A Shilling for my Thoughts : Being a Selection from the Essays, Stories and other Writings. By Gilbert Keith Chesterton. LONDON : 1917. HARDBACK in JACKET.
by CHESTERTON, G.K. [ Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936) ] [ Selection Made by E.V. Lucas ]
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London: Methuen & Co., 1917. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Small Octavo. LONDON : 1917. [ First published the previous year.]. Hardback. Light blue cloth, black lettered spine. In pale orange printed dust-jacket. No owner name or internal markings. Poor paper quality of the day (during WWI). Bright tight and clean. Minor wear to jacket. VERY GOOD in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. 188 pages. See Sullivan No. 854. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. Sm.8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
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- Rosley Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 053306
- Title
- A Shilling for my Thoughts : Being a Selection from the Essays, Stories and other Writings. By Gilbert Keith Chesterton. LONDON : 1917. HARDBACK in JACKET.
- Author
- CHESTERTON, G.K. [ Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936) ] [ Selection Made by E.V. Lucas ]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1917
- Size
- Small Octavo
- Keywords
- Chesterton Collectables
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