Description
First edition of The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan.
Octavo, 253pp., [1], [2pp ads]. Blue cloth, title stamped in black on spine and front board. Stated “1915” on title page with no additional printings mentioned. Solid text block, a touch of foxing to endpapers, some wear to inner hinge of front and back boards. Sunning along spine, with very minimal staining on boards. A well-presenting, very good example. Housed in a blue quarter leather, cloth boards clamshell, title in gilt on spine.
The Thirty-Nine Steps is widely considered Buchan’s most famous work. In 1935, Alfred Hitchcock adapted it into a film of the same name, which the British Film Institute ranked as the fourth best British film of the 20th century. This popular World War I spy novel will soon be adapted into a television series starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
