By G. K. Chesterton
London   Cassell and Company LTD
7.5" by 5" [8], 3-257pp
The first edition of G. K. Chesterton's final collection of detective short stories, all featuring his odd character Mr. Pond.
By G. K. Chesterton

1936 The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond

London   Cassell and Company LTD
7.5" by 5" [8], 3-257pp
The first edition of G. K. Chesterton's final collection of detective short stories, all featuring his odd character Mr. Pond.
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First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition of this work.

A collection of eight detective short stories, which revolve around a civil servant named Mr. Pond. Pond tends to startle those he meets with his outrageous paradoxical statements.

Including 'The Three Horseman of Apocalypse', 'The Crime of Captain Gahagan', 'When Doctors Agree', 'Pond the Pantaloon', 'The Unmentionable Man', 'Ring of Lovers', 'The Terrible Troubador', and 'A Tall Story'.

Written by G. K. Chesterton.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Minor marks to the boards. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some spots, mostly to the first and last few pages.

Very Good Indeed

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