Author: Hilaire Belloc
Title: The Missing Masterpiece: A Novel
Description: London, Arrowsmith, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated comic work from French-English writer Hilaire Belloc. First edition. Illustrated with forty-one images throughout the text, most of which are full-paged. Collated complete. Set in early twentieth century France, this humorous novel follows the mystery of a stolen masterpiece that briefly appeared and then disappeared much to the chagrin of its artist. Written by Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene Belloc, a French-English writer and historian. Illustrated by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, an English author, philosopher, Christian apologist, and literary and art critic. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities and light fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: G. K. Chesterton. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: Missing Masterpiece Belloc Chesterton Masterpiece G. K. Chesterton


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