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The Man Who Was Thursday
by G.K.Chesterton. Chesterton, G. K
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VG++/VG++/ND
- ISBN 10
- 1843549050
- ISBN 13
- 9781843549055
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus* Impression: 1st. Full Number Line.* Date of Publication: 2008 (1908)* Publisher: Atlantic Books, Crime Classics* Binding and cover condition: Soft illustrated card covers. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine, minimal crease to front hinge. Seems very lightly read if at all. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations. inscriptions or marks to text. Minimal reading wear, no tanning. VG++* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 186 pp. text. xiv pp. References & blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- A group of anarchists dedicated to overthrowing the world order are under surveillance by Scotland Yard, and Detective Gabriel Syme must infiltrate their ranks. Dreamlike, prophetic, and funny, "The Man Who Was Thursday" is a fast-moving and surreal boys' own detective story, and a highly anarchic take on anarchy.Widely considered Chesterton's masterpiece, "The Man Who Was Thursday" (subtitled "A Nightmare" by Chesterton) is firmly rooted in its time and place - a phantasmagoric turn-of-the-century London where police are poets and anarchists abound.* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st. thus fnl. with minimal shelf & reading wear reducing it to VG++*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2064
- Title
- The Man Who Was Thursday
- Author
- G.K.Chesterton. Chesterton, G. K
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/VG++/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus 1st. Imp. FNL.
- ISBN 10
- 1843549050
- ISBN 13
- 9781843549055
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Place of Publication
- London Uk 200
- Date Published
- 2008-12-01
- Size
- 19.3 x 13 x 1.5 cm
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