Norman Buchan (48 results)

Hardback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

paperback. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Condition: very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

Condition: Very Good. Revised edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1973 First Edition Collins. No writing in book, several pages have small fold at upper right corner. Top edge of page block has light stain, cover is clean several small creases at back cover.

hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd. Hale, 1976. Dustjacket has wear and tear with toning and soiling. Price clipped. Fabric cover has mild soiling, with a small bump on the back. Pages have toning and mild soiling that does not affect the readability of the book. If you have any questions, or would like images, please let me know.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1968). (1968) 1970 reprint. 8vo (143 x 222mm). Pp288. B/w illustrations by B.S. Biro. Teal boards, spine titled in gilt. Dedication to end-paper. Top edge slightly dusty, top corners bumped. Good-plus in rubbed dust-wrapper. John Norman Stuart, 'Johnnie', Buchan was the eldest son of the writer John Buchan, and succeeded to his father's title as the 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir. Johnnie followed a similar career to his father as a colonial civil servant and author, although in less resounding positions (his father was Governor General of Canada) and with smaller book sales. He also contributed to, and appeared as a character in, one or two of his father's later books. Tweedsmuir, as a member of the House of Lords, and his wife Priscilla, an MP in the Commons, were the driving force behind the Protection of Birds Act, 1954, and saw it through parliament between them. After Lord Tweedsmuir's death, the title passed to his younger brother, author and sometime London editor of Reader's Digest, William De l'Aigle Buchan. "Twenty years ago I married and made a home in Scotland after a generation's absence. We settled down in Aberdeenshire, where my wife, and her forbears, had always lived. We spent our first four years in a little castle among the high mountains, and the next sixteen years within sight and sound of the northern sea." Chapters include: Braemar; Upper Deeside; Among the mountains; Beside the river; Potterton; The parish; Familiars; The Great Gale; Trees; The shore; Aberdeen; The journey; London; Protection of Birds Act, 1954. Birds; Animals; Cold winters and wet days; The Parish in pawn: The fame of the Fordyces; Explosive genius; A sword in India. .…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Very Good -. First Edition. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, 288 pages including the drawings by Biro; very gently read, if at all, hardly a trace of shelf or reading wear, very clean and unmarked throughout (pages fresh and white, no foxing); DJ gently bumped along edges, numerous very tiny chips. See also our listing for Ian Wallace's Reflections on Scotland.…

Condition: Very Good. This series of essays argue that control of the media is under greater attack in modern Britain than it has been for more than a century. The contributors analyze the current position of censorship in Great Britain and suggest solutions from a wide spectrum of political and social fields. Editor(s): Buchan, Norman; Sumner, Tricia. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFMD; JPQB; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 415. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Title in gilt to spine. Light pencil scoring on FFEP, remains very good. 1989. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. VG+, Part of a set of uniform editions that include Precious Bane, The House in Dormer Forest, The Golden Arrow, Seven For a Secret, and The Spring of Joy. Dark red top stain to top edge of text block. Clean text and interior. Tight, square binding. Metallic green wraps over red cloth, since faded along spine panel. Gold gilt title on spine. Decorative end papers. Black and white illustrations throughout. I also have Precious Bane from this series. Color frontispiece. No date. (1924?) Uncommon edition of a readily available book. 0. Norman Hepple (illustrator). …

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good.

