The Power-House.
BUCHAN, John.
The Power-House.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective”: First Edition of John Buchan's The Power-House
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1916.
$300.00
In Stock
Item Number: 151375
First edition of this fast-paced thriller. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, 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 Power-House (1916) by John Buchan is an early modern thriller centered on Edward Leithen, a lawyer and Member of Parliament who uncovers a covert anarchist organization operating within the highest levels of London society. Triggered by the disappearance of a friend, Leithen’s investigation reveals a secret network led by the enigmatic Andrew Lumley, whose intellectual sophistication masks a program of calculated disorder aimed at undermining Western civilization.
