The Napoleon of Notting Hill

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Published by John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1904

About this Item

The scarce first edition of this work of speculative fiction set in an alternative future reality, following an unserious king and written by Gilbert K. Chesterton. The first edition.Illustrated by Graham W. Robertson with a monochrome frontispiece and seven monochrome plates. Collated complete.This work of speculative fiction was written by Gilbert K. Chesterton and is set in an alternative future London. The novel is set in a future 1984 and follows the antics of Auberon Quin, a newly chosen king who loves a practical joke, and a young man who decides to take on the situation.In the publisher's original pictorial cloth. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Externally smart with fading to the spine, slight rubbing to the joints and extremities, marks to the rear and bumping to the extremities. Lacking front free endpaper with minor offsetting to the rear. Front hinge starting. Internally, one plate disbound but present and another tender, otherwise generally firmly bound with lightly age toned and generally clean pages with the odd spot, heavier to the front and rear. Good. Seller Inventory # 916Z22

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Napoleon of Notting Hill

Publisher: John Lane The Bodley Head, London

Publication Date: 1904

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: W. Graham Robertson

Condition: Good

Edition: First edition.

Book Type: book