Shelfmark
CSR.1311
Author
Title
Greybeards at play : literature and art for old gentlemen / by G. K. Chesterton.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Sheed & Ward, MCMXXX [1930]
Physical description
xi, 102 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Note
"First published in 1900"--T.p. verso.
Note
"Printed by The Whitefriars Press Ltd. London and Tonbridge"--T.p. verso.
Note
"Written and illustrated by G. K. Chesterton"--Dust jacket.
Formatted contents note
Contents: The oneness of the philosopher with nature -- Of the dangers attending altruism on the high seas -- On the disastrous spread of aestheticism in all classes -- Envoy.
Provenance
Bookseller black label on the front pastedown, reading: "W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. Booksellers (New and Second Hand) Cambridge. England".
Provenance
Ms. inscription in black ink on the front flyleaf, reading: "To Father Gilbey with love from Hugh Dinwiddy. July 1935. The child is father of the man..."
Binding
20th century quarter orange cloth over illustrated paper boards; blank endpapers.
Subject
Humorous poetry, English.
Genre/Form
Poems.
Added entry--name
Dinwiddy, Hugh former owner.
Added entry--name
Sheed and Ward publisher.
Added entry--name
Whitefriars Press Ltd. printer.
Added entry--name
W. Heffer & Sons bookseller.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B54377