beith john hay (31 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. pp.ix, 238 pages, a very good hardback, publisher's original brown cloth binding with red lettering to the spine and front cover. NOT FROM A LIBRARY and indeed completely clean from any former owner markings. Hard to find outside America, and the only other one in the UK is £98, but that is signed!

Zustand: Fair. 1915. Third Impression. 342 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Colour frontispiece. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Front hinge cracked. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Heavy tanning to spine and board edges.

Zustand: Fair. 1915. 2nd Impression. 342 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have noticeable shelf wear with rubbing and corner bumping. Moderate tanning and marking. Loss to foot of spine.

hardcover. Zustand: Good +. First Edition. Small octavo (approx. 5" wide by 7 1/2" tall) blue cloth covers gilt titles on top cover and spine. Spine titles dulled, and wear at head and foot of spine. Former owner bookplate on front paste-down endpaper (H.C.C. Newnham) and another former owner inscription on front free endpaper. Browning on a couple of pages. ix [3] + 316 pages. " The First Hundred Thousand closed with the Battle of Loos. The present narrative follows certain friends of ours from the scene of that costly but valuable experience, through a winter campaign in the neighbourhood of Ypres and Ploegsteert, to profitable participation in the Battle of the Somme." -- from the Author's Note. Text is clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. World War I, The Great War. 092508C.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First American edition. Tan cloth with bright red lettering stamped on front and spine, lacking advertisement in rear. Contemporary owner's gift inscription and bookplate on front endpapers, title foxed, spine a bit cocked, else very good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First American edition. Four page ads in rear. Tan cloth with bright red lettering stamped on front and spine. Contemporary owner's gift inscription on front fly, cloth lightly soiled, light stains on page five, else very good.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 379 pages; Description: x, 379 p. , [1] leaf of plates : 1 ill. ; 19 cm. Genre: Fiction -- Novel. 1st American edition. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover in Good+ condition, 8vo, 362 pages. Red cloth with spine titles in gold, no copyright date (1917 on title page). Tips and spine ends lightly worn, spine faded and a bit cocked, light soiling to block edges, booksellers tag on back paste-down (Norman, Remington Co., Baltimore-Toledo), p.o. name in pencil on front free end-paper. Author's first book, first published by Wm. Blackwood, London, in 1907. Bookseller accession no.: 23720.

Zustand: fair. 88, boards worn, corners bumped, front flyleaf clipped and ink notation, bookplate, binding weak in places.

Unknown Binding. Zustand: Good. undated uniform edition from hodder & Stoughton with worn dust jacket.

Zustand: Very Good. 1917. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo Very good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Staples slightly rusty. From the collection of David J. Hall; sold in aid of the Friends of the National Libraries.

Zustand: Very Good. 1917. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo Very good copy. . . . .

Zustand: 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. A good condition book. An earlier dated first edition. Light bumps to the edges. The untrimmed page edges are foxed. The internal contents are considerably clearer with crisp print and a good binding. A nice example.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. A history of the sovereign's bodyguard when in Scotland. Includes 36*b/w illustrations and photographs and several tables. x, 300pp. Green cloth boards with the company emblem in gilt to the upper and lower boards and gilt lettering to spine. Light shelf-wear to corners. Light shelf and handling wear to boards.

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy blue cloth covers with blind tooling to the front cover, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains [xiv] 163 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. Sun fading down the spine, wear to the spine ends and corners, foxing to the page edges, with ownership plate to the front paste down and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. NINETEENTH CENTURY.

First Edition. Previous owner's inscription to front end-paper. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked, edge-rubbed & dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 283 pages; Description: p. 283. Subjects: Soldiers - Territorial training - Army - Militia - Marksmanship - Gunnery. Impressively illustrated with a series of photo-plates. 3 Kg.

