A handful of authors : essays on books and writers / by G. K. Chesterton ; edited by Dorothy Collins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936.

Contributor:

Alyea, Dorothy C. (Dorothy Collins), 1898-1974, editor.

Simpson, A. Carson, donor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930.

Literature, Modern--History and criticism.

Literature, Modern.

Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930--Characters--Sherlock Holmes.

Doyle, Arthur Conan.

Physical Description:

vii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 214 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Sheed and Ward, 1953.

Notes:

A selection of G.K. C.'s writings on books and authors contributed to newspapers, periodicals and books between 1901 and 1935, now first collected.

On verso of t.p.: First published 1953 by Sheed and Ward Ltd., 110/111 Fleet Street, London, E.C.4 and Sheed and Ward, Inc., 840 Broadway, New York, 3.

Includes essay "Sherlock Holmes".

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift: A. Carson Simpson.

Cited in:

Sullivan, John. "G.K. Chesterton." Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1958, 110.

Cambridge bibliography, v.4, p.1024.

OCLC:

326890