The Scandal of Father Brown
by CHESTERTON G K
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Leicester, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Cassell, 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (London: Cassell and Company, Limited 1935). First UK Edition. Publisher's dark blue binding with gilt lettering and a single gilt rule at both top and bottom of the spine. It is dated [1935] on the copyright page which also has the printer's code F60.235. Contains 8 short stories. A bookseller's ticket to the rear paste-down otherwise a near fine (or better) copy. In the RARE D/W priced 7/6 net to the spine as called for. A former owner has had small strips of professional paper replacement at spine tips and at a couple of points along top edge not affecting lettering. The back panel is clean and un-foxed. Shows as a lovely near fine example. Scans invited
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Details
- Bookseller
- James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355490717626
- Title
- The Scandal of Father Brown
- Author
- CHESTERTON G K
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1935
Terms of Sale
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
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James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
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Leicester
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About James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
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