![]() Aquatint Copperplate process by which the plate is “bitten” by exposure to acid.Inner paper hinges split, light scattered foxing to interior, and slight rubbing and soiling to extremities. "The Father Brown series is composed exclusively of short stories, of which there are 50, collected in five volumes," beginning with this volume, The Innocence of Father Brown, in 1911 (Haycraft, 74-77). "Writing in 1936, Ellery Queen declared that Father Brown 'is one of the three greatest detective characters ever invented,' on a par with Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Poe's August Dupin" (Tibbetts, G.K. "Inspired by a Roman Catholic monsignor who became a friend of Chesterton… Father Brown was his most successful creation" ( New York Times). Gilbert Keith Chesterton's "finest and most enduring books are his mystery and detective tales"-in particular his popular series of stories featuring "Father Brown, one of the most famous and unusual detectives in the genre" (Steinbrunner & Penzler, 82). Octavo, original red cloth.įirst edition of Chesterton's first collection of detective stories featuring his beloved Father Brown-"one of the three greatest detectives ever invented" (Ellery Queen), with eight plates illustrating scenes from the stories. CHESTERTON'S INNOCENCE OF FATHER BROWNĬHESTERTON, G.K. ![]() "ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS AND UNUSUAL DETECTIVES IN THE GENRE": FIRST EDITION OF G.K. ![]()
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