Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by G.K. Chesterton. Errata slip tipped in. 12mo. xxviii, 59pp. Fine in a price-clipped, near fine dust jacket with a few tiny bumps. Prints, in facsimile, pages from Bentley's notebook of clerihews. More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1927. Hardcover. First edition. A couple of small spots on front pastedown, else about fine in near fine dust jacket with a couple of small chips and tears at the extremities. A nice copy. More
London: Chatto & Windus, (1927). Hardcover. Second printing, in the same month as the first. Ex-library with a neat bookplate but no other markings. Spine modestly tanned with a tiny bit of loss at the crown, a nice very good copy lacking the dust jacket. More
London: Chatto & Windus, (1927). Hardcover. First edition. Tiny owner name and some modest offsetting on the endpapers, else near fine in very good dust jacket in the second state, price-clipped and with the publisher's printed "cheap edition" label over the original price with shallow loss at the foot, and..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, [circa 1927]. Hardcover. Early reprint of the American edition, two months after the first (K-B). Illustrated by Frederick Dorr Steele. Binding cocked with light wear, spine dulled, still very good or better. More
New York: Harper and Brothers, [circa 1927]. Hardcover. First American edition, first printing with code H-B. Illustrated by Frederick Dorr Steele. Small early bookstore label on front pastedown, a bit of rubbing at the corners and spine ends, else near fine. More
New York: Harper and Brothers, [circa 1927]. Hardcover. First American edition, first printing with code H-B. Illustrated by Frederick Dorr Steele. Tiny Philadlphia clothier ticket (who sold the book) on the rear fly and a neat owner inscription on the front fly. Binding with a toned spine and some edgewear..... More
London: Frederick A. Stokes Company, [no date, circa1925]. Softcover. First edition. 30pp. Cream wrappers, stapled. Wrappers foxed, good only. More
New York: Press Of The Reader's Club, c. 1950. Reprint. Very good. Name and date inside front panel/ spineand edges faded, spine ends rubbed. More
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1938. Hardcover. First American edition. Small quarto. 238pp. Illustrations in both color and black-and-white by G.K. Chesterton. Light wrinkling on front fly, page edges lightly age-toned, cloth edges rubbed, very good in a very good dustwrapper with some wrinkling on front panel. A very handsome..... More
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1938. Hardcover. First American edition. Illustrations in both color and black-and-white by G.K. Chesterton. Small quarto. 238pp. Owner name on front fly, faint stains on foredge, slight spotting on boards and topedge, very good in a good only dust jacket splitting along the front spine..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1937. Hardcover. Reprint. Contemporary owner gift inscription on front fly, light foxing on page edges, toned spine, very good. Includes: *The Innocence of Father Brown,* *The Incredulity of Father Brown*, *The Wisdom of Father Brown*, and *The Secret of Father Brown.*. More
New York: Dodd, 1930. Hardcover. First American edition. Slight soiling and a couple of small, faint stains else a Very good copy lacking the dustwrapper. Advance Review Copy with slip tipped in. More
New York: Bantam, 1985. First thus. Fine. More
London: Martin Secker, No Date. Hardcover. Later printing. Good with wear at the spine ends, light soiling, spine and spine label darkened, ink notation on the front endpaper. More
London: Cassell and Company, (1922). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with shallow chipping at the top of the spine, small split at the front flap fold and some rubbing. A collection of stories following the exploits of gentleman detective Horne Fisher. Basis in name only for the..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, (1929). Hardcover. First edition. Tiny, light old price on front pastedown, very faint ring on front board, a nice, very good copy without dust jacket. A collection of stories featuring Gabriel Gale. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1908. Hardcover. Reprint. 207pp., [4]pp. advertisement. Pebbled blue cloth stamped in gilt, topedge gilt. Brief owner gift inscription on front fly, boards bowed and sunned on spine and edges, corners bumped, a good only copy. More
New York: Macmillan Company, (February)1903. Hardcover. First American edition. Octavo. 207pp. Pebbled blue cloth stamped in gilt, topedge gilt. Short tear in front hinge, cloth modestly rubbed, corners lightly bumped, very good. More
New York: Macmillan Company, 1903. Hardcover. First American edition. 207pp. Pebbled blue cloth stamped in gilt, topedge gilt. Contemporary owner name on front fly, slight foxing on endpapers, boards rubbed with a few faint stains, very good. More
New York: Macmillan Company, 1903. Hardcover. First American edition. 207pp. Pebbled blue cloth stamped in gilt, topedge gilt. Penciled contemporary owner name, bottom edge with a small bump, boards slightly rubbed with edgewear, very good. More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1943. Hardcover. First American edition. Contemporary bookplate on the front pastedown, faint dampstain on the edge of the page margins, very good in about very good dust jacket with corresponding faint dampstaining mostly visible on the inside. Scarce in jacket. More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1927. Hardcover. First American edition, first printing with code H-B. Illustrated by Frederick Dorr Steele. Endpapers slightly tanned, boards lightly rubbed with edgewear, very good. More
(New York): Carroll & Graf Publishers, (1990). Hardcover. First American edition. Foreword by H.R.F. Keating. Fine in fine dust jacket. More
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1914. Hardcover. Fourth edition, with additional poems. Quarter-vellum with gilt spine titles, topedge gilt. Small stamp on half-title, endpapers with modest offsetting, a few early pages slightly foxed, covers with moderate soil and foxing, spine tanned, good only. Poetry. More