Condition: Very Good. This series of essays argue that control of the media is under greater attack in modern Britain than it has been for more than a century. The contributors analyze the current position of censorship in Great Britain and suggest solutions from a wide spectrum of political and social fields. Editor(s): Buchan, Norman; Sumner, Tricia. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFMD; JPQB; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 415. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Title in gilt to spine. Light pencil scoring on FFEP, remains very good. 1989. Hardcover. . . . .…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Collins, Glasgow, 1967. Pictorial soft cover. Book Condition : Very good. A very clen copy with no-notations. Book will be sent by Uk postal service. Inventory #RY022880.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Gut. Anderes Cover! Buch ist in gutem Zustand, geringe Gebrauchs- Alters- oder Lagerungsspuren. Due to new EU packaging regulations, we are currently unable to ship to many EU countries. Shipping to Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Finland, and the Baltic states is possible. Deliveries to border-based parcel lockers or cross-border parcel forwarding services remain possible. Shipping to all countries outside the EU also remains possible. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 150.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; light wear to lower spine edge; bookplate inside front cover; otherwise very minimal wear; appears unread; Each of the 118 folksongs is presented with its melodic line and guitar chords. The songs are grouped in five sections, and the range of mood and setting is wide. There are songs about the sea, romance, the worker's lot, politics, battles, tinkers, and city life. There are cheerful songs, sad songs, bawdy songs, and love songs. Any folksinger's repertoire will be extended with the help of this book.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1953). 1953 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 220mm). Pp320. B/w photograph plates. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Spine slightly shaken, faded and used working copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. John Norman Stuart, 'Johnnie', Buchan was the eldest son of the writer John Buchan, and succeeded to his father's title as the 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir. Johnnie followed a similar career to his father as a colonial civil servant and author, although in less resounding positions (his father was Governor General of Canada) and with smaller book sales. He also contributed to, and appeared as a character in, one or two of his father's later books. After Johnnie's death, the title passed to his younger brother, poet, novelist, fighter pilot, one time London editor of Reader's Digest and post-war oil executive, William De l'Aigle Buchan. In this book, Johnnie Buchan writes of his life in sport and adventure in many parts of the world, including Africa, Canada, and the Faeroe Islands. Johnnie Buchan's other books included One Man's Happiness (1968), and Hudson's Bay Trader (1978). . …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hard cover, with dust jacket, very good condition. Illustrated. Light cigarette smoke smell. Size: 8vo - over 7 in to 9 in Tall. Book.

[20]p., stapled wraps, 4.5 x 7 inches, wraps lightly worn and soiled, staples rusted, pen mark on rear wrap else very good condition. Collection of poems by a group of Glasgow workers.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Undated but believed to be 1977. First edition. Unpaginated but 28 pages including many black and white cartoons, both full-page and in-text, by the Scottish political cartoonist George Paterson Gale (1929-2003). Norman Findlay Buchan (1922-1990) was a Labour Party politician, who was on the left-wing of the party, and represented the West Renfrewshire seat from 1964 until 1983 and the Paisley South seat from 1983 until his death in 1990. This book is a collection of satirical political poems. The book is staple-bound in the original card covers with titling and a cartoon on the front cover. The book is in very good condition with light shelf wear on the covers. The contents are secure and clean and page [iii] has been inscribed and signed by the author thus: "To Andy and Irene with love, Norman Buchan". George Paterson Gale (illustrator). Inscribed and Signed by the au.…

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Tartan Cloth Flexible. Condition: VG Plus. Acetate Jacket Fine. Very good plus or a little better no markings. Original green black tartan cloth with an original acetatte jacket and also a slipcase with matching but gray pattern that also has a title box cut-out by the publisher so that one can see the title through the slipcase which is used but good conditon. The book cover halso as an accordion and violin player silver graphic with silver titles. Unusual. Size: 16mo - over 5" - 5¾".…

Stapled Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (20pp.) n.d. (1952?) Arnold Wesker's copy with his ownership signature.

Stapled Card Covers. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. (28pp.) No place or date, Inscribed for Arnold Wesker & his wife Dusty with t.l.s. on House of Commons writing paper laid in. Covers fractionally soiled. Gale (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).

2nd edition. Provenance: Bookplate of Alan Thornton. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Top of boards sun-toned. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 320 pp. [34] pp. of plates : map ; 23 cm. Subjects; Tweedsmuir, John Norman Stuart Buchan baron 1911-1996. Canada Description and travel. Elsfield (England). 1 Kg. …