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Buchan, John A Prince of the Captivity
London Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd. 1951 Reprint Hard Cover Very Good Fair 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
Original bright red cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. DJ price-clipped and heavily taped inside. First published in 1933, one reviewer calls it "uneven and episodic", with a "slow mid-section" although "leaving the persevering reader with a meaningful and satisfying ending." 464 pp.
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28.00 USD
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Buchan, John Greenmantle
London Hodder and Stoughton, Limited 1936 Hard Cover Good Plus to Very Good No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.
Original blue cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. First published in 1916, this is the second of five novels to feature Richard Hannay as the main character. Hannay meets his friend, Sandy, in Constantinople in an effort to thwart the Germans' plan to use religion to win the war by winning Muslims over to their side. 314 pp.
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22.00 USD
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Buchan, John John Burnet of Barns; A Romance
London John Lane 1926 Reprint Hard Cover Good Plus No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Original grey cloth on boards. First free endpaper missing. A lifelong competition between two brothers, one a border "reiver" and the other a soldier. 317 pp.
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15.00 USD
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Buchan, John Lake of Gold
Toronto Musson Book Company, Ltd. 1941 First ( No Additional printings) Hard Cover Good Plus to Very Good Good Minus 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall S. Levenson
Original blue cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. DJ heavily taped inside. Gutter strain at pp. 24-25 glued. This was Buchan's last book for children, intended to help them to understand and appreciate their heritage..
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20.00 USD
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Buchan, John Men and Deeds
London Peter Davies 1935 First ( No Additional printings) Hard Cover Good Plus No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Original dark green cloth on boards. Essays on The Causal and the Casual in History, Julius Caesar, The Massacre of Glencoe, Gordon at Khartoum, Montrose and Leadership, Lord Rosebery, and The Kirk in Scotland. 352 pp. including index. Previous owner's name and bookplate.
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15.00 USD
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Buchan, John Midwinter
London Hodder & Stoughton, Limited 1950 Seventeenth Edition Hard Cover Very Good Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Original blue cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. DJ priceclipped with short fold tear at foot of spine. One of what Buchan called his four "serious" novels, it deals with the second Jacobite rebellion (1845), when the deposed Stuarts reorganized to challenge the House of Hanover under George II. 311 pp.
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16.00 USD
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Buchan, John Sick Heart River
Toronto The Musson Book Company Ltd. 1941 Hard Cover Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Original black cloth on boards. Protagonist Sir Edward Leithen has been given a year to live. His thoughts go back to friends in England. Autobiographically appropriate, since Buchan died soon after completing this book. 322 pp. Light cover cloudiness. No writing.
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20.00 USD
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Buchan, John The Blanket of the Dark
London Hodder and Stoughton 1931 First ( No Additional printings) Hard Cover Good Plus No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Original green cloth on boards. Library cancellation stamp, but no other library evidence. Previous owner's seal. Lower half of title page missing. The Marches of Wales endpapers. Shaken, but clean and holding together well. 314 pp. Be sure to check our listings for related titles.
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15.00 USD
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Buchan, John The Blanket of the Dark
London Hodder & Stoughton, Limited 1940 Hard Cover Very Good Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Original blue cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. DJ good except for 3-inch joint tear. Set in England in the early part of the reign of Henry VIII, it concerns a Peter Pentecost, who has inherited a claim to the throne. What chance ? 314 pp.
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65.00 USD
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Buchan, John The Courts of the Morning
Boston Houghton Mifflin Company 1929 First ( No Additional printings) Hard Cover Good Plus to Very Good No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Original green cloth lettered in red on boards. First free endpaper missing. Last free endpaper shows word Library with no other evidence. Rear pastedown map of The Republic of Olifa. An industrial tycoon wants to rule the world from his base in Olifa. Lightly cocked. 384 pp.
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35.00 USD
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Buchan, John The Free Fishers
London Hodder & Stoughton, Limited 1950 Twelfth Impression Hard Cover Very Good Fair 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Original beige cloth on boards. Previous owner's bookplate. DJ spine missing two inches at foot, and taped inside. Set in the early 19th Century, the protagonist becomes entangled with a secret society and a scheme to assassinate the Prime Minister. 320 pp.
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15.00 USD
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Buchan, John The Island of Sheep
London Hodder & Stoughton, Limited 1938 Reprint Hard Cover Near Fine Very Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Original blue cloth on boards. DJ lightly worn at head. Outstanding condition ! Previous owner's name all that keeps it from Fine ! Follows The Three Hostages (Listed separately). Richard Hannay calls on his old friend, Sandy Arbuthnot, to help protect the son of another old friend who holds the secret of a great treasure. Hannay's son, Peter John, puts in an appearance as a bright, solemn teenager. The DJ is enough to give me nightmares. (See photo) 318 pp.
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50.00 USD
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Buchan, John The Moon Endureth; Tales and Fancies
London Hodder & Stoughton, Limited 1935 Reprint Hard Cover Very Good Good Plus 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Original blue cloth on boards. DJ complete, with light wear head and foot. Previous owner's name and gift note. Pieces written originally for Blackwood's Magazine, except two written for Grey Weather earlier. From the Pentlands Looking North and South, The Company of the Marjolaine, A Lucid Interval, The Lemnian, Space, Streams of Water in the South, The Grove of Ashtaroth, The Riding of Ninemileburn, The Kings of Orion, The Green Glen, The Rime of True Thomas, and several more. 307 pp.
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150.00 USD
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Buchan, John The Path of the King
London Hodder & Stoughton 1935 Reprint Hard Cover Good No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Original blue cloth on boards. A novel based on the quality of "kingliness" in human nature and how it appears and reappears. "The sons and daughters blunder and sin and perish, but the race goes on, for there is a stiff force of life in it." - Prologue. The familiar blue cover has fingerprints and minor nicks to head and foot of spine, but is basically sound and good for another 75 years or so. Previous owners' names. NOTE; We have a broad selection of Buchan titles in dustjackets in our shop at present. Inquire for details. 310 pp.
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15.00 USD
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Buchan, John The Three Hostages
London Hodder & Stoughton, Limited 1939 Reprint Hard Cover Very Good Good Minus 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Original blue cloth on boards. DJ has long fold tear and missing bits head and foot. Previous owner's name. Frontispiece map of Machray and Haripol Forests. This story precedes The Island of Sheep (Listed separately). Richard Hannay is called out of retirement with Mary in the Cotswolds to solve the kidnaping of three children of prominent people. Sandy Arbuthnot helps. 319 pp.
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20.00 USD
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