John Buchan — Prester John & Sir Walter Raleigh

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. This set contains: Prester John, c1910. Illustrated with a frontispiece and six colour plates. Collated complete. An adventure novel that tells the story of the young Scotsman David Crawfurd as he explores South Africa, where a native uprising under the charismatic black minister John Laputa is tied to the medieval legend of Prester John. Sir Walter Raleigh, c1911. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one plate, and ten double-page images in colour. Collated complete. A biographical study of Sir Walter Raleigh, an English statesman, soldier, writer and explorer, considered one of the most notable figures of the Elizabethan era. Dated from the British Library. In the original cloth binding with gilt. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .