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Buchan, John. A History of The Great War: Volume IV. Houghton Mifflin, 1922.
Price: US$38.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Buchan, John. A HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR, VOLUME V. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922.
Price: US$53.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: #18/500. "Autograph edition" of which vol. 1 in the series is signed. 3/4 maroon leather over buckram boards. 5 raised spine bands, gilt titles, top edge gilt. Deckled page edges. Colored frontis: Field marshall Earle Haig of Bemersyde. Tight, square copy with mild rubbing to corners. ; 328 pages
Seller: Books on the Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Buchan, John. A History of the Great War, Volume V.. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1922.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 328 pages. Volume .5 only of an 8-vol. set, illus., color frontis, maps (some fold-out), jagged edges to pages, boards soiled. Edges of boards and spines worn, foxing and soiling inside front board and flyleaf. Number 437 of the Autograph limited edition of 500 copies; only Volume I (not present), however, has been autographed by the author.
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Buchan, John. A History of the Great War, Volume IV. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1922.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 291 pages. Volume 4 only of an 8-vol. set, illus., color frontis, maps (some fold-out), jagged edges to pages, boards soiled. Edges of boards and spines worn. Number 437 of the Autograph limited edition of 500 copies; only Volume I (not present), however, has been autographed by the author.
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Buchan, John. A History of the Great War, Volume II. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1922.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 263, pages. Volume 2 only of an 8-vol. set, illus., color frontis, maps (some fold-out), jagged edges to pages, boards soiled. Rear board scratched, edges of boards and spines worn. Number 437 of the Autograph limited edition of 500 copies; only Volume I (not present), however, has been autographed by the author.
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
BUCHAN, JOHN. A History of the Great War, 4 volumes, complete. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1922.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: OVERALL A VERY GOOD SET. BLUE CLOTH BOARDS HAVE SLIGHT WEAR. SPINE CLEAN WITH BRIGHT GILT LETTERING. TIGHT BINDINGS. FOXING TO ENDPAPERS AND SOMETIMES UP THROUGH TABLE OF CONTENTS OR INDEX, VERY OCCASIONALLY IN TEXT. ALL FOLDING MAPS PRESENT AND APPEAR NEVER UNFOLDED. BOOKPLATES.
Seller: MARK POST, BOOKSELLER, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Buchan, John;. A History of the Great War [4 volumes]. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1922.
Price: US$112.50 + shipping
Description: Octavo; Good; navy blue spines with gilt text; no jackets; 4 volumes: vol. 1, pp 552; vol. 2, pp 578; vol. 3, 603; vol. 4, pp 536; cloths show modest wear to exteriors; blind-stamped illustration to front boards; some rubbing to edges and corners; water ring stain to front board of vol. 2; slightly bowed boards; text blocks have slightly age toned exterior edges; deckled edges; previous owner's bookplate to front pastedowns; frontispieces with tissue guards; previous owner's name to ffep of vol. 1; interiors clean; illustrated with many maps; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders; NOTE: Shelved in Room X, Case #8. 1324837. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$337.36 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Eight volumes in navy blue quarter-cloth over blue paper boards; paper labels to spines. From the sheets of the UK first edition. Without the page of laid-in manuscript as mentioned in Blanchard. SIGNED by author on tipped-in leaf in Volume I. Moderate handling to covers, with some fore-corners rubbed through; spine of Volume V has small area mildly stained (perhaps from removal of a label). Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome set. Blanchard A52. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, Canada
John Buchan. A History of the Great War. Houghton Mifflin, 1922.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Autograph edition in eight volumes - overall very good. Number 154 of 500. Vol. 1 is signed by the author. A few volumes have some wear to the extremities. Fold-out maps are in excellent condition.
Seller: Ron Griswold Books North, Pittsfield, MA, U.S.A.
Buchan, John. A History of the Great War (8 volumes). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1922.
Price: US$573.64 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: US autograph edition in 8 volumes, published by Houghton Mifflin, 1922. The UK edition of this work is listed under A52 in Blanchard. A US edition in 4 volumes was published but Houghton Mifflin also produced an Autograph Edition which was bound in 8 volumes which retained the pagination of the 4-volume edition. The books are bound in light blue paper-covered boards with a black cloth spine and a green paper title label with gold lettering. The outer and lower edges are uncut. Each volume has a colour frontispiece and the autograph page in volume 1 is, of course, signed by JB. This set is number 192 of 500, stated on the reverse of the title page. Unlike the UK edition, the US edition includes a lengthy introduction by Major-General James Harbord, who was the American Expeditionary Force chief of staff during WWI. Sometimes seen in a half-leather binding but the binding, as issued, was as this copy. I have not been able to ascertain whether leather bindings were available to order from the publisher or privately commissioned. The set is in very good condition with just occasional small scuff marks. Internally very good and the number of pages which remain uncut suggests they have never been read. Blanchard indicates that volume 1 had a page of the original manuscript bound in but this has a page (original?) of the manuscript of John Macnab. This is slightly baffling as this was first published in a magazine in December 1924. An early draft? Substituted later? Who knows. A scarce set.
Seller: Crask Books, Loughborough, United Kingdom
BUCHAN, JOHN. A History of the Great War. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1922.
Price: US$749.69 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. Eight (8) volumes in three quarter gilt lettered maroon leather over pinkish cloth boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers with silk ribbon marker. This edition signed by the author and limited to 500 numbered copies of which this is #61. Maps and illustrations. Colour frontis in each volume. Some rubbing to edges and some slight darkening to paper o/w a near fine set.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
BUCHAN, John. A History of the Great War. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1922.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8 volumes. Color frontispieces, profusely illustrated, tissue guards, may map including foldouts. Tall 8vo, 3/4 burgundy morocco, some spines chipped, the interior is fine. Boson: Houghton Mifflin, 1922. Very good. Autographed edition, one of 500 copies signed by the author.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.