[The Richard Hannay Series.]

[Comprising:] The Thirty-Nine Steps, Greenmantle, Mr Standfast, The Three Hostages, The Island of Sheep, The Courts of The Morning [and] Sick Heart River.

Publisher: William Blackwood and Sons [and] Hodder and Stoughton, 1915-1940

Stock code: 72772

All first editions, first impressions. Major-General Sir Richard Hannay is the fictional secret agent created by Buchan. In his autobiography, Memory Hold-the-Door, Buchan suggests that the character is based, in part, on Edmund Ironside, from Edinburgh, a spy during the Second Boer War.

7 volumes, octavo. Recent dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, single rule to boards, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Contents of The Thirty-Nine Steps partially toned, some minor foxing to a few leaves but overall a clean set in excellent condition.

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BUCHAN, John.

[The Richard Hannay Series.]

[Comprising:] The Thirty-Nine Steps, Greenmantle, Mr Standfast, The Three Hostages, The Island of Sheep, The Courts of The Morning [and] Sick Heart River.

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