Buchan, John (1875-1940); Yousuf Karsh (Portraits) - Memory Hold-the-Door; an Autobiography

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, The Musson Book Company Ltd. 1940. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 327. Royal 8vo. Publisher's original forest-green cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine, blind-stamped crest to the centre of the front board. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece attributed to noted Canadian photographer, Yousuf Karsh. Additional black-and-white plates of portraits, illustrations, etc. Exceptionally well-preserved showing no detectable flaws to the cloth extremities, contents entirely without blemish; near fine and housed in original, lightly-rubbed, unclipped, dustjacket showing light wear along the edges of the panels (now housed in protective mylar). Overall, very good+. Scarce in commerce in this edition, and state. John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir GCMG GCVO CH PC DL (1875 – 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as the 15th Governor General of Canada. He is chiefly known, however, as the author of The Thirty-Nine Steps, Montrose, amongst others.

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