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The Father Brown Omnibus; Including The Innocence of Father Brown; The Wisdom of Father Brown; The Incredulity of Father Brown; and The Secret of Father Brown
by Chesterton, Gilbert K. [G. K.]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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South Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd Mead & Complany, 1933 Scarce hardcover in black-stamped full green cloth, First Edition early printing, no text markings, NOT ex-lib, no dj, green page top, pages bright & without foxing, light shelf wear & soil to boards mostly along spine which is bright & unfaded, name/date to title page, a very nice early printing of the original Father Brown omnibus volume (first published 1929), scarce in all early printings - a revised & enlarged edition was issued as The New Father Brown Omnibus in 1951; thick 8vo; 334 + 324 + 270 + 278pp illus. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+.
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- Bookseller
- Nighttown Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30785
- Title
- The Father Brown Omnibus; Including The Innocence of Father Brown; The Wisdom of Father Brown; The Incredulity of Father Brown; and The Secret of Father Brown
- Author
- Chesterton, Gilbert K. [G. K.]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd Mead & Complany
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- The Father Brown Omnibus Chesterton, Gilbert K. [G. K.]
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Nighttown Books
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South Pasadena, California
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