Zustand: Good. The spine is slightly loose from the textblock. Dedication to the inside page. The book is clean and readable throughout, a decent enough copy.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 128. A symposium by ten famous men. Covers slightly marked and slightly soiled; VG-.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The final of three volumes of this good humoured account of army life from British soldier Major General John Hay Beith. First edition. A collection of the author's good-humoured accounts of army life, describing with wry wit life in his battalion, and becoming one of the most popular stories of the time. The third volume of three written by Beith, on the strength of the first, he was sent to work in the information section of the British War Mission in Washington, D.C. Written by Major General John Hay Beith, a British schoolmaster and soldier, best remembered as a novelist, playwright, essayist, and historian who wrote under the pen name Ian Hay. Dated from the University of Cambridge Libraries. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting, predominantly to the first and last few pages. Minor age toning to the endpapers. With a contemporary ink inscription to the front pastedown. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. L. Baumer (illustrator). First edition. A first edition copy of this amusing work on boarding school life by John Hay Beith, under the penname Ian Hay, in lovely condition. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with 12 colour plates reproduced from pastel drawings by Lewis Baumer. A further illustration is pasted to the front free end paper. Collated, complete. Major General John Hay Beith (1876-1952), was a British schoolmaster and soldier, but is best remembered as a novelist, playwright, essayist, and historian who wrote under the pen name Ian Hay. In this work he provides entertaining portraits of boarding school teachers and boys with descriptions of life in these schools. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart, with some faint marks to the rear board and a little fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The final of three volumes of this good humoured account of army life from British soldier Major General John Hay Beith. First edition. A collection of the author's good-humoured accounts of army life, describing with wry wit life in his battalion, and becoming one of the most popular stories of the time. The third volume of three written by Beith, on the strength of the first, he was sent to work in the information section of the British War Mission in Washington, D.C. Written by Major General John Hay Beith, a British schoolmaster and soldier, best remembered as a novelist, playwright, essayist, and historian who wrote under the pen name Ian Hay. Dated from the University of Cambridge Libraries. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the endpapers with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A smart first edition of this illustrated work on the historical and cultural significance of the Indian subcontinent's fortifications. First edition. Illustrated throughout. An examination of the historical and cultural significance of the immense fortifications of the Indian subcontinent, with chapters on the Frontier Mail, the Khyber, a "Jirgah", and more. Written by Major General John Hay Beith, a British schoolmaster and soldier best remembered as a novelist, playwright, essayist, and historian who wrote under the pen name Ian Hay. In the original full black cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart with light chipping to the extremities resulting in minor loss to the head and tail of the spine. Sunning to the spine with the odd small mark to the panels. The odd small closed tear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed. book.

In 16 (cm 12,5 x 19,5), pp. 15 + (1b). Brossura editoriale. Estratto editoriale dalla rivista Overseas Club and Patriotic League. Timbro al piatto anteriore 'Pubblicazioni distribuite a cura dell'Alleanza Nazionale'. ITA.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. Two smart first edition volumes of this good humoured account of army life from British soldier Major General John Hay Beith. Two volumes. First edition. With a colour frontispiece to volume one. Two volumes of the author's good-humoured accounts of army life, describing with wry wit life in his battalion, and becoming one of the most popular stories of the time. This set contains: The First Hundred Thousand: Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a Unit of "K(I)", 1915. Carrying On - After the First Hundred Thousand, 1917. On the strength of the first novel, Beith was sent to work in the information section of the British War Mission in Washington, D.C. Written by Major General John Hay Beith, a British schoolmaster and soldier, best remembered as a novelist, playwright, essayist, and historian who wrote under the pen name Ian Hay. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the extremities. Contemporary ink inscriptions to the front endpapers. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First American edition. Name stamp and attractive bookplate of R. Otto Probst, else fine in very good dustwrapper with a triangular chip on the front panel, and a small chip on the rear panel. Adventure story about a military man confronting a mystery that reveals a diabolical plot against England. Beith was a golfing and boating partner of P.G. Wodehouse, and he dramatized two of Wodehouse's novels. Not in *Hubin.*.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of Ian Kay's sequel to his successful work 'The First Hundred Thousand', proving an account of the Battle of Somme. The first edition.The author's presentation copy, with an inscription to the front free endpaper: "Mrs Arthur Ryerson with best wishes John Hay Beith".In the publisher's original cloth.This work was written by John Hay Beith under the pen name of Ian Hay, and provides an account of the Battle of Somme during WWII. The work is a sequel to his popular work 'First Hundred Thousand', which closed with the Battle of Loos. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally smart with minimal fading to the text to the spine, and slight wear to the extremities with minor closed tears to the cloth at the head. The odd spot to the endpapers with the author's presentation inscription to the front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Very Good. signed by author. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First US edition. Fine copy in very good to near fine dust jacket with a tear along the top of the foldover to the front flap and one very short tear at the bottom edge of the front panel. Signed by the author on the title page beneath his printed name "Ian Hay." On the front panel of the dust jacket the authorship is given as "by the Junior Sub (Ian Hay).". Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First US edition. Fine copy, spine ends lightly crimped, in near fine dust jacket, the only discernible fault being the slight shadow of a label on the spine. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper "Ian Hay Beith / July 23d 1919.". Signed by Author(s).

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: dj. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo. pp. xxxv, 271. In publisher's blue cloth with black titles to spine and upper board. With rare original dust jacket showing an impressionistic scene of soldiers set against a red exploding sky. Portions of jacket lost to corners and spine head/tail; otherwise a very good copy. Following the highly successful 'The First Hundred Thousand', this novel is dedicated to 'that born fighter and Modern Crusader, the American Doughboy.'.