G.K. Chesterton; A Biography
by Michael Ffinch
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0062503278
- ISBN 13
- 9780062503275
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper & Row, 1986 Harper & Row, New York. 1986. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner bookplate on front pastedown. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; closed tear on rear top cover; slight bumping to edges at head and heel of spine. Brown cloth boards and spine with bright gold lettering on spine. 369 pp. G.K. Chesterton was a ferociously prolific writer of essays, poems, articles, and novels; and he was a cartoonist too. Drawing on recently discovered sources, the author gives a new view of Chesterton through his life of spiritual turmoil and intense personal suffering on his way through his formative years. A clean pristine copy in Brodart mylar.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002994
- Title
- G.K. Chesterton; A Biography
- Author
- Michael Ffinch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0062503278
- ISBN 13
- 9780062503275
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- G.K. CHESTERTON, ESSAYS, POEMS, CARTOONS, NOVELS, ROMAN CATHOLICISM, A.E. HOUSMAN, MASTER OF PUN AND PARADOX, ENGLISH WRITER, FATHER BROWN STORIES, HILAIRE BELLOC, THE FLYING INN, MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY.
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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