The Buchanan Book: The Life of Alexander Buchanan, Q.C., of Montreal, followed by an account of the Family of Buchanan.

BUCHANAN, A.W. Patrick (1870-1939).

Montreal: Printed for Private Circulation, 1911. [Canadian Legal History and Genealogy] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6] xiv; 475 [3] 5 [1] viii [4]. With 13 illustrated plates, including a frontispiece portrait of the subject, each with a tissue guard. Number 126 of just 300 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's navy cloth with plain paper title label to spine. Top edge gilt; others untrimmed. With a vintage Buchanan tartan postcard, some pencil genealogical notes, and a type-written letter from 1931 relating to the Buchanan Fortune hoax of that year, all loose to preliminaries. Black ink ownership to fly-leaf, and two others in pencil. Paperclip rust stain to frontis, tissue guard and title page. A contemporary 15c postage stamp to dedication page. Upper hinge repaired with a strip of paper. Cloth quite heavily rubbed and bumped, with heavy water and mould staining to lower board and rear endpapers. Bubbling and toning to spine. Some warping to rear board and rear gatherings. Clean and intact internally, but only Fair overall. Item #57586

Price: £300.00