ANDERSON, J. [JAMES] W. (SIGNED); TWEEDSMUIR, LORD (FOREWORD)

Fur Trader's Story

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed, dated and generically inscribed by author/subject upon half-title page. 245 pages. Map endpapers. Black and white photographic plates, including frontispiece photo of author/subject in travel attire. Anderson "recounts his nearly half a century in the Canadian north. By snowshoe and dog team, by canoe, sailboat and steamer, he travelled throughout the woodlands and the Arctic regions of Canada - with numerous side trips to the west coast of Greenland. Includes many a fabulous anecdote - tales of courage and privation, humour in the bivouac and excitement on the trail. Discusses the fur trade and its history, interspersing his narrative with reflections which provide sharp insight to this theme." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings atop half-title page. Light wear to book. Binding intact. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; J.W. James Jim Anderson Fur Trader Biography HBC Canoe Hudson's Bay Company Greenland Fur Trade History Native Peoples Woodlands Arctic Canoe Snowshoe Wolves Bivouac Dog Team Sled; Signed by Author(s). Very Good in Fair dust jacket .

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Book number: 431h0883

Keywords: .. Exploration & Adventure

BUCHAN, JOHN (LORD TWEEDSMUIR)

The 39 Steps (the Thirty-Nine Steps)

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1943. Hard Cover. A 1943 American reprint edition of the gripping thriller by John Buchan. In this story, his protagonist Richard Hannay learns of a secret plot by sinister German spies to learn secrets of the Royal Navy just prior to World War I. He is forced to flee from London into the wilds of Scotland, where he learns more about the spies and their designs on British secrets. The author, the first Baron Tweedsmuir, later served as Governor General of Canada. His novel was followed by several sequels, and was made into various movies and a popular stage play. --- In dark red paper-covered boards with titling and decoration in gilt and black. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy though with slight chafing to cover edges.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall ; [6], 120 pages. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

Bluebird BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 88251

Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature

BUCHAN, JOHN (LORD TWEEDSMUIR)

Canadian Occasions: Addresses (1940)

The Musson Book Company, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Gray Hardcovers, black titles to the cover & spine. In Very Good+ condition. The binding is tight, one name written on the front end paper, otherwise, clean and unmarked. The DJ is in fair condition only, a piece missing from the middle of the spine. Included with the book is a 1941 "Canada Post Card". John Buchan was an accomplished author, among other things, when he was appointed as Governor General of Canada in 1935. In this role Buchan gave many speeches at gatherings across Canada. This is a collection of these thought-provoking addresses, which reveal his various former lives and his respect for the country. ; 7.75"; 256 pages. Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket .

Bytown BookeryProfessional seller

Book number: 27837

Catalogue: Education, Youth, Essays

Keywords: Education Youth Essays Education Juvenile / Young Adult Essays

BUCHAN, JOHN (LORD TWEEDSMUIR)

Episodes of the Great War

London, United Kingdom, Thomas Nelson & Son. 1936, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Shoter version of his 4 Volume set 'History of the Great War' published in 1922 which is regarded as a classic history of World War One. CONDITION Blue cloth (unworn with sharps cnrs) bright Gilt spine title, publishers Blue stained top edge, map eps show the Western Front to fep and the Eastern Front to the rep. 402 pages with 23 half tone photo portraits of all the protagonists, 8 maps (including eps). Copy is bright and crisp as new apart from light partial toning to eps. DJ has only lightest wera with a couple of small nicks to bottom edge and lightest toning. Near Fine/Very Good.

Ariel BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 14345

Catalogue: Military & Warfare

Keywords: Wwi

John Buchan, Lord Tweedsmuir

The Interpreter's House: The Chancellor's Installation Address Delivered Before the University of Edinburgh, July 20th 1938

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 37p. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a like dustjacket. Inscription on front free endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight, and cover is in fine condition. The dustjacket's spine is minutely rubbed. Otherwise in excellent condition. The author was a Scottish novelist and, from 1935 to 1940, served as Governor General of Canada. .

