Chesterton, G. K.
Rare books by G. K. Chesterton, including first editions and signed copies.
CHESTERTON, G. K.
The Incredulity of Father Brown. 1926
£1,750
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Original black cloth, rule and titles to upper board and spine in red. With the pictorial dust jacket. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper, spotting... Read more
CHESTERTON, G. K.
The Ball and the Cross. 1909
£1,750
First Edition, First Printing, English Issue, First State. This mildly fantastical novel was first printed for the American house of John Lane in 1909. A portion of that first...
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to upper board and spine gilt, top edge gilt others untrimmed. With a dust jacket supplied from another - second issue - copy.... Read more
CHESTERTON, G. K.
The Innocence of Father Brown. 1911
£1,375
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all... Read more
CHESTERTON, G. K.
The Innocence of Father Brown. 1911
£750
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine and upper board gilt. Black and white frontispiece and 7 plates. Contemporary ownership inscription to front free... Read more
CHESTERTON, Gilbert [G. K.]
Greybeards at Play. Literature and Art for Old Gentlemen. 1900
£650
First edition, first impression of the author's first book.
Octavo. Original white cloth backed brown boards, titles and pictorial decoration in black, white and yellow. Line drawings throughout. Binding lightly rubbed and... Read more
(SHAW, George Bernard) CHESTERTON, G. K.
The Trial of John Jasper. 1914
£500
First edition, first impression of this scarce literary curiosity, the transcript of a humorous mock-trial of the character John Jasper, the suspected murderer in Dickens' The...
Large octavo. Original blue wrappers printed in black. Housed in a green quarter morocco slipcase and chemise. Wrappers very lightly rubbed, spine slightly toned. An... Read more
CHESTERTON, G. K.
The Secret of Father Brown. 1927
£500
First Edition, First Impression in the 7/6 dust jacket.
Octavo. Original black cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Creasing to spine, lower panel lightly scuffed, dust jacket creased and torn but 98%... Read more
CHESTERTON, G. K.
The Innocence of Father Brown. 1911
£500
First edition, first impression, colonial issue.
Octavo. Original brown cloth, titles to spine and upper board in black, colour illustration tipped onto upper board Frontispiece and 7 plates. Boards rubbed, spine... Read more
CHESTERTON, G. K.
Greybeards at Play. 1900
£475
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Original cloth-backed orange boards, titles and decoration to upper board in black and yellow, titles to spine in black. Illustrated by the author. Some mild... Read more
(CHESTERTON, G. K.) BRANGWYN, Frank.
The Way of the Cross. [1935]
£325
First edition, first impression.
Quarto. Original black cloth, titles to spine and upper board in white. With the dust jacket. 14 plates by Frank Brangwyn. A little wear at the corners and spine ends,... Read more
(CHESTERTON, G. K.) CLERIHEW, E. [Bentley]
Biography for Beginners. [1905 & 1929]
£275
First edition, first impressions.
2 volumes, large octavo. Original grey cloth backed boards, titles to spine in white, titles and illustration to upper board in black. Bookplate of Oswald Lewis to... Read more
SHAW, George Bernard, & G. K. Chesterton.
The Heretics The Future of Religion 1911
£225
First Editions, First Impressions. Each prints the several periodical and newspaper expostulations of the two authors constituting a spat over religion in which they engaged in 1911....
2 volumes. Each single quire, wire stitched, original blue wrappers, titles to upper wrapper in black. Some small cockling to the wrappers of the first title, and... Read more
(CHESTERTON, G. K.) CLERIHEW, E. [Bentley]
Biography for Beginners. [1905]
£200
First edition, first impression.
Large octavo. Original grey cloth backed boards, titles to spine in white, titles and illustration to upper board in black. 40 illustrations by Chesterton. Lightly... Read more
CHESTERTON, G. K.
The Wisdom of Father Brown. 1914
£175
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine and upper board in blind. Colour frontispiece. Ownership signature to front free endpaper. Spine browned, boards partially... Read more
