Books for Sale on Behalf of the John Buchan Story 7893 The Wanderer of the West and other poems by A Scottish Borderer £50 First edition. Published by Thomas Smail, Jedburgh. 1890. VG. A collection of poems with about half of the book taken up with the title poem, an epic ballad set partly in native American territory and partly in Scotland. The remainder of the poems are mostly of the Borders and some are in lowland Scots dialect. Bright blue cloth with gold lettering and black decoration; brown endpapers. Rubbed at the spine ends and corners. Some marks on the front board. Excellent internally. Rare. 9501 The Complete Short Stories of John Buchan edited by Andrew Lownie £10 First edition, Published by Thistle Publishing, London. 1996 Volume I (of 3) only. VG in VG- dustwrapper. Foreword by William Buchan. This volume contains 21 short stories written between 1894 and 1899. Ex-library with some stamps and markings on the fly-leaf only. Bright and undamaged otherwise. The unclipped d/w is lightly creased. 7600 John Buchan 1875-1949: A Bibliography by Archibald Hanna £35 First edition. Published by The Shoe String Press, Hamden, Connecticut. 1953. VG. The first attempt at a bibliography of Buchan's works. Less comprehensive than Blanchard's work 30 years later but still a useful guide. In particular Hanna lists editions subsequent to the first editions for works authored or edited by John Buchan. 135pp Textured blue cloth, gold lettering. Apart from a slightly darkened spine with dull lettering this copy is in excellent condition throughout. Rare. 9203 Mr Buchan, Writer by Arthur C Turner £25 Signed first edition. Published by SCM Press, London. 1949. VG in VG- dustwrapper. A brief literary biography of John Buchan which was the first non-family account of his life written after his death. 114 pp Green cloth; black lettering; frontispiece picture. Lightly faded along the top edge and there are some brown spots on the front paste-down & fly-leaf. Very bright inside. The d/w is bright but has some creasing and a couple of neatly repaired closed tears along the lower edge. The fly-leaf carries a presentation inscription from the author. 9177 Field-Marshal Earl Haig by Brigadier-General John Charteris £22 First edition. Published by Cassell & Co. 1929. VG-.) Blanchard C61. A biography of Britain's outstanding military leader of World War I and also the driving force behind the British Legion and the Poppy Appeal. 397 pages. Textured maroon cloth with gold lettering; top edge gilt; foreword by John Buchan; frontispiece portrait and 7 other illustrations; 21 line drawn maps and charts in the text; endpaper maps (different front and rear). The spine and the gilt top edge are a little faded. Intermittent light foxing but overall a bright copy. 9194 The Island of Sheep by Cadmus and Harmonia (John & Susan Buchan) £225 First US edition. Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston. 1920. VG with a facsimile dustwrapper. Blanchard A48 note. Written by John & Susan Buchan this is a political symposium in the guise of a country house novel. The UK edition is virtually unobtainable and the US edition is also scarce. 170pp Light blue paper-covered boards with bright blue lettering and black and yellow silhouette illustration. The spine is a little darkened but otherwise the book is in very good condition. There is an inscription on the fly-leaf and also a small private library label. The book comes with a good quality facsimile dustwrapper. 7917 Scottish School Humour by Chas. W Thompson £7 First edition. Published by Robert Simpson & Sons, Glasgow. 1936. VG-. The author spent over 40 years teaching in Scottish schools and this book relates numerous amusing anecdotes from his working life. 368pp Blue cloth; gold lettering; gold thistle emblem on front; frontispiece portrait of author. Extremities rubbed and the front joint is partially split. However, the binding remains firm. There are a few marks on the boards. Lightly foxed throughout. Rubber-stamped bookplate. 7910 The Scottish Tongue by (see below) £12 First edition. Published by Cassell & Co. 1924. VG-. Blanchard C41. A collection of a series of lectures delivered in 1921 and 1922 under the auspices of the Vernacular Circle of the Burns Club of London. The lectures are The Present State of the Scottish Tongue (WA Craigie), Some Scottish Characteristics (John Buchan), Dialect in Literature (Peter Giles) and The Delight of the Doric in the Diminutive (JM Bulloch). 151pp Blue cloth; gold lettering on front and spine; gold saltire emblem on front. The spine is slightly faded but otherwise the book is very good throughout. There is a bookplate on the front paste-down. The Interpreter’s House by David Daniell A literary biography of the great Scottish writer. 