John Buchan — Sick Heart River

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1941. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition, first printing of this novel by John Buchan. The first edition, first printing of this work. An intriguing mysterious novel following Sir Edward Leithen, diagnosed with advanced tuberculosis and a year to live, as he helps his associate finding his vanished niece. Published posthumously. By John Bucha, Scottish novelist and historian, as well as a politician, who served as Governor General of Canada. With unclipped dustwrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding, with titles stamped in gilt to spine. Externally, very smart with minor shelfwear and slight bumping to head and tail of spine. Minor cracking to spine. Dustwrapper is unclipped and sound, with slight loss to head of spine and minor chipping. Spine to wrapper is slightly sunned. Internally, firmly bound. The odd spot to half title page, otherwise pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Good.