Buchan, John (1875-1940) — Oliver Cromwell

London Hodder and Stoughton Later Printing pp. 554. Octavo. Bound in publisher's forest-green cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt to the spine, bears a facsimile of Cromwell's signature stamped likewise in gilt to the upper-board. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece of subject, accompanied with various black-and-white and colour maps throughout. Trifle bumping to head of spine else, without blemish; near fine. ¶ Penned by John Buchan, first Baron Tweedsmuir, noted author and a Governor-General of Canada (1935-1940), best known, perhaps, for his thrillers 'The Thirty-Nine Steps' and 'Greenmantle'.