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The Innocence of Father Brown.
de Chesterton, G K
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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London; Cassell and Company Ltd, 1911., 1911. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp [8], 336. 8 full-page plates by Sydney Seymour Lucas, including frontispiece with tissue guard. Publishers' red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board and ruled border in blind to upper board. Upper corner of upper board slightly bruised. Minor scattered light foxing, mainly to text-block edge and prelims. No annotation or inscriptions. A Very Good copy. The very first collection featuring popular detective Father Brown: 12 short stories. Scarce, particularly so in this condition.
Sinopsis
The star of these stories is Father Brown, a character created by writer G. K. Chesterton. Based on a parish priest who was partially responsible for Chesterton's conversion to Catholicism in 1922, Brown is a stubby Catholic priest equipped with a large umbrella, a formless outfit and a sharp insight into the human nature. The 12 stories included here are: The Blue Cross, The Secret Garden, The Queer Feet, The Flying Stars, The Invisible Man, The Honour of Israel Gow, The Wrong Shape, The Sins of Prince, Saradine, The Hammer of God, The Eye of Apollo, The Sign of the Broken Sword, The Three Tools of Death. With Father Brown the author has entered upon a new literary field in a series of detective stories. Strange to say, his hero is not a Sherlock Holmes or a Lecoq, but a gentle little parish priest who uses his knowledge of human nature gained in his religious work to unravel mysterious crimes which have baffled the police. The stories are of the dashing and brilliant kind that Stevenson invented — exciting tales told in artistic manner by a first-class literary hand.
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- Librería
- Keel Row Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 6352
- Título
- The Innocence of Father Brown.
- Autor
- Chesterton, G K
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hard Cover
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- London; Cassell and Company Ltd, 1911.
- Fecha de publicación
- 1911
- Palabras clave
- Crime & Criminology
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Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
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