Search Results: G. K. Chesterton: primary & secondary sources from CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB

London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., 1925. Book. Very Good. Cloth (hardcover). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover in dust jacket. Slight shelfwear and some foxing to edges and text. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked book in moderately worn dust jacket show some rubing, soiling and a little chipping to head and tail of spine, as well as a small old paper label near bottom of spine (now protected in removeable archival sleeve). Neat. vi,403+4[publisher's ads.]p..

London: Cecil Palmer, 1922. Book. Good. Cloth-backed boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black quarter-cloth over patterned paper-covered boards. Sullivan A54. Some slight fading to spine, and rubbing to edges. A little wear to corners. Otherwise a tight, clean and unmarked book. Neat. x,83p..

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada: The Chesterton Review, 1985. Book. Very Good. Wraps (soft-cover). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A clean and unmarked book. Very neat, and bright. Illustrated..

Saskatoon, Sask.: G. K. Chesterton Society, 1980. Book. Very Good. Wraps (soft-cover). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This issue includes Charles L. Higgins's interesting essay on Chesterton collections in the US and Canada. A clean, tight and unmarked copy. Nice..

Saskatoon, Sask.: G. K. Chesterton Society, 1980. Book. Very Good. Wraps (soft-cover). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This issue includes Charles L. Higgins's interesting essay on Chesterton collections in the US and Canada. A clean, tight and unmarked copy. Nice..

South Orange, NJ: The Chesterton Review, 2003. Book. Fine. Wraps (soft-cover). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A clean, tight and unmarked book. Very neat..

London: Sheed & Ward, 1938. Book. Near Fine. Cloth-backed boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Yellow quarter-cloth over yellow/black/white patterned paper-covered boards. Some slight darkening to edges. "Withdrawn" stamp to front endpaper, from which a bookplate has been removed with almost no trace (apparently archivally attached). No other markings to book or dust jacket. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked book in similar dust jacket (now proteced in removable archival mylar sleeve). Very neat. Illustrated. 238p..

London: Cecil Palmer & Hayward, 1915. Book. Fair. Wraps (soft-cover). Second Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Printed grey wrappers. Some loss to spine, and chipping to covers. A little staining/soiling. Owner's name. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked book. Sullivan 40 -- second edition followed in Decemebr 1915. 127p..

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original red cloth hard covers, with crested spine. An unnumbered copy with U of T Press inkstamp to copyright page, Clean, tight, and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy..

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard covers. This copy No. 853 of 1250. Some pages remain uncut along bottom. Clean, tight, and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy..

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1910. Book. Very Good. Boards. First Edition thus. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Boards in wrap-around jacket. Sullivan A4[note], variant. This was taken from "Twelve Types" (1902). Some wear and darkening to paper wrappers. Cloesed tear to front panel. Short, neat inscription to front endpaper. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked book. Very neat. viii,70p..

Stadtsparkasse Aachen, 1989 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Original Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Eine austellung der Inklings-Gesellschaft in der Stadtsparkasse Aachen, Hauptstelle, Munsterplatz 7-9; 4.-18. Dezember 1989. An introduction to Chesterton, with reference to his life, works, and key associates. Booklet, stapled wraps. Bibliography of English publications, as well as works in German translation..

London: Martin Secker, 1915. Book. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt blue cloth hardcovers. Some mottling/foxing to covers, and a little rubbing/bumping to extremities. Rear hinge starting to separate at endpaper, but still holding. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked book. Neat. Portrait frontispiece, with tissue-guard. Bibliography. 191p..

London: British Council and the National Book League/Longmans, Green & Co., 1950. Book. Very Good. Wraps (soft-cover). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stapled card covers. Some slight rubbing to extremities. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked booklet. Very neat. Portrait frontispiece. Bibliography. 32p..

Aylesford Press, 1990. Book. As New. Original Wraps. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Published at the Hilbre Press, Wirral, Cheshire. Printed card covers in printed buff dust wrapper. Illustrated with photographs and line drawings. Includes an appendix on Cedric Chivers by Chesterton. Multiple copies available..

London: R. Brimley Johnson, 1900. Book. Illus. by Chesterton, Gilbert [G. K.]. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Sullivan A.1. Collates exactly, all points of the first edition. Pictorial orange paper-covered boards, with buckram spine lettered in black from the bottom up. Near fine condition, with some edge-bumping and the usual wear to extremities characteristic of paper-covered boards. Moderate wear to boards at corners. Cloth backing is somewhat soiled and yellowing but otherwise nearly unworn. A solid copy with soiling to the top edge, but internally near fine, with some slight toning and scattered foxing. Three bookplates inside front cover: bibliographic scholar Simon Nowell-Smith's, art dealer Judith Adams Nowell-Smith's. and Leslie Mead's. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and still handsome copy. 10-page publishers' adverisements at rear. xii,102[+10]pp..

London: Paul Elek, 1974. Book. Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First Edition thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, in price-clipped dust jacket. Clean, tight and unmarked book. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Illustrated..

London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1931. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original cloth hard covers, in dust jacket. Clean, tight, bright and unmarked copy in bright pictorial dust wrapper showing some creasing and chipping to extremities but in particular the head and tail of spine. An attractive copy of an early reprint, in scarce dust jacket..

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1913. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gilt decorative cloth hardcovers. Covers a little dulled and some slight rubbing to extremities. Closed tear to front endpaper near hinge. Otherwise a tight, clean and unmarked book. Very neat. Frontispiece with tissue-guard. 88+6[ads.]p..

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Modern Library, 2001. Book. New. Wraps (soft-cover). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Brand new..