DJ and boards show shelf wear, with short tears, light soiling and tape marks. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 322 pages; "Lawyer and MP Sir Edward Leithen is given a year to live. Fearing he will die unfulfilled, he devotes his last months to seeking out and restoring to health Galliard, a young Canadian banker. Galliard is in remotest Canada searching for the River of the Sick Heart. Braving an Arctic winter, Leithen finds the banker. Leithen's health returns, but only one of the men will return to civilization." This was Buchan's last work of fiction, released a year after he died. Seller Inventory # 20912

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Title: Sick Heart River

Publisher: The Musson Book Company, Toronto

Publication Date: 1944

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: Third Printing.

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Ainsworth Books is a home-based business, formerly a storefront operation. At present we have only 3/4 of our stock listed with more being entered daily. E-mail us at ainsworthbooks@gmail.com if there is a book you are looking for and don't see it listed. We are Wayne and Betty Kilner. Wayne, now retired from his full-time job, helps out by doing data entry in his off hours. Longtime member of IOBA Independent On-line Booksellers Association.

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CWO (libraries billed) checks, money orders, and PayPal accepted. Etransfer within Canada. Prices in US funds. Will hold. Books returnable with permission. All dustjackets enclosed in Mylar. Contact us at 604-818-7014 or ainsworthbooks@gmail.com

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