Gilbert K. Chesterton

St. Francis of Assisi

1944. Doubleday, Doran & Company. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt and black titles, St. Francis blindstamp, 234pp. Unclipped dust jacket (3.00) Later printing, WWII era with War Bonds advertisement to rear panel. Rear panel rubbed, small closed tear to front panel, light wear to edges. Ownership signature to front endpaper. The celebrated biography of St. Francis of Assisi by GK Chesterton, originally published in 1924. "He was a poet whose whole life was a poem" (from front flap). A very handsome copy. Near Fine / Very Good.

Price: $45.00