Lot 166
  • 166

Buchan, John

Estimate
400 - 600 GBP
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Description

  • Buchan, John
  • The Thirty-Nine Steps. London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1915
  • paper
8vo (184 x 125mm.), first edition, 2pp. publisher's catalogue at end, original blue cloth lettered in dark blue, cracked at gutter before title-page, slight browning, spine slightly worn, facsimile dust-jacket

Literature

Haycraft-Queen

Condition

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Catalogue Note

First edition of the celebrated novel.