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Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. The author's third novel, a study of the romantic temperament and of conflicts of loyalty set in Scotland during the Jacobite rising of 1745. Octavo: viii, 366 p. with the publisher's ads for John Burnet of Barns and Scholar Gipsies in the rear. Original green cloth binding, with white stamping. The contents are a little shaken, with some foxing to the publisher's ads. The endpapers have been replaced, with some expert restoration to the corners and tips. A bit of shelfwear to the boards, which are faded along the spine.
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: viii, 365 pages, and one advert leaf at rear. Cloth stained; spine browned. Offsetting and light foxing to endpapers and next leaf. Ownership signature to first leaf; personal library [?] sticker to rear pastedown. Front and rear hinges split but board remain firmly in place; binding sound. 7.8 x 5.5 inches.
Seller: The Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB), Wolfville, NS, Canada
Buchan, John. A Lost Lady of Old Years. A Romance.. John Lane: The Bodley Head, London, 1899.
Price: US$301.57 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Blanchard A10. Brown cloth hard covers, with black titles to front and spine. Edges untrimmed. Advertisement for John Burnet of Barns Scholar Gipsies at rear. Moderate rubbing to corners; spine somewhat discoloured; old owner's signature to front cover. Edges and endpapers toned; hinges tender but firm. Otherwise clean and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, Canada
John Buchan. A LOST LADY OF OLD YEARS A Romance. John Lane The Bodley Head, GB, 1899.
Price: US$319.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green cloth lettered and decorated in white. No catalogue. Two unpaginated leaves at end. One states that the book was printed in the USA the other has adverts for John Burnet of Barns and Scholar Gipsies.
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
John Buchan. A Lost Lady of Old Years. John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1899.
Price: US$3527.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very scarce signed first edition of John Buchan's romantic historical fiction, set during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. In it's original art nouveau cloth binding. The very scarce first edition of this work. Printed in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this is the first U.S. edition.Author's presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper; 'Charles Hill Dick from John Buchan Jan 1900'. Author's bookplate to the rear pastedown.In a custom cloth slipcase. Slipcase is fine.'A Lost Lady of Old Years' is a historical fiction novel, set during the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion.Written by John Buchan, a Scottish novelist.Two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in a custom cloth slipcase. Externally, generally smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light fading to the spine. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Rear hinge is starting but firm. Author's inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Author's bookplate to the rear pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with just a few odd spots to the first and last few pages. Slipcase is fine. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom