John Buchan — Scholar Gipsies
London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1896. Cloth. The second edition of John Buchan's second published work, an anthology of essays and short tales, with etchings from D. Y. Cameron. The second edition. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated by D. Y. Cameron with a monochrome etched frontispiece, etched title page, and five monochrome etched plates. Collated, complete. '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.Publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally excellent with minimal edge wear and very minimal fading to the gilt to the spine. Minor spotting to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with only the odd minor spot. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: D. Y. Cameron. Very Good Indeed .