Aidan Mackey Richard Ingrams Ed (1 results)
More imagesPublished by Vintage Publications, Cambridge, 1978
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Fine. First edition. A superb signed limited edition copy of this novel by Aidan Mackey written to give G. K. Chesterton space to publish his drawings. A lovely limited edition copy, this volume being number twenty three of three hundred and fifty copies printed for sale at the Rampant Lions Press. With sixt…een previously unpublished pencil drawings by G. K. Chesterton, with an introductory essay on Chesterton as an artist by Richard Ingrams. A charming fictional novel written by Aidan Mackey to celebrate G. K. Chesterton's art, which the author considered to be undervalued by the public, as Chesterton was mainly famous for his writings.Signed to limitation page by Aidan Mackey and Richard Ingrams. With tipped in frontispiece, a map, and sixteen previously unpublished pencil drawings by G. K. Chesterton. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding, with pictorial paper covered boards. Externally lovely. Signed by Richard Ingrams and Aidan Mackey to limitation page. Slipcase is excellent with only minor shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. With tipped in frontispiece, a map and various illustrations in pencil by G. K. Chesterton. Fine. G. K. Chesterton (illustrator). signed by author. book.
