G.K. CHESTERTON
by Ffinch, Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0062503278
- ISBN 13
- 9780062503275
- Seller
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ELLSWORTH, Maine, United States
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About This Item
First U. S. edition, in the publisher's original brown cloth with spine lettering gilt, octavo, pp. [xiv], 369. Black and white illustrations. This unique copy inscribed on the free front endpaper in 1991 to prolific author Webb Garrison (Atlanta and the War; Oglethorpe's Folly: The Birth of Georgia; many more) "with appreciation from his friend." The friend's signature is illegible to us, but see our image if you want to have a go at at. Light shelf wear.
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- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3596
- Title
- G.K. CHESTERTON
- Author
- Ffinch, Michael
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0062503278
- ISBN 13
- 9780062503275
- Publisher
- San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1986]
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- This edition first published
- 1987
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography/Reference;
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