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Platitudes in the making : precepts and advices for gentlefolk / by Holbrook Jackson.
LIBRA PN6281 .J2 1997
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jackson, Holbrook, 1874-1948.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epigrams.
- Aphorisms and apothegms.
- Physical Description:
- 92 pages ; 19 cm
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Ignatius Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- Here is a unique facsimile edition of a 1911 copy of Jackson's pithy platitudes with Chesterton's original readable handwritten responses on each page. Printed to look exactly like the original, this first time published volume is a rare book that blends wisdom and humor in a deluxe edition.
- Notes:
- Originally published: London : D.J. Rider ; New York : Mitchell Kennerley, 1911. Includes dedication by author to G.K. Chesterton (on 1st prel. p.) and the original handwriten responses by Chesterton in green.
- ISBN:
- 0898706289
- OCLC:
- 38228835
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