Kubik Fine Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 144476

Catalogue: British Isles

Lord Tweedsmuir [John Buchan]

The Interpreter&Apos;S House

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of John Buchan's installation address delivered at Edinburgh University in 1938, upon his appointment as Chancellor. The first edition of this work, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the clipped dust wrapper.Published under John Buchan's title Lord Tweedsmuir, this is a reflective and philosophical work exploring the moral and imaginative purpose of literature.Drawing on his experience as a novelist, historian, and statesman, Buchan considers the role of the writer. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with clipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Dust wrapper back strip a touch age toned, otherwise excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 968F12

Catalogue: Economics & Social Sciences

Keywords: The InterpreterÂ’s House John Buchan Lord Tweedsmuir The PilgrimÂ’s Progress John Buchan None

Lord Tweedsmuir [John Buchan]

The Interpreter&Apos;S House: The Chancellor&Apos;S Installation Address Delivered Before the University of Edinburgh, July 20th, 1938

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Buchan's installation address, on the subject of education, delivered before the University of Edinburgh. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. John Buchan, Lord Tweedsmuir (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada. He was Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh from 1937 to 1940. This is a transcription of his installation address, delivered before the University of Edinburgh on 20th July 1938. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally cloth is in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright but spotted throughout. Dust wrapper is mostly smart, though chipped to the head of the spine with a small loss to the upper extremity of the front of the wrap. Slightly faded to the spine of the wrap. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good/Very Good.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 876M16

Catalogue: Social Sciences

Keywords: John Buchan University of Edinburgh Speech Education University of Edinburgh Not Stated

BUCHAN, JOHN [LORD TWEEDSMUIR]

The King's Grace 1910-1935

London, Hodder & Stoughton. 1935, 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Book, Written at the time of the King's Jubilee celebrations in 1935 "This book is not a biography of King George, but an attempt to provide a picture and some slight interpretation of his reign, with the Throne as the continuing thing through an epoch of unprecedented change." John Buchan (who was also enobled as Lord Tweedsmuir and became Goveronor General of Canada in 1935). An exceptionally clean, tight,crisp copy of the first printing, April 1935 , in a handsome cream cloth cover with gilt titles etc.It was well protected by the original price clipped dj (now slightly age toned) 285p. col. frontispiece +50 pages of photographs.index. Fine/New.

Kalamos BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 33145

Catalogue: Great Britain

Keywords: Biography King George V. Royalty George V King of England Biographies - British

LORD TWEEDSMUIR; PHOTOGRAPHY BY W.F. DAVIDSON AND R. THOMLINSON

The Country Life Picture Book of Scotland

London, Country Life. 1988, Reprint. (ISBN: 0600382508). Hardcover. Book, 128pp, lovely picture book Size: 4to. Near Fine.

Global Village BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 318712

Catalogue: Travel and Adventure

Keywords: 0600382508 Scotland

TWEEDSMUIR (Lord)

Always a Countryman

Robert Hale Ltd, 1953. Used - Good. Good hardback in Fair dust jacket First Edition. 1st edition, 1953. Gift inscription on recto side of frontispiece. Offset browning to free endpapers. Light foxing to page edges. Internally generally clean. Teal green cloth unevenly faded on both boards and spine. Some bubbling to cloth on front board. Dust jacket not price-clipped; slack and tatty with many creases, short tears, and small losses. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_104151_jpg.jpg.

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Book number: BOOKS326013I

LORD TWEEDSMUIR

Always a Countryman

Hale. 1953. hardcover, 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). Foxing on the edges and endpapers. 1953 reprint Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Good.

M. Godding Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 286715

Catalogue: Biography

Tweedsmuir, Lord

Augustus. Der Herr der Welt

von Hugo, 1939. Einband: unbekannter Einband. 750

Celler VersandantiquariatProfessional seller

Book number: 20074

Keywords: Archäologie/ frühe Geschichte

Tweedsmuir, Lord ( Buchan, John)

Canadian Occasions: Addresses By Lord Tweedsmuir

Hodder & Stoughton,, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. tanned spine to D/W Very Good/Good.

The Victoria BookshopProfessional seller

Book number: 500048036

Keywords: FICTION B

LORD TWEEDSMUIR.

The Country Life Picture Book of Scotland.

London. Country Life Books. No Date. Orig.Pappe. 128 Seiten. Gut erhalten. ISBN 0600382508.

Worpsweder AntiquariatProfessional seller

Book number: 784450

Catalogue: Scotland

Tweedsmuir, Lord

The Country Life Picture Book of Scotland

Country Life Books, 1977. Einband: Leineneinband. 1110

Celler VersandantiquariatProfessional seller

Book number: 1j1582

Keywords: Europa 0600382508