TALES OF THE LONG BOW

Chesterton, G[ilbert] K[eith]

Published by Cassell and Company, London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne, 1925

About this Item

Octavo, pp. [1-2: blank] [3-8] [1-2] 3-309 [310] [311-312: blank], publisher's light green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, Cassell book label affixed to front cover. First edition. "Eight tales, not of detection, but of deliberate improbability. In the hands of G. K. this means humor and a moral point, and since he is a practitioner of the genre, his improbabilities are full of practical detail such as might furnish food for thought in a piece of detection." - Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime 2410. Bleiler (1948), p. 77. Tuck (1974), p. 99. Private owner's bookplate affixed to front pastedown. Hint of sunning to spine panel, a nearly fine copy. (#174530). Seller Inventory # 174530

Bibliographic Details

Title: TALES OF THE LONG BOW

Publisher: Cassell and Company, London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne

Publication Date: 1925

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition