Greybeards at Play and one other

Лот 318
29.09.2023 11:00UTC +00:00
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£ 1 638
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Место проведенияВеликобритания, London
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Лот 318 | Greybeards at Play and one other
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£ 1 500 – 2 000
A group of two volumes, comprising:

G. K. CHESTERTON (1874-1936). Greybeards at Play. Literature and Art for Old Gentlemen. London: R. Brimley Johnson, 1900.  
First edition of the author’s first book: a wonderful family association copy, signed by the author and with his father’s engraved bookplate. Octavo. 24 illustrations by Chesterton (occasional finger-soiling). Original cloth-backed decorative boards, spine lettered in black (a little rubbed and soiled, spine sunned, endpapers browned); housed in modern blue quarter morocco box. Provenance: ownership inscription (‘Teddy Christmas 1900’, most likely in the hand of Frances Chesterton, pencil to front free endpaper) — Edward Chesterton (1841–1922, father of the author; engraved bookplate to front pastedown). 

— Tales of the Long Bow. London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1925.  
First edition. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine and upper cover lettered and ruled in blue, publisher’s printed label on upper board (endpapers browned); original dust-jacket (a few minor marks).
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