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London : Sheed & Ward, (1926). First edition : in Sullivan’s “A” variant binding. A collection of twenty-five poems, including “The White Witch”, “The Ballad of King Arthur”, “St. George of England”, etc.
Crown 8vo (20cm). (50),[ii]pp. Original quarter orange cloth, light violet boards; pale orange title label on upper cover, printed in black; boards just a little sunned; mild spotting of edges; endpapers lightly tanned, but still overall a very good copy. Gift inscription dated 1926 on front free endpaper. Sullivan 65.

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London : Cassell & Co., (1930). First edition. Four inter-related novellas – murder, fraud, treason and theft – the moderate murderer, the honest quack, the ecstatic thief, and the loyal traitor.
Crown 8vo (20cm). [2],vi,(310),[ii]pp. Original black cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt; some minor rubbing to extremities; some spotting to edges and outer leaves; a few faint marks, but a very good and sound copy.

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London : Sheed & Ward, 1950. First edition. Forty-four lively essays previously unpublished in book form – Chesterton on reading, novelists, the pantomime, from Meredith to Rupert Brooke, A Tale of Two Cities, necromancy, Dr Johnson, Henry James, Tolstoi, Pierpont Morgan, books for boys, nudism – and much else.
Post 8vo (21cm). vi,(280),[ii]pp. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt; mild tanning of endpapers; slight spotting of top edge, but a very good copy in the dust-jacket – also very good. Contemporary ownership inscription.

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