].. First Printing of First American Edition. Hardcover. Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xii, 314pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
Synopsis
Covering topics ranging from literature to philosophy, history to social criticism, this is a snapshot of thought on 20th-century Europe (and the world) by one of Europe's sharpest wits and ablest pens. With chapter titles ranging from “The Miser and His Friends” to “The Red Reactionary,” from “The Separatist and Sacred Things” to “The New Theologian” and “The Romantic in the Rain,” this volume includes 39 brief sketches of individuals, each one of whom illustrates an aspect of contemporary society. Social, historical, and religious thought all figure prominently in this book, making it of great use in any study of the literary, religious, and social aspects of early 20th-century England and Europe generally. It will be of interest to students and scholars of the essay in English literature. It is a fine introduction to Chesterton's social criticism, which remains unique for its willingness to criticize some of the uncomfortable truths about capitalism without straying toward an inhuman bureaucratic socialism.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026165
- Title
- A Miscellany of Men
- Author
- Chesterton, G. K
- Illustrator
- NOT a library discard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good condition
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing of First American Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1912
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography;
- Size
- 8vo. xii, 314pp
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