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The Club of Queer Trades
G[ilbert] K[enneth] Chesterton
Gilbert Kenneth Chesterton (1874-1936) was a writer, philosopher, poet and critic. The Club of Queer Trades is a collection of stories first published in 1905 by Harper and Brothers in London and New York. A second edition was published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1912. The copies of the Collins edition in British libraries are not dated except that the copy in Edinburgh estimates publication between 1910 and 1919. The later date is more likely, but I think Blampied worked for Collins only for one year, 1922. The London Book Co. edition is dated 1932 in the catalogue of the National Library of Wales.
Bibliography code: COL-22.1i
Publisher: Collins' Clear-type Press
Series: Collins' 2/6 Novels
Year: [1922]
Format: Crown 8vo
Pages: viii, pp 264, 4 pp adverts
Binding: Red linen effect cloth with title, author and publisher's logo within black lines; title, author, publisher's logo and publisher's name in black on spine
Size: 189 x 126 mm
Dust jacket signed: Blam, lower centre left
Internal illustrations: Yes, five in monochrome by G.K. Chesterton
Price: 2s 6d
Printing history: Not stated
Printed by: W. Collins and Sons, Glasgow
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Notes:
Bibliography code: COL-22.1ii
Publisher: London Book Comany for WM. Collins Sons & Co., Ltd
Series: The Novel Library, No. 192Year: [1932]
Format: 16mo
Pages: iv, pp 250
Binding: Red linen effect cloth with title and author in gold within gilt decorations; title,decoration, author, Novel Library in gold on spine
Size: 159 x 109 mm
Dust jacket signed: No, signature obscured
Internal illustrations: No
Price: Not stated
Printing history: Not stated
Printed by: Not stated
Dust jacket (click to enlarge)
Notes: The left arm of the figure of the woman has been covered by the red pattern, presumably to obscure Blampied's signature and provide a background for the author's name.