The Father Brown Stories. THE OMNIBUS EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO
by CHESTERTON G. K
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cassell,, [1950]. 8vo., handsomely bound in full chestnut morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, fore-edges lightly tanned else a most attractive ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of the omnibus edition, collecting all forty-eight immortal tales, including 'Innocence', 'Wisdom', 'Incredulity', 'Secret' and 'Scandal'.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28550
- Title
- The Father Brown Stories. THE OMNIBUS EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO
- Author
- CHESTERTON G. K
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell,
- Date Published
- [1950]
- Keywords
- modern first editions, modern firsts, chesterton, gk chesterton, gilbert keith chesterton, father brown
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About the Seller
Island Books
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Thakeham, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...