Nov 10, 2015 - Sale 2397

Sale 2397 - Lot 56

Price Realized: $ 938
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
CHESTERTON, G.K. Group of 12 volumes. 8vo, publisher's cloth; most lacking dust jackets; condition varies, see notes below. Vp, vd

Additional Details

The Napoleon of Notting Hill. Spine tanned, scattered soiling and abrasions; first few pages soiled. London, 1904 The Man Who Was Thursday. HQ. Spine faded, edgewear, bookplate. London, 1908 Another title. Edgewear, rubbing affecting letters; ownership inscription. NY, 1908 The Wisdom of Father Brown. Spine tanned with chips at head, rubbing and shelfwear; blindstamp and ownership inscription. London, 1914 The Man Who Knew Too Much. Spine faded, rubbing, scattered soiling; facsimile dust jacket; ownership inscription. London, (1922) Another title. Front hinge repaired, scattered soiling, minor chips at foot of spine. NY, 1922 The Secret of Father Brown. Cloth faded and rubbed at head and foot of spine; ownership inscription. London, (1927) Another title. Dust jacket spine panel tanned, short closed tears and chips. NY, 1927 The Poet and the Lunatics. London, (1929) The Scandal of Father Brown. Dust jacket with large chip to cover panel affecting letters; fingersoiling, discreet bookseller's label on rear pastedown. London, (1935) Another title. Dust jacket with minimal creasing and chips. NY, 1935 The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond. Cloth faded at edges and spine; dust jacket spine panel faded, scattered creases and abrasions; bookplate. NY, 1937. First editions or first American editions. Should be seen.