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Webb, Mary with Introduction By John Buchan
Gone to Earth
Jonathan Cape, London, 1933
Cloth, Very Good, No Jacket
288pp inc about 12pp catalogue - Gladys Mary Coles, President of the Mary Webb Society, described the book as "written in 1916 during the dark uncertainty and horror of the First World War. It is a novel most intimately related to this sad period; yet there is no direct mention of the war in its pages. This poignant story of a country girl, set in a remote area of the Shropshire border hills, and with only a handful of rural characters, is nevertheless an implicit and profoundly moving expression of the tragic spirit of those years when multitudes, slaughtered, were indeed 'gone to earth'." Buchan, in his introduction, described the portrayal of the heroine, Hazel Woodus, as 'the chief beauty of the book.... done with extraordinary tenderness and subtlety'. " The book (brown cloth with black titles to spine and front) is slightly soiled with very minor edgewear and bumped corners. Inside is immaculate except for inked inscription on FPDP.
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Buchan, John
Mr Standfast
University of London Press Ltd, London, 1952
Reprint, Cloth, Good, No Jacket
Ex-School,
256pp inc b+w frontis - This is the third book in the Richard Hannay (39 Steps) series. It takes place in 1917 with Hannay ordered to track down and destroy a network of German spies. Hannay's opponent is Morton Ivery, a master of disguise. The action takes place in England, Scotland, France, and Switzerland. Written in 1918. Covers (blue cloth with black titles and "The Pilot Books" series logo in green to front and blue titles to sunned spine) is edgeworn and soiled with bumped corners. This volume is tight and clean, except for school label to FEP and rubber stamped school details to title page and RPDP.
005944
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Buchan, John
Prester John
Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1947
Reprint, Cloth, Very Good, No Jacket
255pp inc appendices, map and frontis illustration - This is the story of a 19-year-old, David Crawfurd, and his travels from Scotland to South Africa to work as a storekeeper. there he holds the key to a massive uprising, This was Buchan's sixth novel. Written in 1910 it was seven years after he had returned from South Africa. It was his first to reach a wide readership across the world, and it established him as a writer of fast-paced adventures.
"Buchan (1875-1940) was a polymath. Born the son of a Calvinist Presbyterian minister in eastern Scotland, and died Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada. He was a classicist at Oxford, read for the Bar but did not practice as a barrister, was a government administrator in South Africa after the end of the Boer War, was editor of The Spectator and war correspondent for The Times, was Member of Parliament for the Scottish Universities, a Director of Reuters, a director of Thomas Nelson's, the publishing house, and was His Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, twice.
He married into the minor aristocracy, had four children and was made a Baron (lowest rung of the British hereditary peerage) on receiving the appointment of Governor-General of Canada in 1935. He died of a brain haemorrhage while shaving, shortly after signing Canada's entry into the Second World War. And he wrote. By golly did he write." He wrote more than 100 books only about 40 of which are fiction, the most famous of which is arguably The Thirty-Nine Steps.
Bound in green cloth, this volume is tight and clean, except for school stamp on front paste-down and some prior owner names on FEP. Spine is faded. Covers are soiled and have some bumping and edgewear and foxing on page edges.
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Buchan, John
Salute to Adventurers
Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, London, 1947
Reprint, Cloth, Very Good, No Jacket
viii, 9-366pp - In this tale, first published in 1915, Buchan tells a tale which " takes place in the 1680s and begins as the hero, Andrew Garvald, while on his way to Glasgow, takes a cut across the moors, and meeting Elspeth Blair, and a religious fanatic known as Muckle John Gib, according to the John Buchan Society site. Later "Andrew is sent by his uncle as his merchant representative to Virginia where he initially experiences hostility because of his attempts to reform trading practices.... "The story climaxes as a hazardous journey is undertaken by Andrew, Ringan, Shalah - an Indian warrior - Grey and two others. They later meet up with Elspeth.... All ends well, and in good romantic tradition Andrew and Elspeth are married!". Buchan (1875-1940) was author of The 39 Steps. He was a polymath. Born the son of a Calvinist presbyterian minister in eastern Scotland, and died Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada. He was a classicist at Oxford, read for the Bar but did not practice as a barrister, was a government administrator in South Africa after the end of the Boer War, was editor of The Spectator and war correspondent for "The Times", was Member of Parliament for the Scottish Universities, a Director of Reuters, a director of Thomas Nelson's, the publishing house, and was His Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, twice. And he wrote. By golly did he write. He wrote more than 100 books only about 40 of which are fiction, the most famous of which is arguably "The Thirty-Nine Steps". Covers (red cloth with gilt titles to lightly sunned spine and a gilt Buchan logo to the front board) has a slight edgewear and lightly bumped corners. Textblock is clean and tight except for slight tanning esp to EPs, some foxing esp to page edges and an inked owner's signature to the FEP..
