A Prince Of the Captivity

1933. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. Original green cloth lettered in gilt, with dust jacket. First Edition. In this novel the hero, Adam Melfort, is convicted of forgery, is drummed out of his regiment, and is sentenced to two years in prison -- for a crime his wife actually had committed. Upon release he embarks upon a series… Read more about this item

Hodder & Stoughotn, 1933. Hardcover. Good. 1933. Reprinted. 383 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1933 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Green cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. Tiny finger pull tear at head of spine. Boy meets fly-by-night girl and marries her. When he takes credit for her bouncing cheque he is jailed and loses his army commission.… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton 1933. 8vo. First Edition. Green cloth with gilt lettering and JB device to the front board. Lean to the book. Jacket has a short tear to the bottom left corner of the front panel. Some light graying to the head and tail of the spine, as well as some minor darkening and staining. However, a very… Read more about this item

Hodder & Stoughton. 1933. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 1933. First Printing. Hodder and Stoughton. 383 pages. Crease on rear cover and blemish on front, else Very Good Plus condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 383 pages .

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1970. 2nd printing. Hardcover. Good+/Missing. 0x0x0. London: Hodder & Stoughton, second impression, 1970 (first published in 1933, this edition first released in 1960). No dust jacket. Some discoloration to edges of text block (only reaches text on a handful of pages but does not affect readability), light sunning to spine. Previous bookshop's sticker on… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Among the author's last novels, involving Great War intrigue and sacrifice for the greater good. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with gilt stamping. The bookplate of Sir Harold Bellman appears on the front pastedown. The dust jacket is shelfworn, with some neat paper tape reinforcement to the… Read more about this item

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. No jacket. Ink name on front endpaper. 1933 Hard Cover. 357 pp. This is the epic story of one man's courage. Adam Melfort is an officer and a gentleman. A brilliant career lies ahead of him until he is imprisoned for… Read more about this item

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons c. 1935. 16mo. 484 pp. Red hardback. Illustrated jacket. Minor rubbing to spine ends of book, bottom edge of jacket. Inscription to ffep. A few occasional marks but overall clean internally. A compact copy of the adventure novel by Scottish author, John Buchan. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1935.

London: Hodder & Stoughton. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in green cloth with gilt title lettering to spine in a Very Good Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer extremities of the Dust-Wrapper.Not price clipped.The book has NO previous owner's names or inscriptions present.Not price clipped.The book has a firm binding with no… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933. First US Edition. Hardcover. 357pp. Maroon cloth stamped in black on the front and the spine. Light fading to spine panel. A bright, very good+ copy. In Hubin, 1994, p. 114. ; Octavo.

Hodder & Stoughotn, 1933. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1933. First Published. 383 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Sticker to front pastedown. Stamp to front free endpaper. Visible creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light bumping to corners. Soft crushing to spine ends. Some… Read more about this item

Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd, 1940. Hardcover. Good. 1940. Reprinted. 464 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1970. Hardcover. Plastic-protected jacket remains bright and well-preserved, with only minor wear on leading corners and spine head. Jacket's inner flaps slightly tanned. One or two small stains on rear board's lower edge; hardcover spine foot bumped with very light wear on head. Minor wear on lower hardcover edges. Page block sunned with one or two… Read more about this item

London: Pan Books, 1962. 1st pbk. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, Pan # X154. Clean, paper tanning. First published as a hardcover in 1933. Record # 369659

Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1974-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback. Clean copy in good condition.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1938. 383 clean, unmarked pages; blue c a/dark blue titles; moderate wear at extremiies, lite foxing of end papers. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12vo; 1.5 Pounds.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. First edition, first issue. Original green cloth binding with gilt lettering, very good with minimal wear, but top edge of front board a little stained/faded, gilt very bright. Contents clean and tight, signature of Smuts Capetown Oct 1933 to the front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked, no inscriptions. … Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. First British edition, 8vo, pp. 383; original green cloth lettered in gilt; light foxing to textblock edges and preliminaries, else near fine.

New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1933 Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Red cloth on boards. DJ shipped head and foot of spine. One reviewer suggests that he should have stayed with Thirty-nine Steps and Greenmantle ( two other Buchan novels). In this one, our hero is arrested for apparently forging a relative's paycheque, only to… Read more about this item