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London: Sheed & Ward, 1944. Publishers original brown cloth with gilt signature to front cover and gilt lettering to spine. White endpapers, no inscriptions. Frontis: b/w plate of G. K. Chesterton. 574pp including index, plus 10 additional b/w plates and 2 colour plates. Pages clean and bright in firm binding. Though he considered himself a mere rollicking journalist, Gilbert Keith Chesterton was actually a prolific and gifted writer in virtually every area of literature. A man of strong opinions and enormously talented at defending them, his exuberant personality nevertheless allowed him to maintain warm friendships with people such as George Bernard Shaw and H. G. Wells, with whom he vehemently disagreed. Though not written for a scholarly audience, his biographies of authors and historical figures like Charles Dickens and St. Francis of Assisi often contain brilliant insights into their subjects. His Father Brown mystery stories, written between 1911 and 1936, are still being read and adapted for television. During his life he published 69 books and at least another ten have been published after his death.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.