A BOOK OF ESCAPES and Hurried Journeys.
London, Edinburgh, and New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, (1922). Original tan-grey cloth pictorially decorated in black, green, red and yellow.
First Edition. This is a retelling of a dozen historical events that involved "escapes and hurried journeys" all over the world (Scotland, South Africa, Turkestan, Australia...), illustrated with eight plates by A.S. Forrest. The book was subsequently reprinted as a textbook, with additional questions and exercises not by Buchan.
This is a handsomely bound book: the five-color pictorial scene carries over from the front cover onto the spine (the American edition would copy this binding, but without the yellow). This is a near-fine copy, with minor rubbing of the spine pigment. Blanchard A54. Item #15816
Price: $175.00