Buchan, John
11 works, including one signed by Buchan to the dedicatee, and several ALS
£1,000
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 22 September 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
A Lost Lady of Old Years. London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1899. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by Buchan to the free-endpaper: "Duncan Warrand from John Buchan Sept. 1899", Warrand being the dedicatee of the work, with a loosely inserted ALS from Buchan to Warrand, dated December 30th 1898, regarding the upcoming Caledonian Club dinner and mentioning him as the dedicatee of his "Jacobite story", original green cloth, with Duncan Grant Warrand's bookplate; and another copy, in first edition, unsigned by Buchan; [Idem] Poems Scots and English. London: T.C. & E.C. Jack Limited, 1917. 8vo, original purple cloth gilt, with 3 loosely inserted ALS from Buchan to Duncan Warrand, including one announcing his upcoming marriage to Miss Susan Grosvenor; and 7 further works by John Buchan, comprising: Scholar Gipsies. London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1896. Second edition, 8vo, engraved frontispiece and title-page, original cloth; Sir Walter Raleigh. Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, 1897. First edition, 8vo, inscribed to Duncan Warrand from John Buchan; John Burnet of Barns. London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1898. First edition, 8vo, original cloth; Grey Weather. London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1899. First edition, 8vo, original cloth; The Half-Hearted. London: Isbister & Co. Ltd., 1900. 8vo, original cloth; Some Eighteenth Century Byways. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1908; The Marquis of Montrose. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1913. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt; Sir Walter Scott. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1933. Fifth edition, 8vo (11)