Search results for: 'BUCHAN, John'
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BUCHAN, John. Mr. Standfast.London : 1919
First edition, first impression. The third of Buchan's Hannay novels, particularly scarce in the dust jacket. Learn More£3,000.00Stock Code: 127818
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BUCHAN, John. The Watcher by the Threshold.Edinburgh and London : 1902
First edition, first impression, first issue, with the publisher's catalogue dated 2/02; publishers' presentation copy, with their compliments stamp to the head of the title page. This early collection of Buchan's stories, the majority of which were first published in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, is hard to find in collectible condition. The supernatural... Learn More£975.00Stock Code: 139726
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BUCHAN, John. The Thirty-Nine Steps.Edinburgh : 1915
First edition, first impression, of Buchan's classic man-on-the-run adventure story, published on 19 October 1915, described as "that elementary type of tale which Americans call the 'dime novel,' and which we know as the 'shocker'". Serialization was in the All Story Weekly, 5 June - 31 July 1915, and in Blackwood's magazine July-September 1915 under... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 142512
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FITZPATRICK, Sir Percy. Jock of the Bushveld.London : 1931
"Literary" edition, later impression, with the marginal illustrations of a dung beetle at pp. 65, 337 & 457 corrected to show the beetle rolling his load with his back not front legs. Jock of the Bushveld was first published in 1907 in this literary edition, followed by School and Prize editions in 1908, and a Dutch edition in 1909. Reviewing the book... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 121496
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. The World Crisis.London : 1923-31
First editions, first impressions. Working with astonishing speed and energy, Churchill produced this mammoth history of the First World War in the aftermath of electoral defeat. The work deals with his reorganization of the Royal Navy in the years leading up to the War, defends his Gallipoli policy, and criticises Haig's strategy.
John Buchan... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 145874
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FITZPATRICK, Sir Percy. Jock of the Bushveld.London : 1907
Scarce first edition, first impression, of this South African classic.
Reviewing the book in the TLS on first publication in 1907, John Buchan wrote: "to those who have some experience of the land and the life about which Fitzpatrick writes, Jock of the Bushveld will be a cherished possession. We know of no African book in which there is the... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 142514
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. The Great War.London : 1934
The first illustrated edition of The World Crisis, rechristened The Great War, in the deluxe half morocco binding.
Working with astonishing speed and energy, Churchill produced this mammoth history of the First World War in the aftermath of electoral defeat. The work, first published without illustrations from 1923 to 1931, deals with his reorganization... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 145870
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BACK, George. Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition1836
First edition. Back had previously gained considerable experience as an arctic explorer through his participation in the abortive Buchan expedition and Franklin's two overland expeditions. Back was "one of the first competent artists to penetrate into the Canadian Arctic"; the many water-colours and drawings which he produced and which enhance his narratives... Learn More£850.00Stock Code: 40110
