The Thirty-Nine Steps and the Power-House; The Thirty-Nine Steps; The 39 Steps;

John Buchan

Edité par William Blackwood & Sons Ltd; Hodder and Stoughton; J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd; Michael O'Mara 1958-2011, London; Edinburgh, 1958

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A smart four-volume set of John Buchan"s The Thirty-Nine Steps, showcasing key editions of this iconic spy thriller in illustrated, limited, and combined volumes with the original dust wrappers. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, complete with the original dust wrappers, two of which remainunclipped.These are four volumes of Scottish author, John Buchan's fantastic novel, The Thirty-Nine Steps, three of which are first editions. Originally serialised in Blackwood's Magazine, 'The Thirty Nine Steps' is the first of five novels featuring Buchan's all-action hero Richard Hannay.This set consists of:The Thirty-Nine Steps (1964), published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. This is the first charmingly illustrated edition of Buchan"s classic thriller, featuring a colour frontispiece and in-text drawings by Edward Ardizzone, in the publisher"s original pictorial cloth with a clipped dust wrapper. The 39 Steps (2011), published by Michael O'Mara Books. This is a first, special limited presentation edition, being copy number sixty of three hundred copies produced for the John Buchan Heritage Museum Trust, to mark the renewal and relocation of the museum, from Broughton to Peebles, in 2012. The Thirty-Nine Steps (1963 edition, 5th impression 1976), published by Hodder & Stoughton. A clean reprint of Buchan"s espionage classic in a clipped dust wrapper, offering an accessible mid-century edition of this enduring adventure novel. The Thirty-Nine Steps and the Power-House (1958), published by the original house, William Blackwood & Sons Ltd. This volume is a first edition of the combined volume of two of Buchan"s best-known thrillers, published by the original house, William Blackwood. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Prize plate to front free endpaper of the 1964 edition, from Davenies School, Beaconsfield. Slight offsetting to endpapers of the 1958 edition. Dust wrappers generally very smart. Dust wrappers clipped on the 1964 and 1963 editions. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities of the 1964 edition, resulting in the odd chip and closed tear to perimeters of wraps. Spine of the 1958 edition slightly faded. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with the odd spot heavier to first and last few laves and fore edges of the older editions. Very Good Indeed.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Thirty-Nine Steps and the Power-House; The Thirty-Nine Steps; The 39 Steps
• Éditeur: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd; Hodder and Stoughton; J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd; Michael O'Mara 1958-2011, London; Edinburgh
• Date de parution: 1958
• Reliure: Cloth
• Illustrateur: Edward Ardizzone
• État de l'article: Very Good Indeed
• État de la jaquette: Very Good Indeed
• Type de livre: book