226pp Dark blue cloth, gold lettering. First edition. Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1975. 8487 (8 copies available) £22 As new in as new dustwrapper. These copies are unsold and unread and came to light after being carefully stored for 41 years. 9215 £15 VG+ in VG- dustwrapper. Apart from very slight rubbing at one corner the book is in excellent condition. The dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at the extremities and has a very small closed tear in the lower edge of the front panel. It remains very bright, 8974 £18 VG in VG- dustwrapper. Bright and clean. There is a small bookplate label on the front fly-leaf. The unclipped d/w has a little wear at the ends of the spine and slight creasing around the edges. 9502 The Best Short Stories of John Buchan, volume II edited by David Daniell £6 First edition. Published by Michael Joseph, London. 1982. Volume II only VG+ in VG- dustwrapper. This volume contains 11 stories, each with an introduction by the editor. But for a very slight bump at the base of the spine the book is as new. The d/w has little creasing around the edges and the spine has faded to a different shade of blue from the front. 9209 John Buchan’s Collected Poems edited by William Milne and Andrew Lownie £12 First edition. Published by Scottish Cultural Press, Aberdeen. 1996. VG+ During Buchan's lifetime only one volume of his poetry was published but there were many other poems scattered through his writing and many of his novels contain fragments of poetry. 232 pages Illustrated card covers. Excellent condition throughout but for the residue of a small label on the back cover. Rare. 7887 The Best Short \stories of 1927 edited by Edward J O’Brien £12 First edition of volume I: English with an Irish supplement. Published by Jonathan Cape. 1928. 23 short stories (16 English, 7 Irish) published in various magazines during 1927. Writers include HE Bates, Elizabeth Bowen, VS Pritchett and Thomas Kelly. The book also includes The Year-Book of the British and Irish Short Story 1927. This lists short stories published during the year with biographical notes of many authors and also lists articles about short stories. 421 pages. Dark blue cloth, silver lettering. Rubbed at the extremities and the spine is darkened. Bright internally but the top half of one leaf in the year-book appears to have been torn out. Scarce. 7785 The Fall of the House of Borgia by ER Chamberlin £5 First edition. Published by Maurice Temple Smith, London. 1974. VG in VG dustwrapper. A fine account of the intrigues and downfall of the Italian dynasty. 347pp Pink cloth, gold lettering. Very bright and clean throughout but for a small black mark on the front adjacent to the spine and a small white mark on the back. There is a crease in the cloth on the front. The price-clipped d/w is a little creased and rubbed along the edges but very bright. 7786 Came a Cavalier by Francis Parkinson Keyes £18 First edition. Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1948. VG in VG- dustwrapper. A romantic novel by this prolific American author. 511pp Green cloth, silver lettering. Very good throughout but for slight rubbing at the ends of the spine and a few brown spots on the endpapers and the edges of the text block. The unclipped d/w is bright but has a little wear at the ends of the spine. 7784 The Ambassadress by Francis Parkinson Keyes £7 Collected edition. Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1948. VG in VG- dustwrapper. One of Keyes' romantic novels, first published in 1938. 360pp Green cloth, red lettering. Bumped in places along the bottom edge but otherwise very good throughout. The unclipped d/w is a little ragged around the edges. 7885 Homely Scenes from Great Painters by Geoffrey W Turner £50 First edition. Published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin. Undated but probably 1870s/1880s. VG-. 24 paintings of domestic scenes are illustrated by full-page photographs and with 4 to 5 pages of comment to each one. 126pp + 8pp publisher's catalogue. Quarto, approx 11 inches x 8 inches. Bound in pebbled blue cloth with gold lettering and attractive, typically late-Victorian decoration in black, red & gold; bevelled edges to the boards; all edges gilt; frontispiece with tissue guard and 23 other full page illustrations by the Woodbury process; black endpapers. The binding is bright but has some patchy fading and the cloth on the rear board is slightly wrinkled. There is slight wear at the ends of the spine and the corners and the outer edge of the front board has a small abrasion. Internally bright with a firm binding. The majority of the plates are lightly foxed on the reverse. A lovely example of the Victorian bookbinder's art.