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John Buchan and His World
by Smith, Janet Adam
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0500130671
- ISBN 13
- 9780500130674
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
London: Thames & Hudson, 1979 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green boards, gilt titles on spine & device on front board, 128 pp, many b & w photos, facsimile documents, & other illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Faint smudge on front board, else fine. DJ price-clipped, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. The dust jacket calls Buchan "energetic," but hyperactive might also fit--not only did Buchan climb mountains and write over fifty books, but he also served as a government administrator in South Africa, a Member of Parliament, a war correspondent for the Times, and Governor-General of Canada, by which time he was known as Lord Tweedsmuir. The author wrote a full-scale biography of Buchan which was published in 1965, but this shorter book benefits from papers and photographs that became available only after the death of Buchan's widow in 1977. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 24 X 19 cm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Twin City Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LIBI00038
- Title
- John Buchan and His World
- Author
- Smith, Janet Adam
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0500130671
- ISBN 13
- 9780500130674
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Literary Biography History England Canada
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
- X weight
- 32 oz
- Size
- 24 X 19 cm
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