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Mr. Standfast.

BUCHAN John.

London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1919. Advance proof copy. 8vo. Publisher's original plain brown wraps, slightly spotted with minor edgewear. Internally clean, unifom light toning to page block. A most unusual and scarce advance proof copy of Mr. Standfast, one of Buchan's scarcer Richard Hannay stories. Protected by a tailor-made brown cloth clamshell case. The secret agent Hannay has also been acknowledged by author Ian Fleming as an inspiration for his own spy Commander James Bond [Gilbert, page 616]. Item #36458

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"You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me."

" It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life. "

"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."

"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."

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