BUCHAN, John.
The Adventures of Sir Edward Leithen.
London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD , .
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Finely Bound Edition John Buchan's The Adventures of Sir Edward Leithen
Finely bound edition of this collection of stories about recurring protagonist and distinguished Scottish barrister Sir Edward Leithen. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over cloth covered boards by Asprey with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In near fine condition.
John Buchan (1875–1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and public servant whose career combined literary achievement with imperial administration. Educated at the University of Glasgow and Oxford, Buchan gained international recognition for his adventure fiction, most notably The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915), while also producing works of history and biography. The Adventures of Sir Edward Leithen by John Buchan is a collected sequence of novels and stories centered on a distinguished Scottish barrister and Conservative Member of Parliament whose life repeatedly intersects with political intrigue, moral testing, and personal crisis. Across works such as The Power-House (1916), John Macnab (1925), The Dancing Floor (1926), The Gap in the Curtain (1932), and Sick Heart River (1941), Leithen moves from confronting anarchist conspiracies and philosophical dilemmas to seeking spiritual reconciliation in the Canadian wilderness.
The Adventures of Sir Edward Leithen.
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