John Buchan — The Three Hostages

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1974. Cloth. The scarce fourth impression of this edition of Buchan's fourth adventure of Richard Hannay. Fourth impression of the 1959 edition. Originally published 1924. The fourth adventure of five Richard Hannay novels, set sometime after the war after his marriage to Mary Lamington, when the couple have settled down to live in the Cotswolds with their young son. Hannay is asked to help recover three hostages seized by associates of a criminal gang seeking to control people's minds after the Great War. Written by John Buchan, a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and sunning to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light shelf wear and minor chipping to the extremities. The odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.