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Poe, Edgar Allan and Buchan, John (intro)
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Thomas Nelson and Sons, London,
First Thus, Cloth, Fine, No Jacket
379pp plus 4pp publisher's catalogue - Undated, but apparently ca 1950s. Contains a baker's dozen of Poe's best: "The Gold Bug", "MS found in a Bottle", "A Descent into the Maelstrom", "The Fall of the House of Usher", "William Wilson", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Mystery of Marie Roget", "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Tell-Tale Heart", "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains", "The Premature Burial", "The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether", and "The Cask of Amontillado". Covers (red cloth with gilt titles to spine and green tinted page top edges) is immaculate. Text block is immaculate except for slight soiling of page edges and a neatly inked owner's name to FEP.
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Buchan, John
The Gap in the Curtain
Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1932
Reprint, Cloth, Very Good, No Jacket
315pp plus four-page publisher's catalogue - This is arguably Buchan's "most unusual and thought- provoking ... supernatural works...," according to the FantasticFiction site. "...it deals with fate and free will. Building on Dunne's theory of serial time, Professor Moe works out a technique for visualizing the future-in this case a newspaper of a year hence. The characters... scramble about trying either to fulfill or to ward off what has been seen." Buchan (1875-1940) was author of The 39 Steps. He was a polymath. Born the son of a Calvinist presbyterian minister in eastern Scotland, and died Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada. He was a classicist at Oxford, read for the Bar but did not practice as a barrister, was a government administrator in South Africa after the end of the Boer War, was editor of The Spectator and war correspondent for "The Times", was Member of Parliament for the Scottish Universities, a Director of Reuters, a director of Thomas Nelson's, the publishing house, and was His Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, twice. And he wrote. By golly did he write. He wrote more than 100 books only about 40 of which are fiction, the most famous of which is arguably "The Thirty-Nine Steps". Covers (green cloth with gilt titles to spine and a gilt Buchan logo to the front board) is in pristine condition except for a very small closed tear at the head of the spine on the rear hinge and very lightly bumped corners. Textblock is clean and tight except for slight tanning esp to EPs, some foxing throughout and an inked owner's signature and earlier gift inscription to the FEP..There's also a bookseller's ticket to the FPDP from "Matthews & Brooke...Bradford"
009130
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Buchan, John
The Island of Sheep
Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1949
First Edition - 10th Impression, Cloth, Very Good, No Jacket
318pp maps of The Island of Sheep and The Channel to front EPs - Buchan (1875-1940) was author of The 39 Steps. Known as The Man from the Norlands in the USA, this is the fifth and final Richard Hannay novel. Buchan was a polymath. Born the son of a Calvinist presbyterian minister in eastern Scotland, and died Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada. He was a classicist at Oxford, read for the Bar but did not practice as a barrister, was a government administrator in South Africa after the end of the Boer War, was editor of The Spectator and war correspondent for The Times, was Member of Parliament for the Scottish Universities, a Director of Reuters, a director of Thomas Nelson's, the publishing house, and was His Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, twice. He married into the minor aristocracy, had four children and was made a Baron (lowest rung of the British hereditary peerage) on receiving the appointment of Governor-General of Canada in 1935. He died of a brain haemorrhage while shaving, shortly after signing Canada's entry into the Second World War. And he wrote. By golly did he write. He wrote more than 100 books only about 40 of which are fiction, the most famous of which is arguably The Thirty-Nine Steps. Covers (blue cloth with black titles to sunned spine) has slight soiling. Text block clean and tight except gift inscription to FEP dated "Xmas 1949"
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Buchan, John
The Path of the King
Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, London,
First Edition - 10th Impression, Cloth, Very Good, No Jacket
283pp - Undated, but first published in 1921 so this editon is very likely soon after. In this tale Buchan tells of a young Viking prince who is stranded in a strange world with nothing but a band of gold. "Through the turmoil of history," according to the FantasticFiction site, "the band of gold is passed from generation to generation." Buchan tells of the struggles of Jeanne of Arc, the strife of the persecuted Huguenots and the perils of the American Frontier. The site calls this a rather "convoluted, yet heroic path to the making of one of history's greatest leaders." Buchan (1875-1940) was author of The 39 Steps. He was a polymath. Born the son of a Calvinist presbyterian minister in eastern Scotland, and died Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada. He was a classicist at Oxford, read for the Bar but did not practice as a barrister, was a government administrator in South Africa after the end of the Boer War, was editor of The Spectator and war correspondent for "The Times", was Member of Parliament for the Scottish Universities, a Director of Reuters, a director of Thomas Nelson's, the publishing house, and was His Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, twice. And he wrote. By golly did he write. He wrote more than 100 books only about 40 of which are fiction, the most famous of which is arguably "The Thirty-Nine Steps". Covers (red cloth with faded gilt titles to lightly sunned spine) has a small water mark to the front board and slight edgewear. Textblock is clean and tight except for slight tanning esp to EPs.
009128
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