Mr. Standfast
by Buchan, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Blue cloth. Ex Libris, owners signature on ffep, spine sunned, rear joint starting, else very good
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1919. First edition. 412 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Ex Libris, owners signature on ffep, spine sunned, rear joint starting, else very good. First edition. 412 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Sequel to the Thirty-Nine Steps and Greenmantle.
Synopsis
Mr. Standfast is the third of five Richard Hannay novels by John Buchan, first published in 1919 by Hodder & Stoughton, London. It is one of two Hannay novels set during the First World War, the other being Greenmantle (1916); Hannay's first and best-known adventure, The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915), is set in the period immediately before the war started.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 222697
- Title
- Mr. Standfast
- Author
- Buchan, John
- Format/Binding
- 412 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Blue cloth. Ex Libris, owners signature on ffep, spine sunned, rear joint starting, else very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1919
- Keywords
- British | John Buchan
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