Lascelles Abercrombie; Lord David Cecil; G. K. Chesterton; G. D. H. Cole; Stephen Gwynn; James Laver; Et al. — Revaluations: Studies in Biography

Oxford; London, Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford, 1931. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this collection of biographical reassessments, with essays by G. K. Chesterton, Lord David Cecil, and others, in the original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original dark red cloth binding.  First edition.  Complete with the original clipped dust wrapper.  An engaging collection of ten biographical and critical studies, each reassessing a major historical, literary or cultural figure.  With an introduction by A. C. Ward. The contributions from leading interwar writers and intellectuals, including poet and critic Lascelles Abercrombie, novelist and critic Lord David Cecil, writer G. K. Chesterton, political theorist G. D. H. Cole, among others.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Very slight fading to extremities. One or two very minor marks to rear board. Dust wrapper, sound. Pirce-clipped. Slight fading to spine. Light soiling and age toning to perimeters of wraps and spine. Edge wear resulting in the odd small chip, crease, and closed tear to extremities, more so to spine ends. Slight loss to front joint. Creasing to lower perimeter of front wrap. Small area of damp staining to front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.