Author: John Buchan
Title: The Courts of the Morning
Description: London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful first edition of this thrilling South-America set adventure novel by John Buchan, author of 'The Thirty-Nine Steps&apos. The first edition, first impression of this John Buchan novel, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.'The Courts of the Morning' is an exciting adventure novel set in South America, featuring Buchan's recurring character Sandy Arbuthnot. When Arbuthnot's friend John Blenkiron discovers that a charismatic industrial tycoon is plotting to rule the world from his base in the small South American country of Olifa, Sandy leads a revolution to scuttle the plot and allow the Olifans to decide their own fate.With eight pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with a touch of fading to back strip and light bumping to spine head and tail. Chipping and small losses to dust wrapper back strip head and tail, with small closed tears and minor losses to flyleaf folds. Light marks to back strip and rear wrap. Light tide mark to reverse of dust wrapper back strip tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with instances of light spotting throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

Keywords: John Buchan Sandy Arbuthnot Richard Hannay adventure novel Sandy Arbuthnot None


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