London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939. First edition in this form (Black Jacket). 313pp, index. Prelims, endpages and page edges foxed. Cloth boards in dust-jacket which has a closed tear from the upper edge of the front panel. This collection of Buchan's writing on literature and life covers Sir Walter Scott; The old and the new in literature; Lord Balfour and English thought; Two ordeals of Democracy; Literature and topography; The Victorian Chancellors; Style and journalism; Certain poets: Scots vernacular poetry, Morris and Rossetti, and Robert Burns; the novel and the fairy tale; Thoughts on a distant prospect of Oxford; and The interpreter's house.. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Lawrence Jones (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 017006
Title: Homilies and Recreations
Author: Buchan, John
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good Plus
Edition: Third Edition
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1939
Keywords: Literature Biography Criticism Sir Walter Scott Philosophy Lord Balfour Journalism Poetry Scots Vernacular Poetry Morris Rossetti Robert Burns
Bookseller catalogs: Literature; Literature & Poetry;

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