John Buchan — The Half-Hearted

London, Isbister & Co. Ltd, 1900. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Buchan's romantic adventure novel, in the scarce first issue binding. The first edition, in the scarce original first issue pictorial cloth covers, with a black and white illustration to the front board. A gripping romantic adventure novel from the popular Scottish author, John Buchan.The story follows a Scottish Laird who loses the women he loves to another when he does not commit to her, and goes on an adventure to Northern India to conquer his cowardness. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally smart with wear to the extremities, including small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine, the odd slight mark to the rear board, a slight lean, fading to the illustration to the spine, and minor bumping to the extremities of the boards. Hinges starting, with the odd spot to the endpapers and an owner's inscription to the front. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .