Buchan, John

University of Oxford College Histories: Brasenose College

John Buchan · 1898 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.17 | $390.21 | ¥62,382)

London, F. E. Robinson, 1898. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Buchan's scarce historical account of 'Brasenose College', where the renowned author studied. The first edition, first impression of this scarce work, with the six page catalogue to th...

Augustus

John Buchan · 1937 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.51 | $43.65 | ¥6,978)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this biography of the former Roman emperor Augustus by the Scottish historian John Buchan. First edition. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, three plates, a folding pedigree of the househo...

Mountain Meadow

John Buchan · 1941 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.87 | $59.52 | ¥9,516)

Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of this novel from Scottish writer and historian John Buchan. First US edition. The last novel from the author, with the UK title of Sick Heart River. The last adventure of Sir Edward L...

The Island of Sheep

John Buchan · 1938 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.78 | $105.82 | ¥16,917)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd. 1938. Cloth. The third edition of this novel by John Buchan, with the very scarce original dust wrapper. The third edition. First published in 1936 by the same publisher. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped v...

Northern Numbers: Selections from Scottish Poets

C.M. Grieve [Hugh MacDiarmid], John Buchan, Violet Jacob, Neil Munro, Will Ogilvie, T.S. Cairncross, Joseph Lee, John Ferguson, A.G. Grieve, Donald A. Mackenzie and Roderick Watson Kerr. · 1920 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.50 | $238.10 | ¥38,064)

Edinburgh, T.N. Fouls, 1920. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the first postwar Scottish verse anthology, signed by Scottish literary figure Hugh MacDiarmid. The signed first edition of Northern Numbers: Being Representative Selections From Certain Living Scottish Po...

Scholar Gipsies

John Buchan · 1896 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.80 | $92.59 | ¥14,803)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1896. Cloth. The second edition of John Buchan's second published work, an anthology of essays and short tales, with etchings from D. Y. Cameron. The second edition. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated by D. Y. Cameron ...

Pilgrim&Apos;S Way: An Essay in Recollection; One Man&Apos;S Happiness; Always a Countryman

Lord Tweedsmuir [John Buchan] · 1940 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.79 | $99.21 | ¥15,860)

Cambridge; London , Houghton Mifflin Company; Robert Hale , 1940-1976. Cloth. A pleasing collection of reflections and memoirs from John Buchan, including a first U.S. edition of 'Pilgrim's Way', or 'Memory Hold-the-Door&apos. This set offers three autobiog...

A Collection from the "Teaching of English" Series

John Buchan · 1925 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.61 | $185.19 | ¥29,605)

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1925-1949. Cloth. A smart collection of nine volumes from the "Teaching of English" series. Nine volumes. With a frontispiece to each volume. From the "Teaching of English" series, a collection of educational books published by Thomas Nelson and S...

Prester John & Sir Walter Raleigh

John Buchan · 1911 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.47 | $251.32 | ¥40,178)

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, c1910-1911. Cloth. Two smart volumes from Scottish novelist and historian John Buchan. Two volumes. Written by John Buchan, a Scottish novelist, historian, British Army officer, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada. Thi...

The Island of Sheep

John Buchan; Susan Buchan · 1920 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.52 | $224.87 | ¥35,949)

Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company , 1920 . First edition. Cloth. One of John Buchan's scarcer titles, here in the first US edition, 'The Island of Sheep' presents a fictional discussion of political, economic and social issues of the time. The first ...

The Power-House

John Buchan · 1916 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.66 | $158.73 | ¥25,376)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1916 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of John Buchan's exciting thriller novel set in London, his first to feature fictional Scottish barrister and MP, Edward Leithen. The first edition in book form. Thi...

Witch Wood

John Buchan · 1927 · Rooke Books

£1,175.00 (€1,406.71 | $1,554.23 | ¥248,472)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1927. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of 'Witch Wood', John Buchan's historical fiction novel set during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this wor...

Ten Novels by John Buchan

John Buchan · 1928 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€951.78 | $1,051.59 | ¥168,115)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons LTD, 1928-57. Cloth. A nice set of ten brilliant novels by the prolific Scottish author John Buchan, all in their original dust wrapper. A set of ten exciting novels by John Buchan.Buchan was an eminent and prolific Scottish novelist, British Arm...

The Man and the Book: Sir Walter Scott; Midwinter; Prester John; Sea Life in Literature from the Fourteenth to the Nineteenth Century; Modern Short Stories; Ten Modern Plays; a Book of Escapes and Hurried Journeys

Henry Newbolt [Editor]; John Buchan; John Hampden [Editor]; Various · 1925 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.73 | $125.66 | ¥20,089)

London; Edinburgh; New York, Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd. 1925-1928. Cloth. A smart seven-volume set from "The Teaching of English Series" edited by Henry Newbolt, featuring works by John Buchan and others. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.This is a seven volume s...

The Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan · 1915 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.33 | $317.46 | ¥50,752)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. The second impression of John Buchan's celebrated espionage thriller, the first of his Richard Hannay novels. The second impression of the first edition of this work.Originally serialised in Bl...

The Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan · 1915 · Rooke Books

£1,995.00 (€2,388.42 | $2,638.89 | ¥421,874)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the first edition, first impression of John Buchan's celebrated espionage thriller. The first edition, first impression.Originally serialised in Blackwood's Magazine, &...

The Interpreter&Apos;S House

Lord Tweedsmuir [John Buchan] · 1938 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.80 | $92.59 | ¥14,803)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of John Buchan's installation address delivered at Edinburgh University in 1938, upon his appointment as Chancellor. The first edition of this work, in the publisher's original cloth bind...

Essays and Apothegms of Francis Lord Bacon

Francis, Lord Bacon; John Buchan [ed.] · 1894 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.66 | $158.73 | ¥25,376)

London, Walter Scott, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Buchan's first published work, a collection of Francis Bacon's essays and apothegms. The first edition, first impression of this work, with the books listed in the advertisements to the rear...

The Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan · 1915 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€538.74 | $595.24 | ¥95,160)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1915. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of John Buchan's celebrated espionage novel. The first edition. A thriller, which follows the 'man on the run' Richard Hannay just before the outbreak of the First World War...

The Edgar Wallace Police Van: Four Complete Police Novels in One Volume; the Four Adventures of Richard Hannay

Edgar Wallace; John Buchan · 1930 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.66 | $158.73 | ¥25,376)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1930-1935. Cloth. Two smart omnibus volumes offering the works of Edgar Wallace and Richard Hannay, the latter complete with the very scarce dust wrapper. Comprising the first impression of the Edgar Wallace omnibus edition, and the sixth impressi...