John Buchan — Scholar Gipsies

London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1896. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the second published work of John Buchan, an anthology of essays and short tales, complete with plates. The first edition, first impression.'Scholar Gipsies' is Buchan's second published work, an anthology of essays and short tales, many of which are set around the Tweed Valley, where Buchan spent many of his holidays as a child and young man. Including 'April in the Hills', 'Gentleman of Leisure', 'Sentimental Travelling', 'Urban Greenery', 'Night on the Heather', and more. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a title page, and five plates, by D. Y. Cameron. Collated, complete.Sixteen pages of adverts to the rear. With a facsimile dust wrapper.By the Scottish author best known for his 1915 novel 'The Thirty-Nine Steps', John Buchan.Part of 'The Arcady Library', edited by J. S. Fletcher.Bookplate of Joseph Knight to the front paste down. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A little light rubbing to the extremities. A few light marks to the cloth. Bookplate to the front paste down. Spots to the endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: D. Y. Cameron. Very Good .