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THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS
by Buchan, John
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1915. First printing. Near fine.. First edition in book form of this "man on the run" spy novel, in which Richard Hannay escapes to Scotland just ahead of accusations he has murdered a secret agent. First published as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine the same year, this thriller landed in the middle of World War I, resonating with its generation's sense of reluctant heroism, mixed with the adventure of a well-told yarn. A foundational work in the modern spy genre. 7.25'' x 4.75''. Original blue cloth lettered in black. One leaf of ads at rear. 253, [1], [2] pages. Some foxing and light browning to first and last few leaves and to text block edges, only light soiling to edge of boards.
Synopsis
JOHN BUCHAN was born in Perth in 1875, the son of a Scottish Presbyterian minister, and educated at Glasgow. He gained a first at Oxford University, where he began writing, producing two volumes of essays, four novels and two collections of stories and poems before the age of twenty-five. He worked briefly as a lawyer, then served as a private secretary in the colonial administration of South Africa after the Boer War. During the war he worked both as a journalist and at Britain's War Propaganda Bureau, eventually becoming Director of Information. He published his most popular novel, The Thirty-Nine Steps , in 1915, and it has never since been out of print. In 1935 Buchan was elevated to the peerage, becoming Baron Tweedmuir of Elsfield, and later that year was appointed Governor General of Canada by King George V. He died on February 11, 1940.
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- Type Punch Matrix
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39809
- Title
- THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS
- Author
- Buchan, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Publisher
- William Blackwood and Sons
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1915
- Keywords
- 20th century,WWI,Mystery,Espionage,Books to Film,English & British
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