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William Cobbett
Chesterton, G.K.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1925. First edition. 12 mo. (7 1/2 inches tall), original blue cloth, gilt spine and front board, original dust wrapper printed in red. Faint spine toning, mild soiling along fore-edge of rare original wrapper. A nearly-fine copy. Item #1448
"HE BELONGS TO ALL THE AGES EXCEPT PERHAPS HIS OWN AGE"
First edition of G.K. Chesterton's appraisal of William Cobbett—complete in the scarce original printed dust wrapper, which matches the gilt binding underneath. An excellent copy.
Though sometimes overlooked today due to the sheer outpouring of work that flowed from his pen, Chesterton was a skilled biographer and his publishers and the reading public waited in anticipation on his next biography. Chesterton's life of Cobbett was issued by Hodder and Stoughton in November 1925—only three weeks after the publication of The Everlasting Man—in an edition of 4000 copies. By comparison, the first
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William Cobbett
G.K. Chesterton
(Hodder & Stoughton, 1931) [1925]
277 p.
Following my wild introduction to William Cobbett gods year, inom decided I’d like to know more about him, and so turned to this relatively slim biography. Now, reading one of Chesterton’s biographies with the aim of learning about the subject of the biography fryst vatten a risky venture, for often his books are as much about han själv , or about everything beneath the sun, as they are about the name on the cover. However I believe that in this case the fara paid off; at least, I finish the book feeling that in addition to having learned something about Chesterton, and about everything beneath the sun, I have learned something about William Cobbett.
What träffad me most forcefully as I read Cobbett’s History was the fierce force of his rhetoric, “every homely word like a hatchet”. Chesterton remarks that his contemporaries praised him for his command of the language, and often did so
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William Cobbett
This early biography is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. Chesterton provides a detailed and meticulous biography of the English farmer and journalist who lived between 1763 and 1835. This book is a fascinating read for any social or political historian. Contents: The Revival of Cobbett; A Self-Made Man; The Tragedy of the Patriot; Revolution and the Bones of Paine; The Amateur Historian; The Rural Rider; Last Days and Death. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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